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Press Releases : May 24, 2006

NEW SHAPE DESIGN CAPABILITIES IN KUBOTEK KEYCREATOR UNLOCK THE FREEDOM FOR DESIGN INNOVATION
Creativity-Inspired Design Tool Bundles Advanced Features with an Eye to the Future

Marlborough, MA-May 24, 2006 - Kubotek USA, makers of geometry-based design and engineering software, today introduced a new set of shape design tools for its KeyCreator product. These advancements in shape design and surface creation offer design engineers newfound flexibility to use best-of-breed tools within a single design environment. The company has bundled the advanced tools into the latest release of its KeyCreator offering.

"Industrial designers need the flexibility to create shapes without restrictions," said John Reis, product manager for Surfacing and ID Solutions at Kubotek USA. "Using the geometry-based tools in KeyCreator, designers can quickly and easily create and modify complex models in one hybrid environment. KeyCreator lets the designer concentrate on the design rather than the software."

KeyCreator provides a complete solution for shape design. The product seamlessly integrates 2D drafting, 3D wireframe, surfacing, solids and NC into one easy to learn environment. These latest shape design tools, combined with innovations introduced earlier this year for Feature Discovery and the ability to "cut and paste" features (called Prune and Graft) help companies streamline the product design process.

"The updated translators and usability enhancements in this free update demonstrates Kubotek's commitment to easing the difficulties in CAD data exchange," stated John Wright McCullough, Kubotek USA Product Manager. "Our Kubotek Spectrum software eliminates the need for individual format viewers, giving people a simple one-stop solution for accessing a wide variety of CAD data. The power of Kubotek Spectrum is its ability to provide actionable engineering data to meet immediate business needs. The viewer goes well beyond visualizing a 3D rendering."

Hybrid Environment Delivers Productivity Gains
KeyCreator provides a consistent interface throughout the product, helping users become productive faster. "As a designer myself, I understand how time consuming it is to jump from one tool to another during the design process," continued Reis. "Kubotek has taken seriously the needs expressed by the design community for a flexible set of tools that allow for dynamic variations, modifications and corrections."

Notable New Tools in KeyCreator:

• Curve Deform tool allows dynamic modification of any wireframe curve. Using either curve control points or user definable constraint points, designers can intuitively make quick changes to complex curves.
• Deform Surface/Face tool enables dynamic modification of 3D shapes consisting of one surface/face or multiple surfaces/faces. Using the shape control points or user definable constraint points, designers can make corrections to a model at any point in the product design process.
• Reshape tool facilitates the global modification of 3D shapes. Using a before-and-target set of curves or edges, designers can quickly make various versions of one model or modify existing models per specific design specifications at any point in the product design process.
• Smooth tool permits designers to fix continuity problems in 3D models. This tool works easily with native models and imported data.
• Re-cover tool gives designers the ability to fix problem surfaces/faces very quickly. The tool works on any trimmed (N-sided) or untrimmed surface/face using a set of user defined parameters to rebuild the surface/face automatically.