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Nemetschek North America Partners with ESP Vision to Provide Simulation Capabilities to VectorWorks SPOTLIGHT

VectorWorks SPOTLIGHT and ESP Vision partnership offers users a start-to-finish solution

Columbia, Maryland (April 28, 2005)— Nemetschek North America announces that it has formed a strategic partnership with ESP Studios to provide a complete design, visualization, and simulation solution to lighting designers worldwide. The partnership teams the powerful 2D drafting, 3D modeling and rendering capabilities of VectorWorks SPOTLIGHT with the advanced rendering and real-time lighting simulation capabilities of ESP Vision. Lighting designers can now easily conceptualize their design, generate the necessary drawings and paperwork, and create 3D models in VectorWorks SPOTLIGHT, then move their models directly into ESP Vision to simulate and cue their work.

"ESP Vision's best in class visualization and real-time simulation are the perfect complement to VectorWorks SPOTLIGHT's powerful drafting and modeling capabilities,"says Dan Monaghan, director of marketing for Nemetschek North America. "This partnering offers ESP Vision users access to a CAD package that is widely regarded as the industry standard. It also gives VectorWorks SPOTLIGHT users the ability to realistically simulate their designs on any lighting console in real time for the first time. The combination of these two technologies promises to offer lighting designers dramatic improvements in pre-production efficiency and increased productivity."

"Users will no longer be limited to the simple drafting tools offered by other pre-visualization packages,"says Kevin Linzey, VectorWorks SPOTLIGHT product manager. "They can also save time by designing with the powerful 2D and 3D tools within VectorWorks SPOTLIGHT, then exporting their files to ESP Vision for cueing.”

The ESP Vision plug-in provides yet another tool that allows VectorWorks SPOTLIGHT to communicate with a wide range of software.

For more information about ESP Vision, visit www.esp-vision.com.

Nemetschek North America is a wholly-owned subsidiary of European software giant Nemetschek AG. A global leader in design technologies, Nemetschek N.A. has been developing CAD software for the AEC, entertainment, landscape design, and manufacturing fields since 1985. VectorWorks, its flagship product, is one of the world's best-selling cross-platform CAD applications. It is available in more than 85 countries and is translated into seven languages. An all-in-one solution that's easier to learn and use and more cost-effective than most other CAD programs, VectorWorks is ideal for firms that don't have unlimited IT budgets. For more information, visit www.nemetschek.net.