Dassault Systèmes Announces CAAV5 Software Partnership with Elysium

07/18/2006

Native V5 data integration will leverage CAA V5 infrastructure for data quality and consistency

Paris, France – July 18, 2006 – Dassault Systèmes (DS) (Nasdaq: DASTY; Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA), a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, today announced that Elysium Inc., an independent company that develops software for 3D geometry data translation and validation, has joined its CAA V5 (Component Application Architecture) development program as a CAA V5 Software Partner.

“We are pleased to extend and strengthen our relationship with the leading PLM company by becoming a CAA V5 Software Partner,” said Hilo Yano, Chief Operating Officer of Elysium. “Elysium’s best-in-class software not only converts 3D data from one system to another, but also checks for errors before and after each translation, making it a quality choice for DS customers.”

With CATIA V5, Dassault Systèmes delivers robust tools for importing and exporting data via the International Standards IGES and ISO 10303 (STEP). DS’ interoperability solutions are based on a unique set of CAA V5 APIs dedicated to geometry import, the common and unique platform for DS’ and its partners’ solutions, which enables optimal use of imported data within V5 applications. Elysium will complement these existing products by providing easy and robust access to native 3D data generated outside the V5 environment.

The new CAAV5 software development partnership will see Elysium develop and market a specialized application to bring multi-CAD geometry into DELMIA, ensuring the data complies with V5 quality standards. This translator is the first step in an expanding partnership that will include the ability to import to the DS’ brands CATIA, ENOVIA, and SIMULIA and 3D XML, as well as DELMIA. Future Elysium products will check and convert 3D data from other CAD software brands.

“We are delighted to upgrade Elysium to CAA V5 Software Partner,” said Thierry Charron, President, Dassault Systèmes Provence. “This new product from Elysium for DELMIA will allow users to achieve time and cost savings by directly importing foreign data to V5 while assuring 3D data quality and consistency.”

As with existing Dassault Systèmes Multi-CAD products, DELMIA customers will be able to create digital manufacturing definition from both V5 and non-V5 data representations. Imported parts and product structures referenced within this digital manufacturing definition can be synchronized with their originating CAD systems. When changes are made to the original foreign models, the digital manufacturing definition can be updated automatically.

 

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About Elysium Inc.

Elysium develops and markets interoperability solutions for the global PLM market with hundreds of customers worldwide and millions of files translated. Elysium currently supports data exchange among Pro/ENGINEER, CATIA V4/V5, I-deas, Unigraphics NX, SolidWorks, and Inventor. Elysium was founded in 1984 in Hamamatsu, Japan, the site of its world headquarters. Its North America headquarters are located in Southfield, Michigan and its newest location is Paris, France, the headquarters for its European operations. With over 80 employees world-wide and a network of partners and distributors, Elysium has become the favored solution of many world-class companies for translating and checking 3D CAD/CAM and CAE models. Visit the web site: www.elysium.co.jp  or www.elysiuminc.com

About About the CAA V5 Software Community Program

CAA V5 (Component Application Architecture) is Dassault Systèmes’ open middleware and development environment for PLM. The CAA V5 Software Community Program is dedicated to ISVs (Independent Software Vendors) willing to develop, sell and support CAA V5-based applications, fully integrated with CATIA, ENOVIA, SMARTEAM and DELMIA V5. This collaboration results in the expansion of Dassault Systèmes' 3D PLM solutions to cover the entire product lifecycle range, thus enabling mutual customers to take advantage of a larger set of products in response to their specific industrial needs.

More Information available at http://www.3ds.com/alliances/software-partnership/

About Dassault Systèmes

As a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, the Dassault Systèmes group brings value to more than 90,000 customers in 80 countries. A pioneer in the 3D software market since 1981, Dassault Systèmes develops and markets PLM application software and services that support industrial processes and provide a 3D vision of the entire lifecycle of products from conception to maintenance. The Dassault Systèmes portfolio consists of CATIA for designing the virtual product - SolidWorks for 3D mechanical design - DELMIA for virtual production - SIMULIA for virtual testing and ENOVIA for global collaborative lifecycle management, including ENOVIA VPLM, ENOVIA MatrixOne and ENOVIA SmarTeam. Dassault Systèmes is listed on the Nasdaq (DASTY) and Euronext Paris (#13065, DSY.PA) stock exchanges. For more information, visit : http://www.3ds.com

 

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