PLM Industry Summary Editor: Christine Bennett Vol. 10 No. 33 Friday 15 August 2008 Contents

Acquisitions ______2 Autodesk Announces Intent to Acquire 3D Geo, Leader in Geospatial Infrastructure and Urban Modeling Solutions ______2 CIMdata News ______3 CIMdata Publishes a New Review of the Dassault Systèmes’ V6 Program; A Focus on a “PLM 2.0” Vision for Enterprises ______3 Reminder: Only Ten Business Days Remain to Participate in our Latest Opinion Poll ______3 Company News ______4 Magma Names Kevin Moynihan General Manager and Vice President of Design Implementation Business Unit ______4 Events News ______4 AVEVA to Showcase Unique Global Engineering Capabilities at the Seatrade Middle East Maritime 2008 _4 COADE Discovery Tour in India Featuring CADWorx Plant Design Suite Sets Attendance Records ______5 Delcam China to Show Complete New CAM Range at CIMES ______6 Delcam to Show Latest PowerINSPECT Release at IMTS ______7 OPEN MIND at AMB 2008 in Stuttgart: hyperMILL®: The Comprehensive CAM Solution for Flexible Production ______7 SAP Expands Scope of Annual SAP(R) TechEd Events to Address Unprecedented Ecosystem Growth ____9 Synopsys Showcases DesignWare IP Solutions for PCI Express, USB and SATA at Intel Developer Forum 2008 ______11 2009 Abaqus Users' Conference Call for Papers; Abstracts Due by November 6, 2008 ______12 Financial News ______13 Autodesk Reports Record Revenue of $620 Million in its Second Quarter of Fiscal 2009 ______13 Implementation Investments ______15 Alchip Adopts Synopsys' Eclypse Low Power Solution ______15 Aspen Technology Selected by Cabot Corp. to Enhance Its Global Supply Chain Systems ______15 Beceem Uses Magma's RTL-To-GDSII and Sign-Off System to Tape Out 65-nm Mobile WiMAX Wave 2 Solution ______16 Computer Gaming, Desktop Software and Retail Applications Developers Turn to 3DVIA Virtools for 3D 17 Delcam’s ArtCAM Helps Royal Mint to Commemorate End of First World War ______18 Delcam’s PowerMILL Aids Growth at Toolmakers ______19 Dyadem Helps Moll Industries Design Out Defects Before Manufacturing ______20 Infor Automotive Essentials Fuels Growth for Grupo Aunde ______21 Kirloskar Brothers Utilize PTC’s Pro/Engineer® to Design Pump Engineering Solution for Turnkey Indian Irrigation Project ______22 Mentor Graphics Eldo Adopted by TSMC for Cell Library Characterization of 40 Nanometer Technology Node ______23 PEAK Surgical Uses SolidWorks Software to Develop Low-Temperature Surgical Cutting and Coagulation Tools ______24 PTC® Retail Solution Launches at JCPenney ______25 RTI Biologics Selects Pilgrim Software for Compliance & Quality Management Solutions ______26 Wison Heavy Industry Selects AVEVA for Use on Offshore Projects ______27

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Product News ______27 ArtCAM, a Creative Yet Simple Way to Making Authentic Furniture ______27 Autodesk Announces Stitcher Unlimited 2009 and ImageModeler 2009 Software Products ______28 Autodesk Announces 10-Year Anniversary Release of Maya Software ______30 Autodesk Revolutionizes Plastic Part Design With Technology Preview of New Inventor Plastic Features 31 Bentley’s Forthcoming MicroStation Release to Incorporate Luxology’s Photorealistic Rendering Engine 32 BlueCielo Launches InnoCielo Global Collaboration Framework 2008 ______33 Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corp. Licenses Luxology’s Nexus Rendering Technology ______34 Geometric Releases NestLib® Version 21.5 ______35 InterSpec Named an Autodesk Preferred Industry Partner ______36 New Versions of Autodesk NavisWorks Product Line Now Available ______37 Pilgrim Software Introduces SmartDesigner™ – A Tailoring Solution for SmartSolve® Applications and Beyond ______38 Powerway Suite Targets Highly Audited Industries ______39 RuleStream to Extend AutoCAD Integration with Autodesk’s RealDWG Platform ______40 SpaceClaim Standardizes on HyperShot for Photographic Rendering of 3D Designs; Relationship Unveiled at SIGGRAPH 2008 ______40 Sparx Systems Partners With Siemens PLM Software to Integrate Advanced UML Modeling with Product Lifecycle Management ______41 Synopsys DesignWare IP for PCI Express Used as the Gold Standard in Intel Lab at Intel Developer Forum ______42 Synopsys Launches Full Range of Silicon-Proven DDR3 and DDR2 IP Solutions for SoC Designs ______43 Trubiquity Expands Sales Partnership Program to Japan ______44 Trubiquity Introduces TRUfusion to Automate Data Exchange ______45 Acquisitions

Autodesk Announces Intent to Acquire 3D Geo, Leader in Geospatial Infrastructure and Urban Modeling Solutions 11 August 2008 Autodesk, Inc. announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all the assets of 3D Geo GmbH, a privately held maker of intelligent 3D urban models software, based in Potsdam, Germany. 3D Geo offers software and services for geo-visualization: solutions for effectively creating, analyzing, managing, and distributing large-scale geo information. This acquisition would augment Autodesk's offerings for utilities, telecommunication firms, and state and local governments. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. For additional information about Autodesk, visit http://www.autodesk.com/. For additional information about 3D Geo, please visit http://www.3dgeo.de/ or http://www.landxplorer.com/ Click here to return to Contents

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CIMdata Publishes a New Review of the Dassault Systèmes’ V6 Program; A Focus on a “PLM 2.0” Vision for Enterprises 14 August 2008 CIMdata announces that they have published a review of Dassault Systèmes’ V6 Program. The review identifies the challenges facing businesses today that are driving development and deployment of PLM solutions, Dassault Systèmes’ history and position in the PLM market, and a review of their new V6 program. Mr. Ed Miller, President of CIMdata, explained that businesses around the world are continuously seeking new and better ways of addressing their markets with innovative products that capture the imagination of their customers. “As companies focus on improving their business operations to ensure that they cost-effectively produce high-quality products, they have increasingly turned to PLM strategies and solutions as critical initiatives for their business success.” He added, “At the same time, PLM solutions have evolved over the past several years as the suppliers of those solutions have diligently worked to provide PLM offerings that satisfy the growing needs of industry.” Responding to these industry challenges, Dassault Systèmes recently announced their new V6 platform, which they position as enabling a “PLM 2.0” vision. Commenting on this, Mr. Miller said, “The V6 platform is a major announcement for Dassault Systèmes. With V6, Dassault Systèmes is incorporating and leveraging the best aspects of its MatrixOne, SmarTeam, and VPLM suites on one platform and adding the capabilities of 3DLive to unify user interaction and access to all of Dassault Systèmes’ PLM solutions, including CATIA, DELMIA, and SIMULIA”. Mr. Miller noted that “Dassault Systèmes’ concept of PLM 2.0 is interesting, and does address phenomena that are gaining attention across the enterprise software world, i.e., online access, innovative UIs, synthesizing IP from multiple sources— including existing systems and communities of subject matter experts, business users, consumers, etc.” For more information please contact CIMdata at +1(734) 668-9922. Copies of the Dassault Systèmes’ V6 Program Review are available at no cost through the CIMdata website. About PLM CIMdata defines PLM as a strategic business approach that applies a consistent set of business solutions in support of the collaborative creation, management, dissemination, and use of product definition information across the extended enterprise from concept to end of life—integrating people, processes, business systems, and information. PLM forms the product information backbone for a company and its extended enterprise. Click here to return to Contents

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Magma Names Kevin Moynihan General Manager and Vice President of Design Implementation Business Unit 12 August 2008 Magma® Design Automation Inc. announced Kevin Moynihan has joined the company as general manager and vice president of the company's Design Implementation Business Unit. Moynihan will report to Roy E. Jewell, Magma president and chief operating officer. "Kevin brings a blend of experience that will benefit Magma as our synthesis, place & route, and related products continue their market share gains," Jewell said. "He has a proven track record of integrating customer feedback as part of strategy definition, and then bringing new products to market. Kevin is a very good addition to Magma." Moynihan takes over for Kam Kittrell, who is on sabbatical and will return to the company at the end of 2008, reporting to Jewell in a different role. Moynihan will manage the Design Implementation Business Unit jointly with Premal Buch, the group's general manager and vice president, Product Development. "Our implementation products have expanded a great deal in a short period, both the array of products and capabilities," Buch said. "Kevin's experience will contribute to continued deployment and market acceptance." Moynihan's career includes experience as a member of the technical staff at Lockheed Missiles and Space Co. and at Advanced Micro Devices. His EDA experience began when he served as vice president of Technology Services at High-Level Design Systems, which was later acquired by Cadence Design Systems. In 9 years at Cadence his responsibilities included managing applications engineering; serving as vice president and general manager for Vertical Market Design Environments; serving as vice president of the Integration Ensemble and synthesis, placement & routing product lines; and serving as vice president of corporate business development. Moynihan gained other EDA experience at Mentor Graphics and with start-up companies Gradient Design Automation and Silicon Navigator. He also managed KLA-Tencor's DesignScan Business Unit. Moynihan holds a master's degree in business administration from Pepperdine University and a bachelor's degree in computer and information science from Ohio State University. Click here to return to Contents Events News

AVEVA to Showcase Unique Global Engineering Capabilities at the Seatrade Middle East Maritime 2008 11 August 2008

Page 4 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary AVEVA announced its participation at the Seatrade Middle East Maritime 2008 on stand number 114, which will be held in Dubai World Trade Centre, United Arab Emirates, December 14-16, 2008. At the show AVEVA will focus on the AVEVA Marine (12 series) and the latest unique capabilities of global concurrent distributed engineering. AVEVA Marine (12 Series) Key Benefits include: Unique global data sharing and efficient concurrent, multi-site project execution. Productive integrated hull and outfitting applications for clash-free, production-friendly design and efficient assembly. Automatic, accurate and totally integrated manufacturing interfacing for complete parts manufacture. A set of lifecycle management capabilities (workflow, change, configuration, document management) for integrating and managing all work processes and information networks. Integrated Schematic and 3D Model. Louay Dahmash, Vice President of AVEVA Middle East comments: "With the latest release of AVEVA Global and AVEVA Marine (12 series), the marine market is provided with an opportunity to experience the maximum productivity with proven multi-site design integrity even on the most complex vessels. The advances AVEVA continuously make in marine projects are simply incredible. At this exhibition we look forward to demonstrating to industry leaders AVEVA's innovations once again." For more information on AVEVA Marine see http://www.aveva.com/marine. Click here to return to Contents

COADE Discovery Tour in India Featuring CADWorx Plant Design Suite Sets Attendance Records 8 August 2008 COADE announced that its four recent COADE Discovery Tour stops in India set new records for attendance. Organized in conjunction with KLG Systel Ltd, COADE’s Global Network Partner in the region, the events featured COADE’s Plant Design and Engineering Solutions, highlighting capabilities and interoperability between design and analysis, including CADWorx for AutoCAD-based plant design and PVElite for pressure vessel and heat exchanger design and analysis. Guest speakers included current users, and invitation-only executive briefings featured a high-level discussion hosted by Vornel Walker, manager of Marketing and Partner Development at COADE, and members of the COADE Sales and Product Development team, who discussed industry trends and COADE’s product development initiatives. “These tour events exceeded our expectations, with a high point in Chennai with 160, a standing room only crowd,” explained Ashis Bose, head of the Computational Engineering & Sciences Strategic Business Unit, at KLG Systel, “We attribute much of the turnout to the growing popularly of COADE’s industry-leading CAD/CAE solutions for the process, power, water treatment, pharmaceutical, food and beverage and semiconductor industries.” COADE Discovery Tour events in Asia, North America, South America, Europe, Australia, Africa and the Middle East have been attracting record numbers of plant designers and engineers. The tour schedule in India included July 28th in New Delhi, July 29th in

Page 5 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Kolkata, July 31st in Chennai and August 1st in Mumbai. Information about COADE can be found at http://www.coade.com. Information about KLG Systel Ltd can be found at http://www.klgsystel.com. Click here to return to Contents

Delcam China to Show Complete New CAM Range at CIMES 14 August 2008 Delcam China will launch new versions across the complete range of the company’s machining software at the China International Machine Tool Exhibition to be held in Beijing from 9th to 13th October. The exhibition comes at a time of rapid expansion for business in the country. Sales are currently more than 25% above the levels during last year. To cope with this growing demand, the thirtieth sales office for Delcam products was recently opened in Qingdao, one of the few industrial areas where Delcam was not previously represented. The complete range of Delcam machining software comprises PowerMILL for high-speed and five-axis machining, FeatureCAM for feature-based programming, PartMaker for Swiss-type lathes and turn-mill equipment and ArtCAM for engraving and routing. Together, these programs comprise the world’s most comprehensive range of CAM software from a single suppler. This broad coverage is one of the reasons why Delcam is consistently ranked as a world leading specialist supplier of NC software and services by US analysts CIMdata. The new release of Delcam’s PowerMILL CAM software will offer a more complete solution for complex machining operations, together with more control for experienced machinists that know exactly how they wish to machine a particular part. The program also incorporates a number of improvements to reduce calculation times, together with some simplification of the user interface that makes it easier to select the required command and so makes programming faster. In addition, toolpath ordering has been made more efficient, especially for roughing and rest machining, so ensuring that the cutter spends more time machining and minimal time making air moves. FeatureCAM 2009 incorporates enhancements across its complete range of functionality, reflecting the increased investment in product development following Delcam’s acquisition of the software in 2005. An important focus has been increased options for more complex machines, such as mill-turn equipment, and four- and five-axis mills. This will allow users to tackle more sophisticated parts than could be programmed before. Developments have also continued increase the efficiency of the more fundamental machining operations, including turning and three-axis milling. Major highlights of the new release of PartMaker include a revamped and more productive user- interface, improved capabilities for programming directly on solid models and more realistic machine simulation for the increasingly-complex machine architectures of today’s multi-axis turn-mill centres and Swiss-type lathes. The enhanced user interface will make PartMaker users even more productive in programming their CNC equipment, while offering new users and even easier to learn, more capable CNC programming platform. Improvements across the ArtCAM family of software include new sculpting and embossing tools in the Pro and JewelSmith versions. On the machining side, the main emphasis has been on improved strategies for harder materials to enable more efficient and faster engraving of metal tooling. Other enhancements across the complete ArtCAM range include the ability to export designs in the 3D pdf format used by the Adobe Acrobat reader, autorecovery of data, for example if there is a power failure to the computer, and much more realistic simulation of machining in a variety of materials.

