TurboCAD Professional 12 Now LWA-Enabled 

LightWorks Archive support added for better visualisation.

SHEFFIELD, UK (3 April 2006) - LightWork Design, the world's leading supplier of rendering solutions for developers of advanced 3D computer graphics software, today announced that version 12 of TurboCAD Professional from IMSI is the latest software application to become LWA- Enabled, providing users with even better visualisation capabilities.

IMSI is a leading developer and publisher of visual content, precision design and graphics software. LightWorks has been integrated within TurboCAD for a number of years and this new release provides TurboCAD users with access to the wide range of LWA materials available from the LightWorks-User website www.lightworks-user.com. It also includes some of the latest developments from LightWork Design, incorporated within LightWorks version 7.5

The LWA format is a secure digital material format, for use in LWA- Enabled applications, which allows manufacturers and material suppliers to accurately encode the visual and physical characteristics of their products. By using LWA-Enabled applications, designers can accurately select, visualize and specify real-world materials and products during the design, modelling and styling processes. The LWA files available include a wide range of real-world materials and other entities, and archives from leading suppliers worldwide. The LWA file format encodes not only the colour of materials but also the reflectance, roughness and transparency, so LWA gives users significantly more accurate visualisations than older digital material formats.

"We are delighted that this new release of TurboCAD has taken advantage of the latest LightWorks functionality;" commented Clive Davies, Partner Programme Manager at LightWork Design. He added, "In particular, the ability to use LightWorks Archive materials (LWA) will allow TurboCAD users to access the growing number of high quality digital materials in the LWA format. Our experience has been that this will help users to render better images even faster."

Bob Mayer, Executive Vice President of Precision Design, added, "LightWorks has added a lot of value to our latest release and we are particularly pleased to be able to offer our users LWA-Enabled capabilities and the access to 1000's of manufacturers' materials."

About IMSI 

Founded in 1982, IMSI has established a tradition of providing the professional and home user with innovative technology and easy-to-use, high-quality software products at affordable prices. Best known for its flagship product, TurboCAD�, IMSI continues to be a leading developer and distributor of precision design and consumer software solutions. IMSI also owns and operates Houseplans�, focused on expanding its network of web properties to service the rapidly growing market for the sale of stock house plans on-line and related home building services. 

www.imsisoft.com.

About LightWork Design 

LightWork Design is the world's leading supplier of rendering solutions for developers of advanced 3D computer graphics software. Established in 1989, LightWork Design has continually developed LightWorks to provide customers with innovative and market-focused solutions for the creation of powerful and easy-to-use rendering applications. Renowned for its physically accurate visualization of real-world objects and environments, LightWorks is the ideal choice for applications targeted at the AEC, Configuration, and Industrial markets. LightWorks is supplied as a complete solution which includes the SDK, support, training and consultancy services, to give customers fast and efficient access to leading-edge rendering technology, resulting in shorter development cycles, faster time-to-market for new products, and lower software development costs.

LightWorks is embedded in over 80 software applications and used by more than 1 million users worldwide, far more than any other renderer. Applications that incorporate LightWorks include: 3CAD from In.tres srl, Alibre Design from Alibre, ArchiCAD from Graphisoft, ARCHline.XP from CadLine, ARCHITREND from Fukui Computer, Cobalt from Ashlar, Configura and InstantPlanner from Configura Sverige AB, form.Z from auto.des.sys, ICEM Surf from ICEM, Lumen Designer from Lighting Technologies; Madric from CPU, MSC.visualNastran from MSC Software, NX from UGS, PowerShape from Delcam, Pro/CONCEPT, Pro/DESKTOP and Pro/ENGINEER from PTC, Solid Edge from UGS, solidThinking from solidThinking Ltd., ThinkReal from Think3, trueSpace from Caligari, VectorWorks from Nemetschek NA and products from many other major CAD vendors.

www.lightworkdesign.com

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