Cimmetry Systems, leading developer of visualization andcollaboration solutions has announced that its AutoVue family ofproducts now supports Autodesk's Inventor format. AutoVuecan view and markup the 3D models as well as the 2D drawing filescreated by the Inventor package. In continuing with theirtradition of supporting Autodesk's formats, Cimmetry Systemshas recently included support for Inventor in its upcomingrelease of AutoVue.

Now organizations that make use of thispopular design package can view and markup their 2D and 3Ddrawings and models from within AutoVue, thus communicating theirdesign changes easily and clearly across the extended enterprise.AutoVue also exists in a thin-client JAVA version, allowing foreasy project collaboration over the Internet.

Installation takesplace only on the server side, allowing for ease of maintenanceand deployment.

AutoVue integrates seamlessly with many popularDMS/EDM/PDM/ERP systems such as, Documentum, FileNET, LotusNotes/Domino, Matrix, OpenText, PC DOCS, Windchill, and manymore.

'Our customers will be delighted with this capabilityto view and markup their autodesk inventor 2D and 3D drawings andmodels from within AutoVue, allowing them to communicate theirdesign data easily throughout their company and across theirextended enterprise,' said Brenda Discher, director ofproduct management and customer satisfaction for Autodesk'sManufacturing Division.

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

'Those same designprofessionals and their non-specialist colleagues alike have cometo rely on Cimmetry Systems for the tools that allow them tocommunicate design intent, share design ideas and participate inthe design process on an equal footing on the desktop and overthe Web.' Alain went on to say that 'Since itsinception more than a decade ago, Cimmetry Systems has taken veryseriously its commitment to empower the engineering community byconsistently delivering viewing and redlining tools withimpeccable and up-to-date native support for the Autodesk designformats allied with a richly featured, yet extremely intuitiveuser interface.'Autodesk is the world's leading design and digital contentcreation resource.

The company provides software and Internetportal services to help customers drive business through thepower of design.

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