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Vilnius, LITHUANIA – Feb. 20, 2010 - SolidACE, a company developing computer aided design and engineering tools for the architectural, building, construction and plant engineering markets exhibited BuiltWorks 2010, its flagship product, at SolidWorks World 2010. BuiltWorks is a product developed for structural steel design within the SolidWorks environment. SolidWorks World 2010 is the biggest annual conference of its kind and was held from January 31 through February 3, 2010 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California, USA, and hosted around 5000 attendees from around the world.

SolidACE was granted an opportunity to present its SolidWorks based Plant industry solutions at the pre-conference meetings on Sunday, January 31st to the SolidWorks Plant Design Advisory Board, as well as to a SolidWorks' selected group of VARs and TTMs.

BuiltWorks 2010 was exhibited at the Partner Pavilion, booth #733, where the SolidACE team enjoyed meetings with a large number of SolidWorks customers and resellers, as well as Editors of several famous CAD industry magazines from around the world. At the Partner Pavilion, the SolidACE team was also honored by visits from Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corporation top management - Mr. Jeff Ray, Chief Executive Officer, and Mr. Bertrand Sicot, Executive Vice President, Worldwide Sales.

During the Conference, Dr. Vladimir Popov, CEO of SolidACE, together with Mr. Andrej Jarmolaev, Technical Director of IN RE Company, a co-founder of SolidACE, held several breakout sessions for attendees interested in learning more about SolidWorks’ role in plant design:

• Monday, February 1st, Technical Training Session "Plant Design Using SolidWorks Together with Solution Partner Products and Other Standard Industry Tools", presented by Dr. Vladimir Popov, CEO, SolidACE Ltd. and Andrej Jarmolaev, Technical Director, IN RE UAB
• Tuesday, February 2nd, Technical Training Session "Structural Steel Design using SolidWorks and Solution Partners", moderated by Eric Leafquist, Product Manager, DS SolidWorks Corporation and co-presented by Dr. Vladimir Popov, CEO, SolidACE Ltd.

On Wednesday, February 3rd, SolidACE demonstrated BuiltWorks live at a lunch session for a group of selected SolidWorks VARs and TTMs with great success, which lead to the signing the BuiltWorks Reseller Agreement with ProNor AS from Norway, one of SolidWorks strongest resellers in Northern Europe.

It is worth mentioning, that Andrej Jarmolaev, being a Certified SolidWorks Professional, was awarded the Elite Application Engineer prize at the Resellers Award Dinner on the Wednesday night.

On Thursday, February 4th, SolidACE held a half day extensive post-conference hands-on training session for BuiltWorks 2010 to a registered group of SolidWorks users. After the conference, the SolidACE team also met representatives from the SolidWorks Simulation Department, Dr. Idris Traina, Director of Simulation Product Definition, and Mr. Hari Padmanabhan, Simulation Product Specialist, to discuss the aspects of BuiltWorks integration with SolidWorks Simulation for stress analysis.

About SolidACE

SolidACE is a company focusing on the Architectural, Building and Construction Engineering as well as Plant Engineering markets within a Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks environment. The company is registered in Vilnius, Lithuania and includes a development team in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine. SolidACE was created in November 2008 by experienced and dedicated structural steelwork software professionals with the express intention of developing an intuitive 3D solution within the SolidWorks environment. The company supports and advises within the world of steel and has dedicated design professionals. For the latest news, information, and demonstration resources, please visit the company’s Web site (www.solidace.com), contact representatives at info@solidace.com, or call 1- 617-842-7470 in the US, +44 1633 430 176 in the UK and +370-5-212-4660 in Lithuania.

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SolidACE and BuiltWorks are either registered or unregistered trademarks of SolidACE Ltd. SolidWorks is registered trademark of Dassault Systèmes or its subsidiaries in the US and/or other countries. Other brand and product names are trademarks of their respective owners.

Dr. Vladimir Popov, CEO
SolidACE Ltd., Lukiskiu str. 3,
LT-01108, Vilnius, Lithuania
Phone No.: +370 5 212 4660
vpopov@solidace.com