Autodesk Certifies Workgroup Technology's ProductCenter Collaborative PDM for Autodesk Inventor 6.

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TEWKSBURY, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 13, 2003

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Workgroup Technology Corporation (WTC), a division of SofTech, Inc. (OTCBB:SOFT) and leading provider of collaborative product data management (PDM) software solutions, today announced that its ProductCenter(TM) collaborative PDM solution has been certified for Autodesk Inventor(R) 6, Autodesk's newest 3D mechanical design software release, under the Autodesk Inventor Certified Applications Program.

The ProductCenter(TM) Inventor Integrator provides seamless user access from within Autodesk Inventor to ProductCenter file management, version/revision control, release management, and other add-on products, such as ProductCenter(TM) Workflow and ProductCenter(TM) BOM Editor. With instant access to information, improved communications, and release control and approval processes that can be managed from within Autodesk Inventor software, customers gain significant productivity and time-to-market advantages.

As with Autodesk Inventor, ProductCenter is also designed to smooth a company's transition to 3D. Its behind-the-scenes management of 3D product definitions, as users develop or make changes, allows the user to focus on the design effort at hand and not on managing data. Where there is much to consider when making any change in the way a company develops products, ProductCenter eases this transition, providing a very cost effective solution that implements quickly and is readily adopted by users for fast results and return on investment.

"It is important also for companies using Autodesk Inventor to understand how ProductCenter surpasses other rudimentary data management tools -- there are very big differences," states Jay Pappas, ProductCenter Product Manager. "ProductCenter does more than manage data. ProductCenter creates greater interoperability among all your critical design resources, including downstream manufacturing systems. It fosters collaborative design, with earlier and closer communications across functional organizations, with suppliers, customers, and partners. Through standards such as XML, it also maximizes and facilitates convenient repurposing of your product information into customized user portals, allowing varied user communities to access data in product context or other ways more meaningful to them. Lastly, it adapts your way of doing business for quick automation of your own version/revisioning schemes, and other business processes and procedures."

For those companies operating in mixed CAD environments, WTC also offers ProductCenter Integrators to AutoCAD(R) and Autodesk(R) Mechanical Desktop, and other popular design and support applications.

About Workgroup Technology Corporation

Workgroup Technology Corporation (WTC), a division of SofTech, Inc., develops, markets and supports ProductCenter(TM), a web-enabled, extended enterprise Collaborative Product Data Management (PDM) solution that provides document management, design integration, configuration control, change management, and enterprise integration for optimizing product development. Based in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, the company differentiates itself on the basis of its controlled and secure accessibility, enterprise integration, and quick adaptability of its software. Thousands of users at mid-sized and global companies are in production and benefit from WTC products, including ABB, Inc.; Eaton Corporation; FlightSafety International; General Electric Company; Goodrich Turbine Fuel Technologies; Honeywell; Millipore Corporation; Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc.; U.S. Army; and Whirlpool Corporation. The company's Web site is located at www.workgroup.com.

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