Press Release

New Version of Alibre Design Continues to Push Price-Performance Barrier for Professional 3D CAD

RICHARDSON, Texas, December 3, 2003 - Alibre Inc. today announced the latest release of its professional 3D CAD application, Alibre Design 7.0 and Alibre Design Professional.

Alibre Design provides parametric solid modeling for mechanical design and manufacturing at one-tenth the cost of comparable products. Further pushing the industry price-performance point, the price of Alibre Design is being reduced by $100 to $595 in the United States and Canada*. Alibre Design Professional, an extended version that includes advanced add-ons such as finite element analysis and photorealistic rendering, remains priced at $995 in the United States and Canada.

New and enhanced features in Alibre Design 7.0 include:

• Boolean operations for the design of molds and dies
• Access to standard Windows file system for data storage
• Enhanced assembly modeling with sub-assembly constraint "articulation"
• "Light drawings" for faster drawing load and view creation
• Improved support for ISO and DIN drawing standards
• Enhanced productivity for detailing drawings:
  • options for view scaling, alignment and visibility
  • enhanced settings for dual-dimensioning
  • new options for styles and hatch patterns in section and detail views
• Increased print options, including support for multiple drawing sheets
• Export designs and drawings as images in formats such as jpeg, bmp, gif, etc.

• Expanded set of supported closed corner conditions in sheet metal design
• Easier-to-use photorealistic rendering, including support for exploded views
• Improved interface for managing sharing and security of Repository data
• Save and revert repository to snapshot, easily archive and transfer data
• ModelPress Publisher for compressing and distributing 3D models for viewing with the free ModelPress Viewer

New Localization Interface Opens Global Markets
Alibre Design 7.0 also supports a new localization interface which allows the software to be translated into any language without a recompile or build by Alibre.

"We are particularly excited about the new localization interface," said Christian Battlogg, principal of Battlogg Design, and Alibre partner based in Thuringen, Austria. "Alibre Design is already the best value on the market for 3D solid modeling and now, with German-language support, the product will rapidly penetrate the large German, Austrian and Swiss markets for mechanical design."

"Alibre Design 7.0 adds improved support for ISO and DIN drawing standards, this is key for markets outside of the US," said Michael Berglund of EMCAD based in Sweden. "With the new language translation interface, integrated collaboration and data sharing, Alibre Design 7.0 has truly become a global product."

"With Alibre Design 7.0, not only did we add many new capabilities, we dropped the base price to $595 making the best deal on the market even better," said J. Paul Grayson, Alibre president and CEO. "We're also excited about the new localization interface and expect to see support for major languages, including German, Japanese, Chinese, and Spanish by early next year. We're experiencing record sales with very little contribution outside of North America, so when these languages start hitting we expect explosive growth."

Partners or resellers interested in localizing Alibre Design into a particular language should contact Alibre at info@alibre.com. For more information, visit www.alibre.com or call (972) 671-8492.

*International prices vary; contact Alibre for details.

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