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SDRC Teams With McGraw-Hill to Offer the I-DEAS Student Edition

4 August 1999

SDRC Teams With McGraw-Hill to Offer the I-DEAS Student Edition -- Supporting University Students and Faculty Worldwide With Award-Winning Mechanical Design Automation Software

    CINCINNATI--Aug. 4, 1999--SDRC , a leading global supplier of enterprise product development solutions and developer of I-DEAS(R) and Metaphase(R) Enterprise(TM) software, has teamed with The McGraw-Hill Companies to publish the I-DEAS(R) Student Edition(TM). The Student Edition is offered to university students and faculty worldwide and includes educational copies of I-DEAS solid modeling, drafting, and manufacturing software applications, plus on-line tutorials, documentation, and a rapid-prototyping interface. McGraw-Hill will publish and distribute the I-DEAS Student Edition internationally through bookstores in combination with an extensive list of engineering textbooks.
    According to Jonathan Plant, senior sponsoring editor for Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at McGraw-Hill, "The I-DEAS Student Edition provides world-class engineering software technology to supplement textbooks, multimedia materials, and other teaching resources. We foresee a dynamic partnership with SDRC, integrating educational and engineering technologies in ways that facilitate teaching and learning."
    "The I-DEAS Student Edition provides a great opportunity for engineering students and faculty," according to Dr. Gary Bertoline, chairman of the Department of Computer Graphics at Purdue University. "I-DEAS has long been recognized as leading-edge software for design and computer-aided engineering. Now students will be able to operate educational copies of this advanced software system on their own laptops and workstations. It provides new opportunities for learning, research, student competitions, and all aspects of engineering education."
    "SDRC is very proud of its work in the education community," said Bill Carrelli, vice president of marketing, SDRC. "Our company was founded by faculty members and researchers, and we have provided I-DEAS(R) software licenses to engineering schools for over twenty years. We're proud to partner with McGraw-Hill to offer affordable educational copies of I-DEAS to a wide range of students."
    The I-DEAS Student Edition will be available in bookstores in September. Prospective purchasers will be asked to show student or faculty ID cards.

    About SDRC

    SDRC (Structural Dynamics Research Corporation) is one of the world's leading providers of enterprise product development solutions with its suite of mechanical design automation software and product data management software. The Company's products, coupled with value-added services, help manufacturers optimize product development early in the design process, enabling them to reduce cost and cycle time while significantly improving quality and time to market. SDRC provides the award-winning I-DEAS(R) product suite of integrated CAD/CAM/CAE software, and the market-leading PDM software, Metaphase(R) Enterprise(TM), which is developed, marketed and supported by SDRC's Metaphase Technology Division. SDRC employs more than 2,500 people worldwide, with 77 offices in 18 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, and Asia/Pacific.

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    Note to Editors: SDRC, I-DEAS, and Metaphase are registered trademarks, and Metaphase Enterprise and I-DEAS Student Edition are trademarks of Structural Dynamics Research Corporation. All other trademarks or registered trademarks belong to their respective holders.