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JOHN DEERE FACILITY SELECTS IMMERSIVE DESIGN'S IPA FOR INTERACTIVE SERVICE PUBLICATIONS


ACTON, Mass. - January 23, 2002 - Immersive Design, Inc., an industry leader in product communication, today announces that the Service Publications organization of John Deere's C&CE Division has selected IPA software for creating graphics to be used in communicating product information in its service publications. IPA was selected to facilitate the company's reuse of 3D mechanical design data generated in PTC's Pro/ENGINEER mechanical CAD software.

John Deere's C&CE Division Service Publications Group chose IPA because of its ability to leverage the value of Deere's repository of existing 3D designs. IPA's interactive 3D web publishing capability helps shorten John Deere's product documentation generation time, increases product understanding, and speeds products to market in the competitive global market. The web pages generated by IPA allow John Deere to utilize its mechanical design data to communicate with those outside of the engineering departments.

"Our writers use IPA to create renderings of our products directly from our design data instead of using digital photographs of expensive prototypes," says Lou Roof, Manager of Service Publications for the C&CE Division of John Deere. "We now have the ability to incorporate data into our publications from design packages such as SolidWorks and Solid Edge which are used by our suppliers."

"John Deere understands the value that it possesses in its 3D design data and that the use of this data outside of the engineering department increases the value of that data," says Gregory Smith, CEO of Immersive Design, Inc. "IPA helps Deere's C&CE Service Publications group reduce the cost of generating its service publications while enhancing the understanding of its product design data."

About Immersive Design:
Founded in 1995 and headquartered in Acton, MA, Immersive Design is a privately held corporation that develops and markets IPA, interactive 3D authoring and web publishing software used to communicate product designs and to reduce costs throughout a product's life cycle. Immersive Design is a member of the Autodesk (NASDAQ: ADSK) Developer Network; a member of the PTC (NASDAQ: PMTC) Enterprise Software Partners program; a member of the Solution Partner Program of SolidWorks Corp., a subsidiary of Dassault Systemes S.A. (NASDAQ: DASTY); and a premium partner in the Unigraphics Solutions (NYSE: UGS) Solid Edge Voyager Program. To learn more about IPA and Immersive Design, visit www.immersivedesign.com.