COSMOS/Works 5.0 Achieves SolidWorks 99 Software Certification.

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 26, 1999--

Structural Research & Analysis Corp. (SRAC) Monday announced that COSMOS/Works(TM), the best-selling analysis solution for SolidWorks(R) users, has passed SolidWorks Corp.'s Gold Logo certification for SolidWorks 99.

SolidWorks Corp., located in Concord, Mass., develops award- winning mechanical design software that sets the standard in 3-D product design. COSMOS/Works offers speed, ease of use, interoperability with SolidWorks, and a wide range of high-end capabilities for SolidWorks designs.

With this announcement, SRAC introduces users to new and advanced design analysis features, including the addition of a world-class volume mesher and AccuStress(TM), a new transitional mesher that provides stress accuracy results and user controls never before available in the mainstream design market.

COSMOS/Works breaks new ground with version 5.0 by offering fully iterative shape optimization, made even more effective by the availability of AccuStress' extremely accurate stress results and COSMOS/FFE(R)'s fast iteration of solutions.

In addition, COSMOS/Works, the first design analysis solution for SolidWorks to provide assembly analysis, now analyzes assemblies with Contact, friction and gaps -- making it easy for designers to obtain accurate results for press fits and bearing surfaces.

SolidWorks tests its Gold Logo Products for a variety of features and functionality, including: Windows NT(R) and Windows 98 logo compliance/user interface; install/uninstall capabilities; SolidWorks integration; product quality; and FeatureManager(TM) Design Tree behavior.

The SolidWorks Gold Logo Program brings together products designed to maximize the productivity of SolidWorks users.

"A SolidWorks Gold Logo Product meets SolidWorks' standards and is a `single window' product that is fully integrated with SolidWorks software," said Brian Houle, Gold Partner product manager for SolidWorks.

"Gold Logo Products represent the ultimate combination of quality and integration. COSMOS/Works 5.0 is a powerful tool that allows engineers to analyze parts and assemblies directly from the SolidWorks window. For several years, SRAC has been a valuable Gold Partner, and we are pleased that COSMOS/Works has once again passed the strict criteria required for Gold Logo certification."

"COSMOS/Works design analysis software is the ultimate desktop testing ground for your design -- whether you're talking about stress, strain, deformation, model shape, thermal loads, nonlinear analysis, dynamic response, fatigue or electromagnetic performance," said Victor Weingarten, SRAC's president and chief executive officer.

"In addition, motion loads calculated by Dynamic Designer/Motion from Mechanical Dynamics Inc. can be automatically input to COSMOS/Works, making for a total solution."

SRAC is the master distributor of Dynamic Designer/Motion software to SolidWorks resellers in North America. COSMOS/Works is sold in more than 43 countries by more than 200 resellers worldwide. SolidWorks resellers and users can get a free demo CD or download a 15-day free-trial copy of COSMOS/Works by going to the SRAC Web site at www.cosmosm.com or by calling 800/469-7287.

SolidWorks Corp., a Dassault Systemes S.A. (Nasdaq:DASTY) company, develops and markets mechanical design software products for Windows(R). SolidWorks was founded in 1993 with the mission to bring production solid modeling to the desktop of every engineer.

SolidWorks has offices worldwide and distributes its products through a network of 200 resellers selling in 43 countries. In three years of shipping product, SolidWorks has sold more than 30,000 seats of software to more than 10,500 customers.

For more information and a product demonstration, contact a local SolidWorks distributor or reseller today. For the latest news and information from SolidWorks, see the company's Web site (www.solidworks.com).

SRAC, a private company founded in 1982, dedicates itself to the goal of supplying all engineers involved in the design, test and manufacture of mechanical products with affordable, highly capable mainstream design analysis, optimization and simulation software.

The company develops, markets and supports software to help mechanical engineers simulate the real-world behavior of the products they create, and optimize their product designs to lower development costs, reduce development time, build fewer prototypes and improve product quality.

SRAC also offers added value through a highly experienced professional-services organization that provides training, consulting and support to customers around the globe.

SRAC offers interfaces to programs from Autodesk Inc. (Nasdaq:ADSK), Parametric Technology Corp. (Nasdaq:PMTC), SolidWorks Corp., SDRC (Nasdaq:SDRC), Dassault Systemes (Nasdaq:DASTY), MacNeal- Schwendler Corp. (NYSE:MNS), ANSYS Inc. (Nasdaq:ANSS), Unigraphics Solutions (NYSE:UGS), Mechanical Dynamics Inc. (Nasdaq:MDII), Bentley Systems Inc. and MICROCADAM Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of CADAM Systems Co.

SRAC has headquarters in Los Angeles and can be reached at 310/207-2800 or via the Web at www.cosmosm.com.