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SofTech's ProductCenter PLM Certified For SolidWorks 2005
SofTech's ProductCenter PLM Provides Timely Support for Its SolidWorks 2005 Customers and Maintains Highest Certification LevelTEWKSBURY, Mass. — September 14, 2004 — SofTech, Inc. (OTCBB: SOFT), a leading provider of design-through-manufacturing productivity solutions, announced that its ProductCenter™ PLM (product lifecycle management) solution has been awarded SolidWorks Corporation’s highest honor of Gold Product Certification for use with SolidWorks® 2005. Certification ensures SolidWorks users the highest level of interoperability between SolidWorks releases and complementary solutions such as ProductCenter. SofTech has been a SolidWorks Gold Product Partner for over five years, offering certified ProductCenter Integrators that embed product data and lifecycle management directly within SolidWorks as a seamless part of the design process.
ProductCenter supports a mixed-CAD environment, including SolidWorks and most other popular 2D and 3D design applications, in addition to office tools and desktop publishing applications. It associates and provides centralized access to all the various items of product information developed during the product lifecycle from concept to retirement. As a result, ProductCenter encourages collaborative efforts and much greater reuse of this valuable intellectual property, while automating product processes, such as ECO/ECN approvals and version/release control. Companies benefit with increased product development efficiency, lower costs, and regulatory compliance.
“With over twelve years experience in understanding the complexities of the 3D design environment, SofTech offers companies that utilize SolidWorks one of the longest proven track records of PLM success,” states Jay Pappas, ProductCenter product manager. “ProductCenter provides core CAD product definition management and collaborative PLM capabilities that can flexibly suit companies, both large and small, with their implementation approaches and strategic growth plans.”
About SofTech, Inc.
SofTech, Inc. (OTCBB: SOFT) provides design-through-manufacturing productivity solutions with its computer-aided design (CAD), computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) and product lifecycle management (PLM) products including CADRA®, DesignGateway™, Prospector™, and ProductCenter (through SofTech’s Workgroup Technology Division). SofTech’s solutions optimize product lifecycle processes at the lowest cost by fostering innovation, extended enterprise collaboration, product quality improvements, and compressed time-to-market cycles.
SofTech has more than 100,000 users benefiting from its solutions, including Boeing, FlightSafety International, General Electric Company, Goodrich Turbine Fuel Technologies, Honeywell, Millipore Corporation, Siemens, Sikorsky Aircraft, U.S. Army, and Whirlpool Corporation.
Headquartered in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, SofTech (www.softech.com) has locations and distribution partners throughout North America, Europe, and Asia.
About SolidWorks Corporation
SolidWorks Corporation, a Dassault Systèmes S.A. (Nasdaq: DASTY, Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA) company, develops and markets software for mechanical design, analysis, and product data management. It is the #1 supplier of 3D mechanical design software for the mainstream market. SolidWorks leads the market in number of users in production, customer satisfaction, and revenue. For the latest news, information, or a live online demonstration, visit the company’s Web site (www.solidworks.com) or call 1-800-693-9000 (outside of North America, call +1-978-371-5000).
SOFTECH COMPANY CONTACT:
Crissy Bardani
Director of Marketing
SofTech, Inc.
cbardani@softech.com
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