ELYSIUM ANNOUNCES CADPORTER VERSION 8

ELYSIUM ANNOUNCES CADPORTER VERSION 8; Support for Latest Versions of Major CAD Systems and Enhancements

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (PRWEB) June 28, 2003 - Elysium Inc., a leading global provider of digital design data exchange software, today announced the release and availability of CADporter 8.

Elysiums CADporter allows rapid translation of geometry between major CAD systems with the industrys most successful conversion rate. CADporter enables a user to simply access data from a foreign CAD system and translate that data to the desired native format with minimal interaction. Companies can effectively exchange, share and reuse data among various applications.

This new release has over 30 enhancements and updates. Among the enhancements are:

·   Support of CATIA V5R9 and R10, I-deas 9 & 10, ParaSolid V14, SolidWorks 2003, UG NX 1.0.
·   Additional wire frame entities
·   Additional surface entities
·   Surface visualization attributes such as transparency values
·   User controlled healing
·   Improved license server user interface
·   License server configuration and status checking

Elysiums CADporter software holds a pivotal role in successful conversion of component geometry from CAD system to CAD system," said Peter Heath, Director of Product Management, Elysium Inc. Release 8 provides support to the latest version of CAD systems and is focused on improving and simplifying the complex and sometimes frustrating issues associated with data exchange. We listened extensively to our customers concerns as well as industry concerns about data exchange and resolved those issues."

CADporter removes the issues of interoperability for designers and engineers, so that failures in CAD data communication no longer need to be written-off or added to overhead charges. CADporter allows designers and engineers to focus on new developments and updated product designs regardless of the CAD platform on which the data was originally created.

About Elysium Inc.
Founded in 1984, Elysium bridges the gap between CAD systems and enables PDM and product structure synchronization with its industry-leading technologies. Elysium's CADporter, CADdoctor and CADserver software products enable the translation of all geometry from one CAD system to another with the industry's highest success rate. Platforms supported include, ABAQUS/CAE, ACIS, CATIA, Inventor, I-deas, Metrix Build!IT, One Space Designer, Parasolid, Pro/ENGINEER, SolidWorks, and Unigraphics. Elysium has successful partnerships with several major software companies including ABAQUS, Autodesk, CoCreate, EDS PLM, Mechanical Desktop, Maya Metrix, PTC, and Spatial Corporation. Elysium is a member of the AIAG and a sponsor of Renault F1 Team.

For additional information about Elysium's products and services, please visit www.elysiuminc.com.

CADporter, CADserver, CADdoctor and CADpdm are trademarks of Elysium Co., Ltd. and Elysium Inc. All other products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

Press Contact:
Ken Feitz
Strategic Reach PR
(303) 487-7406
ken@strategicreachpr.com

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