ELSA and Autodesk Enhance Performance in Autodesk Mechanical Desktop

A/E/C Systems, Chicago, IL – June 2, 1998 -- ELSA Inc. and Autodesk, Inc. (San Rafael, CA) today announced that the two companies have collaborated to ensure the highest possible graphics performance of Autodesk Mechanical Desktop^™ for end-users and developers. ELSA and Autodesk^® have worked together to optimize Autodesk Mechanical Desktop OpenGL graphics performance with ELSA GLoria hardware.

The ELSA GLoria products provide high-performance OpenGL acceleration in hardware at a compelling price. ELSA also supports AutoCAD and Autodesk Mechanical Desktop with POWERdraft, the only hardware accelerated driver for AutoCAD R14; and ELSAview 3D, a 3D viewer for AutoCAD. POWERdraft and ELSAview 3D are available for free with all GLoria boards.

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"At Autodesk, the focus is on uniting 2D and 3D," said Roger Mollon, director of component technology at Autodesk, Inc. "Autodesk is pleased to be working with ELSA again to optimize the OpenGL performance of Mechanical Desktop 2.0 and to deliver high quality 2D and 3D capability to our customers."

"ELSA and Autodesk have a long standing partnership," said Thomas Neubert, vice president of sales and marketing at ELSA Inc. "It is great that we were able to optimize GLoria hardware for Autodesk Mechanical Desktop. Now customers can fully exploit the power of GLoria graphics accelerators."

Autodesk Information

Autodesk is the world’s leading supplier of design software and multimedia tools for Windows 95 and NT platforms. The company’s 2D and 3D product tools are used in many industries for architectural design, mechanical design, mapping, film and video production, video/game development and Web content development. For more information, please call 415 507-5000, type GO ADESK on CompuServe, or visit its World Wide Web site at http://www.autodesk.com. Autodesk shares are traded on the NASDAQ National Market under the symbol ADSK.

ELSA Information

ELSA Inc. is a subsidiary of ELSA AG, a stock company based in Aachen, Germany. Founded in 1980, ELSA has built a world-class reputation in high-performance 2D and 3D graphics solutions in addition to a wide ranging ISDN and videoconferencing product family.

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