Elysium's CADporter Product Completes Autodesk Inventor Certification; CAD Translation Product Certified to Support Industry-Leading 3D Mechanical Design Software

    SOUTHFIELD, Mich.--July 23, 2002--Elysium Inc., a leading global provider of CAD translation software, today announced that its powerful CADporter(TM) product has been named an Autodesk Inventor Certified Application by Autodesk, Inc.
    As a certified application, CADporter meets the criteria set by Autodesk to ensure customers high-quality products that are interoperable with Autodesk Inventor 3D mechanical design software.
    Autodesk Inventor software is the premier high-performance 3D mechanical design solution from Autodesk based on innovative adaptive technology. Autodesk Inventor award-winning software successfully combines 2D capabilities with the power of 3D, delivers industry-leading DWG compatibility, and speeds and simplifies the design process through its unmatched ease of use.
    CADporter is Elysium's leading product for CAD data translation and sharing. It supports the translation of all geometry data between Autodesk Inventor and Unigraphics, Pro/ENGINEER, CATIA and Solidworks. CADporter delivers this functionality with the industry's highest success rate.
    "We are very proud of the support that Autodesk Inventor is receiving from CAD developers and vendors worldwide," stated Richard Runnells, Solutions Development Manager for Autodesk. "Autodesk is committed to certifying quality applications that help customers complete their manufacturing process. Elysium's CADporter product helps customers share data, regardless of the CAD system being used by their suppliers, contractors and customers."
    CADporter for Autodesk Inventor 5 is available today, and can be purchased directly from Elysium or through its network of resellers.

    About Elysium Inc.

    Founded in 1984, Elysium (www.elysiuminc.com) bridges the gap between CAD systems and collaborative engineering environments with its industry-leading CAD data translator technologies. Elysium's CADporter(TM) and CADdoctor software products enable the translation of all geometry from one CAD system to another with the industry's highest success rate.
    Elysium's CADporter and CADdoctor products exhibit superior 3-D geometry handling, repair and healing. They handle the differing topological representations of the supported CAD systems and can perform automatic healing to resolve inconsistencies that regularly occur during the conversion of surface and solid CAD models. These products allow true interoperability between ACIS(R)-based applications, CATIA(R), I-DEAS(R), Pro/ENGINEER(R), SolidWorks(R) and Unigraphics(R) with the industry's highest translation success rate. This rapid exchange facilitates improvement in designer productivity and reduces cost associated with incompatible translation tools by reading and writing true native file formats.
    Elysium has successful partnerships with several major software companies including Adobe Systems, Autodesk, CoCreate, Maya Metrix, HKS, Spatial Corporation and EDS PLM.

    CADporter and CADdoctor are trademarks of Elysium Co Ltd and Elysium Inc. All other products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

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