MathSoft delivers powerful technical drawing tools with visio Express for Mathcad.CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 23, 1996--MathSoft, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :MATH), the industry leader in technical applications software today announced an agreement to bundle a special version of Visio Corporation's Visio Express software with Mathcad 6.0 PLUS and Mathcad 6.0 Standard Edition. The combination gives Mathcad 6.0 users instant access to Visio's acclaimed ac·claim v. ac·claimed, ac·claim·ing, ac·claims v.tr. 1. To praise enthusiastically and often publicly; applaud. See Synonyms at praise. 2. drawing and diagramming di·a·gram n. 1. A plan, sketch, drawing, or outline designed to demonstrate or explain how something works or to clarify the relationship between the parts of a whole. 2. tools to integrate technical illustrations in Mathcad documents along with calculations, text and graphs. Known for its distinctive "live" document interface, built-in e-mail, World Wide Web and Lotus Notes Messaging and groupware software from IBM Lotus that was introduced in 1989 for OS/2 and later expanded to Windows, Mac, Unix, NetWare, AS/400 and S/390. Notes provides e-mail, document sharing, workflow, group discussions and calendaring and scheduling. connectivity, Mathcad is the most widely used calculation software for technical professionals, educators and students. This special version of Visio Express bundled with Mathcad allows users to create technical drawings or schematics by simply "dragging and dropping" Visio SmartShapes from the software's wide-range of electronic stencils. Visio drawings and diagrams can then be inserted directly into Mathcad documents. Visio Express for Mathcad provides a collection of multiple purpose and drawing templates from Visio products, including a comprehensive electrical engineering electrical engineering: see engineering. electrical engineering Branch of engineering concerned with the practical applications of electricity in all its forms, including those of electronics. template (1) A pre-designed document or data file formatted for common purposes such as a fax, invoice or business letter. If the document contains an automated process, such as a word processing macro or spreadsheet formula, then the programming is already written and embedded in the . The application also allows users to create their own customized stencils and templates. "Visio's powerful drawing and diagramming capabilities are a terrific enhancement to Mathcad. The combination creates the industry's only integrated environment for illustrating and sharing technical information," said Charles Digate, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of MathSoft. "Strategically, it is a pairing of established market leaders. It extends our reach in the retail channels, and leverages both Mathcad's and Visio's brand name recognition." "Mathcad's position in the technical software market makes it the ideal product with which to partner in promoting the benefits of Visio's graphics technology to a wide range of technical professionals," said Jeremy Jaech, president and CEO of Visio. "While Visio has become a leading drawing and diagramming product among business and technical users, this partnership with MathSoft is intended to advance Visio as a product of choice for creating technical drawings and schematics." The product is available beginning February 1, 1996 and will be promoted through advertising, retail and other channel programs. New purchasers of Mathcad 6.0 PLUS or Mathcad 6.0 Standard Edition will receive a free a copy of Visio Express for Mathcad. Existing registered users of Mathcad 6.0 PLUS or Mathcad 6.0 Standard Edition can order a copy of Visio Express for Mathcad from MathSoft's Web site at http://www.mathsoft.com. Visio Corp. (NASDAQ:VISIO), a leading supplier of enterprisewide business diagramming and technical drawing software, was founded in September 1990. The Seattle-based company pioneered the drawing and diagramming market with the release of Visio 1.0 in November 1992. Since then, Visio has released additional Windows-based products for the creation, storage and exchange of drawings and diagrams throughout business enterprises. The company markets the Visio product lines in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Europe and Asia. Founded in 1984, MathSoft is the leading provider of technical calculation and data analysis software for desktop computers. It has licensed more than 600,000 users of its software worldwide. Users include technical professionals worldwide at more than half the Fortune 1,000 companies and over 500 government installations, and students and faculty at over 2,000 colleges and universities. MathSoft product information can be obtained via the World Wide Web at http://www.mathsoft.com, by phone at 617-577-1017, by fax at 617-577-8829 or via mail at 101 Main Street, Cambridge, MA 02142. -0- Mathcad, S-PLUS, Axum, Electronic Books and the MathSoft logo are trademarks of MathSoft, Inc. Other product and service names mentioned are the property of their respective owners. Visio is a registered trademark of Visio Corp. CONTACT: Ellen Koup OR Rich Nagle/Siobhan Carroll Car·roll , James 1854-1907. British-born American physician noted for his research on yellow fever. In 1900 he deliberately infected himself with the disease for experimental purposes. MathSoft, Inc. LNS LNS L2TP Network Server (terminates L2TP tunnels & provides PPP and network termination) LNS Laboratory for Neutron Scattering LNS Laboratori Nazionali del Sud (Italy) LNS Logarithmic Number System Communications 617/577-1017 ext. 741 617/577-9777 |
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