Autodesk Certifies Algor's InCAD Products for Autodesk Inventor 9

Business Wire, August 24, 2004

PITTSBURGH -- ALGOR, Inc., a leading provider of design, analysis and simulation software, announced that its InCAD products have been named as Autodesk Inventor(R) 9 Certified Applications. The designation, which is granted by Autodesk, identifies high-quality, robust products that provide the highest level of interoperability with Autodesk Inventor software, the cornerstone of the Autodesk Inventor Series 3-D mechanical design package.

"ALGOR's continued participation in the Autodesk Inventor Certified Application program enables us to offer a complete CAD/CAE solution to our customers," said Richard Runnells, senior manager, Partner Programs for Autodesk's Manufacturing Solutions Division. "Once again, ALGOR analysis and simulation solutions have proven their high level of interoperability with Autodesk Inventor."

"Our continued certification, now for Autodesk Inventor 9, clearly demonstrates the joint dedication of our two companies to providing effective and up-to-date design and analysis solutions," said ALGOR Product Manager Bob Williams. "We will continue to provide Autodesk Inventor users with easy-to-use and accurate analysis and simulation tools so they can speed up time to market and make better, safer products at a lower cost."

ALGOR's InCAD Designer/Autodesk Inventor and the InCAD/Autodesk Inventor Extender provide full associativity with each design change within Autodesk Inventor 9. These products can be extended to include ALGOR's wide range of simulation capabilities including static stress and Mechanical Event Simulation with linear and nonlinear material models, linear dynamics, steady-state and transient heat transfer, steady and unsteady fluid flow, electrostatics and full multiphysics.

Contact ALGOR or visit www.ALGOR.com for more information.

ALGOR, Inc. provides cost-effective solutions for design, analysis and simulation and enables engineers to virtually test and predict real-world behavior of new and existing product designs, speed up time to market and make better, safer products at a lower cost. The company serves more than 20,000 customers in over 95 countries in organizations such as 3M, The Boeing Company, Delphi Corporation, The Dow Chemical Company, DuPont, General Electric Company, General Motors Corporation, Goodrich Corporation, Hewlett-Packard Company, IBM Corporation and NASA. Partnerships with other leading software companies offer data exchange with products from Alibre, Inc.; ANSYS, Inc.; Autodesk, Inc.; Kubotek USA, Inc.; MSC.Software Corporation; Parametric Technology Corporation (PTC); Robert McNeel & Associates; Solid Edge from UGS PLM Solutions, an EDS company; SolidWorks Corporation, a Dassault Systemes S.A. company; and others. Educational support and customer service includes the use of Internet audio/video technology for distance learning and free, live software demonstrations.

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