Engineous Announces Abaqus Component for iSIGHT-FD

Business Wire, Sept 7, 2007

CARY, N.C. -- Engineous Software, provider of award winning integration, automation and design optimization software and related services, today announced that an Abaqus component is now available at their newly launched "Component Central" website.

As a member of SIMULIA's Abaqus Integration Program, Engineous developed the new component to provide a direct link from within their iSIGHT-FD product to the Abaqus FEA software from the SIMULIA brand of Dassault Syst[c]mes. This link allows Engineous customers to modify a reference Abaqus input file, execute the Abaqus solver and extract results directly within iSIGHT-FD.

"Our customers communicated to us that providing an Abaqus component was critical to their successful use of our open process integration software," stated Dr. Alex Van der Velden, VP of Engineering for Engineous Software. "This new component allows them to easily modify Abaqus analysis models and review the simulation results directly from within iSIGHT-FD."

"We are pleased that Engineous has developed the Abaqus component to meet their customer demands," stated Ken Short, VP of SIMULIA Strategy and Marketing. "It is clear that robust, real-world simulation results are an integral part of our shared customers' product lifecycle processes. We are committed to ensuring tight integration of Abaqus with Engineous' iSIGHT-FD and FIPER and have plans to work with Engineous on future developments that meet the market demands."

"We appreciate the strong support SIMULIA provided that enabled us to quickly develop the Abaqus component," said Janet C. Wylie, President and CEO of Engineous. "We are looking forward to continuing our joint efforts to create innovative and synergistic solutions to benefit our common customers."

About Engineous Software

Engineous Software, Inc. provides process integration and design optimization software solutions and services. The company's iSIGHT-FD software integrates

key steps in the product design process, then automates and executes those steps through design exploration tools like optimization, DOE and DFSS techniques. The FIPER infrastructure links these processes together in a unified environment. Through FIPER, models, applications and "best" processes are easily shared, accessed and executed with other engineers, groups and partners. Engineous operates numerous sales offices in the U.S. as well as wholly-owned subsidiaries in Asia and Europe. Customers include leading Global 500 companies such as Canon, General Electric, General Motors, Pratt & Whitney, Honeywell, Lockheed Martin, Toshiba, MHI, Ford Motor Company, DaimlerChrysler, Toyota, Nissan, Renault, Hitachi, Peugeot, MTU Aero Engines, TRW, BMW, Rolls Royce and York International. Additional information may be found on www.engineous.com and http://components.engineous.com/

About SIMULIA

SIMULIA is the Dassault Syst[c]mes brand that delivers a scalable portfolio of Realistic Simulation solutions including the Abaqus product suite for Unified Finite Element Analysis, multiphysics solutions for insight into challenging engineering problems and lifecycle management solutions for managing simulation data, processes and intellectual property. By building on established technology, respected quality and superior customer service, SIMULIA makes realistic simulation an integral business practice that improves product performance, reduces physical prototypes and drives innovation. Headquartered in Providence, R.I., USA, with R&D centers in Providence and in Suresnes, France, SIMULIA provides sales, services and support through a global network of regional offices and distributors. www.simulia.com