PrescientQA Version 4.2 for CATIA Tuned to Automotive Manufacturers' Needs; New Functionality Provides Cycle Time Reduction Tools for Manufacturers

    BOULDER, Colo.--Oct. 2, 2001--PlanetCAD Inc. (AMEX:PCD), a leading developer of Cycle Time Reduction software solutions for the manufacturing supply chain, today announced the release of PrescientQA 4.2 for the CATIA(R) V4 platform.
    This latest release combines the improved speed and interface introduced in the PrescientQA 4.0 platform with new tools and standards specifically tuned to the needs of automotive manufacturers. Additionally, this version allows French language support within the interface for the first time.
    "We are in the business of reducing cycle times for manufacturers. PrescientQA 4.2 for CATIA replaces arduous, manual procedures with rapid, automated solutions," said Bill Bates, vice president of Business Development, PlanetCAD. "We have introduced new tools specifically defined by automotive customers to help streamline their processes and ensure greater integration of more stringent geometric standards within the platform."
    PrescientQA is PlanetCAD's flagship award-winning product for monitoring adherence to design and geometry standards for all participants in the design-to-manufacture process. PrescientQA's unique reporting tools rapidly identify cost savings and productivity measures that occur when a design closely adheres to agreed-upon corporate standards. PrescientQA's suite of productivity modules include DesignQA(R), GeometryQA(TM), DriveQA(TM) and CertifyQA(TM).

    PrescientQA 4.2 for CATIA includes the following improvements:
    -- New Engineering Checklist -- provides an automated and
    comprehensive checklist of items the engineer must review or
    answer before work can be completed. This replaces arduous
    manual processes and also creates a way to monitor standards
    normally beyond the PrescientQA product set.
    -- Improved Geometry Standards -- adds robust filters and report
    variables to geometric checks to allow full control to fine
    tune the scope to very exacting criteria and fully customized
    reporting.
    -- Improved Standards Highlighting -- provides more intuitive
    highlighting of failed standards within the design data for
    ease of identification and correction.
    -- Working Scale -- ensures that the working scale of the design
    adheres to corporate standards to avoid dimensional and
    unitary errors throughout the design-to-manufacture process.
    -- French Language Support -- PrescientQA 4.2 for CATIA has
    enabled the ability to support the product's Configurator, Run
    Panel and Results Browser interfaces in French for immediate
    localization of the product for French-based corporations.

    About PlanetCAD Inc.

    PlanetCAD, with offices in Boulder, Colo., and the United Kingdom, is a leading provider of Cycle Time Reduction solutions for the manufacturing supply chain. PlanetCAD's award-winning products reduce cycles, costs and waste from design to manufacture by integrating engineering data with supply chain transactions. PlanetCAD's current products include the PrescientQA(TM) design-quality engineering software suite, which reduces costly design errors, accelerates time-to-market, and improves the product development process; and IntraVision(R), which enables viewing, markup, measuring and conversion of more than 300 file formats. For more information on PlanetCAD or Cycle Time Reduction, visit www.planetcad.com, or call 888/319-0871.

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