Powerful Observatory Camera Model Wins SolidWorks Design Contest 2008

'One Degree Imager' will help solve the universe's deepest
mysteries
SAN DIEGO--(Business Wire)--How did our universe form? Which stars have Earth-like planets in
orbit? How do galaxies develop? These are some of the eternal
questions that the One Degree Imager, designed in SolidWorks(R) 3D CAD
software, will address when it's christened in 2009. Essentially a
powerful camera that will go inside a powerful telescope, the design
captured the grand prize in the SolidWorks Design Contest 2007
competition. The results were announced this morning at the SolidWorks
World 2008 International User Conference & Exposition.

"The One Degree Imager will deliver an image 100 times larger than
the Hubble with comparable clarity," explained Senior Mechanical
Engineer Gary Muller, accepting the award on behalf of the WIYN
Observatory Tucson, Ariz. "It will capture everything the telescope
looks at - a terabyte of data every night - compensating for
atmospheric distortion in real time. A lot of brainpower went into
this, and SolidWorks helped capture it, delivering a truly better
product."

The WIYN Observatory is owned and operated by the WIYN Consortium
(University of Wisconsin, Indiana University, Yale University, and the
National Optical Astronomy Observatory).

"It's a challenge to design one of the world's most powerful and
sophisticated instruments while staying on time and within budget,"
Muller continued. "SolidWorks software's reliability, ease of use,
visualization, and assembly capabilities - together with its
integration with COSMOSWorks(R) design validation software - helped us
meet those goals and execute our ambitious plans."

Muller took home a Lenovo ThinkPad notebook computer, part of a
purse worth $75,000 distributed among the winners, who include:

MODEL CONTEST

1st place - Naber Plastics B.V., Buron Elementz Kitcar, Rob
Wolkers, Engineer

2nd place - Page Product Design, Inc., Mule Industrial Lift,
Matthew Page, President

3rd place - Feature Factory, Acoustic Ceiling Feature, Jonathan
McGregor, Engineer

PHOTOREALISTIC IMAGES CONTEST

1st place - Indian Institute of Technology, Dehli, Steam Iron and
Alloy Wheels, Ambar Bandi, Industrial Designer

2nd place - Gould Studios, Reproduction of the Dorpat Telescope,
Bill Gould, Owner

3rd place - ThermoSpas, Inc., Swim/Trainer, James Parys, Design
Engineer

ANIMATIONS CONTEST

1st place - Paper Converting Machinery Corporation, Prolog LT Log
Saw, Dan Allen, Designer

2nd place - SchuF Group, Delayed Coking Process Animation, Rory
Stanley, Head of Marketing

3rd place - Wakefield High School, Out-of-the-Box Rubik's Cube
Solution, Ellis P. Kieffer, Student

"Contestants entered some astonishing designs this year, all
deserving of acclaim," said Rainer Gawlick, SolidWorks vice president
of worldwide marketing. "It's quite apparent that as our software
improves, so does the ability of designers and engineers to harness
their creativity and realize their engineering visions. It's an honor
these great designers and engineers have chosen SolidWorks."

To view the winning designs, as well as the other entries, visit
http://www.solidworks.com/pages/successes/CustomerDesignContest/
CustomerDesignContest2007Entries.html. (Due to the length of this URL,
it may be necessary to copy and paste it into your Internet browser's
URL address field. You may also need to remove an extra space in the
URL if one exists.)

About SolidWorks Corporation

SolidWorks Corporation, a Dassault Systemes S.A. (Nasdaq: DASTY,
Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA) company, develops and markets software
for design, analysis, and product data management. It is the leading
supplier of 3D CAD technology, giving teams intuitive, high-performing
software that helps them design better products. For the latest news,
information, or an online demonstration, visit the company's Web site
(www.solidworks.com) or call 1-800-693-9000 (outside of North America,
call +1-978-371-5000).

SolidWorks and COSMOSWorks are registered trademarks of SolidWorks
Corporation. Other brand and product names are trademarks of their
respective owners. Copyright (c) 2008 SolidWorks Corporation.

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