Solid Edge Develops Professional Certification Program for Its Customers

      Individuals and Companies Benefit by Measuring Design Proficiency

   CYPRESS, Calif., Sept. 10 UGS today announces
the Solid Edge Certified Professional program to allow engineers and other
technical professionals to measure their proficiency in the use of Solid Edge,
the industry's most productive mechanical computer-aided design (CAD) software
system available.  The program launches this year in the United States.
Expansion to other countries will be announced later.
    The Solid Edge Certified Professional program's comprehensive,
standardized test measures a wide range of user modeling skills and general
Solid Edge knowledge.  The program benefits both the professional and the
company.
    For professionals, certification means that their skills and abilities in
Solid Edge are documented and proven with a standardized test.  It increases
the professional's value to a company by providing an assessment tool to help
uncover and improve areas of Solid Edge where skills and abilities may be
lacking.  For companies, it provides a manner in which qualified and competent
Solid Edge users can be put into appropriate positions to maximize proficiency
and productivity.  It also aids the employer in recruiting potential employees
by certifying their current abilities and knowledge in Solid Edge.
    "The Solid Edge certification is a great measurement tool," says Alastair
Henderson, chairman of the Solid Edge User Group and CAD manager at Chicago-
based S&C Electric Company.  "It enables us to recognize our expert users as
well as identify potential usability and training issues we may need to
address.  It helps us develop a comprehensive training program and fine-tune
it based on the outcome of the certification results.
    "All of the users I interact with already consider Solid Edge to be the
easiest CAD system to use, learn and retain," says Henderson.  "What this
certification program adds to that is an understanding of how well individuals
and companies apply this powerful software tool to leverage their own
mechanical engineering knowledge and skills."
    The Solid Edge certification test includes a written section as well as
two hands-on modeling sections.  For more details regarding the Solid Edge
Certified Professional program, see
http://www.solid-edge.com/secp/default.htm .
    Solid Edge Certified Professional testing is available for the first time
to attendees of the Fourth Annual Solid Edge Global Summit the week of
September 24 in Atlanta.  See http://www.solid-edge.com/se-ug/default.htm to
register for the test or for details on the summit.  The fee for participation
in the certification program is $495 (USD).  Attendees to the Solid Edge
Global Summit receive a one-time discounted rate of $195 (USD).  Additional
testing dates and locations will be posted later to
http://www.solid-edge.com/secp/default.htm .

    Machinery Design Productivity: The Solid Edge Advantage
    Solid Edge is the proven design engineering solution that can reduce time
to market by an achievable 50 percent using STREAM, an exclusive technology
that accelerates the engineering process.  The choice of leading machinery
designers worldwide, Solid Edge has been selected by companies such as Alcoa,
NEC Engineering and Volvo as a strategic tool to help them realize the
benefits of better quality, lower costs, and shorter delivery cycles.
    Solid Edge is uniquely positioned to deliver exceptional value to
machinery designers.  Solid Edge directly addresses the practical aspects of
design engineering with powerful CAD functions that are extremely easy to
learn and use.  With an unmatched ability to capture design intelligence,
Solid Edge ensures more accurate and rapid design change turnaround and
increased productivity for machinery development.
    The Solid Edge Voyager Program includes more than 150 downstream
engineering software applications in such disciplines as finite element
analysis, manufacturing, kinematics and dynamics, electro-mechanical, rapid
prototyping, standard parts, product data management, translation,
view/redline/animation and hardware solutions.
    Written for Microsoft Windows NT, Windows 98, Windows 2000 and Windows ME
operating systems, Solid Edge is distributed in eight languages to customers
around the world, including Boeing, Kaiser Optical, Alcoa, Volvo, L-3
Communications, Ohio State University, Yale University, University of
Edinburgh, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, NASA, Pella Windows, Royal Air
Force, S&C Electric, Lincoln Electric, WMF, ULMA Group, Electromagnetic
Sciences, Liebert Corp., Kaeser Kompressoren, Prodrive, USSC Group, Seiko,
Hyundai, Daikin and NEC Engineering.

    About UGS
    UGS is one of the world's fastest growing and most successful
software and services companies, dedicated to helping manufacturers optimize
their product lifecycle process.  UGS' rich heritage and financial strength
have been established by consistently providing the industry's best product
development applications for over 25 years.  Today, UGS is distinguished as
the leading supplier of Internet-based product life cycle collaboration
solutions as well as the company that is creating the de facto industry
standards for the digital product.  With offices in over 30 countries around
the globe, UGS is the vendor of choice for open solutions that seamlessly
weave into any environment and create unprecedented value for the world's most
demanding customers.  In addition, UGS is the first company in its industry to
earn the ISO 9001/TickIT certification.

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holders.  The information within is subject to change without notice and does
not represent a commitment on the part of UGS.

   For more information, contact 800-807-2200 or 256-705-2500, e-mail us at
solidedge@ugs.com or visit us on the Internet, http://www.solid-edge.com .

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