VALENCIA, CA — September 13, 2001—Solid Concepts, Inc., a leading supplier of 3D View and Markup software, announced today that it has signed an agreement with PTC (Nasdaq: PMTC), the Product Development Company , to offer interoperability solutions built on PTC’s Granite™ One to end users. The recently announced Granite One is an interoperability platform based on the unmatched geometry, feature and data exchange capabilities at the core of Pro/ENGINEER®, PTC’s market leading mechanical computer-aided design software. One of the key advantages of solutions built on Granite is the ability to interoperate associatively with other Granite based tools, providing updates to downstream applications based on any changes in an original solid model.
SolidView/Pro is a member of the SolidView® family of low-cost, view and markup solutions that enable non-CAD users to easily view and evaluate complex designs. The new interface built upon PTC’s Granite One platform enables SolidView/Pro users to directly view, measure and communicate native Pro/ENGINEER files.
"Vendors like Solid Concepts now have the ability to incorporate the Granite One platform into their products and immediately have automatic native file access to the geometry of all other Granite One applications," said Brian Shepherd, senior vice president, technical marketing, PTC. "Granite One enables collaboration which is a powerful outlet for customers of products built on Granite to receive feedback from suppliers via simple exchange of native CAD data."
"PTC has a world-class interoperability platform with Granite One," said Ray Bradford, Solid Concepts’ vice president of Software Development. "With Granite One, we were able to develop a direct Pro/ENGINEER interface in less than a month. As a Granite One platform partner, Solid Concepts can continue to provide our customers with access to the latest Pro/ENGINEER data. We are so impressed with Granite One that we are considering developing additional interfaces based on this platform."
Potential users can download a free trial copy of any SolidView product, including the new Pro/ENGINEER interface at www.solidview.com.
About PTC
PTC (Nasdaq: PMTC) develops, markets, and supports software solutions that help manufacturers get superior products to market before their competitors. PTC is the world’s largest software company with a total commitment to product development. The company services more than 30,000 customers worldwide. Further information on PTC is available at www.ptc.com.
Except for the historical information contained herein, matters discussed in this news release may constitute forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. These risks and uncertainties include: the acceptance of Granite as a development kernel and CAD interoperability solution; the success of any development efforts for products incorporating Granite; the potential for Granite to be used to develop products that compete with PTC offerings; and PTC's effective coordination and management of joint activities with software partners in order to deliver products, services and support that meet evolving customer requirements, together with such other risks and uncertainties as are detailed from time to time in reports filed by PTC with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including PTC's most recent reports on Form 10-K and 10-Q.
SolidView is a registered trademark of Solid Concepts Inc. PTC, Pro/ENGINEER and Granite are trademarks or registered trademarks of Parametric Technology Corporation.
