Alibre Challenge Reward Increased to $1,000 After Only One Qualifying Entry.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

RICHARDSON, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 5, 2003

Alibre Inc. has raised the prize amount for the Alibre Challenge from $500 to $1,000, and recognized the achievement of Ron Routledge who produced the only qualifying entry thus far.

Alibre issued the Alibre Challenge to CAD software users who believe that their mechanical designs cannot be created in Alibre Design 6.0, but can be done in SolidWorks, Solid Edge or Autodesk Inventor. Since the challenge was first promoted in the company's March ads, a number of users have contacted Alibre sales representatives or the Alibre Assistant with design features they thought would challenge Alibre Design. However, all found that their work actually could be done.

Except for Ron Routledge, whose design could not be recreated exactly in Alibre Design 6.0. Although Routledge successfully challenged Alibre Design, he became an Alibre customer and purchased Alibre Design Professional.

"I won the Alibre Challenge, and I still decided to buy Alibre Design," said Ron Routledge, design consultant. "It compares very favorably with SolidWorks and other mid-range modeling products, and is a fraction of the cost. In fact, Alibre Design out does them with its online support and version tracking capabilities. There is no better value in CAD today."

"Much like Vegas casinos celebrate their big winners, we're recognizing users who beat us in the Alibre Challenge," said J. Paul Grayson, Alibre president and CEO. "The purpose of the challenge, though, has been to signal to our prospective customers that Alibre Design should be compared to the industry's strongest mid-range CAD applications. We certainly beat them on price and with the strength of Alibre Design 6.0, we're demonstrating the parity of our software, too. I'm pleased to give the reward prize, because for every recipient, many others have proved to themselves that they can get their work done with Alibre Design."

Details and rules for the Alibre Challenge are posted at www.alibre.com/promos/challenge. Free trials of Alibre Design are also available at the Alibre Web site.

Alibre redefines professional solid modeling with the low-cost Alibre Design application for 3D parametric solid modeling. Alibre Design lets designers, engineers and their associates create 3D models and 2D associative drawings, and its integrated online tools let users share and edit product designs from different CAD applications, and collaborate in real time using precise design data. These tools also allow for advanced support and training directly from the online Alibre Assistant. Additionally, the application's support for open data standards such as STEP improves data exchange with existing CAD systems. Founded in 1997, Alibre Inc. is privately funded and based in Richardson, Texas. For more information, visit www.alibre.com or call [phone].

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