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25 Oct 00

New Macintosh CAD Lighting Program Arrives

Architosh News Reports: Nemetschek North America Previews New Product

VectorWorks SPOTLIGHT Debuts at Lighting Dimensions International. According to the Press Release:

Las Vegas, Nevada (October 20, 2000)Ñ Proceeding with its strategy to expand the VectorWorks product line, Nemetschek North America today introduced SPOTLIGHT. Part of the VectorWorks Industry Series, SPOTLIGHT is the first vertical market CAD product specifically developed for entertainment design professionals. SPOTLIGHT builds on the strength of VectorWorks, the CAD leader in entertainment design software. Offering advanced features and functions, VectorWorks SPOTLIGHT is currently being beta tested, and is expected to begin shipping by the end of 2000.

VectorWorks SPOTLIGHT merges powerful drafting and modeling tools with lighting design and production tools making it easy to quickly create light plots, automate paperwork and visualize design concepts in 3D. Hosting a wealth of innovative features, SPOTLIGHT offers a unique instrument labeling system, allowing for multiple sets of custom labels. In addition to its customizable labeling system, SPOTLIGHT features a library of hundreds of instruments and accessories from 15 leading manufacturers. SPOTLIGHT sets a precedent as the only CAD lighting software that automatically generates magic sheets by focus area or color. Furthermore, lighting designers are not only able to generate advanced paperwork with a single command, they can also import and export lighting information from LightWrightª and other spreadsheet programs. For SPOTLIGHT's complete feature set, visit www.vectorworksspotlight.com.

Robert Anderson, Vice President of the Integrated Products Group for Nemetschek N.A., stated, "Although VectorWorks already enjoys a strong position in the entertainment design industry, SPOTLIGHT provides lighting designers a new level of creativity, productivity and performance by merging CAD with cutting edge lighting design and production tools."

Richard Diehl, Nemetschek NA CEO, stated, "The VectorWorks Industry Series is a testament to our commitment to bring our customers the ultimate solution for specific design industries. VectorWorks is the value leader in the general purpose CAD market and we anticipate that SPOTLIGHT will achieve similar status in entertainment design."

Nemetschek North America (formerly Diehl Graphsoft) is a wholly owned subsidiary of European software giant Nemetschek AG. A global leader in design technologies, Nemetschek NA has developed CAD software for the personal computer since 1985. VectorWorks is one of the world's best selling CAD products and has more than 105,000 users in over 85 countries.