Autodesk Certifies ALGOR's InCAD Products for Autodesk Inventor 7 Software

PITTSBURGH--Oct. 1, 20036, 2003--ALGOR, Inc., a leading maker of software for mechanical engineers, announced that its InCAD products have achieved certification under the Autodesk Inventor(R) Certified Application Program. The designation, which is granted by Autodesk, identifies high-quality, robust products that provide the highest level of interoperability with the Autodesk Inventor 3-D mechanical design software.

"ALGOR's participation in the Autodesk Inventor Certified Application Program provides our customers with another integrated tool for creating, managing and sharing digital design data," said Barrett Kamille, partner applications manager for Autodesk's Manufacturing Solutions Division. "ALGOR's FEA, Mechanical Event Simulation (MES) and InCAD Designer products deliver direct benefits for Autodesk Inventor users who need valuable simulation and analysis solutions."

"We are pleased to provide applications that help engineers speed up time to market and make better, safer products at a lower cost," said ALGOR product manager, Bob Williams. "Achieving certification for Autodesk Inventor 7 strengthens our partnership with Autodesk and demonstrates our commitment to providing Autodesk Inventor users with easy-to-use, accurate and fully associative simulation tools."

ALGOR's InCAD Designer/Autodesk Inventor provides full associativity with each design change within Autodesk Inventor. This product supports ALGOR's wide range of simulation capabilities including static stress and MES with linear and nonlinear material models, linear dynamics, steady-state and transient heat transfer, steady and unsteady fluid flow, electrostatics, full multiphysics and piping.

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ALGOR makes computer software and provides services for mechanical and civil engineers. The company serves over 20,000 engineers in over 95 countries in organizations such as DuPont, General Motors, Goodyear, Hewlett-Packard, NASA, Naval Surface Warfare Center and Yale University. Partnerships with other leading mechanical engineering software companies offer data interchange with products from Alibre, Inc.; ANSYS, Inc.; Autodesk, Inc.; CADKEY Corporation; MSC.Software Corporation; Parametric Technology Corporation (PTC); Robert McNeel & Associates; Structural Dynamics Research Corporation; Solid Edge, EDS-PLM Solutions; SolidWorks Corporation, a Dassault Systemes S.A. company; and others. Educational support and customer service include the use of Internet audio/video technology for distance learning and free, live software demonstrations.

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