ALGOR OFFERS EXPANDED INTEGRATION WITH NEW SOLID EDGE VERSION 9

ALGOR OFFERS EXPANDED INTEGRATION WITH NEW SOLID EDGE VERSION 9

ALGOR’s InCAD technology integrates seamlessly with Solid Edge CAD software, as shown with this handle model created in the Weldment Environment (upper left), to provide engineers with quick, accurate finite element analysis results for a wider range of parts and assemblies.

PITTSBURGH, PA -- May 30, 2001 -- ALGOR, Inc., a leading maker of software for mechanical engineers, today announced upgrades to its InCAD technology for finite element analysis (FEA) that enable full analysis of complex models created in the Solid Edge CAD system from UGS. ALGOR’s InCAD products continue to provide seamless integration with Solid Edge to directly capture CAD models without any file translation. The expanded capabilities complement improvements in Solid Edge, including its Weldment Environment, to help engineers quickly get accurate FEA results for a wider range of parts and assemblies.

"ALGOR’s upgrades show its continued commitment to maintain an active partner relationship with Solid Edge and to provide Solid Edge users with the highest levels of utility for both their CAD and FEA investments," said Bill McClure, director of the Solid Edge line of business at UGS. "The integration now possible with ALGOR’s InCAD products enables Solid Edge users to directly capture their models created in our Weldment Environment with ALGOR."

Solid Edge enables users to create weldments within the Weldment Environment and then place and manipulate them as components of a larger assembly model. Because of seamless integration, ALGOR’s latest InCAD products all work with exact Solid Edge model data, including the new weldment information and data defining even the most complex conical and helical geometrical surfaces. This tight integration enables engineers to run any ALGOR analysis on their Solid Edge models – from static structural to Mechanical Event Simulation to full Multiphysics – which increases their modeling flexibility in Solid Edge and minimizes their products’ time to market.

ALGOR has been a leader in mechanical simulation software since introducing FEA for PCs in 1984 and interfacing with CAD systems in 1985. The company’s software products have enabled over 20,000 engineers in over 60 countries to create safe, efficient, cost-effective designs. ALGOR also offers educational support and customer service that includes the use of Internet audio/video technology for distance learning Web Courses, which provide step-by-step software instruction, and free Webcasts for live software demonstrations.

ALGOR’s family of products features Mechanical Event Simulation software for FEA-based motion and stress analysis, InCAD technology for seamless CAD/CAE integration with virtually all popular CAD systems and full multiphysics capabilities. The company also offers structural, linear dynamic, thermal, fluid flow, electrostatic and piping analysis tools. ALGOR’s software interchanges data with products from ANSYS, Inc. (Nasdaq:ANSS), Autodesk, Inc. (Nasdaq:ADSK), CADKEY Corporation, MSC.Software Corporation (NYSE:MNS), Parametric Technology Corporation (PTC), Structural Dynamics Research Corporation, UGS (NYSE:UGS), SolidWorks Corporation, a Dassault Systemes S.A. (Nasdaq:DASTY) company, and others.