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30 July 2009

Product News

Think3 and 3Dconnexion Agree to Technology and Sales Partnership

Think3 applications support 3Dconnexion 3D mice with immediate effect; user of both companies will benefit from sales activities

Think3 and 3Dconnexion entered a comprehensive partnership agreement. The cooperation includes both the support of the 3D mice through the ThinkDesign Styling, Engineering and Tooling applications and common sales activities in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

User of the think3 software product range ThinkDesign are able to instantly access to all advantages of the 3D mice. They allow the navigation in three dimensions with six degrees of freedom, enabling a precise object control. Since the 3Dconnexion 3D mice are used complementary to standard mice, the time consuming change between standard mouse and keyboard is unnecessary. The result is a streamlined workflow without interruptions. Through the precise navigation, the models can be viewed from every perspective. Possible weak spots or faults on the object can be recognized and solved faster.

Think3 and 3Dconnexion customer in Germany, Austria and Switzerland also benefit from temporary sales activities. Thus they can purchase all professional 3Dconnexion products, SpacePilot PRO, SpacePilot und SpaceExplorer, with a saving of 25 percent.

“Think3 has a large customer base in Central Europe. Through the combined use with our 3D mice, ThinkDesign user can optimize their applications as well as their workflow, and thereby increase the productivity,” said Dieter Neujahr, president of 3Dconnexion. “Furthermore we offer attractive proposals to ease the use of our professional 3D input devices.”

“Think3 suite for the Process of Product Development (PPD) provides the most powerful 3D tools and PLM data management environment” stated Silvano Joly, Vice President Worldwide Marketing at think3. “But in these times, that have been named ‘the age of turbulence’, it is not enough for Companies to be effective and reliable in the engineering department, they must control and contain the total cost of ownership of their PPD platform too. And think3 is not only providing products “that works” but is also ensuring a short learning time, a rapid conversion of existing legacy data and an excellent interaction with third parties. With 3Dconnexion’s 3D mice these advantages can exploit enabling customers to rapidly achieve their objectives and respect their ROI plans.”

SpacePilot PRO, SpacePilot and SpaceExplorer are certified for the use with the software solutions ThinkDesign Styling, ThinkDesign Engineering and ThinkDesign Tooling version 2009.1. Further information is available at the 3Dconnexion web shop: http://www.3dconnexion.com/buy/onlinestore.php.

ThinkDesign & 3Dconnexion promotion

 - Ask for the promotion code to think3.it@think3.com

 - The promotion code will give you the opportunity to access the 3Dconnexion web shop for the agreed ThinkDesign promotion;

 - The code is valid from 1-Jul till 31-Oct 2009 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland

 - The code gives 25% discount on all available 3Dx products

For further information send an email to think3.it@think3.com.

About 3Dconnexion

3Dconnexion provides advanced and affordable 3D mice that are supported by more than 130 of today’s leading and powerful 3D applications, including Autodesk Inventor, Adobe Acrobat 3D, CATIA, Pro/ENGINEER, SolidWorks, Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended, Autodesk Maya, Google Earth, SketchUp and Second Life Grid Platform. For a complete list of applications supported by 3Dconnexion, visit: http://www.3Dconnexion.com/solutions/cad/all_sup_app.php.

Unlike mice confined to motion on one flat plane, 3Dconnexion’s 3D mice enable design engineers to move in all three dimensions simultaneously, with the ability to pan, zoom and rotate camera views without stopping to select commands. By gently lifting, pressing and turning the controller cap, graphic professionals can intuitively control their 3D design environment, with automatically synchronized camera positions for various view projections to minimize unnecessary camera movement.

The entire 3Dconnexion product line, including the Standard Series with the SpaceNavigator Personal Edition (MSRP $59), SpaceNavigator Standard Edition (MSRP $99), SpaceNavigator for Notebooks (MSRP $129); and the Professional Series with the SpaceExplorer (MSRP $299), SpacePilot (MSRP $399) and SpacePilot PRO (MSRP $499) are available from professional CAD resellers and major online resellers including Amazon, Buy.com, CDW, Dell, and PC Mall. For a complete list of resellers or to buy directly, visit http://www.3Dconnexion.com.

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