CIMMETRY RELEASES AUTOVUE 17.1 SERVICE PACK 4

April 07, 2004

Cimmetry Systems, the global leader in visualization and collaboration solutions for the A/E/C, Engineering, Manufacturing and Electronics markets, today announced that the latest service pack for AutoVue 17.1 supports AutoCAD 2005 and several other new formats. This service pack is available immediately for AutoVue users under maintenance.

"Since AutoCAD is the most used 2D CAD application in the world, there are numbers of users deploying AutoCAD 2005," said Pam Petropoulos, Marketing Manager at Cimmetry Systems. "This service pack delivers full support for the new Sheet Set Files as well as new AutoCAD 2005 entities. As the leading multi-format viewer on the market, AutoVue consistently supports the latest design formats in a timely manner."

The AutoCAD 2005 format is backwards compatible with AutoCAD 2004 (previously supported by AutoVue), but also includes some new entities. A new format, "Sheet Set Files" (.dst), was also introduced with AutoCAD 2005. In the latest service pack, AutoVue provides full support for the DST format and all new entities.

The service pack adds support for the following formats:

• Full support for AutoCAD 2005
• AutoCAD Sheet Set Files (.DST)
• Cadence SPECCTRA 14 and 15
• CoCreate's ME10 version 12
• PADS PowerLogic
• Protel Schematics 98, 99, 99SE
• Solid Edge 15
• Visio 2003

AutoVue provides a single point of access and common user interface allowing users to view and markup over 450 different formats. Formats include: 3D CAD parts & assemblies, 2D CAD drawings, PCB/IC layouts & schematics, raster, vector, hybrid and office documents. AutoVue is available as a desktop Windows application and as a thin-client, server based solution for Windows or Unix servers.

Visit http://www.cimmetry.com to see a complete list of supported formats, to download a fully functional evaluation version of AutoVue, or to try it online.

About Cimmetry

Cimmetry Systems Inc. is the recognized technology pioneer and market leader in the area of Visualization and Collaboration software tools for the A/E/C, Engineering, Manufacturing and Electronics markets.

Cimmetry's flagship product, AutoVue, is the premier enterprise-wide viewing and markup package, providing native support for more than 450 formats including 2D/3D CAD, EDA, raster, vector, hybrid, office and graphics. Users have a single point of access to their documents, regardless of format, from a single, easy-to-use interface.

AutoVue is available as a Windows desktop application as well as a thin-client version, deployable on Windows or UNIX servers. Cimmetry's viewing and markup products are strategically designed to integrate seamlessly with Document Management (DM, EDM), Workflow, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Product Data Management (PDM), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), ASPs and e-business Portals, either directly or via the Web.

AutoVue is sold worldwide and available in many languages including Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish and Swedish. Visit Cimmetry on the Web at www.cimmetry.com