Autodesk Extends e-Commerce Strategy with ENGINEERING.com; Autodesk Resellers To Provide Support Services.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SAN RAFAEL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 18, 2001

Autodesk, Inc. (Nasdaq:ADSK) and ENGINEERING.com Incorporated (EGN: CDNX), developer and owner of the ENGINEERING.com online resource for engineers, announced today they have reached an agreement to provide sales assistance and technical support for Autodesk's suite of software through ENGINEERING.com. Users will be able to access the ENGINEERING.com website to link to the Autodesk Store to purchase AutoCAD(R) and other Autodesk software.

"We are very pleased to be partnering with ENGINEERING.com, an organization sharply focused on helping our joint users gain the greatest benefit from our technologies," said Doug May, vice president Americas sales. "And in a world where the Internet is quickly becoming the key distribution channel for both software and services, ENGINEERING.com provides Autodesk with an ideal vehicle for enhancing our relationships within the global engineering community, particularly those in the AEC and mechanical engineering sectors."

Originally launched in October 2000, ENGINEERING.com is being built to provide the ultimate resource tool for the global engineering community, as well as a unique business-to-business capability for product and services providers focused on the engineering marketplace. For example, in addition to Autodesk and its customers, ENGINEERING.com also provides a strong distribution platform for third-party developers whose products are based on Autodesk's technology platform.

"Our engineering members can come to ENGINEERING.com and will be able to purchase the software, take a professional training course and arrange for implementation, consulting, maintenance or other services at any time, from anywhere in the world," noted Frank Baldesarra, P. Eng., president and CEO of ENGINEERING.com. "We are extremely pleased to receive the support of Autodesk, which is a leader for drafting production in the AEC industry. Now, by combining Autodesk's leading technology with ENGINEERING.com's Internet-based software, engineers can save time, money and effort while improving their own level of productivity."

About Autodesk, Inc.

Autodesk (Nasdaq:ADSK) is the world's leading design software and digital content company for architectural design and land development, manufacturing, and media and entertainment. Founded in 1982, Autodesk provides design software, Internet portal services, wireless development platforms, and point-of-location applications that empower more than four million customers in over 150 countries to drive business and remain competitive. For more information, contact any Authorized Autodesk Reseller, call Autodesk at 800/964-6432, or visit www.autodesk.com. Discreet(TM) product information is available at 800/869-3504 or via the Web at www.discreet.com.

About ENGINEERING.com Incorporated

ENGINEERING.com Incorporated (CDNX: 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.

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