Cimmetry Systems, leading developer of visualization and collaboration solutions has announced that its AutoVue family of products now supports Autodesk's Inventor format. AutoVue can view and markup the 3D models as well as the 2D drawing files created by the Inventor package. In continuing with their tradition of supporting Autodesk's formats, Cimmetry Systems has recently included support for Inventor in its upcoming release of AutoVue.

Now organizations that make use of this popular design package can view and markup their 2D and 3D drawings and models from within AutoVue, thus communicating their design changes easily and clearly across the extended enterprise.

AutoVue also exists in a thin-client JAVA version, allowing for easy project collaboration over the Internet.

Installation takes place only on the server side, allowing for ease of maintenance and deployment.

AutoVue integrates seamlessly with many popular DMS/EDM/PDM/ERP systems such as, Documentum, FileNET, Lotus Notes/Domino, Matrix, OpenText, PC DOCS, Windchill, and many more.

'Our customers will be delighted with this capability to view and markup their autodesk inventor 2D and 3D drawings and models from within AutoVue, allowing them to communicate their design data easily throughout their company and across their extended enterprise,' said Brenda Discher, director of product management and customer satisfaction for Autodesk's Manufacturing Division.

'Design professionals in the manufacturing, A/E/C, transportation, and other industries look to Autodesk for powerful, intuitive applications that enable them to give form to their creative ideas and engineer, build and maintain their projects and products,' said Alain Danik, Business Development Manager at Cimmetry.

'Those same design professionals and their non-specialist colleagues alike have come to rely on Cimmetry Systems for the tools that allow them to communicate design intent, share design ideas and participate in the design process on an equal footing on the desktop and over the Web.' Alain went on to say that 'Since its inception more than a decade ago, Cimmetry Systems has taken very seriously its commitment to empower the engineering community by consistently delivering viewing and redlining tools with impeccable and up-to-date native support for the Autodesk design formats allied with a richly featured, yet extremely intuitive user interface.' Autodesk is the world's leading design and digital content creation resource.

The company provides software and Internet portal services to help customers drive business through the power of design.

One of the largest software companies in the world, Autodesk helps more than 4 million customers in over 150 countries turn designs into reality.