Calling All CAD Students: Less Than One Month Remains to Submit an Extreme Redesign to the Dimension 3D Printing Group.

MINNEAPOLIS -- Stratasys, Inc. (Nasdaq:SSYS):

--Submissions for Extreme Redesign: The 3D Printing Challenge, Global Design and 3D Printing Contest for High School and Secondary Students Due Jan. 31

--$18,000 in scholarships awarded to individual and team winners; First place winners travel to awards ceremony at National Design Engineering Show in Chicago

The Dimension 3D Printing Group, a business unit of Stratasys, Inc. (Nasdaq:SSYS), announced today there is less than one month left to submit a part for "Extreme Redesign: The 3D Printing Challenge," a global design and 3D printing contest for high school and secondary students that will award $18,000 in scholarships to individual and team winners.

Whether it's a new perspective on an everyday product or a fresh vision for updating a famous piece of art, animation or architecture, Dimension is calling on computer-aided-design (CAD) students worldwide to send in their most creative, useful and innovative Extreme Redesigns.

To enter, students or teams send a .stl file of their Extreme Redesign to Dimension along with a completed submission form, including a 200-word description of the value and benefit of the Extreme Redesign part. Dimension will then send entrants a 3D print of their redesign they can hold in their hands and evaluate. From there, entrants have the opportunity to make any necessary design improvements and develop a second iteration for final submission.

"Extreme Redesign is meant to challenge, inspire and financially reward CAD students worldwide," said Jon Cobb, vice president and general manager of 3D printing for Stratasys. "For any student who has ever had a unique idea for extending the capabilities or enhancing the aesthetics of a part, product or piece of art, this contest provides a venue for him or her to share their idea with the world. We look forward to receiving a broad range of entries from tomorrow's engineers, artists and inventors."

Final submissions must be postmarked by Jan. 31, 2005. A panel of independent judges from various industries will judge final entries on the basis of creativity, usefulness, part integrity and aesthetics. A total of 12 individual and team winners will be selected in February 2005 and will receive $2,500 or $1,000 scholarships. Four first place winners will travel to an awards ceremony at the National Design Engineering Show in Chicago. Complete contest rules and submission information is available at www.dimensionprinting.com.

About The Dimension 3D Printing Group

The Dimension 3D Printing Group is a business unit of Stratasys, Inc., based in Minneapolis, Minn. Dimension 3D printers -- which include the Dimension BST and the Dimension SST -- are networked, desktop modeling systems that provide CAD (Computer-Aided-Design) users a fast, office-friendly, low-cost alternative for building functional 3D prints. Dimension 3D printers build accurate models layer by layer using durable ABS plastic, allowing users to not only evaluate design concepts, but test 3D prints for functionality, form and fit. As the first desktop 3D printer that sells for less than $25,000, Dimension incorporates many key features found in modeling systems that cost tens of thousands of dollars more. For more information on Dimension 3D printers, visit www.dimensionprinting.com.