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Delcam to Show Latest PowerINSPECT Release at IMTS 13 August 2008 Delcam will demonstrate Version 5 of its PowerINSPECT software on stand D-3005 at the IMTS exhibition to be held in Chicago from 8th to 13th September. This new release of this hardware- independent inspection software includes support for five-axis scanning with Renishaw’s REVO probe, the ability to use multiple alignments within parts or assemblies, improved CMM connectivity and more flexible report generation. PowerINSPECT 5 is believed to be the first inspection software to support Renishaw’s REVO for the verification of both geometric and free-form shapes on all major makes of CMM. The combined solution offers faster and more accurate measurement of feature-rich parts, such as powertrain components, and complex doubly-curved surfaces, including those found in aerofoils and turbine blades. As the five-axis REVO head is much lighter and more dynamic than the CMM, with a significantly better frequency response, it is able to follow changes in the part geometry much more quickly. In addition, five-axis scanning minimises dynamic errors caused by the inertial forces that affect the moving mass of the CMM structure. The new PowerINSPECT release incorporates five-axis simulation and collision detection technology from Delcam’s PowerMILL CAM system. As a result, users can be confident that the inspection routines will operate safely and efficiently. PowerINSPECT’s new ability to use multiple alignments within a single part will allow independent verification of distinct areas within the component. This will make it simpler to identify the source of any error in a faulty example and so make it quicker and easier to rectify the problem. Multiple alignments can also be important when checking assemblies of parts. They can be used to discover whether the error is in an individual component, and, if so, in which one, or whether the problem has resulted from an inaccuracy in the way in which the parts have been put together. The introduction into PowerINSPECT of I++ technology will make it easier to add the software to new hardware, especially for companies that use a variety of different devices. I++ is the standard communication format for CMMs and is supported by all major equipment manufacturers. PowerINSPECT’s easy-to-understand reporting has always been one of the software’s most popular features. With the new release, users have been given more control over the way in which the results are displayed. The previous highly-automated reporting methods are still available but users are now able to customise reports more easily. For example, the positions and contents of results labels can be adjusted to highlight the most important measurements. For further information on Delcam’s PowerINSPECT software, please contact: - Peter Dickin, Marketing Manager Direct phone: 44 (0)121 683 1081, e-mail: [email protected] Click here to return to Contents

OPEN MIND at AMB 2008 in Stuttgart: hyperMILL®: The Comprehensive CAM Solution for

Page 7 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Flexible Production 14 August 2008 OPEN MIND Technologies AG will demonstrate its hyperMILL® CAM solution, focusing on production engineering, tool and mould manufacturing, as well as medical applications at AMB 2008 in Hall 4, Booth B 51. From efficient 2D machining with automatic feature recognition to safe 5-axis simultaneous milling – hyperMILL® flexibly and reliably produces the widest range of geometries with high quality. The production of machine components requires a high degree of 2D machining, usually involving a large number of holes and pockets. In tool and mould manufacturing, increasingly complex parts and model variations have to be produced cost efficiently and as quickly as possible. High surface quality is indispensable for the prosthetics and implants required in the medical industry. All of these fields of application have one thing in common: The high-performance hyperMILL® CAM software offers on- demand specialist functions for efficient, reliable workflows with high-quality results. At OPEN MIND’s trade fair booth, visitors can see for themselves the high production quality that is possible with hyperMILL®. hyperMILL® in production engineering OPEN MIND’s intelligent CAM software offers all of the necessary features for time-saving processes in production engineering. From offering all key 2D and 3D machining strategies and very wide spectrum of drilling jobs through to multi-axis indexing, mill turn and 5-axis machining – hyperMILL® offers a comprehensive range of CAM strategies for flexible production, all of which visitors can personally experience at the OPEN MIND booth. Programming with geometry features and saving machining sequences in a database enable largely automated and highly efficient programming for machining. hyperMILL® in tool and mould manufacturing When it comes to tool and mould manufacturing, machining of design variations, short delivery deadlines and customer modifications are the order of the day. hyperMILL®’s utilities, such as its Rapid Result technology, are perfect for achieving cost-effective production. They ensure that changes can be made at the click of a mouse without having to reprogram the entire part. This feature is based on integrated automatic functions that independently take into account the changed parameters. This facilitates quick changes without having to start the entire programming process anew – this saves a lot of engineering time, providing maximum flexibility in tool and mould manufacturing. hyperMILL® also guarantees flexibility and high quality across a broad spectrum of strategies, from 2D to 5-axis, including advanced machining strategies such as HSC and hard milling. For demanding geometries such as deep cavities, high steep walls and undercuts, for example, 3D machining is not possible because of collisions – or it is only possible with using large tool lengths. With OPEN MIND’s 5-axis machining solution, these areas can be machined without collisions with comparatively short tool lengths. Depending on the geometry and machine kinematics, with hyperMILL® you can flexibly select between 5-axis machining with a fixed tool angle, automatic indexing or simultaneous motion. hyperMILL® in the medical sector Products in the medical industry can also profit from the high production quality offered by hyperMILL®. In addition to the manufacture of injection moulds for medical products, strong machining process for hard metals that is crucial for the compatibility of implants is also a fundamental

Page 8 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary requirement to achieve a high surface quality on machined parts. hyperMILL®’s 5-axis technology enables the use of shorter and therefore more stable tools. Improved cutting conditions, less risk of chatter and tool breakage all translate into better milling results. This also reduces tool wear so that machining can be performed with consistent precision. Milling in 5-axis simultaneous machining avoids approach and retraction marks. The comprehensive 5- axis strategies provided by OPEN MIND’s solution, such as 5-axis swarf cutting with barrel-shaped tools, result in significant reduction in machining time. Furthermore, the precision and high finish of machined free-form surfaces created by hyperMILL® reduces the often expensive and time-intensive manual rework machining to a minimum. Seamless integration of CAD and CAM for continuous processing and maximum programming efficiency Other highlights at the OPEN MIND’s trade fair booth are the new and expanded functions of hyperCAD® 2008.1, the CAD software based on the think3® kernel. hyperMILL® is also presented as a CAD integration with Pro/ENGINEER® Wildfire™ 4, Autodesk® Inventor™ 2009, SolidWorks® and thinkdesign®. New features in hyperCAD® 2008.1 include convenient layer management, several selection possibilities for contours as well as model quality control, which allows the checking of numerous model parameters. In the new hyperCAD® 2008.1, several features were also optimized, such as the display options in the workplane, display precision (tesselation) for solids and surfaces, cross- section views, memory-intensive hyperMILL® stock models, and the display of solids or surfaces that were created by curve unification. Additional information is available on request or at http://www.openmind-tech.com. Click here to return to Contents http://sdn.sap.com/. (*) SAP defines business software as comprising enterprise resource planning and related applications. Click here to return to Contents

SAP Expands Scope of Annual SAP(R) TechEd Events to Address Unprecedented Ecosystem Growth 14 August 2008 SAP AG announced the kick-off of the SAP(R) TechEd 2008 event season, which is the company's longest-running technical and business process conference series. Driven by the theme "Connect, Collaborate, Co-Innovate," this year's events will bring together the worldwide technical community to harness the collective knowledge and resources of the SAP ecosystem, helping them enhance their skills, get their jobs done with efficiency and provide added benefit to their companies. To be held in four locations around the globe, the events will feature the latest innovations in technology, applications and services that can enable IT to more rapidly respond to development needs, expand capabilities and maximize business impact. Now in its 12th year, SAP TechEd 2008 will take place in Las Vegas on September 8-12, Berlin on October 14-16, Shanghai on November 5-6 and Bangalore on November 12- 14. Keynote presentations will be hosted by Zia Yusuf, executive vice president of the Global Ecosystem and Partner Group, and will feature Co-CEO Leo Apotheker (Berlin), Executive Board members John Schwarz (Las Vegas) and Jim Hagemann Snabe (Bangalore), and CTO Vishal Sikka (Shanghai).

Page 9 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Keynote topics will demonstrate how best-run businesses can improve insight by closing the gap between strategy and execution, drive process efficiency within and across business boundaries, and enhance flexibility by creating new business processes that align operations with strategy. Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, will deliver a keynote presentation from the SAP TechEd Las Vegas event. Developers Worldwide Gather for Interactive, Hands-On Opportunities at SAP TechEd The SAP TechEd agenda is based on feedback from across the SAP ecosystem and is designed to reflect attendee preferences. All four SAP TechEd conference locations will feature technical experts leading classes on a range of subjects, from introductory sessions to deeply technical, hands-on workshops. Local product managers and developers will also be on hand at each location. The core content at this year's events will focus on the SAP NetWeaver(R) technology platform, the SAP(R) Business Suite, service-oriented architecture (SOA), Java and ABAP. The SAP TechEd 2008 events also mark the inaugural appearance of Business Objects as an SAP company, and will feature new sessions on Business Objects topics. A pre-conference program, "Community Day," will welcome business process experts, technologists and user groups to share successes, identify needs and discuss the tools that can help users increase efficiency and impact. At the event itself, the Community Clubhouse will feature a networking lounge, where attendees can meet face-to-face with mentors, peers and event speakers -- and share information about SAP's customer-focused ecosystem, the SAP(R) PartnerEdge™ program and SAP solutions. A regular highlight of SAP TechEd, the Demo Jam competition will feature demonstrations on the latest SAP-related technology projects, presented by customers, partners and SAP employees. At the Las Vegas event, SAP and its partners Adobe, Coghead and RedMonk will host a Rich Internet Application (RIA) Hacker Night, featuring RIA-related presentations from the companies followed by an interactive brainstorm and building session. SAP Ecosystem Continues to Grow The SAP TechEd events serve as the physical gathering place for the SAP ecosystem of partners, customers and individuals. SAP TechEd also draws together significant numbers of the 1.3 million individuals who participate in online communities hosted by SAP. Roughly 25,000 new participants sign up for these online communities each month, and from 2006 to 2007, the number of page views doubled, to more than 150 million. Participants contribute approximately 6,000 online posts per day and have created more than 60,000 wiki pages to handle ongoing discussions. More than four million posts have accumulated in these forums, and the pace of activity is accelerating. It took three years to reach the first million forum posts, nine months to reach the second million, and only six months to reach the third million. In total, more than 100,000 members have contributed their knowledge, experience and perspectives through the online discussion forums, articles, blogs and wikis hosted by SAP. "The SAP TechEd event series brings together the members of the SAP ecosystem in one location and focuses on the role of the individual as an agent for change within the organization," said Zia Yusuf, executive vice president, Global Ecosystem and Partner Group, SAP. "SAP TechEd provides a forum for these individuals to roll up their sleeves and connect with the people, resources and information they need to collaborate and address common issues and problems facing IT organizations today. By empowering themselves and tapping the collective knowledge of the SAP ecosystem, individuals can guide their organizations to strategic agility and competitive differentiation." Last year, attendance at SAP TechEd grew 22 percent over the previous year to more than 16,000 attendees worldwide. More than 95 percent of attendees said they would recommend the conference to

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Synopsys Showcases DesignWare IP Solutions for PCI Express, USB and SATA at Intel Developer Forum 2008 14 August 2008 Synopsys, Inc. will be demonstrating its complete DesignWare® IP solutions for PCI Express®, USB and SATA at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) in San Francisco, California on August 19, 2008. Furthermore, the DesignWare IP for PCI Express with PCI-SIG I/O Virtualization technology will be featured in the Intel Lab sessions at IDF. IDF is one of the premier technical events for the release and exchange of new technology and information in the computer, network, wireless and communications realms. WHAT: Synopsys will be showcasing its latest developments in DesignWare IP for PCI Express, USB and SATA at IDF in the PCI Express Technology Community, USB Community and the SATA-IO booth #326, respectively. WHEN: August 19-21, 2008 WHERE: Moscone Center West, 800 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94103 EXHIBIT HOURS: Tuesday, August 19, 6:00pm-8:00pm Wednesday, August 20, 12:00pm-1:30-pm & 6:00pm-8:00pm Thursday, August 21, 12:00pm-1:30pm Synopsys Highlights at IDF: PCI Express Technology Community - Synopsys Booth #726 -- DesignWare IP for PCI Express 2.0 Demonstration Synopsys provides leading PCI Express IP solutions for a wide range of applications requiring single lane (x1) up to sixteen (x16) lane interfaces. Using the DesignWare PHY and digital controller, Synopsys will be demonstrating high performance data transfers at 5.0 Gbps using a PCI Express 2.0 based PC platform. -- DesignWare PHY IP for PCI Express Demonstration Synopsys will be demonstrating its silicon-proven DesignWare PHY for PCI Express 2.0, operating at 5.0 Gbps. Learn how the PHY exceeds the electrical specifications in areas of margin and receive sensitivity, providing more margin for the overall design. See how the unique built in diagnostics and ATE capabilities enable you to have visibility into the link performance and conduct at-speed production testing on a pure digital tester.

