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SolidWorks Streamlines 3D CAD Design Process with its SolidWorks 2001 Super Service Pack

Time-saving upgrade allows engineers to automate fastener placements, produce break-out section views, improve moving parts design, and export Pro/Engineer® files

CONCORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 18, 2001-- SolidWorks Corporation, a leading provider of affordable, easy-to-use three dimensional (3D) computer aided design (CAD) software, today introduced its (R) 2001 Super Service Pack, a software upgrade package that streamlines the design process in conjunction with SolidWorks software. The Super Service Pack includes new tools such as Smart Fasteners (automated inclusion of fasteners such as nuts and bolts), break-out section views, cam follower mate functionality (moving parts that create motion within a mechanical assembly), and Pro/E file export capabilities. These capabilities let users reduce design time and costly production errors and accelerate product to market.

The SolidWorks 2001 Super Service Pack incorporates several key enhancements including:

• Smart Fasteners - enable engineers and designers to automatically insert, orient, and size a series of bolts, screws, washers, or nuts correctly into holes located in a 3D model with just one command. If the holes change size during design review, SolidWorks immediately notifies users of this change. Smart Fasteners enable users to save time and money by eliminating the need to look up standards in engineering manuals and find and place parts in the 3D model. Smart Fasteners operate in conjunction with the SolidWorks Toolbox application.
• Breakout section view - allows users to cut away specific sections of a model to expose hidden components and features. Breakout section views help engineers view, document, and understand how a model's components fit together.
• Cam follower mate - lets engineers and designers quickly and easily mate cams (variously shaped moving parts whose rotation causes motion within a machine) to other parts within a mechanical assembly. Engineers can also use this function to visualize the motion of the cam and its follower parts (parts that when mated with cams, rotate with the cam's movement and cause motion). This view allows engineers to see how moving parts within a model will work together and how one component's action affects others.
• Pro/E File Export - enables SolidWorks users to save all parts and assemblies in the Pro/E file format. This eases the design collaboration and communication process between companies using different CAD software tools, and simplifies the transition process for those users converting from Pro/E to SolidWorks software.

``We are constantly striving to improve the overall design and engineering process for our customers by adding new features and functionality to SolidWorks software,'' said Dave Corcoran, executive vice president of research and development for SolidWorks Corporation. ``Instead of saving our innovations for major software releases, we provide new tools to our subscription service customers as soon as we integrate them into SolidWorks. This Super Service Pack lets engineers get their jobs done and get products to market faster and more efficiently than before.''

Availability

The SolidWorks 2001 Super Service Pack will ship this month. Current SolidWorks subscription service customers can download the 2001 Super Service Pack from www.solidworks.com. All future shipments of SolidWorks software (Service Pack 5 and later) will include the new features introduced in the 2001 Super Service Pack.

About SolidWorks Corporation

SolidWorks Corporation, a Dassault Systemes S.A. (Nasdaq: DASTY, Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA) company, develops and markets mechanical design software solutions. Founded in 1993, SolidWorks' mission is to deliver the power of 3D to everybody in design and manufacturing. In 5 years of shipping product, SolidWorks has shipped more than 131,000 total seats of software consisting of over 73,000 commercial seats and more than 58,000 educational seats worldwide. SolidWorks has offices worldwide and distributes its products through a network of resellers selling in 70 countries. For the latest news, information, or a live online demonstration, visit the company's Web site (www.solidworks.com) or call 1-800-693-9000 (outside of North America, call +1-978-371-5000).

SolidWorks and the SolidWorks logo are registered trademarks of SolidWorks Corporation. Other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective owners. Copyright (c) 2001 SolidWorks Corporation.

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