Geometric to showcase CAMWorks 2009 and DFMPro ver 2.0 at SolidWorks World

Scottsdale, Arizona: Geometric Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Geometric Limited and an industry leader in developing advanced manufacturing software will showcase the upcoming releases of CAMWorks® and DFMPro at SolidWorks World 2009, at booth #605, in Orlando, Florida from February 8 to 11, 2009. These products are seamlessly integrated within the SolidWorks® platform, and enable intelligence and automation in design and manufacturing.

CAMWorks 2009 has over 100 new features and enhancements for machining faster and more accurately. This release also has significant advances in 3-axis functionality, new features and cutting strategies for 2 to 5 axis milling, turning and wire EDM. CAMWorks, the first CAM solution to offer knowledge-based feature recognition and associative machining capabilities, continuously enhances its features in line with customer needs, and to better integrate with the SolidWorks platform. For more information on CAMWorks, please visit www.camworks.com.

Version 2.0 of DFMPro for SolidWorks provides users with additional checks to validate the design for sheet metal parts resulting in stronger parts, and longer die and punch life of the sheet metal model. This version of the design for manufacturability tool supports DFM analysis on an assembly, allowing the user to analyze all the parts in an assembly in a single execution, thus saving time. DFMPro 2.0 generates 3D reports as eDrawings files for easier offline analysis, where problem areas are highlighted and corresponding analysis details are provided in the file itself. For a free trial version of DFMPro, please visit http://dfmpro.geometricglobal.com.

The team from Geometric will be making two presentations at the event:

· "Automation – CAMWorks Automating CAM" at the Certified Partner Theater on Sunday, February 8, at 6:30 p.m., where Mike Sours , Director IT, Support and Services , will demonstrate the latest features in CAMWorks and a case study on J & L Tooling.

· "Get your machined and sheet metal parts ready for manufacturing with DFMXpress and DFMPro" on Monday February 9 , at 1:30 p.m. in room # Swan 9/10.