MSC SOFTWARE WINS IBM PARTNERWORLD BEACON AWARD.

MSC.Software (NASDAQ:MSCS), Santa Ana, Calif., a provider of enterprise simulation solutions including simulation software and services, has been named winner of the "Global Solutions - Best Industry Solution" award in the annual IBM PartnerWorld Beacon Awards competition, recognizing IBM Business Partners for their ingenuity, innovation, customer satisfaction and outstanding achievements in providing on demand business solutions.

SimManager Enterprise is an enterprise-level software product that is designed to allow global businesses to greatly speed design and development while providing the functionality that allows organizations to efficiently create, manage and re-use simulation data. SimManager allows companies to control, share and extend engineering data and the processes related to their products both internally and externally into the supply chain.

SimManager Enterprise revolutionizes the way engineering teams can access and work with data, sharing simulation information across the extended enterprise. With SimEnterprise, product development stakeholders, regardless of application preference or global location can easily collaborate and manage simulation and simulation-based design information to accelerate product development in a highly cost-efficient manner.

Judges remarked that MSC.Software's SimManager, "Is a very strong entry now and has great future potential within the global marketplace. MSC.Software combined an innovative product with a broad use of IBM hardware, software components, and services, along with an excellent customer value proposition and the potential for up to a 75% engineering productivity gain."

"Recognized by the Beacon Awards, MSC.Software has worked closely with IBM and its Business Partners to provide clients with innovative solutions that solve real business issues," said Ravi Marwaha, general manager, IBM Global Business Partners. "MSC.Software has set the standard for business excellence by delivering unique solutions as well as high customer satisfaction."

"We are so pleased that IBM has recognized the financial and productivity gains that manufacturers can enjoy through SimManager," said Bill Weyand, chief executive officer, MSC.Software. "As manufacturers face increasing time to market and right to market pressures, SimManager provides these businesses with the ability to address true multidiscipline problems with reliable performance predictions that reduce the need for physical prototypes and provide more accurate and complete results."

About IBM PartnerWorld Beacon Awards

Nearly 662 nominations were judged by a team of leading industry journalists, analysts, and IBM executives, who selected winners and finalists in 38 award categories.

About MSC.Software

MSC.Software (NASDAQ: MSCS) is the global leader of enterprise simulation solutions, that help companies make money, save time and reduce costs associated with designing and testing manufactured products. MSC.Software works with thousands of companies in hundreds of industries to develop better products faster by utilizing information technology, software, services and systems. MSC.Software employs more than 1100 people in 23 countries.

For more information, visit http://www.mscsoftware.com or or call 714/445 3119. TI SURVEY SHOWS POTENTIAL USE OF CFD BY MECHANICAL ENGINEERS >TX Flomerics has released the results of a recent survey investigating the opinions of mechanical design engineers regarding Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis. The survey was promoted through a global Internet forum for mechanical designers that is independent of any particular software vendor. The survey shows that although the vast majority (75%) of mechanical designers have heard of CFD, an even bigger majority (80%) do not use CFD today. "This survey gives a clear message to CFD software vendors that we need to do more to embed our software in the mainstream mechanical design environment, and make it quick and easy to use," said Dr. Mike Reynell, Director of Marketing for Flomerics. "This survey is very encouraging because it indicates that the use of CFD can and will spread rapidly amongst general mechanical designers in the future."

The most common reason given why relatively few mechanical design engineers are using CFD was that "most mechanical design engineers don't have the necessary expertise and knowledge to use a CFD code." The second most common reason was "most mechanical design engineers are not aware of what CFD can do for them." When asked about the most important benefits that CFD simulation brings (or could bring) to their company, 61% selected "improving product performance and functionality", 59% selected "reducing prototyping and testing costs", and 57% selected "reducing the risk of design mistakes". Surprisingly, only 43% identified "reducing design time" as a key benefit.

When asked which CFD application areas were most relevant to their jobs, 37% chose "Pumps, Valves & Hydraulic systems", 25% chose "Electronics Cooling", 23% chose "Engine design", and 22% chose "External airflow around cars, vehicles, and aircraft". Just 5% of respondents chose "External airflow around buildings".

Flomerics is contributing to the wider use of CFD among design engineers by developing its EFD product line specifically for busy mechanical designers with limited time for CFD analysis. EFD interacts directly with the native 3D CAD geometry at the heart of the mechanical design process, while the user operates the CFD software inside their familiar MCAD environment. The EFD software family includes EFD.Pro - a fully embedded CFD solution within the Pro/ENGINEER environment; EFD.V5, - a fully embedded CFD solution within the CATIA V5 environment, and EFD.Lab - a general-purpose fluid analysis tool that includes a built-in solid modeler and works with Autodesk Inventor, UGS NX, Solid Edge, etc. The EFD software requires no translation or copies of data, so the solid model maintains intelligence such as assembly hierarchy, design constraints, and features. EFD makes it easy to perform flow simulation because it analyzes the geometry, calculates the fluid spaces and generates the computational grid automatically.

Of the 1,444 responses received, 53.6% were mechanical design engineers, 12.6% were mechanical design managers or technical directors, 8.5% were project managers or product managers, and 25.3% have other titles. The breakdown of respondents by industry was automotive (28.9%), aerospace and defense (21.7%), consulting (15.5%), electronics and consumer appliances (13.7%), education (10.4%), medical (9.8%), computers (8.3%), construction/heating ventilation air conditioning (HVAC) (8.3%), power generation (7%), energy (6.7%), telecommunications/networks (5.1%), chemical/pharmaceutical (3.3%), and other (29.4%).

Interested readers may download their choice of free EFD software demos at http://www.nika.biz.

About Flomerics

Flomerics, Marlborough, Mass., is a developer of engineering simulation software and services for analysis of fluid flow, heat transfer and electromagnetic radiation. Flomerics' business model is drastically different from traditional analysis because its software is designed to be embedded deeply into the design process and used by mainstream design engineers, not just by analysis specialists.

For more information, visit http://www.flomerics.com or call 508/357-2012.