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Solid. Works Presentation and Communication Tools Solid. Works Premium Sales Training September 2004

Presentation and Communication Tools Solid. Works Office Pro Photo. Works Animator 3 D Instant Website e. Drawings

Presentation and Communication Demonstration

Why is this important? • Shows Breadth and Depth of Solid. Works – Include other Office Pro functionality • Differentiator vs. Inventor Series Photo. Works Animator Instant Website e. Drawings SW Inv Notes Must buy VIZ or 3 ds max - Limited functionality Must buy Streamline

When is this most effective? • “ 3 D for everyone in product development” • Higher in the Prospect Company – Design Communication Issues • Wider in the Prospect Company – Sales and Marketing

e. Drawings The Standard for Design Communication Solid. Works Premium Sales Training September 2004

Solid. Works Goals • 3 D Everywhere • Solid. Works – The STANDARD for 3 D design • e. Drawings – The STANDARD format for 2 D and 3 D design communication

How will e. Drawings become a standard? • Standards emerge as a result of widespread adoption – “De facto” standards – Production usage • Creating a standard – – Has to be accessible by all users Has to be easy to use Has to be everywhere Has to be open • OEMs • Multi. CAD Integrations

Multi. CAD e. Drawings • e. Drawings publishers for – Pro/E • 2000 i 2, 2001, Wildfire 1. 0, 2. 0 – Catia • V 5 R 10 -R 13 – Unigraphics • V 17, V 18, NX 2 – Inventor Series • R 8, R 9

e. Drawings for Inventor Series • Free Publisher and Viewer – e. Drawings website www. e. Drawings. Viewer. com – GSSL website SW Inv Ultra Compact Files Built In Viewer Layouts • e. Drawings Professional Publisher – GSSL website – GSSL resellers – $995 ($295 ALC) SW Inv Markups Enable Measure Dynamic X-Section Hyperlinked Views Move Components 3 D Pointer Mass Properties Drawing Animation Exploded Views Save As STL Configurations View Design Analysis Play Full Animations Password Protection

Solid. Works and GSSL • Geometric Software Solutions Ltd – www. geometricsoftware. com • PLM services provider – Feature. Works, Utilities • Solid. Works develop e. Drawings • Solid. Works authorize GSSL to develop e. Drawings publishers for specified CAD products – Using e. Drawings API – No access to core code

Why the @!$# are we doing this? Have Solid. Works gone mad!? !? ! Why are we giving away our Crown Jewels? e. Drawings are a key differentiator!

e. Drawings as the Standard • Spread use of Solid. Works technology – In “hard to reach” places – Positive user experience • Establish relationships with users of other CAD products – Must be a GSSL reseller – Sell e. Drawings Professional publishers – Potential opportunities for Solid. Works • e. Drawings Everywhere!

What if? • e. Drawings was not a standard? • Autodesk has a standard – DWG – What does this mean to us? • Autodesk created a new standard? – DWF

DWF • Supports 2 D and 3 D design data • Uses OPENHSF (same tech as e. Drawings) • Positions itself against PDF, FEDex • Free Publisher and Viewer • DWF Composer – Markup and Measure – £ 140 (introductory offer)

e. Drawings vs. DWF Free Publisher/Viewer Professional Publisher DWF Composer edw dwf Ultra Compact Files Built In Viewer Layouts edw dwf Markups Enable Measure Dynamic X-Section Hyperlinked Views Move Components 3 D Pointer Mass Properties Drawing Animation Exploded Views Save As STL Configurations View Design Analysis Play Full Animations Password Protection

Summary • It is vital to promote e. Drawings as a standard • e. Drawings for Inventor is necessary – Short term pain – Long term strategic importance • The battle will be e. Drawings vs. DWF • Keep promoting the unique benefits of e. Drawings