NEW PRODUCT PROVIDES RAPID FLOW MODELING FOR V5 PLM USERS

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NEW PRODUCT PROVIDES RAPID FLOW MODELING FOR V5 PLM USERS
17 January 2007 - NAFEMS

Fluent Inc. announces the immediate release of FLUENT for CATIA V5. With this new product, Fluent delivers its rapid flow modeling technology into Dassault Systèmes' CATIA V5 product lifecycle management environment. By providing a high degree of automation and robustness, rapid flow modeling allows fluid flow analysis to be applied early in the design cycle, resulting in improved design performance and reduced time to market.

As a fully integrated tool within Dassault Systèmes' V5 PLM environment, FLUENT for CATIA V5 is totally compatible with upstream and downstream PLM functions and enables flow simulation to be performed with ease as part of the product development process. Designed to match the workflow of native CATIA analysis tools, FLUENT for CATIA V5 can be easily adopted by current CATIA users. Operating completely within native V5 data structures, FLUENT for CATIA V5 is fully generative and supports parametric modeling, knowledge-based engineering, and analysis-driven optimization studies within the CATIA PLM system. Consistent with Fluent's rapid flow modeling vision, the product uses automation to dramatically lower the product's learning curve, allowing even occasional users to deliver quick robust engineering design validation studies throughout a product's lifecycle. FLUENT for CATIA V5 is fully upward compatible with the FLUENT 6.2 product line in order to support the most complex and detailed CFD simulation tasks possible.

"FLUENT for CATIA V5 delivers on the promise of a highly automated and robust flow simulation capability that operates completely within the PLM workflow," notes Paul Bemis, Vice President of Marketing at Fluent Inc. "By working closely with Dassault Systèmes throughout the development of this solution, Fluent has been able to introduce technology advances for CFD in the CATIA V5 platform and deliver a first product release with an unprecedented level of integration and simulation capability. We plan to build on this foundation to help our customers fully deploy CFD analysis within their PLM vision."

"FLUENT for CATIA V5 is a result of the partnership between Dassault Systèmes and Fluent, the industry leader in CFD," says Dale Berry, Director, Industry Solutions, SIMULIA,"The general trend of using integrated analysis as a decision support tool for the early design stage of a product is being driven by our users. This fully embedded and optimized CFD solution involving proven technology in our user's V5 PLM environment will accelerate their product development process. This collaboration with FLUENT demonstrates the power of the open SIMULIA platform and our CAA V5 architecture to deliver simulation tools for engineers involved in product design."

"We are excited to announce this first release of our CFD solution for CATIA V5," says Laurent Collonge, Product Manager of FLUENT for CATIA V5. "The product is the result of an outstanding technical collaboration between Fluent, Dassault Systèmes, and our customer advisors, who have helped us to ensure that this first release meets their need for ease-of-use, reliable simulation results, and a high level of integration."

FLUENT for CATIA V5 will be demonstrated at the upcoming CATIA Operators Exchange Annual PLM Conference and TechniFair in Atlanta, Georgia.

In addition, FLUENT for CATIA V5 will be premiered in France at the upcoming industry fair INDUSTRIE 2006, Paris, 27-31 March, Paris, Paris-Nord Villepinte within IND'AO on the Dassault Systèmes booth. www.industrie-expo.com

FLUENT for CATIA V5 is available for immediate shipment. Product configuration and pricing information are available from Fluent. Additional product details and demonstrations are available at www.fluentforcatia.com

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NAFEMS is a not for profit organisation aimed at promoting best practices and also fostering education and awareness in the engineering analysis community. In line with its objectives to promote the effective use of simulation technologies, NAFEMS is continually seeking to create awareness of new analysis methodologies, deliver education & training, and stimulate the adoption of best practices and standards by offering a platform for continuous professional development.

By the late 1970s and early 1980s, as computing power became more widely available, increasingly industry was starting to solve practical engineering problems using finite element analysis techniques.

There was however considerable concern that the accuracy of the methods, and software implementations, required to be verified in order to allow the results to be effectively used.

Following extensive lobbying, by industry and academia, the UK Government's Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) set up, and funded, a project within the National Engineering Laboratory (NEL), based in East Kilbride, Scotland, to investigate the issues.

As a result the National Agency for Finite Element Methods and Standards, quickly shortened to the acronym NAFEMS, was founded as a special interest group in 1983 with a specific objective namely:

"To promote the safe and reliable use of finite element and related technology"

In order to keep engineers abreast of the latest developments in the Analysis World the quarterly magazine BENCHmark was launched by NAFEMS in July 1987.

After seven years of seed funding by the UK government, and with the support of its industrial members, the decision was taken to launch NAFEMS Ltd as an independent not-for-profit company, owned by its member's in 1990.

The company celebrated its 10th Anniversary in 2000, and has developed both the scope of its technology focus and its membership well beyond the original vision.

Today NAFEMS and its members are involved in many different types of engineering simulation covering both products and processes. Membership continues to grow, now exceeding 700 corporate members in over 30 different countries. Steering groups have been set up in the UK, France, Germany, and the USA to co-ordinate local activities and interaction with members.

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