Page 11 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary More info on the DesignWare IP solution for PCI Express. http://www.synopsys.com/pciexpress PCI Express Technology Community - LeCroy Booth #729 --PCI Express 2.0 I/O Virtualization with Synopsys' DesignWare IP and the LeCroy Protocol Test Card Synopsys and LeCroy will be demonstrating the latest PCI Express 2.0 with PCI-SIG I/O Virtualization technology utilizing Synopsys' DesignWare IP and LeCroy's Summit T2-16 Analyzer and Protocol Test Card (PTC). The demonstration will focus on validating the correct behavior for PCI Express Single Root I/O Virtualization transactions by enabling and disabling Virtual Functions. More info on the DesignWare IP for PCI Express 2.0 Solution http://www.synopsys.com/pciexpress More info on the LeCroy PTC for PCI Express 2.0 http://www.lecroy.com/tm/products/ProtocolAnalyzers USB Community - Synopsys Booth #803 -- DesignWare IP for Hi-Speed USB On-the-Go and Wireless USB Join Synopsys to see why designers are implementing high quality DesignWare USB IP for a wide range of portable electronics and PC peripherals. See a live demonstration of the DesignWare Hi-Speed USB OTG and Wireless USB Device Controllers functioning as mass storage devices showing wired or wireless data transfers to the target device. Also, take this opportunity to talk to experts about the latest developments in DesignWare USB IP including USB Link Power Management (LPM), Hi-Speed Inter- Chip (HSIC) and USB 3.0. More info on the DesignWare USB IP Solution. http://www.synopsys.com/products/designware/usb_solutions.html For more information on the DesignWare IP portfolio, visit: http://www.synopsys.com/designware Click here to return to Contents

2009 Abaqus Users' Conference Call for Papers; Abstracts Due by November 6, 2008 August 2008 The 2009 Abaqus Users’ Conference, May 18-21, 2009, will be held in the historic city of London, England, at the unique and modernized venue known as the Brewery. Customer presentations are the core aspect of the conference and help to make the event valuable and successful. Abstracts for contributed papers are being accepted for possible inclusion in the 2009 conference. Prospective authors are invited to submit abstracts of 250 words or less. Paper acceptance will be based on the review of the abstract and draft manuscript by SIMULIA. Industry-focused topics are encouraged including applications in Automotive; Aerospace; Energy and Power; High Tech and Electronics; and Medical Devices. Other suggested papers topics are technical applications that demonstrate the use of FEA for assembly and sealing; composites; contact and impact mechanics; durability and fatigue; noise, vibration, and acoustics; multiphysics and fluid-structure interaction; and simulation data and process management to name a few. Benefits of Presenting:

Page 12 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary • Enhance your professional credentials by being published in the Conference Proceedings which is distributed internationally. • Receive $100 discount on your registration fee to the conference and $100 discount on the Advanced Seminar fee. • Gain recognition as an expert in your field in the simulation community. • Establish beneficial industry contacts. Additional Information If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact us. Tel: (401) 276-4400 ext. Fax: (401) 276-4408 E-mail: [email protected] For more information on the Brewery visit http://www.thebrewery.co.uk/. Click here to return to Contents Financial News

Autodesk Reports Record Revenue of $620 Million in its Second Quarter of Fiscal 2009 14 August 2008 Autodesk, Inc. reported revenue of $620 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2009, an increase of 18 percent over the second quarter of fiscal 2008. GAAP diluted earnings per share in the second quarter increased 3 percent to $0.39, compared to $0.38 per diluted share in the second quarter last year. Non- GAAP diluted earnings per share in the second quarter increased 27 percent to $0.56, compared to $0.44 per diluted share in the second quarter last year. A reconciliation between GAAP and non-GAAP results is provided at the end of this press release (click here for press release with financials). "We're very pleased that Autodesk was able to achieve another quarter of record revenue results," said Carl Bass, Autodesk president and CEO. "Our ability to serve diverse business segments globally with leading software design and engineering solutions drove our strong performance. The combination of a strong market position, industry and geographic diversification, a strong balance sheet, and excellent cash flow, positions Autodesk for continued success." Operational Highlights In addition to favorable currency exchange rates, Autodesk's performance in the second quarter of fiscal 2009 was driven by continued revenue growth of model-based 3D design solutions, 2D vertical products, emerging economies, as well as total upgrade and maintenance revenue growth. Combined revenue from the Company's model-based 3D solutions, which includes Inventor, Revit, Civil 3D, NavisWorks, Robobat, and Moldflow, increased 36 percent over the second quarter of fiscal 2008 to $166 million and comprised 27 percent of total revenue for the quarter. Excluding Moldflow, which was acquired during the quarter, model-based 3D solutions grew 31 percent to $159 million. Autodesk shipped approximately 36,000 commercial seats of its model-based 3D design products, including approximately 10,000 commercial seats of Inventor and 26,000 seats of its Architecture Engineering and

Page 13 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Construction products -- Revit, Civil 3D, NavisWorks, and Robobat. In addition, revenue from 2D vertical products increased 16 percent compared to the second quarter of fiscal 2008. Revenue from the emerging economies increased 40 percent over the second quarter of fiscal 2008 to $114 million and represented 18 percent of total revenue. EMEA revenue was $267 million, an increase of 31 percent as reported over the second quarter of fiscal 2008, and 15 percent at constant currency. Revenue in Asia Pacific was $150 million, an increase of 18 percent as reported year-over-year, and 11 percent at constant currency. Revenue in the Americas increased 4 percent over the second quarter of fiscal 2008 to $203 million, despite continued economic headwinds. Upgrade revenue and maintenance revenue combined increased 34 percent over the second quarter of fiscal 2008 to $238 million. Maintenance revenue increased 36 percent compared to the second quarter of fiscal 2008 to $180 million, or 29 percent of total revenue. Deferred maintenance revenue increased $14 million sequentially and $132 million compared to the second quarter of fiscal 2008. Total upgrade revenue increased 27 percent compared to the second quarter of fiscal 2008. Business Outlook The following statements are forward-looking statements which are based on current expectations and which involve risks and uncertainties some of which are set forth below. Third Quarter Fiscal 2009 Net revenue for the third quarter of fiscal 2009 is expected to be in the range of $625 million and $635 million. GAAP earnings per diluted share are expected to be in the range of $0.40 and $0.42. Non- GAAP earnings per diluted share are expected to be in the range of $0.54 and $0.56 and exclude $0.07 related to stock-based compensation expense and $0.07 for the amortization of acquisition related intangibles. Fourth Quarter Fiscal 2009 Net revenue for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009 is expected to be in the range of $660 million and $680 million. GAAP earnings per diluted share are expected to be in the range of $0.52 and $0.56. Non- GAAP earnings per diluted share are expected to be in the range of $0.64 and $0.68 and exclude $0.08 related to stock-based compensation expense and $0.04 for the amortization of acquisition related intangibles. Full Year Fiscal 2009 For fiscal year 2009, net revenue is expected to be in the range of $2.50 billion and $2.53 billion. Full year GAAP earnings per diluted share are now expected to be in the range of $1.72 and $1.78. Non- GAAP earnings per diluted share are still expected to be in the range of $2.24 and $2.30 and exclude $0.29 related to stock-based compensation expense and $0.23 for the amortization of acquisition related intangibles and in-process research and development expense. Earnings Conference Call and Webcast Autodesk will host its second quarter conference call today at 5:00 p.m. EDT. The live announcement may be accessed at http://www.autodesk.com/investors or by dialing 866-700-7477or 617-213-8840 (passcode: 68223258). An audio webcast or podcast of the call will be available at 7:00 pm EDT at http://www.autodesk.com/investors. This replay will be maintained on our website for at least twelve months. An audio replay will also be available for one month beginning at 7:00 pm EDT by dialing 888- 286-8010 or 617-801-6888 (passcode: 93009896).

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Alchip Adopts Synopsys' Eclypse Low Power Solution 12 August 2008 Synopsys, Inc. and Alchip Technologies, Inc., a leading fabless ASIC provider, announced that Alchip has adopted Synopsys' Eclypse™ Low Power Solution as their preferred low power design methodology. This is the latest milestone in the company’s history of close collaboration on high- quality, high-volume, System-on-Chip (SoC) designs. "Synopsys has been Alchip's premier EDA vendor since the very beginning," said Johnny Shen, vice president of engineering at Alchip. "We trust Synopsys' comprehensive suite of high-performance tools and their proactive technical support to tape out our complex SoCs on time, with a solid track record of first silicon success. Nearly all of the major tapeouts in Alchip's history were designed with Synopsys design tools. With the adoption of the Synopsys low power solution flow, combined with Alchip's low power design expertise and techniques, Alchip has high confidence in our ability to address the increasing complexity of low power design and verification in 65nm and below." Synopsys' Eclypse Low Power Solution is a comprehensive suite of system-level, implementation, verification, and sign-off tools, intellectual property (IP), and services for low power chip development, reducing low power design risk and turnaround time. The Eclypse solution offers a streamlined a low power workflow that encompasses every phase of the design process. As a result, the Eclypse solution enables design teams to adopt advanced low power techniques to meet or beat power, area, speed and yield objectives while boosting productivity, reducing risk and ultimately delivering the highest-quality silicon. The advanced low power design techniques that customers can utilize in Eclypse flows include multi-supply voltage, multi-threshold (Vth), level shifter/ISO cell, power gating, dynamic voltage- frequency scaling (DVFS), IR analysis, static timing analysis and others. "Synopsys has a long history of successful collaboration with Alchip, and our companies have worked closely together on numerous tapeouts," said George Zafiropoulos, vice president of Solutions Marketing for Synopsys. "Alchip's design requirements are growing increasingly complex, and their latest generation of devices is expected to include 31 power domains. This is an exponential increase in verification complexity compared to earlier designs. By adopting the Eclypse Low Power Solution, Alchip is well-positioned to meet these challenges while simultaneously reducing design turn-around time." Click here to return to Contents

Aspen Technology Selected by Cabot Corp. to Enhance Its Global Supply Chain Systems 13 August 2008 Aspen Technology, Inc. announced that Cabot Corporation, a leading global specialty chemicals and materials company, selected AspenTech’s aspenONE software to improve its scheduling applications. Cabot is expanding its use of the aspenONE Manufacturing suite to include aspenONE Supply Chain to help drive the company’s strategic initiatives in streamlining supply chain processes, improve customer responsiveness, lower inventory and improve manufacturing productivity.

Page 15 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary By using AspenTech’s aspenONE supply chain solution, Cabot and other aspenONE customers are better equipped to predict and respond to customer demands, economically plan across global assets and optimize production. Additionally, customers using this aspenONE suite can support dynamic scheduling using the tight integration between manufacturing and supply chain processes to provide real-time input for plan versus actual management. The aspenONE integrated suite of Supply Chain applications improves the supply chain business processes of Collaborative Demand Management, Supply Chain Planning and Production Scheduling. aspenONE also helps companies meet business challenges by improving operational performance, reliability and profitability through real-time access and visibility to production information. AspenTech’s flexible license agreement will allow Cabot to control how aspenONE applications are deployed across the enterprise as their business needs evolve. “This expanded license agreement with Cabot Corporation demonstrates the strong relationship between our two companies, and highlights the unique value that aspenONE’s integrated manufacturing and supply chain solution delivers,” said Antonio Pietri, executive vice president, AspenTech. “The improvements in customer service, working capital and manufacturing productivity provided by the integrated aspenONE solution make it easier for process manufacturers such as Cabot to achieve their operational excellence goals.” This transaction was signed in the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2007. Click here to return to Contents

Beceem Uses Magma's RTL-To-GDSII and Sign-Off System to Tape Out 65-nm Mobile WiMAX Wave 2 Solution 13 August 2008 Magma® Design Automation Inc. announced that Beceem Communications Inc., a leading provider of terminal chipsets for Mobile WiMAX, used Magma's integrated digital IC implementation and sign-off system to tape out a WiMAX Wave 2 solution on TSMC's 65-nanometer (nm) process. With Magma's system, Beceem was able to reduce the overall turnaround time significantly. Beceem used Magma's Quartz™ RC, Quartz Time and Quartz Rail sign-off software for timing, extraction and static IR analysis. "By providing excellent support and an advanced, automated flow that overcame obstacles such as crosstalk and on-chip variation, Magma allowed us to successfully implement this revolutionary device while cutting turnaround time significantly," said Sunny Padacheril, vice president of SoC Engineering at Beceem Communications. "Beceem's chip design teams in Bangalore and Santa Clara benefited greatly from the dedicated local Magma support in taping out this chip. And, the availability of qualified Quartz RC sign-off rules directly from 'TSMC-Online' made adoption of Magma's sign-off tools fast and smooth." "Tapeout of this 65-nm WiMAX device validates Magma's digital IC implementation and sign-off flow," said Premal Buch, general manager of Product Development of Magma's Design Implementation Business Unit. "Beceem's success reinforces Magma's leading role in providing an automated, integrated RTL-to-GDSII solution with sign-off for today's cutting-edge consumer devices." About Beceem

Page 16 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Beceem Communications Inc. is the leading provider of semiconductor solutions for the Mobile WiMAX market having recently released the industry's first 65nm single chip and having been the first to release a commercial solution that is compliant with Wave 2 profile as specified by the WiMAX Forum. For more information, please visit the company's website at http://www.beceem.com. Click here to return to Contents

Computer Gaming, Desktop Software and Retail Applications Developers Turn to 3DVIA Virtools for 3D 12 August 2008 Dassault Systèmes announced that customers in a broad range of industries are using its 3DVIA Virtools platform to create lifelike 3D applications for electronic entertainment, enterprise and industry, and the Web. 3DVIA Virtools is 3DVIA’s solution for individual designers and is an entry-level offering for enterprise customers. The brand also offers 3DVIA MP, a premium 3D application development platform for the entertainment industry. The new and continuing Virtools customers announced today include recognized names in electronic entertainment, desktop software and retail, and join thousands of customers worldwide that use the 3DVIA Virtools platform: • Frima Studio, a Quebec-based developer of massively multiplayer online games (MMOG), is using 3DVIA Virtools to develop multiple online and offline games, including a new title for the PC and Nintendo Wii, to be published by Zoo Digital in Q4 2008. It will be the first game developed for the Nintendo Wii using 3DVIA Virtools. • IncrediMail, a global leader in email solutions, provides users with a more personalized and exciting e-mail experience. IncrediMail utilized 3DVIA Virtools to create their recently-launched PhotoJoy application. PhotoJoy allows users to integrate their personal photos into 3D PhotoToy Widgets, screensavers, and wallpaper collages. • Lumec, one of Canada’s top manufacturers of decorative and functional outdoor lighting products, created Lumec 3D, a highly-interactive, personalized online store that allows customers to self-configure and create their Lumec products online. Today’s announcement caps off a year of significant milestones for 3DVIA Virtools, including the growth of its worldwide online communities to more than 13,000 developers. “Frima Studio, Incredimail and Lumec come from very different markets, but each had the same goal: to create an incredibly lifelike 3D experience for their customers,” said Lynne Wilson, senior vice president and general manager, 3DVIA, Dassault Systèmes. “Whether it’s an exciting new title for the Wii, an incredibly realistic 3D background featuring a treasured photo on a computer desktop or a perfect, lifelike rendering of an outdoor lighting configuration, 3DVIA Virtools can do it all. The breadth of these new customers speak to the incredible capabilities of 3DVIA Virtools, and we’re very excited to see market adoption continue.” The 3DVIA Virtools platform, along with 3DVIA MP, Dassault Systèmes’ premiere development and authoring platform for high-quality 3D game production, will be being showcased at the SIGGRAPH 2008 Conference in Los Angeles this week. For more information, visit the 3DVIA booth at the Los

Page 17 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Angeles Convention Center, Booth 1217. 3DVIA Virtools key clients include Fortune 2,000 companies such as Procter & Gamble, Honeywell, Matsushita, France Telecom, PSA Peugeot Citroën, as well as major game studios such as Electronic Arts, Activision Nickelodeon, Disney Internet Group and Ubisoft. For more information, go to: http://www.3DVIAvirtools.com. Click here to return to Contents

