COCREATE'S DESIGN AND DRAFTING SYSTEM FOR CABLING SOFTWARE ENABLES INTER/INTRANET ACCESS FOR DISTRIBUTED DESIGNFORT COLLINS, Colo., Feb. 4, 1997 -- CoCreate Software Inc. today announced the availability of an integrated Internet publishing function for its electromechanical control-system software -- Design and Drafting System for Cabling (DDS-C). This function allows everybody involved in the design process to share product information more effectively for reduced time to market and design costs for new products. DDS-C now incorporates functionality for the creation of secured Internet or intranet pages. All DDS-C-based product information can be published on these pages for easy access by employees or approved outside professionals who are involved in the design process. According to CoCreate, a subsidiary of Hewlett-Packard Company, the new functionality enables shared-space design. For example, the electronic-mail function ensures that immediate feedback on design modifications can be forwarded to the engineering department. All information on the pages is updated automatically, and the updated information is available to all authorized users. "CoCreate's primary objective is to produce a co-creative product-generation environment," said Tilman F. Schad, president of CoCreate. "This goes beyond traditional concurrent engineering, allowing professionals from a range of disciplines -- regardless of where they are working -- to join together in the generation of innovative products. By allowing people to share product-design information easily, the new Internet tool within DDS-C represents another important step in making the co-creative environment a reality." The Internet/intranet functionality within DDS-C, which is free to existing DDS-C customers, is exceptionally easy to install. DDS-C automatically generates Web pages at the press of a button. The information then can be published on an intranet server or within a secured area of a World Wide Web server. The pages can be viewed from a PC or laptop PC using a Web browser and then downloaded for printing as required. As well as supporting the distributed design process, the function also can be useful for engineers, electricians and others who are at a customer's site for startup or maintenance. CoCreate Software Inc. is a software subsidiary of Hewlett-Packard Company. It develops mechanical computer-aided-design and product-data-management software that supports the concept of shared-space design. The software includes SolidDesigner for product modeling design; ME10 for 2-D design, drafting and documentation; DDS-C for electro-mechanical design; and WorkManager for product-data and workflow management. CoCreate solutions are known for high quality, ease of use, customization and support of industry standards. They are available in 10 languages and are installed on more than 100,000 systems in design, engineering and manufacturing organizations worldwide. Information about CoCreate Software Inc. and its products can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.cocreate.com.
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