Feb 10 - Alibre Announces CAD Translators

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Alibre Announces CAD Translators

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RICHARDSON, TX, Feb 10, 2009 - Alibre, Inc. today announced Alibre Translate, a new product which adds an extensive set of import and export filters to the popular Alibre Design product line. Alibre Translate contains the following filters:

SolidWorks Export
Pro Engineer Import
Inventor Import
Parasolid Import
Parasolid Export
Solid Edge Import
CATIA V5 Import

“Alibre has had many requests for direct file support for SolidWorks, Inventor, Pro Engineer, Solid Edge, and CATIA,” says J. Paul Grayson, Alibre Chairman and CEO. “While our prior support of industry standard neutral file formats gave us excellent compatibility, this new set of import and export filters greatly improves our customers’ ability to work with their clients and downstream and upstream partners.”

Mr. Grayson added, “We are especially excited to offer SolidWorks file export. Many companies that use SolidWorks require their subcontractors to submit designs in .sldprt and .sldasm formats. We understands the business requirements of our users and their need to seamlessly work with and collaborate using whatever file format is being used in their current situation. This is no longer a challenge for our clients.”

Alibre Design is the most affordable 3D parametric CAD program on the market and typically costs less than 1/5 of a seat of SolidWorks, Inventor, Solid Edge, or Pro Engineer. Alibre Design already includes support for most industry standard file formats including STEP, IGES, DXF, DWG, SAT, Rhino 3DM, STL, and various image formats.

Alibre Translate is built on the Alibre Design 11.2 platform. Alibre Translate and Alibre Design 11.2 are expected to ship in early March. Alibre Translate has a suggested retail price of $499. Alibre Design Version 11.2 is available to all Alibre Design customers on active maintenance.

About Alibre

Alibre, Inc., sells and markets professional, affordable 3D CAD/CAM products including Alibre Design, the fastest growing 3D parametric solid modeling software for mechanical design and manufacturing. In addition, Alibre CAM extends Alibre Design to offer integrated parametric 2½- to 5-axis CNC machining. One-fifth the cost of comparable software, Alibre Design and Alibre CAM are easy to use with rich functionality and world-class support and training, making 3D CAD/CAM accessible to every engineer, machinist or inventor, similar to office software like Word or Excel. Alibre also offers Alibre Design Xpress and Alibre CAM Xpress, the industry's only true 3D parametric modeler and integrated CAM system available free of charge. In addition, Alibre Vault offers completely integrated data and process management for businesses from small to large. Alibre products are available in fifteen languages and distributed worldwide. Founded in 1997, Alibre Inc. is privately funded and based in Richardson, Texas.

For more information, visit www.alibre.com.

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