SolidWorks High School Grant Program Receives A+ Grade From Technical and Secondary Schools

Business Wire, August 23, 1999

CONCORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 23, 1999--

SolidWorks Corporation, a leading provider of affordable, easy-to-use 3D CAD software for the mainstream design-centric market, today announced that the SolidWorks High School Grant Program recently awarded four hundred subscription licenses of SolidWorks* 99 and PhotoWorks software to high schools, vocational schools, and technical career centers worldwide. The commercial value of these grants is more than $2,200,000 (USD).

Eligibility requirements for the SolidWorks High School Grants included the availability of adequate hardware and an established industrial technology or mechanical drawing curriculum. Training and support will be provided to all grant recipient schools by SolidWorks' network of authorized resellers and business partners.

"Our agreement with California State University (Sacramento) demands that our Advanced CADD class match the rigor of a lower division college engineering graphics course. This cannot truly be accomplished wited Joel Richards, a teacher at Laguna Creek High School in Elk Grove, CA. "The future of engineering design sary to succeed in the engineering and design i working drawings that SolidWorks develops from the 3D model is a time saver that allows students to focus mo at the high school level," said Rosanne Kramer,gain adoption at leading colleges and universities around the world, high schools and vocational institutionder 2D drafting courses, and offer the leading l design software products for Windows. SolidWoof 200 resellers selling in 43 countries. In oveore information and a product demonstration, contact your local SolidWorks distributor or reseller today, orfrom SolidWorks, see the company's web site (www.solidworks.com).

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