Alibre and ENGINEERING.com Join Forces To Deliver Low-Cost, CAD-Neutral Application For Design and Collaboration.

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RICHARDSON, Texas, & WOODBRIDGE, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 29, 2002

Alibre Inc. and ENGINEERING.com today announced an alliance to promote and deliver Alibre Design.

The low-cost application for mechanical design, online collaboration and data sharing is now available through ENGINEERING.com (TSX VENTURE:EGN.).

ENGINEERING.com is being developed to become the ultimate resource tool for the global engineering community, as well as a leading business-to-business Internet-based marketplace for engineering products and services.

Alibre Design, a next-generation 3D CAD system, includes a parametric 3D solid modeler, associative 2D drawing creation, integrated real-time collaboration, and Web-based data sharing and management. Alibre Design natively supports STEP (STandard for the Exchange of Product model data), allowing users to share, discuss and edit precise product data from different CAD applications. To assist all users, the Alibre Assistant, a service representative, provides personalized real-time guidance directly from the application. The recently released Alibre Connect tools provide additional function by embedding an Alibre Design menu in popular CAD applications, including ones available through ENGINEERING.com, to provide one-click access to Alibre Design features.

"Through this alliance with ENGINEERING.com, Alibre significantly broadens our reach and exposure to tens of thousands of engineers," said J. Paul Grayson, president and CEO of Alibre. "ENGINEERING.com's global Internet presence will further spread the message of Alibre Design--low-cost, 3D mechanical design and collaboration with unprecedented support and service."

"The engineers who use ENGINEERING.com recognize the power of the Internet and are always looking for valuable technologies--like Alibre Design--that can help them leverage that power in their day-to-day businesses," said Brian Mori, executive vice president, business development of ENGINEERING.com. "Alibre Design is versatile--complementing engineers' existing CAD systems with real-time collaboration, or providing others with a quick and easy path to powerful 3D solid modeling."

About ENGINEERING.com Incorporated

ENGINEERING.com Incorporated (TSX VENTURE:EGN) is the developer-owner of the www.ENGINEERING.com Web site and Internet-based software and business, being developed to become the ultimate resource tool for the global engineering community and to provide a leading business-to-business Internet marketplace for engineering products and services. The ENGINEERING.com Incorporated head office is located in Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada and can be reached toll-free at 877/997-9917, by facsimile at 905/264-0282 or through the Internet at www.ENGINEERING.com.

About Alibre

Alibre Design is the only low-cost, easy-to-deploy application for mechanical design, collaboration and data sharing. In addition, Alibre provides first-class support and training through direct online access to the Alibre Assistant for all Alibre Design users. Built for the Internet with a peer-to-peer architecture, Alibre Design lets designers, engineers and their associates create 3D models and 2D associative drawings, share and edit product designs from different CAD applications, and spontaneously collaborate online in real time using precise design data.

The application's support for open data standards such as STEP provides a CAD-neutral environment. Using Alibre Design, companies can slash costs, boost productivity, improve quality and shorten manufacturing cycles. Customers include GE Power Systems, Marchon Eyewear and Dresser Rand. Founded in 1997, Alibre Inc. is privately funded and based in Richardson, Texas. For more information, visit www.alibre.com or call 972/671-8492.

Note to media: Alibre and Alibre Design are trademarks of Alibre Inc. High-res screenshots of Alibre Design are available.