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AUTODESK SHIPS SOLID MODELER AME RELEASE 2 Wealth of New Features for Production Drafters and Application Developers Chicago – February 24, 1992 – A new release of Autodesk's popular Advanced Modeling Extension (AME), the fully integrated solid-modeling option for AutoCAD customers, is now shipping, company officials announced today at the National Design Engineering Show. AME Release 2 offers improved accuracy, an enhanced programming interface, and stronger links between two- and three-dimensional design to the more than 60,000 current customers of AME Release 1. "AME Release 2 is the next step in Autodesk's continuing effort to bring the benefits of solid modeling – and 3D design – to a wider market," stated Malcolm Davies, Autodesk senior vice president of the Americas. "Autodesk established the worldwide standard for computer-aided design with AutoCAD; it is our intent to establish equally strong leadership positions in 3D design, solid modeling and interactive mechanical engineering," he said. "AME Release 2 is the result of our ongoing commitment to deliver sophisticated modeling technology on the desktop," said John Lynch, co-general manager of Autodesk's AutoCAD Division. "This is the most accessible solid modeler on the market. It provides advanced design, construction, and analysis techniques to the largest group of CAD users in the world – AutoCAD customers." Lnch went on to explain that, in addition to many powerful features that enhance the creation of 3D models, AME Release 2 also contains the Region Modeler, an innovative application of constructive solid geometry techniques to 2D design. "We believe that all AutoCAD customers can benefit from this new feature and will find new applications for these concepts in 2D," he said. …More…