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The following information was released today, June 7, 1994 at 12:17 pm PDT. For your benefit, we have highlighted the key messages of the release: 1) Omni-print capability for AutoCAD via AutoVision and RenderPrint 2) New reduced price for bundle For Immediate Release Contact: Autodesk, Inc. Garth Chouteau 415-491-8853 Insight Development Steve Haber 510-244-2000 Autodesk Announces AutoVision/RenderPrint Promotion In-the-Box Offer Provides Omni-Printer Output of Photorealistic Renderings SAUSALITO, Calif.–June 7, 1994–Autodesk, Inc.'s Multimedia Division today announced that it will immediately offer a special promotion of AutoVision(TM) 1.0, including a copy of RenderPrint(R) from Insight Development Corporation. Intended for existing AutoCAD(R) Release 12 customers, the AutoVision/RenderPrint package provides an omni-printer solution for outputting photorealistic still renderings of AutoCAD Release 12 files. The suggested retail price (SRP) of US$595 for this limited-time offer represents a savings of US$449 off the combined SRPs of AutoVision (US$795) and RenderPrint (US$249). The RenderPrint software and manuals will be included in the AutoVision box from June 1 1994 to September 30 1994. Currently supporting more than 1,200 printers and plotters, RenderPrint can be accessed as a standalone or TSR (memory-resident) application, or directly within AutoCAD Release 12 via the Render Hardcopy command under the Render menu. Customers who use other Autodesk products, including 3D Studio(R) and Animator Pro(R), can use RenderPrint to produce hard copies of their images without exiting from those applications. "The ability to produce hard-copy output of photorealistic still renderings within AutoCAD makes AutoVision a complete solution for our customers in the A/E/C, mechanical and product design markets," said Alison Ishimaru, Autodesk's senior product manager for AutoVision. "Now with the RenderPrint promotional offer, our customers will be able to easily print their high-quality renderings on a virtually limitless array of grayscale and color printers." "Viewing great-looking images on screen is no longer good enough," said Steve Haber, president of Insight Development. "Users want to print true hardcopy visualizations of their work and RenderPrint is the first product to provide this solution." RenderPrint Features RenderPrint enables users to print both color and gray-scale images from any standard graphics file, including BMP, GIF, JPEG, PCX, TGA and TIF formats. Other features include: – Image Controls–Choose image brightness, contrast, gamma and dithering; specify a color border around printed images; control portrait or landscape orientation; full control of PostScript(TM) images. – Printer Options–Batch print any number of images in any order; print up to 99 copies of a single image; send output to any printer on a Novell network; print at any resolution supported by target printer. – Output Sizing–Output images of any size, from 1" x 1" thumbnails to 5' x 5' posters output on multiple, tiled pages, without adding memory or PostScript capabilities to your printer. System Requirements AutoVision runs within AutoCAD Release 12 software for DOS (386/486) or Windows, and has the same system requirements as AutoCAD: an IBM(R) or Compaq(R) 386/486-based computer or 100-percent compatible equipped with MS- DOS(R) 3.3 or later, 8MB of RAM, a VGA display, a math coprocessor, an AutoCAD- supported pointing device and one 1.2MB, 5.25-inch floppy-disk drive or one 1.44 MB, 3.5-inch floppy-disk drive. RenderPrint requires no additional printer memory. Pricing and Availability AutoVision with RenderPrint is available now at a suggested retail price of US$595 (US domestic only) through Authorized Autodesk and Multimedia Dealers. For more information, please call Autodesk toll free at 800-879-4233 or enter GO ASOFT on CompuServe. Autodesk's Multimedia Division was established in 1990 to develop and deliver affordable visualization software products for professionals such as architects, engineers, designers, game developers and videographers. The Division's products are aimed at automating and enhancing a wide range of tasks, from modeling and rendering to animation and beyond. Insight Development Corporation is a leading provider of printing enhancement software products with headquarters at 2420 Camino Ramon, San Ramon, California 94583. For more information, please call 510-244-2000 or FAX 510-244-2020. Autodesk is the world's leading supplier of desktop computer-aided design- automation software. As such, it develops, markets and supports a family of design-automation software products, as well as professional multimedia software products for use on personal computers and workstations. A global company since its founding in 1982, Autodesk markets products in 88 countries and 18 languages. Autodesk shares are traded on NASDAQ under the symbol ACAD. For more information on Autodesk, please call 415-332-2344 or type GO ADESK on CompuServe(R). -30- Autodesk, the Autodesk logo, AutoCAD, 3D Studio and Animator Pro are registered trademarks of Autodesk, Inc. AutoVision is a trademark of Autodesk, Inc. MS- DOS is a trademark, and Windows is a registered trademark, of Microsoft Corporation. CompuServe is a registered trademark of H&R Block. RenderPrint is a registered trademark of Insight Development Corporation. All other brand names, product names or trademarks belong to their respective holders.