Delcam’s ArtCAM Helps Royal Mint to Commemorate End of First World War 6 August 2008 The Royal Mint, a well known and established coin maker based in Wales, currently produces collector coins and coinage for around 50 countries worldwide including the United Kingdom. With an estimated 27.5 billion United Kingdom coins in circulation on 31st March 2007 and a total face value of more than £3.5 billion, the Royal Mint relies on the accuracy and efficiency of Delcam’s ArtCAM software to create its intricate coin dies. With ArtCAM Pro, artistic CADCAM software, the Royal Mint is able to meet the tight deadlines of over five hundred projects each year. In fact, ArtCAM Pro was a key element in a project that reduced process times to almost a quarter of that required by traditional production methods. One of the Royal Mint’s projects to benefit from ArtCAM was the series of eighteen silver proof coins to commemorate ninety years since the end of the First World War. This collection was designed to pay tribute to the courage and honour of those who served in Britain’s armed forces during the four-year conflict. ArtCAM gave the engravers at the Royal Mint the flexibility to start their designs by importing 3D models, scanned photographs or plaster of paris moulds, and files from other CAD packages. Alternatively, they could design directly within the software. Using a structure similar to artistic packages such as Adobe PhotoShop, the engravers could then create and manipulate the artwork using a number of layers. This allowed them to change individual elements or form complex and intricate 3D reliefs for the obverse and reverse designs of their coins. Matt Bonaccorsi, Chief Engraver at the Royal Mint, commented “The use of relief layers in ArtCAM proves invaluable when creating our coin designs.” ArtCAM’s range of texture and sculpting tools as well as its compatibility with Wacom tablets and pens were of particular use when creating the textures of the soldiers’ clothing, their faces and the scenery, for example. The engraving team were able to sculpt with their preferred method whilst benefiting from the speed, efficiency and accuracy of a professional CADCAM software package. Mr. Bonaccorsi believes that “Delcam is not just about engineering… it is artistic.” and that has enabled Delcam to develop a software package that meets the needs of artisans. To quickly and easily reproduce the poppy inspired outline around the edges of all the designs in the range, the Royal Mint used ArtCAM’s Project Tree. By keeping all related models together for quick reference and accessibility, the Project Tree is great for easy duplication of required design elements. For the currency value and text for each coin, ArtCAM’s Font Editor allowed the designers to choose from ArtCAM’s font library or custom-make their own typefaces. Whilst building the 3D model, engravers were able to visualise the coin by simulating the look of their chosen material and to include

Page 18 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary and exclude different relief layers as and when required. After the design stage, the Royal Mint then used the software’s machining wizards to calculate the toolpaths to machine the coin dies and simulate a precise view of how the piece would look when machined with the selected tools. This saved the Royal Mint costly machining errors and allowed them to make changes prior to machining. Dave Knight, Director of Marketing said, “We feel that we have created a collection of exceptionally special coins which appropriately remembers the great courage our ancestors showed during the war effort. We are very proud of the designs and hope our customers will be as honoured to own them as we were to design them.” Dr Edward Powell, ArtCAM Development Manager at Delcam said, “We are proud that ArtCAM has given the Royal Mint the design and manufacturing freedom to commemorate the great sacrifices made for the British public during the conflict and enabled them to portray both the human and historical experience of war.” Click here to return to Contents

Delcam’s PowerMILL Aids Growth at Toolmakers 12 August 2008 As one of Delcam’s first customers in the United States, toolmaker Strohwig Industries has now marked its 12th year as a user of the PowerMILL CAM system. During those years, Strohwig has grown as a business, and increased its use of the software. Located near Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Strohwig Industries was founded in 1978 by experienced toolmakers Wolfgang Strohwig and Larry Glass. The management has focused on four major concepts to move their business forward: quality, size, technology and speed. Delcam software has been a tool used by the company to accomplish all of those goals. The size goal is quickly evident. Everyone who walks into the shop at Strohwig Industries has the same reaction: “This stuff is huge!” Medium- to large-sized projects are the company’s specialty, and some truly impressive equipment has been installed to pursue that work. There are huge machine tools, huge cranes, and all the other huge equipment required to make huge dies, moulds and parts. Strohwig first added PowerMILL in 1995 when the company needed more powerful CAM software to program its new high-speed vertical machining centres. The choice was decided by two factors. “We were impressed with knowledge of the Delcam Sales Partner, Cad Cam Systems, and with the flexibility of the software,” recalls Jeff Schaller, Programming Manager at Strohwig. As one of the first US tool and die shops to use high-speed CNC machining, Strohwig started with just one seat of PowerMILL. As the size and complexity of its work expanded, more seats were purchased. The company now has eight seats of the software and two of those have had five-axis programming added. “Almost all of the programming for our five-axis machine tools, plus our fourth-axis rotary table, is done with PowerMILL,” related Mr. Schaller. “We make plastic injection moulds, die cast dies, forging dies and do custom machining.” “We continue to look at other software, but Delcam and Cad Cam Systems have always met or exceeded our expectations,” said Mr. Schaller. “We’ve stayed with PowerMILL because of reliable support from

Page 19 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Cad Cam Systems and quality software from Delcam.” Strohwig’s support and maintenance contract with Cad Cam Systems and Delcam software is important to its goal of making effective use of the latest technology. As a maintenance customer, Strohwig continuously updates its Engineering Department with the latest software necessary to maintain its competitive edge, ensuring that customers receive the best tool possible. One of Strohwig’s more recent business decisions has been to move into contract machining, especially aerospace parts, and the five-axis machines and PowerMILL software are used extensively for this work. “We now specialise in the manufacturing and machining of highly-complex critical components and precision tooling used in the aerospace sector,” said Mr. Schaller. Strohwig personnel have come to rely on Cad Cam Systems, Inc., calling the support department whenever help is needed. “We frequently get phone calls from Strohwig programmers, requesting development and refinement of the five-axis post processors,” said Andy Bergstrom, President of Cad Cam Systems. “This is a really strong area for us, as we have our own five-axis machine tools in our contract machine shop. We also work with Strohwig personnel with ideas on five-axis machining strategies for one-off parts.” Click here to return to Contents

Dyadem Helps Moll Industries Design Out Defects Before Manufacturing 12 August 2008 Dyadem announced that contract manufacturer Moll Industries is now using its FMEA-Pro software to improve the quality process at its North American and European facilities. FMEA-Pro, the Failure Modes and Effects Analysis module that integrates with the Stature Quality Lifecycle Management (QLM) platform, allows Moll to do in days what used to take a team nearly one month to complete. Contract manufacturers are able to differentiate themselves through quality initiatives and must take the time to get quality planning right. Dyadem’s QLM platform enables manufacturers to significantly cut down the time it takes to develop quality plans. Dyadem’s FMEA-Pro has allowed Moll to standardize the quality planning process at its five plants across the United States, Mexico and Ireland. Prior to working with Dyadem, Moll’s five sites were all approaching quality with different standards and metrics and there was no consistent documentation through the company. Dyadem allows Moll to design out failures and defects before they reach the manufacturing stage by thoroughly planning the manufacturing process. Stature is an enterprise Quality Lifecycle Management platform that allows stakeholders from design to manufacturing to collaborate in real-time and improve quality, compliance, and communication across a global manufacturing enterprise. Moll was previously using generic word processing and spreadsheet software that required more time formatting than it took creating the quality plan. Dyadem’s software is intuitive and designed from the ground up for FMEA methodology. Dyadem’s FMEA-Pro is unique software that has allowed Moll to customize their FMEA template to include all the key documents required for manufacturing including, DMR, BOM, QIS, QCP and other Quality Planning matrices dictated by the Moll QMS. Added to this is a single point data entry that minimizes errors during the Quality Planning process. “To get a competitive edge you must have quality in your manufacturing processes,” said Andy Jobson, director of quality, Moll Industries. “Our customers come from as varied industries as automotive to

Page 20 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary medical devices and each has a different competitive driver. Some are looking to drive all possible costs out while others are more focused on their ability to replicate sound processes. For each, we still must set high quality standards.” Quality planning early in the product lifecycle, better sharing of knowledge across business units, and the collection and application of lessons learned enables companies to overcome these obstacles, and improve profitability by delivering high value, reliable products. To address the challenge of relaying information across teams in a global setting, Dyadem’s platform offers companies a common vocabulary for requirements, functions, and failures that allows organizations to automate best practices in a format that is easily and directly accessible to users on a current project and for subsequent development cycles. These common standards enable companies to create consistent quality specifications across their organization and construct a cycle of continuous improvement. “Moll Industries is not alone in its need for a quality platform that identifies defects before they are manufactured and links those defects back to design in order to continuously improve quality,” said Kevin North, president and CEO of Dyadem. “Other solutions on the market are not rooted in manufacturing quality the way we are. We have 15 years of experience working with Fortune 500 manufacturers, helping them solve their unique business problems.” For more information, Dyadem and Moll will be presenting a webcast on Tuesday, August 26 at 11 a.m. ET. Andy Jobson, director of quality for Moll Industries will be the premier speaker. Pre-registration is required at http://www.dyadem.com/media/events.php About Moll Industries Moll Industries, Inc. is owned by Highland Capital Management of Dallas, TX and maintains operations in Seagrove and Lexington, NC; Ramos Arizpe, Coahuila; Empalme, Sonora; and Donegal, Ireland. Moll has full FDA Compliance, TS and ISO Certification. With injection molding machines ranging from 25 to 1500 tons, Moll supplies molded and assembled components to the medical, appliance, industrial, and automotive markets Click here to return to Contents

Infor Automotive Essentials Fuels Growth for Grupo Aunde 12 August 2008 Infor announced that Aunde Brazil, a manufacturer of fabrics for vehicle interiors, including seat covers, car roofs and door panels, has replaced several of its enterprise application tools with Infor Automotive Essentials, a suite of enterprise software solutions for automotive companies. The software suite enables Aunde to fully integrate all of its manufacturing operations into one system, optimizing the planning and control of its processes. The business-specific capabilities of Infor Automotive Essentials have helped Aunde reduce its levels of inventory, increase productivity and eliminate waste. Before the implementation, Aunde managed production, planning and monitoring using internally- developed spreadsheets. “We were using several tools across our plants for the same purpose, which was not reliable and did not give us visibility into all of our production procedures,” explains Jose Carlos de Souza, administrative and finance manager at Aunde. “We needed a solution that would integrate the

Page 21 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary business processes across our three manufacturing facilities in Brazil. Thanks to Infor, we can now seamlessly manage operations, improve communication among our sites and gain greater visibility across our branches. Infor Automotive Essentials provides faster and more accurate data collection and analysis, enabling us to make better informed business decisions so we have less overtime expenses and fewer accounting errors.” Aunde has a complex production process, manufacturing more than 400 products that generate 3,000 items, from raw fabric to the final product, including design, dying, cut and sew, and foam production. To simplify this complex process, Infor Automotive Essentials provides Aunde with real-time identification and tracking of all products - from procurement to delivery to customers. Aunde supplies its products to Fiat, Ford, General Motors, Volkswagen, Peugeot, and Marcopolo; and exports to Argentina, Mexico and the United States. Due in part to the enhanced production control gained through Infor Automotive Essentials, as well as Aunde´s strong business performance, the company has increased its revenue in 2007 by 15 percent, reaching R$ 250 million (approx USD $148 M). Infor Automotive Essentials helped Aunde streamline the following business processes: material tracking, logistics management, production control, product lifecycle management, inventory control, purchase management, preventive maintenance, and financial management. “According to the ANFAVEA (National Association of Automotive Manufacturers in Brazil) the automotive industry in Brazil is seeing record growth, 30 percent in January and February 2008, compared with same period in 2007,” states Celso Pereira Tomé Rosa, Infor sales vice president, Brazil. “Effectively managing production facilities to meet demand in this environment is very challenging for all automotive suppliers. Infor Automotive Essentials provides the built-in functionality that these companies need to meet these challenges and be more enterprising.” For more information on Infor’s automotive solutions, visit http://www.infor.com/industries/automotive. Click here to return to Contents

Kirloskar Brothers Utilize PTC’s Pro/Engineer® to Design Pump Engineering Solution for Turnkey Indian Irrigation Project 11 August 2008 PTC announced that Kirloskar Brothers Ltd (KBL) a leading manufacturer and exporter of centrifugal pumps and valves has leveraged Pro/ENGINEER® to design a pump engineering solution based on its unique siphon design for the Saurashtra Branch canal, part of the strategic Narmada Dam project in the Western Indian state of Gujurat. State of the art technology coupled with design innovation helped overcome significant terrain, engineering and financial challenges, resulting in a successful completion of the project and provision of irrigation and drinking water to a large population of rural farmers in the state. In recognition, Kirloskar Brothers was recognized with a Technology Innovation award by the Government of Gujurat as well as a US Patent. The primary challenge was to negotiate the difficult topography in the largest branch canal of the Narmada Project canal system and ensure a continuous and smooth flow of water for irrigation requirements in over 4,000 drought affected towns and villages in the ascending Saurashtra region. To overcome this challenge, KBL designed the world’s largest pumping scheme which included three power stations and five pumping stations. Faced by the additional challenge of a vacuum created in the

