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PTC Revamps Product Packages

New high end package includes Mathcad, Arbortext

Roopinder Tara, Editor, TenLinks.com

NEEDHAM, Massachusetts, January 17, 2007 - PTC announced new bundling packages that are due to take effect April 1, 2007.

The base package (which used to be Pro/ENGINEER Foundation Advantage) will now be known as Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE (for Extended Edition) and be available for $4,995.

A new range of mid-tier packages has been added called Pro/ENGINEER Advanced SE (Standard Edition) and Pro/ENGINEER Advanced XE. The high end package previously known as Flex 3C (for create, collaborate and control) will now be called Pro/ENGINEER Enterprise SE. Finally, PTC will introduce an even higher end package, called Pro/ENGINEER Enterprise XE, that include products from recent acquisitions, namely Mathcad and Arbortext.

Apparently, the "Wildfire" terminology is to be phased out, a victim of its own success. Wildfire was originally only a code name for a release of Pro/ENGINEER but caught on too well.

Says Gearoid "Gar" Smyth: "The release of Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 1.0 in 2003 introduced some confusion in the marketplace around the Pro/ENGINEER brand. The 'Wildfire' term was introduced to signify the new generation of Pro/ENGINEER. PTC was so successful at promoting the new generation of Pro/ENGINEER that some incorrectly believed it [Wildfire] to be a new product separate from Pro/ENGINEER. They also incorrectly believed Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire to be our small-medium business (SMB) offering and Pro/ENGINEER to be PTC’s high-end offering. To clarify, Pro/ENGINEER is the PTC product family brand name. Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, etc., form the release numbering scheme. Pro/ENGINEER is the PTC product family brand name."

The new packages were introduced at PTC's Media and Analyst Days.

Details of packages follow:

Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE ($4,995)

This is entry level for users seeking 3D MCAD. This package included the following products and capabilities:

• 3D parametric part modeling
• 2D documentation
• Technical surfacing (parametric)
• Assembly modeling
• Weld modeling, documentation
• Mechanism design and design animation
• ModelCHECK- QA Tool
• Data interoperability and import data repair
• Integrated Web capabilities
• Library of parts, features, tools

Pro/ENGINEER Advanced SE ($6,995)

Includes Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE (above) and adds:

• adds on demand Windchill PDMLink
  (includes one year of hosted service, subsequent years cost $70/month)
• Web training
  (one year of PTC University online courses)

Pro/ENGINEER Advanced XE ($9,995)

This package includes Pro/ENGINEER Foundation XE and adds:

• Choice of Pro/INTRALINK or Windchill PDMLink
  (on premise, hosted on demand available for extra fee)
• Choice of one of the following modules:
  • Pro/ENGINEER Advanced Assembly Extension
  • Pro/ENGINEER Behavioral Modeling Extension
    (derivative of Mechanica)
  • Pro/ENGINEER Interactive Surface Design
    (for free form surfaces)
  • Pro/ENGINEER Mechanism Design Option
    (advanced mechanisms)
  • Pro/ENGINEER Piping & Cabling

Pro/ENGINEER Enterprise SE ($19,995)

This package includes Pro/ENGINEER Advanced XE plus the following:

• Pro/ENGINEER Advanced Assembly Extension
• Pro/ENGINEER Behavioral Modeling Extension
• Pro/ENGINEER Interactive Surface Design
• Pro/ENGINEER Mechanism Design Option
• Pro/ENGINEER Piping & Cabling
• Windchill ProjectLink Collaboration and project management capabilities
  (adds collaboration, project management)

Pro/ENGINEER Enterprise XE ($24,995)

This package includes Pro/ENGINEER Enterprise SE plus:

• Mathcad
  (engineering calculations)
• Pro/ENGINEER Mechanica
  (simulation and analysis )
• ProductView Standard Edition
  (advanced visualization)
• Arbortext Editor
  (XML document editor)
• PTC University Web-based training
  (over 75 hours of training for Mathcad, Pro/ENGINEER Mechanica, ProductView, and Arbortext Editor)
  (2-year subscription)