For Immediate Release IPA v8.0 Receives Autodesk Inventor 9 Certification www.immdesign.com
				Immersive Design's IPA v8.0 Receives Autodesk Inventor® 9 Certification Quickly and easily create interactive 3D product and process documentation through the re-use of Autodesk Inventor 9 design data Acton, MA - August 24, 2004 - Immersive Design, Inc. (http://www.immdesign.com) today announced that its flagship product, IPA v8.0, has received certification for Autodesk Inventor® 9 under the Autodesk Inventor Certified Application Program. Certified applications are designed to meet strict development guidelines and have undergone a rigorous series of tests to ensure the highest level of interoperability with Autodesk Inventor software, the premier software for 3D mechanical design. Certification is granted only after a product has been thoroughly tested by internal staff at Autodesk. "IPA v8.0's release and certification for Inventor 9 is another example of how Autodesk and Immersive Design are delivering on Autodesk's strategy to help customers create and share their digital design data and solve critical business challenges," said Richard Runnells, senior manager, Partner Programs of Autodesk’s Manufacturing Solutions Division. "Our manufacturing customers not only design faster with Inventor 9 but by using IPA have the ability to leverage their Inventor designs outside of engineering for the next generation of 3D interactive assembly, service and maintenance documentation." "The powerful combination of IPA and Inventor can help manufacturing companies get to market faster and reduce errors through the re-use of their design   data to generate product and process documentation in less time and with fewer errors," said Gregory Smith, CEO of Immersive Design. "Just as Autodesk Inventor enables manufacturing companies to migrate their engineering departments from 2D to 3D, Immersive Design's IPA enables technical publications in these companies to move into an interactive 3D world." 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. To learn more about IPA and Immersive Design, visit the company's Web site (www.immdesign.com).