FOR RELEASE Monday, November 20, 2006
PLANO, Texas – UGS Corp., a leading global provider of
product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services, and
Vertex Systems of Tampere, Finland, today announced that Vertex has
integrated the D-Cubed 2D and 3D Dimensional Constraint Manager and
Collision Detection Manager software components – part of
UGS’ PLM Components family of solutions – in the
current release of its Vertex Building Design product line for the
architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry.
“More and more AEC software vendors are looking to
UGS’ PLM Components as the source of key technologies to
support an industry shift to sophisticated, parametrically driven,
solid and surface modeling techniques, particularly in view of the
trend towards the building information modeling (BIM)
approach,” said Bruce Feldt, vice president of Open Tools for
UGS. “Our PLM Components, proven in the mechanical
field, have much to offer the latest generation of AEC
applications. The ability of software developers such as
Vertex Systems to reuse our PLM Components to drive revenues in
multiple product lines, across different markets, is a strong
endorsement of the software component business model.”
Vertex Building Design is a software application for timber and
steel framers, modular builders, structural insulated panel
builders and prefabricated home manufacturers. It combines 3D
design with traditional procedures based on 2D plans. The use
of 3D modeling has multiple benefits including the creation of
sales materials that have greater impact as well as dimensional
accuracy. These components have also been integrated into the
Vertex Systems mechanical CAD application, Vertex G4, since
2001.
“By applying several of the D-Cubed components in our new
software domain, we have enhanced the design productivity of our
Vertex Building Design customers and accomplished this with great
efficiency,” said Reijo Havonen, president of Vertex
Systems. “As we expose more and more of the features of
these components over the coming releases, our customers will be
able to design their buildings faster and better than ever
before.”
About PLM Components and D-Cubed
UGS’ PLM Components are open software tools designed to
promote industry standardization and interoperability within the
product lifecycle management (PLM) market. Many of the
world’s leading CAD/CAM/CAE/PLM vendors have adopted the
widely respected solutions from PLM Components for integration into
their applications. DCubedTM software is part of the PLM
Components suite of solutions and represents a family of geometric
software components that enable key functionality in CAD, CAM, CAE,
and PLM applications, including sketching, part and assembly
modeling, motion simulation, collision detection, clearance
measurement and hidden-line visualization. D-Cubed also
provides consultancy based software integration services in support
of the PLM Open vision. For more information, please visit www.ugs.com/products/open/.
About Vertex Systems Oy
Vertex Systems is an internationally operating provider of highly
efficient engineering software products for technical design and
data management. Vertex provides high quality Computer Aided Design
solutions together with extensive custom development,
implementation and consulting services to improve the productivity
and profitability of the client. Vertex’s integrated software
applications allow the customers to automate their complete product
design and information processes. Vertex solutions are based on
open software and database architecture with flexible tools for
tailoring the system to the customer’s specific needs and for
integration with other information systems.
Note: UGS, D-Cubed and Transforming the process of innovation
are trademarks or registered trademarks of UGS Corp. or its
subsidiaries in the United States and in other countries. All
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The statements in this news release that are not historical
statements, including statements regarding expected benefits
of the product, adoption by customers, continued
innovation and other statements identified by forward looking
terms such as "may," "will," "expect," "plan," "anticipate" or
"project," are forward-looking statements. These statements are
subject to numerous risks and uncertainties which could cause
actual results to differ materially from such statements,
including, among others, risks relating to developments in the
PLM industry, competition, failure to innovate, partnering
strategy, major design errors or security flaws and intellectual
property. UGS has included a discussion of these and other
pertinent risk factors in its quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the
period ended June 30, 2006 filed with the SEC. UGS disclaims
any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking
statements, whether as a result of new information, future events
or otherwise.
Jim Thorpe
UGS
+44 1223 722 655
Reijo Havonen
Vertex Systems
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