Page 22 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary curvature of the pipeline which reduced the flow of water, Pro/ENGINEER was used to conduct a volume analysis, design and develop a prototype of the siphon and accurately determine the exact placement of the siphon on the pump. The successful completion of this project resulted in enriching the lives of thousands of people living in over 4,000 drought affected villages in the Saurashtra and Kutch region by providing drinking water, hydroelectric power and irrigation across 5.4 lakh hectares of land. The siphon design enabled a significant saving of power, cost and also increased the operational efficiency of the plant. The energy savings resulting from using the innovative concept is expected to save energy units of 8.6 MW that corresponds to approximately $5 Million USD per year. The project was conceptualized, designed, executed and commissioned under the leadership of Shri Ramesh K. Srivastava, director, Kirlsokar Brothers Ltd. “The Narmada Project saw KBL faced with a never before seen technological challenge. With a combination of research, innovation and team work, combined with the best of breed CAD technology of PTC’s Pro/ENGINEER, KBL’s Engineering division was able to successfully overcome this challenge,” said Dr. J T Kshirsagar, vice president, corporate research & engineering division, Kirloskar Brothers Limited. “The most significant result of this project has been the enrichment of the lives of thousands of people living in over 4,000 drought affected villages in the area, while also lowering operating costs of the system.” “We are pleased to be a part of this social initiative with Kirloskar Brothers Ltd. With the successful completion of the Saurashtra Branch Canal project, PTC has reiterated its commitment to providing best in class solutions that not only address the business needs of our customers, but also enable them to overcome unique technological and innovation challenges,” said Mr. Rafiq Somani, country manager, PTC India. “We are particularly proud to be associated with a project that has such a major impact on the lives and livelihood of thousands of farmers.” KBL has been a pioneer in conducting research in order to provide fluid handling solutions, achieve technological break through using advanced computational and experimental techniques and develop reliable and state of the art products. The company has engineered large vertical energy efficient pumps and concrete volume pumps for power projects, water supply and irrigation schemes and Hydel Turbines for small Hydel power projects. It also holds the distinction of being the only pump manufacturing company in India to have manufactured canned motor pumps for hazardous chemicals in nuclear plants. About Sardar Sarovar Project: The Narmada Dam Project is a project involving the construction of a series of large hydroelectric dams on the Narmada River (Narbada River) in India. Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP) is the largest multipurpose project involved in the construction. The project took form in 1979 as part of a development scheme to increase irrigation and produce hydroelectricity. Of the 30 large dams planned on the river Narmada, Sardar Sarovar is the largest. The multipurpose project will irrigate more than 18,000 square kilometers- most of it in drought prone areas of Kutch and Saurashtra in Gujurat, India Click here to return to Contents

Mentor Graphics Eldo Adopted by TSMC for Cell Library Characterization of 40 Nanometer Technology Node 12 August 2008

Page 23 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Mentor Graphics Corporation announced that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. (TSMC) has selected Mentor’s Eldo® analog simulation tool to characterize cells in its 40 nanometer (nm) standard cell libraries. “TSMC is committed to offering high quality, silicon-proven standard cell libraries to enable customers to design at 40nm technologies,” said ST Juang, senior director of design infrastructure marketing division, TSMC. “By adopting Eldo as our characterization SPICE engine, we are confident that we can deliver to this commitment.” Advanced process technologies require that more process corners be characterized for each cell to accurately represent the process variation and physical effects on the design. More cell variants are also needed to accommodate different design considerations, such as cells for low power and cells for high speed. These advanced process technology requirements result in increased run time that must be mitigated by high performance SPICE simulation for library characterization. “TSMC is the technology leader in advanced process technology so clearly Eldo’s role as TSMC’s simulator for 40nm standard cell characterization is an important one,” said Jue-Hsien Chern, vice president and general manager, Deep Submicron Division at Mentor. Click here to return to Contents

PEAK Surgical Uses SolidWorks Software to Develop Low-Temperature Surgical Cutting and Coagulation Tools 11 August 2008 Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corp. announced that a new surgical device designed in SolidWorks® 3D CAD software provides the precision of a scalpel and the bleeding control of traditional electrosurgery without causing heat damage to surrounding tissues. PEAK Surgical Inc.’s PEAK PlasmaBlade™ 4.0, a low-temperature surgical cutting and coagulation tool that is part of the PEAK® Surgery System, was recently granted clearance by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for use in general surgery.

The PEAK Surgery System also includes the PULSAR™ generator, which delivers plasma (energy) in short controlled bursts to the PlasmaBlade. Results of preclinical trials have shown that surgical incision healing and strength were significantly improved with the PlasmaBlade compared with traditional electrosurgical devices and that the PlasmaBlade was associated with minimal scarring and inflammation. PEAK Surgical standardized on SolidWorks software to incorporate ample ergonomic and functional feedback from several surgeons into the final design of the PlasmaBlade.

“Form and function are critical for surgical devices, and innovation begins with direct input from those who will be using them,” said Paul Davison, vice president of research and development at California- based PEAK Surgical. “SolidWorks saved us research and development time because it allowed us to rapidly fabricate multiple prototypes and trial them in parallel with surgeons. The software enabled us to easily build feedback into our products to ensure we achieved performance objectives.”

SolidWorks’ surfacing capabilities enabled PEAK Surgical engineers to make slight changes to the grip of the PlasmaBlade to ensure the device felt right to surgeons. Advanced sheet metal tools allowed engineers to accurately model parts so they could see how they would be made and how they would

Page 24 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary look. “SolidWorks allowed us to keep manufacturability and ergonomics in mind as we constantly refined the system throughout product development,” said Scott Taylor, senior research and development engineer at PEAK Surgical.

PEAK Surgical used SolidWorks Workgroup PDM software to ensure version control while enabling engineers to work on different parts of the same design at the same time. PEAK Surgical engineers also used SolidWorks SimulationXpress to ensure the tip of the PlasmaBlade could stand up to a variety of different stresses.

“Developing new medical technologies makes a profound difference in people’s lives,” said Jeff Ray, CEO at DS SolidWorks. “PEAK Surgical is yet another example of an upstart company that has made an innovative concept a beneficial medical reality using SolidWorks software.”

Peak Surgical relies on authorized SolidWorks reseller Hawk Ridge Systems for ongoing software training, implementation, and support.

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PTC® Retail Solution Launches at JCPenney 12 August 2008 PTC announced that JCPenney Corporation, Inc., one of the nation's largest department store retailers, is using the PTC retail solution, FlexPLM™ to help streamline its product development processes by managing the Company’s product specifications, improving collaboration among its global design partners, and helping to expedite overall design and manufacturing cycle times. To keep up with consumer demand and fast fashion trends in the retail and apparel industry, JCPenney realized that it had to decrease the amount of time it takes to develop a new product line from several months down to a few weeks. To accomplish this objective, JCPenney launched its Cycle Time Reduction initiative, an enterprise-wide program focused on shortening the amount of time from conceptualization to merchandise delivery. In addition to experienced talent and efficient processes, this initiative required the implementation of a technology solution – PTC’s FlexPLM software. Based on PTC’s Windchill® technology, FlexPLM is an intuitive, Web-based solution that streamlines communication, tracks milestones, pre-empts performance bottlenecks, and provides instant visibility throughout the product development chain. Highly scalable and fully configurable, FlexPLM enables global product teams to work more efficiently and productively. “The ability to respond to customer needs quickly and deliver merchandise efficiently is critical to delivering on JCPenney’s vision to be the preferred shopping choice for middle America,” said Peter McGrath, executive vice president, production development and sourcing, JCPenney. “As an important enabler to our Cycle Time Reduction initiative, FlexPLM is a robust infrastructure that spans our global supply chain, enabling our Associates to collaborate more effectively and deliver merchandise that inspires our customers.” Throughout the last year, the IT team at JCPenney worked with PTC’s solution and implementation

Page 25 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary team to define and maintain the project’s scope across several functional groups in order to ensure the project was completed on time and on budget for the first three product divisions. This goal was achieved, and JCPenney is now planning to roll out the retail solution to other divisions within the company and its extended supply chain. “Strong vendor collaboration and a streamlined approach to product development is a major element of any successful PLM value equation,” said Kathleen Mitford, vice president, vertical market strategy, PTC. “JCPenney understands the value of PLM in that it gives the company visibility from product concept to retail delivery. We are happy to continue our work with JCPenney as it implements FlexPLM across its organization.” Click here to return to Contents

RTI Biologics Selects Pilgrim Software for Compliance & Quality Management Solutions 15 August 2008 Pilgrim Software, Inc., a provider of Enterprise Compliance and Quality Management (ECQM) software solutions, announced that RTI Biologics, Inc., a global provider of sterile biological implants for surgeries, has selected Pilgrim’s integrated SmartAudit™, SmartCAPA™, and SmartComplaints™ modules to drive enterprise-wide productivity improvements and cost reductions. In February 2008, Regeneration Technologies, Inc. merged with Tutogen Medical, Inc., forming RTI Biologics. The transaction combined RTI’s expertise for science, safety and innovation in biologics for orthopedics with Tutogen’s leadership in sterile biologic implants for dental, hernia and other specialty surgeries. Following the merger, RTI had various manual and paper-based processes for corrective and preventive action, complaints and audit management and sought standardized processes for the entire organization. The company also was looking to implement stringent and automated audit and CAPA processes to maximize regulatory requirements and minimize risk and enable rapid responsiveness should any compliance or quality issues arise. “We spent several months evaluating and comparing similar programs. The Pilgrim software modules seemed to have the best functionality, integration capability and work flows by far,” said Karen Norman, RTI’s Executive Director of Quality Assurance. “Although we have just begun our relationship with Pilgrim, the service has been excellent to date and we have high expectations going forward.” “With a common workflow in place across all its sites and divisions, RTI Biologics looks to maintain ongoing management oversight into quality and compliance issues,” said Prashanth Rajendran, Pilgrim’s Chief Operating Officer. With further improvements to its auditing, CAPA and complaints process efficiencies, the company should sustain a high level of customer satisfaction, further solidifying its reputation as a reliable provider.” RTI Biologics, Inc. is the leading provider of sterile biological implants for surgeries around the world. RTI prepares human donated tissue and bovine tissue for transplantation through extensive testing and screening, precision shaping and proprietary, validated sterilization processes. These allograft and xenograft implants are used in orthopedic, dental, hernia and other specialty surgeries. RTI’s worldwide corporate headquarters are located in Alachua, Fla., with international facilities in Neunkirchen, Germany, and Aix-en-Provence, France. The company is accredited by the American Association of Tissue Banks.

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Wison Heavy Industry Selects AVEVA for Use on Offshore Projects 12 August 2008 AVEVA announced that Wison Heavy Industry's Design Centre will be using AVEVA solutions. Wison Heavy Industry Co. Ltd is a major subsidiary of the Wison Group and serves the upstream Oil and Gas industries internationally. The company, headquartered in Nantong, Jiangsu province, China, boasts two world-class offshore fabrication yards operating to international standards of quality and safety delivering drilling rigs, modules, jackets, integrated large decks, drill ships, offshore support vessels and associated structures for fixed and floating platforms. The company also carries out FPSO conversions. Mr. Huang Xin, Managing Director, Wison Heavy Industry Co. Ltd, said: "Our mission is to become a first class fabrication contractor capable of delivering all kinds of offshore projects, while providing high quality service design and construction service to international and domestic clients. AVEVA solutions will aid us in reaching this goal as it has powerful design, engineering and production tools that will ensure our products are competitively priced." Peter Finch, President, AVEVA Asia Pacific, said: "Wison has everything going right for them; from excellent yard facilities, to employees with the right skill set. Completing this scene is AVEVA solutions, which will enable Wison to ensure that their projects are efficiently executed within the shortest time frame." Click here to return to Contents Product News

ArtCAM, a Creative Yet Simple Way to Making Authentic Furniture 11 August 2008 Already furniture companies worldwide are using ArtCAM’s Computer-Aided Design & Computer- Aided Manufacturing (CADCAM) software solutions to produce cabinets, doors, wine racks, fireplace mantels, kitchen interiors and much more. Aimed at skilled artisans, Delcam’s range of ArtCAM software requires little to no engineering knowledge to create high quality decorative pieces of furniture. However the furniture designer prefers to work, whether by first sketching their designs on paper, creating the piece in a familiar CAD package and then importing it into ArtCAM or designing directly within the software, they can easily be accommodated. ArtCAM will create vectors from the imported artwork or line drawings and use them to create the 3D decorative flourishes that can distinguish a piece from its competitors or as a basis for creating the fast and efficient toolpaths for machining. ArtCAM Express, the entry-level solution provides an ideal introduction to computer-based manufacturing for small and new companies and offers basic drawing, as well as 2D and 3D machining functions. With a database of over 250 tools it features the most sought after raised-panel tool shapes in the furniture industry: Ogee, Roman Ogee and Roundover, to produce attractive edge finishes. Perfect for mass production applications, our mid-range product, ArtCAM Insignia includes vector-

Page 27 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary based design, extensive 2D machining as well as basic 3D machining functionality. Ideal for cabinet makers, it allows for an array of holes to be drilled simultaneously as well as duplicating numerous hole- patterns across a sheet of material using its flexible drill-bank strategy. Insignia can create that hand crafted look to furniture, create inlays in your designs or machine a variety of textures. To minimise material wastage, Insignia will also nest items to be cut as closely together as possible according to their true shape, while still allowing for material or wood grain direction if necessary. ArtCAM Pro, the advanced package includes all the features available within Insignia but with greater design and machining capabilities. For complex projects, such as a cabinet with individual panel designs, panels or components can be designed and saved separately and then assembled into a 3D model of the complete piece. These can then all be stored as a single project. Each model/ component can then be cut and pasted between different files to easily create new product lines or to re-use designs items. With all ArtCAM products, the product design can be simulated to see how the product will look prior to machining, a fantastic tool when seeking client approval. Click here to return to Contents

Autodesk Announces Stitcher Unlimited 2009 and ImageModeler 2009 Software Products 11 August 2008 Autodesk, Inc. announced Autodesk Stitcher Unlimited 2009 and Autodesk ImageModeler 2009 software products. These are the first versions of the former REALVIZ products to be released as part of the Autodesk product portfolio. Both products are being showcased at SIGGRAPH 2008 in Los Angeles, California, August 12-14 at Autodesk booth #501. "ImageModeler and Stitcher make 3D technology more accessible," said Marc Petit, Autodesk Media & Entertainment's senior vice president. "They enable the creation of 3D models from simple 2D images, and dynamic virtual environments from conventional photographs. These products are used on many types of projects -- from architecture and photography to film and game development." Stitcher Unlimited 2009 helps create wide-angle and panoramic images in a few easy steps. With an intuitive user interface and an automatic photo- merging engine, the software is ideal for generating virtual tours for the Web, matte paintings for movies, environment maps for 3D rendering and panoramic prints for artistic display. ImageModeler 2009 offers a new approach to 3D modeling: generating 3D models from 2D digital images. The software's three-step workflow of calibration, modeling and texturing lets users achieve photorealistic results with real-world accuracy. Testimonials from Beta Testers "Autodesk ImageModeler 2009 crosses a new frontier in the field of architectural image-based modeling. It offers the possibility of integrating photos and panoramas, for a complete interior and exterior structural survey," said Livio De Luca, research engineer at CNRS, MAP-Gamsau, Marseilles, and professor of Digital Surveying Techniques at the University of Architecture of Venice. "Since the beginning, Stitcher has consistently been the fastest and most user-friendly panoramic image editor," said Michael Eleftheriades, a UK-based media developer. "It remains the software of choice for our panoramic projects. Autodesk Stitcher 2009, with its graphics-accelerated previews and renders, as

