Collaboration Software is offered with EDA/ECAD option.

Informative Graphics Corp. Aug 05, 2003

Press Release Summary:

Brava!(TM) v4.1 view, markup, and collaboration software for web-based systems features EDA/ECAD file publishing and viewing through CAMCAD technology. It facilitates secure downstream data review and collaboration for vertical enterprise and multi-supplier projects that use diverse design platforms. By using CAMCAD technology as its publishing engine, intermediate CC (XML) files created by CAMCAD are compressed and published to Brava-readable format.

Original Press Release:

Informative Graphics Brava!(TM) 4.1 Adds EDA/ECAD Option Via Router Solutions' CAMCAD Technology

Partnership Delivers On Integrated Technology Development Begun In February 2003

PHOENIX, Arizona July 29, 2003 - Informative Graphics Corporation (IGC), a leader in web-document and collaboration technology, announced today the release of Brava!(TM) 4.1, the company's latest version of its industry leading view, markup, and collaboration software for web-based systems. Brava 4.1 features EDA/ECAD file publishing and viewing through Router Solutions Incorporated's (RSI) CAMCAD technology.

In February 2003, IGC and RSI, the premier provider of CAD/CAE/CAM integration tools for the printed circuit board industry, formed a partnering relationship to provide EDA file support in IGC's Brava multi-format CAD, image and document view and markup software. The partnership allows IGC to sell and distribute CAMCAD as an optional add-on for Brava.

RSI's CAMCAD software evolved out of more than a decade of experience with preparing, analyzing and translating ECAD data. CAMCAD was designed from the ground-up to work seamlessly with the more than 40 proprietary and standards-based file formats, making it a truly vendor-neutral solution. CAMCAD Professional software supports all major EDA/ECAD systems, including: Accel, Cadence, Mentor, VeriBest, Incases, PCAD, PADS, Protel, Redac, and Zuken. By using CAMCAD technology as a publishing engine for Brava, intermediate CC (XML) files created by CAMCAD are compressed and published to a Brava-readable format.

"Our joint effort allows Informative Graphics to offer Brava with comprehensive EDA/ECAD capabilities that are both very powerful and cost-effective," said Dino Ditta, President at RSI. "We believe that Brava broadens the value of CAMCAD to a wider audience of users by providing collaboration downstream to users across the design and supply chain."

"An ever-increasing number of manufactured products utilize EDA technologies, so the need for a simple, web-based view and markup tool for design chain collaboration is obvious," said Gary Heath, CEO and President of IGC. "The easy-to-use Brava viewer is the ideal method to facilitate secure downstream data review and collaboration for vertical enterprise and multi-supplier projects that use diverse design platforms."

Brava 4.1 also includes several performance optimizations, measurement improvements, and the ability to add Stellent's Outside In office, image, and illustration format readers to Brava Publisher.

About Informative Graphics

Informative Graphics Corporation (IGC), founded in 1990, is a leading developer of commercial software products for web publishing, visualization, and collaboration. IGC products are renowned for their cost-saving value, ease-of-use, features, and scalability. With its products deployed by hundreds of corporations, OEM partners, and service providers worldwide, IGC is an international company maintaining offices in the United States and Europe, as well as key distribution partners in Japan, Asia, and Latin America. The company maintains a web site at www.infograph.com.

About Router Solutions Incorporated

Router Solutions Incorporated (RSI) is the leading provider of ECAD integration software for PCB visualization, assembly, test and repair. Founded in 1986, RSI has developed a range of applications for viewing, editing, analyzing and converting PCB design information into a common format for use throughout the design and manufacturing functions. With an emphasis on data preparation and analysis, RSI tools uniquely provide fast and efficient methods of ensuring complete and accurate data is made available for the varied activities typical to a modern electronics design and manufacturing environment. RSI products feature advanced DFM and DFT capabilities, which are paramount in detecting issues that will cause production issues and ultimately adding time and cost to a product. RSI technology is employed in many different market segments by a wide range of leading OEM suppliers to enhance their ECAD capabilities. RSI's flagship product, CAMCAD(TM), is used around the clock, around the world in mission critical applications by leading electronics companies and CEM suppliers. RSI maintains its web site at www.rsi-inc.com

Contacts

Bill Gould
Informative Graphics Corporation
Tel: (602) 971-6061, ext. 144 Fax: (602) 971-1714
Email: bgould@infograph.com

Jay Boyd
Router Solutions Incorporated
Tel: (949) 737-4567, ext. 240
Email: Jay.Boyd@rsi-inc.com

Informative Graphics is a registered trademark, and Brava!, Net-It and MYRIAD are trademarks of Informative Graphics Corporation. All other names are property of their respective owners.