Page 28 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary well as the new automated features, will make it even more indispensable to our panoramic workflows." Eleftheriades fuses his passions for architecture, virtual reality and computer graphics in the creation of large-scale panoramic imagery for virtual tours, computer games and exhibitions. New Feature Highlights in Stitcher Unlimited 2009 -- Fully Automatic Engine: Create partial or full spherical panoramas in just a few clicks. Stitching, alignment and color correction can be automated. -- Double Shot: Stitch images taken with a two-shot fisheye lens; an effective way to create fully spherical virtual tours with only two pictures. -- High Dynamic Range (HDR) Support: Create exceptionally high-quality environment maps and panoramas through the embedded HDR workflow, with support for EXR and HDR input and output. -- Full interoperability with Adobe Photoshop and support for many industry-standard image, Web and video file formats. -- Hotspot Support: Create QuickTime VR hotspots for Web content with links that can be integrated within a panorama, and reference another panorama. -- Tripod Cap: Users can cover up the tripod in their image with an image of their own. -- Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) Acceleration: Optimized to take advantage of graphics card GPUs for preview rendering in the main Viewport. The GPU is now also used to accelerate final renders. -- Selectable Rendering Area: Using the crop tool, artists can precisely select an area to be rendered, even in full-screen mode. -- Redesigned User Interface and Workflow: Includes new icons and a new palette to manage thumbnails more efficiently. New Feature Highlights in ImageModeler 2009 -- New Calibration Engine: Generates a 3D model or scene using calibration points based on one or more panoramas or photos. -- 3D Measurement: The ruler toolset calculates real-world distances and angles between points, eliminating the need for complex laser measurements onsite. This is of particular benefit to architects. -- High-Performance Photo Texturing: High-quality texture extraction; texture mapping is a one-click, automatic process and photorealism is built- in. -- User-friendly Interface: The UI color can be customized and source images can be viewed as thumbnails. -- Improved Interoperability with other Autodesk software products: Autodesk Maya, Autodesk 3ds Max, Autodesk 3ds Max Design, Autodesk MotionBuilder and the AutoCAD family of products. -- Full interoperability with Adobe Photoshop and support for many industry-standard image, Web and video file formats. For a complete list of what's new in Stitcher Unlimited 2009 & ImageModeler 2009, visit http://www.autodesk.com/stitcher and http://www.autodesk.com/imagemodeler. Pricing and Availability Autodesk anticipates that Stitcher Unlimited 2009 for Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh will be

Page 29 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary available in English, French, German and Japanese in October 2008. The Autodesk suggested retail price for Stitcher Unlimited 2009 software is $350 USD*. ImageModeler 2009 for Microsoft Windows is expected to be available in English in October 2008. The Autodesk suggested retail price for ImageModeler 2009 software is $995 USD*. * International pricing may vary. Click here to return to Contents

Autodesk Announces 10-Year Anniversary Release of Maya Software 11 August 2008 Autodesk, Inc. announced Autodesk Maya 2009 3D animation and visual effects software, in celebration of the software's 10-year anniversary. Maya 2009 includes a host of advancements in modeling, animation, rendering and effects that maximize productivity, optimize workflows, and provide new creative possibilities. Maya 2009 will be showcased at the Autodesk booth (#501) during SIGGRAPH 2008, at the Los Angeles Convention Center Aug. 12-14. "We are celebrating the work done with Autodesk Maya over the past 10 years by many artists and creative visionaries in film, television production and games, as well as in industrial design and architecture," said Marc Petit, Autodesk's Media & Entertainment senior vice president. "We designed Maya 2009 as a tribute to creative innovation and production efficiency. The new release will allow artists to raise the bar and deliver even more ground breaking computer graphics work." Mike Romey, senior technical director at Zoic Studios was a beta tester for Maya 2009. "The future of Maya is shining brightly with the upcoming release," said Romey. "Autodesk Maya 2009 will change the way artists think about dynamics, rendering, compositing and pipelines. With the solid mental ray multi-render pass workflow, production will be far more effective. This new workflow will optimize render times for multiple render layers and, in turn, elevate the quality of work. The creation of nParticles builds on the unified dynamics engine introduced in nCloth, allowing for greater integration of advanced effects." Key Highlights of Autodesk Maya 2009 Complexity Managed While the complexity and size of scenes continue to rise, Maya 2009 provides new tools to make them more manageable. These tools include the new Maya Assets toolset, which enables users to encapsulate a set of nodes into a single container and publish a view of the data suited to the artist's task. The release also offers a new Render Proxy feature in mental ray, and additional multi-threading work and algorithmic speedups that boost interactive draw, simulation and rendering performance for even the heaviest scenes. Accelerated Modeling Workflow Maya 2009 gives modelers and texture artists unprecedented control over polygon modeling and UV texturing through powerful selection management features, efficient modeling workflows and precision UV unfolding and layout options. Collaborative, Iterative Projects and Pipelines Tighter schedules and budgets demand that projects and pipelines take full advantage of available

Page 30 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary resources. Maya 2009 supports collaborative, iterative workflows and promotes data reuse. The software has a new animation layering paradigm that provides animators with increased non-destructive flexibility, as well as an updated Render Pass toolset that offers precise control over render output and optimizes integration with Autodesk Toxik procedural compositing software. New Creative Tools Maya 2009 offers a Maya nParticles dynamic simulation module and an extensive Maya Muscle feature set. nParticles is part of the Maya Nucleus Unified Simulation Framework, an approach to creating complex physics simulations that interact directly with each other. Furthermore, to help studios capitalize on the growing popularity of stereoscopic 3D films, Maya 2009 offers a flexible new stereo camera rig, complete with in-viewport stereo viewing. For a complete list of new features and enhancements in Maya 2009, visit http://www.autodesk.com/maya. Pricing and Availability Autodesk anticipates that Maya 2009 will be available in English in October 2008. Maya 2009 will be supported on the Windows and Linux operating systems (64-bit and 32-bit versions), as well as Mac OS X for Intel-based Macintosh and PowerPC computers (32-bit version only). Autodesk suggested retail pricing is US$1,995* for Maya Complete 2009 (Standalone) and US$4,995* for Maya Unlimited 2009 (Standalone). The upgrade price from Maya Complete 2008 to Maya Complete 2009 is US$899*, and the upgrade price from Maya Unlimited 2008 to Maya Unlimited 2009 is US$1,249*. Autodesk Subscription with Gold Support is available for purchase simultaneously with the product or upgrade purchase. The Autodesk suggested retail price for Subscription with Gold Support for Maya Unlimited is US$1,495* per year, and for Maya Complete is US$1,295*. Subscription with Gold Support customers qualify for access to the latest software updates, valuable product extensions, telephone and web support, a comprehensive knowledge base and e-Learning materials. For information about Maya learning tools, visit http://www.autodesk.com/learning-tools. * International pricing may vary. Click here to return to Contents

Autodesk Revolutionizes Plastic Part Design With Technology Preview of New Inventor Plastic Features 13 August 2008 Autodesk, Inc. announced the availability of the Autodesk Inventor Plastic Features Technology Preview on Autodesk Labs. This preview version of Autodesk Inventor software -- the foundation of the Autodesk solution for Digital Prototyping -- showcases exciting new technology that significantly simplifies the design of plastic products by allowing designers and engineers to automatically create thin-walled plastic parts and features such as grills, rests, bosses, snaps, lips, grooves and fillets. In combination with Autodesk industrial design products and recently acquired PlassoTech advanced product simulation technology and Moldflow injection molding simulation technology, the Inventor Plastic Features Technology Preview further strengthens the Autodesk solution for Digital Prototyping

Page 31 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary in all markets where plastic parts are required. "Plastics are one of the fastest-growing engineering materials, and Autodesk is committed to providing customers with scalable, attainable and cost effective Digital Prototyping solutions that help take their design productivity and innovation to new heights," said Robert "Buzz" Kross, senior vice president of Autodesk Manufacturing Solutions. "We encourage anyone involved in plastic design -- not just current Inventor users -- to try Inventor Plastic Features and experience the benefits for themselves." For a limited time the Inventor Plastic Features Technology Preview is available for free* from Autodesk Labs. Please visit the Inventor Plastic Features Technology Preview page on Autodesk Labs for important information about country availability and product functionality. About Autodesk Labs Autodesk Labs hosts an online community for the collaborative development of new technology approaches to design. Autodesk Labs encourages the public to visit http://labs.autodesk.com/ and test- drive the variety of free tools available there. User comments, experience and insight help drive the future of Autodesk innovation. * Free products are subject to the terms and conditions of the end-user license agreement that accompanies download of the software. Click here to return to Contents

Bentley’s Forthcoming MicroStation Release to Incorporate Luxology’s Photorealistic Rendering Engine 12 August 2008 Bentley Systems, Incorporated announced that it has entered into a technology agreement with Luxology LLC – maker of the modo 3D software widely used by video professionals and graphic artists. Through this agreement, Bentley will license Luxology’s super-fast, photorealistic rendering engine for inclusion in its forthcoming release of MicroStation. Though the Luxology technology is the preferred renderer for a broad community of users, including major film studios, it is ideally suited to the demanding requirements of AEC applications to produce high-quality images and animations from huge datasets that typically include vast numbers of parametrically replicated geometry elements. The super-fast Luxology rendering engine, combined with breakthrough “compression” techniques for replicated geometry in MicroStation, will allow users to generate images and animations with life-like detail, and enable designers to make real-time decisions from near-real-time rendering within interactive AEC workflows. Unlike other approaches currently available, no time is wasted transferring datasets between the design environment and a separate – and often costly – rendering system requiring special training. As a result, world-class photorealistic rendering has finally become a readily accessible tool for virtually every AEC practitioner and project, empowering design teams to: • Immediately visualize and further refine potential designs to provide better-performing infrastructure, • More easily secure stakeholder buy-in on concept and final design work with high-impact presentations as a routine by-product of their work. Commenting on the new agreement, Brad Peebler, Luxology President and Founder, said, “Bentley put us through a rigorous comparison test and we feel fortunate for this opportunity to work with one of the AEC community’s leading providers of software solutions and products. We look forward to seeing how

Page 32 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Bentley and MicroStation users take advantage of the rendering power we are providing.” Bentley Systems Executive Vice President Ray Bentley said, “We’ve always delivered an outstanding set of visualization tools integrated with our MicroStation design platform, and have taken them to an even higher level of flexibility and ease of use in our forthcoming release. Now we can offer users the capability to create visualizations of unsurpassed realism in a lot less time by choosing the Luxology engine from among the many rendering options in MicroStation. In fact, the Luxology engine is so fast that our users will be able to create animations in the time it takes most renderers to create a single image. The new renderer will be available as a simple menu option within our interface, and will not require separate training or specialized hardware.” The Luxology engine is a fast ray-tracer that can render millions of polygons at enormous frame sizes. In addition, it is highly scalable on multi-core systems and can speed the rendering of immensely comprehensive scenes using up to 32 cores per workstation. Features of this technology that contribute to its high-quality renderings include global illumination and physically-based shading models, which provide advanced optical phenomena such as anisotropic blurry reflections, indirect caustics, and subsurface scattering. In addition, realistic camera models include lens distortion, motion blur, and depth of field, and physical sky and physical sun rendering provides accurate sunlight at any location as well as support for photometric lighting through the IES standard. Added Mr. Bentley, “As exciting as all of these visualization improvements are, they are just the beginning. Our ongoing licensing arrangement with Luxology gives us access to the steady stream of enhancements from Luxology’s outstanding development team and will allow us to provide our users with ‘best of breed’ visualization – and unique integration – for years to come.” Subscribers to Bentley’s SELECT program for MicroStation and related AEC applications will get the Luxology rendering engine at no additional charge as part of the new release this fall. For more information about MicroStation, visit http://www.bentley.com/MicroStation. For more information about the Luxology technology, visit http://www.luxology.com. Click here to return to Contents

BlueCielo Launches InnoCielo Global Collaboration Framework 2008 12 August 2008 BlueCielo ECM Solutions announced that it has released InnoCielo Global Collaboration Framework 2008, the latest version of the InnoCielo Meridian Enterprise module that enables exchange of content and collaborative workflow between geographically dispersed engineering teams. The InnoCielo Global Collaboration Framework allows geographically separated engineering teams to establish exchange of content and global workflow to enable global engineering processes, while at the same time retaining their own local working environments and processes in InnoCielo Meridian Enterprise. The InnoCielo Global Collaboration Framework can also be used to collaborate with external engineering teams, streamlining outsourcing processes. The engineering content exchanged can vary from Microsoft Office documents to 2D CAD drawings and 3D CAD assemblies. Metadata and references are exchanged together with the engineering content, preserving essential relations between individual files. Built-in and customizable rules make it possible to preserve consistency between files, assemblies, vaults and sites. The main enhancement in this release

Page 33 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary of InnoCielo Global Collaboration Framework is the capability to set up global workflows for engineering processes such as design, review and approval. With the InnoCielo Global Collaboration Framework, global organizations can enjoy benefits such as the automated exchange of engineering content, shorter turnaround times, improved reliability, better protection of intellectual property, time efficiency and cost reduction. The InnoCielo Global Collaboration Framework works in conjunction with BlueCielo’s flagship ECM solution InnoCielo Meridian Enterprise – a highly scalable engineering content management solution used in multiple vertical markets worldwide by companies such as Bluewater, EDF Energy, Entergy Nuclear, ExxonMobil, Finnish Rail, the Franke Group, Hewlett Packard, Huntsman, Met-Mex Penoles, Petrobras, Pfizer, RWE, Shell and many more. New Features in InnoCielo Global Collaboration Framework 2008 The following new features are available in InnoCielo Global Collaboration Framework (GCF) 2008: • Support for advanced document workflow - Advanced document workflow (ADWF) is the versatile and fully configurable workflow feature introduced in InnoCielo Meridian Enterprise 2007. During a workflow, the ADWF state can now be synchronized to the collaborating vaults. This enables configuring global workflows for engineering processes such as design, review and approval. • Remote command queue - This allows for commands to be executed in remote vaults without the need for an active online connection. The command queue can be used in combination with script to implement complex cross-site document management processes. • Replication of renamed documents - When a document is renamed in the vault that currently owns it, the new name can be replicated to the collaborating vaults. • Optimization of the scheduled export process - The export of updates to remote vaults has been greatly optimized. For specific situations, this process is now up to 20 times faster, making it practical to schedule background updates multiple times per day. • Support for FTP transfer - In GCF 2008, uploading of BriefCase files to the destination server through FTP is now supported. • Integration of HTTP configuration - Configuring transfers through HTTP is now integrated with InnoCielo Meridian Enterprise Web Access, making it easier to configure and maintain. • Enlistment of documents in single document workflow - Single document workflow (SDWF) is the deprecated workflow feature from older versions of InnoCielo Meridian Enterprise. During a workflow, the SDWF state can now be synchronized to the collaborating vaults. This also enables configuring global workflows for engineering processes. • Support for a read-only main area - Building on the introduction of general support for work areas in GCF 2.0, GCF 2008 now supports scenarios where all changes to documents are made in a work area before release to the main area. GCF 2008 will replicate the released documents to the main areas of the collaborating vaults. Click here to return to Contents

Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corp. Licenses Luxology’s Nexus Rendering Technology 12 August 2008

Page 34 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Luxology® LLC, developers of modern, artist-focused 3D software, t announced that DS SolidWorks has entered into a technology licensing agreement to utilize Luxology’s Nexus® rendering technology. As one of the leading 3D mechanical CAD software vendors worldwide, DS SolidWorks selected Nexus for its modern architecture and superior rendering capabilities. “Luxology has a strong emphasis on workflow in addition to very modern technology,” said Fielder Hiss, director of product management at DS SolidWorks. “We welcome them as a new technology partner and are excited to deploy their renowned rendering technology in our future product developments.” Luxology’s technology licensing program enables partners to leverage the company’s Nexus software architecture to build targeted 2D and 3D applications for the PC and Mac, or to add new 3D capabilities to existing software. Luxology offers a variety of associated professional services to its technology licensing partners, including custom development and a variety of support options. “We’re thrilled to be working with such an industry-leading CAD vendor as DS SolidWorks,” said Brad Peebler, president and founder of Luxology. “Our rendering technology and expertise will provide them with new, highly accessible visualization capabilities.” About Nexus 4 Nexus 4 is Luxology’s cross platform media-aware architecture that supports the rapid deployment of 2D and 3D authoring and visualization applications, and is the same technology that is used to develop the modo® software. Nexus 4 includes a variety of modeling, sculpting, rendering, painting and animation capabilities, is multi-core aware and fully scriptable using Perl, Python or LUA. More information on Luxology, its flagship product modo®, a gallery of artists’ images and the active modo community is available online at http://www.modo3d.com. Click here to return to Contents

Geometric Releases NestLib® Version 21.5 14 August 2008 Geometric Limited announced the release of NestLib® version 21.5 with significant new enhancements in its Optimizer and Cutting sequence generation modules. NestLib is one of the most successful nesting technologies in the market, focused on optimizing two dimensional packaging. It has been licensed by over 80 independent software vendors and original equipment manufacturers worldwide. The new version 21.5 includes: Enhancements for faster processing: • Speed improvement by up to five times for generating cutting sequence (a post nesting process). • Optimizer module customization for specific type of nesting jobs like single part, multi‐part, multi‐sheet, and rectangular parts in order to reduce overall nesting time. New features: • Recognition of bridges / micro‐joints during punching operations. • Addition of a new module called Snap nesting to cater to the nesting requirement of product displays in shops and malls.

Page 35 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary NestLib is recognized as one of the fastest and most efficient nesting libraries. It provides optimized, high‐speed and robust algorithms for fully automated True Shape nesting. The NestLib portfolio consists of a base module and a set of optional advanced modules, each of which provides specialized functionality. These include: • Shear nesting module for saw parts requiring end‐to‐end cutting • Common Punch module specially designed for parts to be cut using punching machines • Leather nesting module for leather parts with different quality patterns • Remnant generation module for automatic remnant creation after nesting • Tube nesting module for tube cutting and pipe cutting • Common Cut module for nesting adjacent parts such that they share a common flame path. NestLib is available as a static library, Dynamic linked library (DLL), and COM DLL. It also supports .NET framework. NestLib is available for 32‐bit and 64‐bit Microsoft Windows OS as well as for Sun Solaris and Linux platforms. It can be ported to Mac OS on demand. To know more about the product or to download the evaluation version, please visit http://nestlib.geometricglobal.com Click here to return to Contents

InterSpec Named an Autodesk Preferred Industry Partner 12 August 2008 InterSpec Inc., a global innovator of construction specification management software and services, announced that it has been chosen as a Preferred Industry Partner by Autodesk, Inc. InterSpec's patented e-SPECS software solutions automate the preparation of construction specifications and selection of products and materials that are incorporated into commercial construction projects. InterSpec has a longstanding partnership with Autodesk and was one of the first companies to take advantage of Revit Architecture software and its building information modeling capabilities to automate a downstream process. The company's e-SPECS products are used by thousands of architects, engineers and construction professionals to help them keep their construction drawings and specifications in sync while reducing the overall cost of development. "Our e-SPECS software allow architects and engineers who use Autodesk design software to save countless hours and dollars while ensuring that their digital construction models and drawings agree with the specifications," said Michael Brennan, CEO of InterSpec. "Autodesk Revit Architecture software is an especially powerful combination with e-SPECS because of the integrated change management and coordination, enabling efficient and coordinated construction document management, design team collaboration and enterprise level data management. We are pleased to be recognized as a Preferred Industry Partner by Autodesk and look forward to continuing our close association." "We're proud to be working closely with an industry leader like InterSpec," said Jim Quanci, director of the Autodesk Developer Network. "Together with our partners, Autodesk is committed to developing solutions that help customers realize the potential of Building Information Modeling by supporting efforts that automate critical construction processes from the information derived from the Revit models.

Page 36 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Partners like InterSpec and their e-SPECS products are central to achieving this goal." Click here to return to Contents

New Versions of Autodesk NavisWorks Product Line Now Available 14 August 2008 Autodesk, Inc., announced the release of Autodesk NavisWorks 2009.1 software products, supporting the company's efforts to help make the building information modeling (BIM) process more accurate and reliable for plant designers and architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) professionals. The NavisWorks software products aid project model understanding and include a real-time environment for rapid review, offering a more reliable way to validate, challenge and check detailed designs. The new versions of the product line include enhancements that allow architects, engineers, designers and builders to better experience a project before it is real by extending their design data to more project stakeholders through increased compatibility and an improved user experience. The Autodesk NavisWorks 2009.1 product line has been localized and is now available in French, German, Japanese, Russian and Simplified Chinese in addition to English. In addition, NavisWorks 2009.1 products have been enhanced with a DGN v8 file reader, uniting 3D content from Autodesk and Bentley for design validation, logistics analysis and construction scheduling. With the addition of DGN v8 support, the new 2009.1 versions feature unique compatibility with most native AEC design and laser scan file formats. Design data created in the BIM process using tools such as Autodesk's Revit platform for BIM, can be combined with geometry and information created with other design tools, and analyzed for design interferences or constructability. "The Autodesk NavisWorks 2009.1 product line contributes significantly to the BIM workflow and helps to ensure that the high quality, coordinated and consistent information produced during the BIM process extends across the project," said Peter Thompson, NavisWorks Business Line Director, Autodesk AEC Solutions. "The NavisWorks 2009.1 product line offers engineers and designers a whole- project view and the tools required for an all-digital 3D project review process that is more effective and streamlined to help reduce risk, and to improve productivity and quality." Updates were made to the full Autodesk NavisWorks product line, which enables seamless visualization of all types of models, precise replication of designs, and accurate simulation of 4D construction schedules. The NavisWorks products help keep all project stakeholders on the same digital page, whether they are creating, viewing or reviewing 3D models. -- Autodesk NavisWorks Review -- for standard, real-time review and model aggregation -- Autodesk NavisWorks Simulate -- includes Autodesk NavisWorks Review and adds timeline and 4D capabilities -- Autodesk NavisWorks Manage -- adds clash detection and interference management functionality -- Autodesk NavisWorks Freedom -- a free viewer for files in Autodesk NavisWorks NWD and 3D DWF formats. The updated version of the Autodesk NavisWorks line of products now also provides: -- Support for Revit assembly codes for "symbol" element types

Page 37 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary -- Properties support for new style DWF files (as exported from Revit) -- Asta Powerproject V10 support -- AutoCAD Mechanical 2008 64-bit support -- 64-bit exporters now included in the main installer -- Vico Constructor 2008 support -- Enhancements to application programming interface Availability Autodesk NavisWorks 2009.1 products are now available worldwide in English, French, German, Japanese, Russian and Simplified Chinese. Additionally, Autodesk NavisWorks Freedom is now available as a free add-on product with Autodesk NavisWorks Manage, Autodesk NavisWorks Simulate and Autodesk NavisWorks Review installs. More information can be found at http://www.autodesk.com/navisworks. Click here to return to Contents

Pilgrim Software Introduces SmartDesigner™ – A Tailoring Solution for SmartSolve® Applications and Beyond 12 August 2008 Pilgrim Software, Inc., a provider of Enterprise Compliance and Quality Management software solutions, announced the worldwide availability of its SmartDesigner™ solution. SmartDesigner is a 100% web-based solution that provides Pilgrim’s SmartSolve® users the ability to tailor the solutions’ out-of-the-box applications, or even create a new application process driven by new forms and the built- in workflow engine. For over a decade of partnering with best-in-class companies, Pilgrim provides its best practice in its out-of the-box quality and compliance application through a combination of forms, workflow and key automated data processing and transactions (business logic), along with each customer’s experience, into a pre-configured application. SmartDesigner technology allows customers to create an “unlimited number of applications” with a single centralized platform. “SmartDesigner puts the flexibility into the hands of functional administrators, from simple form property changes, to drag-and-drop form controls, to creating dynamic pages, managing translations, and task-based workflows supporting 21 CFR Part 11 and Audit Trails,” said Atulya Risal, Chief Technology Officer for Pilgrim Software. “Each configuration change is version controlled, secured, and can be made for each or across all organizations. With this new solution, we expect that our customers will be able to design and develop an unlimited number of new applications that allow them to track various processes.” “We recognize that every company’s needs differ based on industry regulations, organizational requirements or product specifications. Users need quick and easy tools to enhance their quality and compliance application to meet their end-user’s needs,” said Prashanth Rajendran, Pilgrim’s Chief Operating Officer. “As such, we developed SmartDesigner with the flexibility to provide control of your quality and compliance solution where ‘One Application Does Fit All’.” SmartDesigner is being launched with the release of SmartSolve® 8.2, Pilgrim Software’s latest version

Page 38 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary of its ECQM software platform, for both Pilgrim’s On Demand an on-premise customers. SmartSolve provides an enterprise-wise solution for managing corrective and preventive actions, complaint handling, internal and external assessments, document control, SOP enforcement, engineering collaboration, change management, employee certification and training, equipment/calibration, supplier quality management, advanced quality planning and risk management. Click here to return to Contents

Powerway Suite Targets Highly Audited Industries 1 August 2008 Powerway, Inc., announced new Template Packs for the Aerospace AS9100, Medical Device ISO13485, and Laboratory ISO/IEC17025 industry standards. Powerway Template Packs automatically tailor the company’s Suite 2000 product line to properly structure and organize quality management system (QMS) documentation. Companies in industries governed by tough standards and regulations face a never-ending balancing act. Conformance to industry requirements has become a cost of doing business and those costs are rising, squeezing companies in competitive industries such as Aerospace, Medical Device, and Laboratory Services. Leveraging Extensive Industry Standards Expertise Powerway has over 20 years of experience in providing software and services to help companies address the quality standards of automotive (QS-9000/ISO-TS16949) and general (ISO9000) manufacturing. Furthering its leadership in standards-based document structure and control, Powerway is expanding its Suite 2000 product into industries that are increasingly demanding similar conformance. “Suite 2000 has always been standards-driven with off-the-shelf capabilities that help companies quickly get to work on documenting and managing their QMS”, said Dave Chambliss, CEO, Powerway. “Companies tell us that the stakes are increasing to be a valued member of the product communities they serve and that standards are key. We are listening and responding.” Powerway Suite 2000 contains a substantial number of features that make it a unique solution for the authoring, structuring, management, approval, and control of QMS documentation. Making the QMS Functional and Auditable “The failure to consistently control document format & structures, document references & relationships, and document change management is a common theme in QMS audits for all industries. We have focused on solving that problem.” said Brad Anderson, Content Management and Business Solutions, Powerway. “Audit results reveal that companies struggle to define and maintain control over their processes and documentation. Suite 2000 delivers industry-targeted configurations that assist companies in getting their system under control quickly and effectively. Generally we see our customers experience positive auditor findings in those critical areas.” Click here to return to Contents

Page 39 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary RuleStream to Extend AutoCAD Integration with Autodesk’s RealDWG Platform 12 August 2008 RuleStream Corporation announced that it has signed an agreement with Autodesk to use Autodesk's RealDWG engine to augment the integration of AutoCAD software into RuleStream’s existing software programs. With this significant extension to RuleStream's current AutoCAD integration, AutoCAD software users can benefit from RuleStream's comprehensive approach to knowledge management which spans sales, engineering and manufacturing operations. By capturing engineering knowledge and using it to automate key business processes across the enterprise, RuleStream's clients have reduced internal operating expenses, shortened lead times, increased sales win rates and increased overall profitability. This integration with AutoCAD software will help custom and complex product manufacturers respond to customer-specific orders more rapidly, accurately and efficiently. Developing on the RealDWG platform enhances RuleStream’s ability to serve companies that use AutoCAD software as their primary CAD system, or otherwise need to generate 2D drawings or 3D models as part of their sales quotation and order fulfillment process. With RealDWG, design rules captured within RuleStream will be able to automatically: • Generate native AutoCAD documents that are fully compliant with Autodesk’s popular DWG file format • Generate fully associative 2D drawings • Generate 3D models • Leverage the reusability of AutoCAD software dynamic blocks "This partnership is a big win for the manufacturing customer. With the integration of RealDWG into RuleStream's SBE Enterprise software suite, the generation of engineering data has never been easier," said Eric Stover, product line manager at Autodesk. "Whether you're required to produce 3D models or 2D engineering data, RuleStream and Autodesk provide an unbeatable solution for your engineering needs." "RuleStream is pleased to extend our existing AutoCAD software integration to bring even more value to the AutoCAD software user base - an important area of expansion for RuleStream," said Robert Nierman, chief executive officer, RuleStream. "Users of AutoCAD software will now be able to leverage our leading Standards Based Engineering (SBE) technology for their custom engineer-to-order operations as well as many complex new product development initiatives." Click here to return to Contents

SpaceClaim Standardizes on HyperShot for Photographic Rendering of 3D Designs; Relationship Unveiled at SIGGRAPH 2008 11 August 2008 SpaceClaim and Bunkspeed® at SIGGRAPH 2008 announced a partnership that integrates their two market-changing products. SpaceClaim customers can now easily launch their 3D designs directly into Bunkspeed’s HyperShot® for groundbreaking photorealistic results. SpaceClaim is the first company to standardize on HyperShot,

Page 40 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary creating a powerful, “click-and-do” product. Designers can use this product to create highly accurate, photographic images of products that are still only ideas. Users can rapidly design and edit in the same way they think to produce “visually real” images of prototypes and concepts. The integrated solution is available through SpaceClaim. “SpaceClaim is the first company to offer HyperShot as the standard rendering solution for their revolutionary products,” said Philip Lunn, CEO of Bunkspeed. “SpaceClaim and Bunkspeed identified a dynamic market opportunity that provides designers and engineers with a unique 3D modeling and rendering tool. The connection of these two genre-leading technologies makes for a truly compelling package and builds a valuable bridge from design to marketing.” SpaceClaim addresses challenges faced by designers and engineers who need to create designs that are precise, in digital format, 3D, and photorealistic. HyperShot is a real-time, raytraced environment that uses scientifically accurate materials and real-world lighting to create photographic images of SpaceClaim 3D data in minutes. Additionally SpaceClaim empowers 2D users to move to 3D modeling while continuing to work in a familiar environment without having to become “geometry experts.” With SpaceClaim Professional, users manage a streamlined set of tools such as Push, Pull, Move and Combine to create and edit 3D models. With HyperShot, users can turn the SpaceClaim renderings into photorealistic images very easily and quickly. For the first time, designers can move seamlessly from 2D design to 3D modeling to a photorealistic image that visualizes the product in full representation before it actually exists. And do it in minutes. “The combination of SpaceClaim and HyperShot will drive new levels of creativity for designers from professionals to amateurs, because it is the fastest, simplest and most reasonable way to create a precise photorealistic image,” said Rich Moore, VP of Business Development, SpaceClaim. “The process is remarkably smooth and fast. The results are just plain jaw-dropping. We look forward to helping our customers create and produce competitive and leading-edge product designs quickly and cost effectively.” Click here to return to Contents

Sparx Systems Partners With Siemens PLM Software to Integrate Advanced UML Modeling with Product Lifecycle Management 11 August 2008 Sparx Systems announced a partnership with Siemens PLM Software that strengthens its support for open-standards in model-driven Product Lifecycle Management. As a result of the partnership, Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect – a world-leading, team-based platform for the Unified Modeling Language (UML) – now tightly integrates with Siemens PLM Software’s Systems Engineering and Requirements Management environment within its Teamcenter® software portfolio. “We are excited to be partnering with Siemens PLM Software to deliver a fully integrated, UML modeling solution for Teamcenter,” said Sam Mancarella, Chief Technology Officer of Sparx Systems. “By incorporating UML-based software designs into the product lifecycle for electro-mechanical systems, our customers are well-equipped to manage the complexity in today’s software products, and deliver solutions to market on time.” In addition to strong support for UML and software engineering, Enterprise Architect brings many other

Page 41 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary integrated visual modeling capabilities to Teamcenter. Most notable is an open standards approach to systems engineering using SysML and to business process analysis through the Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN). Key enterprise architecture frameworks, including the Department of Defence's DoDAF, the Zachman Framework, The Open Group's TOGAF™ and others, are also available to Teamcenter users via the integration. “Through our new partnership with Sparx, we are integrating UML with PLM, bringing together requirements and lifecycle management with software systems design and automated code development,” said Steve Bashada, vice president of Teamcenter Applications for Siemens PLM Software. “This new offering broadens our solution set for streamlining and automating the process of developing, testing and tracking mechatronic systems. The primary goal of the new offering is to help our customers save time and reduce costs while ensuring requirements match performance and software versions correspond to electro-mechanical designs.” The integrated Teamcenter and Enterprise Architect solution is available immediately. About Sparx Systems Sparx Systems (http://www.sparxsystems.com) specializes in high performance and scalable visual modeling tools for the planning, design and construction of software intensive systems. With customers in industries ranging from aerospace and automotive engineering to finance, defense, government, entertainment and telecommunications, Sparx Systems is a leading vendor of solutions based on the Unified Modeling Language (UML) and its related specifications. A Contributing Member of the Object Management Group (OMG), Sparx Systems is committed to realizing the potential of model-driven development based on open standards. Click here to return to Contents

Synopsys DesignWare IP for PCI Express Used as the Gold Standard in Intel Lab at Intel Developer Forum 14 August 2008 Synopsys, Inc. announced that Synopsys' DesignWare® IP for PCI Express® with PCI-SIG® I/O Virtualization (IOV) technology has completed testing at Intel's labs and will be used as the gold standard to demonstrate single root IOV (SR-IOV) running on the latest Intel hardware platforms at next week's Intel Developer Forum (IDF). The silicon-proven DesignWare digital controller and PHY IP for PCI Express with PCI-SIG IOV technology has been thoroughly tested using Intel's SR-IOV hardware platforms and Independent Hardware Vendor (IHV) test software, demonstrating that the IP is interoperable and functions in accordance to the PCI-SIG IOV specification. Proven interoperability of the DesignWare IP for PCI Express allows designers to lower the risk of integrating PCI-SIG IOV technology into their system-on- chips (SoCs) and helps speed adoption of the standard. "Demonstrating interoperability between the DesignWare IP for PCI Express with Intel's hardware platform is an example of how Synopsys continues to actively promote and support the latest industry standards," said John Koeter, Vice President of Marketing for IP and Services at Synopsys. "As a leader in PCI Express IP, we provide proven, interoperable and high quality IP for SR- IOV, which helps designers quickly deliver differentiated blades, servers and storage systems to the market."

Page 42 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary "SR-IOV is a key technology that is being driven for enterprise computing customers to lower costs and increase performance of virtualized systems," said Jim Pappas, Director of Initiative Marketing for Intel Corporation. "By working closely with leading technology companies such as Synopsys, Intel is contributing to an ecosystem that consists of the latest tools, IP and platforms that support the PCI-SIG IOV technology." The Synopsys hardware used in the labs at IDF consists of DesignWare digital controllers and PHY IP for PCI Express, which fully support the PCI- SIG SR-IOV 1.0 specification. The DesignWare IP solution for PCI Express with IOV technology supports multiple Physical Functions (PF) and Virtual Functions (VF) such as Alternative Routing ID Interpretation (ARI), Function Level Reset (FLR), and Address Translation Services (ATS), providing designers with the ability to select the optimal feature set required for their target design. Synopsys will also be demonstrating the digital controllers and PHY IP in the PCI Express Technology Community Booth #726. Availability The comprehensive DesignWare IP for PCI Express solution with support for PCI-SIG SR-IOV is available now. For more information, please visit: http://www.synopsys.com/pciexpress About DesignWare IP Synopsys offers a broad portfolio of high-quality, silicon-proven digital, mixed-signal and verification IP for system-on-chip designs. Synopsys delivers one of the industry's most comprehensive solutions for widely used protocols such as USB, PCI Express, SATA, Ethernet and DDR. In addition to connectivity IP, Synopsys offers SystemC transaction level models to build virtual platforms for rapid, pre- silicon development of software. When combined with a robust IP development methodology, extensive investment in quality and comprehensive technical support, DesignWare IP enables designers to accelerate time-to-market and reduce integration risk. For more information on DesignWare IP, visit http://www.synopsys.com/designware Click here to return to Contents

Synopsys Launches Full Range of Silicon-Proven DDR3 and DDR2 IP Solutions for SoC Designs 23 August 2008 Synopsys, Inc. announced the availability of a full range of silicon- proven DesignWare® DDR IP solutions for systems-on-chips (SoCs) that require an interface to high-performance DDR3, DDR2 and DDR memory subsystems. The DesignWare DDR IP solutions deliver memory system performance of up to 1600 Mbps, the maximum data-rate of the JEDEC DDR3 specification. The solutions include configurable protocol and memory controllers, integrated mixed-signal PHYs including I/Os and verification IP. The DesignWare DDR IP portfolio provides designers with scalable solutions that help reduce risk and speed time-to-market for applications such as digital home, digital office, data center and storage. The comprehensive DesignWare DDR IP portfolio consists of three product lines including DDR3/2, DDR2/3-Lite and DDR2/DDR, all of which have been validated and fully characterized in Synopsys' silicon test chips and support two generations of DDR SDRAM: -- The DDR3/2 IP helps satisfy the needs of the highest performance interfaces with operation at up to 1600 Mbps and offers a wealth of in-system calibration capabilities to ease implementation of the interface at higher data rates.

Page 43 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary -- The DDR2/3-Lite IP is an area- and feature-optimized IP solution operating at up to 1066 Mbps using DDR2 or DDR3 SDRAMs. The DDR2/3-Lite IP is ideal for SoCs that initially target DDR2 SDRAMs, and has the option of migrating to DDR3 when it becomes more cost effective without the need to modify the current SoC design. -- The DDR2/DDR IP operates at speeds up to 1066 Mbps and is available in leading 130nm, 90nm and 65nm process technologies. The DesignWare DDR IP provides designers with the flexibility to interface to DRAM components or dual in-line memory modules (DIMMs) including support for write/read leveling as required with DDR3 DIMMs. To further configure a memory interface that is unique to each SoC, the DesignWare DDR IP permits customization of DRAM interface width, number of DRAM ranks, power I/O to signal I/O ratios, and flexible I/O placement as required by the SoC package. Each of the three DesignWare DDR IP product lines consists of a complete solution including configurable memory and protocol controllers, integrated PHY and verification IP. Unlike other DDR controller solutions, Synopsys offers designers a choice of two digital controllers. The DesignWare DDR Memory Controllers support up to 32 on-chip application buses, quality of service (QoS)-based arbitration and optimized memory transaction scheduling. The DesignWare DDR Protocol Controllers, a unique offering, provide efficient DDR control and protocol translation allowing customers to implement their own optimized custom memory scheduler. Complementing the digital controllers are the integrated, hardened PHYs, which include the application specific I/Os, DLLs, PLLs and other PHY logic, significantly easing timing closure in the SoC design flow and within the timing budget for the overall DRAM interface. "All generations of DDR interfaces continue to be a top priority for customers designing complex SoCs," said Desi Rhoden, Executive VP of Montage Technology and chairman of the JEDEC JC-42 Memory Committee, the organization where worldwide memory standards are developed. "As an active participant in the DRAM standards committee, Synopsys is able to anticipate future DRAM products and develop memory interfaces to match DRAM availability timelines and performance targets." "Meeting timing closure at the latest DDR speeds is very challenging," said John Koeter, senior director of marketing for IP and Services at Synopsys. "Synopsys' expertise in analog and digital IP designs enables us to deliver a broad range of silicon-proven DDR IP that is customizable to meet the unique requirements of each end application and helps achieve timing closure at faster data rates with less risk." Availability The DesignWare DDR3/2, DDR2/3-Lite and DDR2/DDR IP solutions are available now. The DDR PHY IP is available in leading 130nm, 90nm, and 65nm process technologies. For more product information and to take a virtual tour of the Synopsys DDR lab to see how Synopsys verifies the IP, visit: http://synopsys.com/products/designware/ddr_solutions.html. Click here to return to Contents

Trubiquity Expands Sales Partnership Program to Japan 11 August 2008 Trubiquity (formerly Autoweb) has named RAND Technologies Japan K.K. as platinum new sales partner in Japan.

Page 44 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary RAND Technologies Japan K.K. (RAND Japan), a very successful provider of professional services and technology to the local engineering community, will provide sales, service and marketing support for Trubiquity’s product portfolio throughout Japan. “RAND Japan’s industry knowledge and expertise will help us to significantly grow our business in Japan,” said Nino DiCosmo, president and CEO of Trubiquity. “This partnership will allow us to further expand our global product reach in the critical Asian markets.” Trubiquity’s sales partnership program consists of value-added resellers (VARs) selected to sell Trubiquity’s software-based solutions, as well as complimentary services to enhance overall product offerings for customers. The company currently has more than 80 global sales partners in existing programs in Asia, Europe and North America. Trubiquity launched its Asia-based sales partnership program earlier this year with the signing of PDS Technology Company Ltd. as the company’s first sales partner in China. “We look forward to teaming with RAND Japan and expanding our product offerings to their customer base in Japan,” said Steve Koons, senior vice president of Business Development for Trubiquity. “We are excited to have RAND Japan as part of our global service team.” The Trubiquity product portfolio consists of software that streamlines and automates customers’ internal business processes including data exchange and management, team collaboration, electronic procurement, commercial EDI and quality/measurement. In addition, Trubiquity’s software solutions speed product planning, design and manufacturing while reducing costs, improving time-to-market and ensuring quality across the product lifecycle. RAND Japan, located in Tokyo, provides technology products, services and solutions to over 400 businesses in Japan. Amongst RAND’s customers are several automotive OEMs and the largest Tier 1 suppliers. “We are known as a firm focused on CAD data management, CAD data quality and CAD data conversion solutions. We are pleased to partner with Trubiquity in Japan and deliver their best-in-class collaboration and CAD data exchange solutions to our customer base as this is a natural extension of our solution portfolio,” said Masaru Aburatani, general manager for RAND Japan. Click here to return to Contents

Trubiquity Introduces TRUfusion to Automate Data Exchange 4 August 2008 Trubiquity (formerly Autoweb) has launched TRUfusion—a new software product that automates the exchange of product design data across a customer’s extended enterprises. TRUfusion, Trubiquity’s new data-exchange automation product, enables the secure transfer of large, complex data files stored in computer-aided design (CAD) and product lifecycle management (PLM) systems. It also ensures that product designs are up-to-date and in a correct file format for global collaboration. In addition, TRUfusion integrates with a customer’s existing engineering applications and offers the ability to exchange data across all communication protocols and geographies. “Manufacturers and suppliers face numerous challenges when exchanging engineering and design data throughout the product lifecycle,” said Muhammad Khan, chief technical officer for Trubiquity. “TRUfusion automates the manual importing, exporting, transformation and transporting of product-

Page 45 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary design data, improving efficiency, data quality, security and traceability across all product-design activities.” Launched on TRUcore, Trubiquity’s new software-as-a-service based systems architecture, TRUfusion is the new name for Trubiquity's data exchange automation product line that includes Fusion-DX and DDX. Trubiquity will continue to develop and support Fusion-DX and DDX under the new TRUfusion brand. TRUfusion integrates with Trubiquity’s TRUexchange product which can be accessed globally via the Internet at anytime. Click here to return to Contents

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