MSC.Software Announces Release of MSC.FEA Education Edition 2004

MSC.Software Announces Release of MSC.FEA Education Edition 2004
New Education Product Gives Engineering Students and Faculty a Robust, Easy to
Use Simulation Product for the Price of a Textbook 


SANTA ANA, Calif., April 15  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MSC.Software Corp. , the
leading global provider of virtual product development (VPD) products including
simulation software and services today announced the release of MSC.FEA
Education Edition 2004.  By combining the power and ease of use of MSC.Nastran,
MSC.Marc and MSC.Patran, the MSC.FEA Education Edition provides a
cost-effective, fully integrated solution tailored for the needs of engineering
students and faculty.  The MSC.FEA Education Edition integrates CAD interfaces,
geometric modeling, finite element pre- and post-processing, and comprehensive
linear and nonlinear analysis in a single software package.

"MSC.Software is focused on providing educational products for students and
instructors from high-school physics to post-doctoral research.  This release
of MSC.FEA Education Edition 2004 gives engineering students and educators the
most comprehensive, easy to use simulation package on the market today," said
Frank Perna, chairman and chief executive officer of MSC.Software.  "Industrial
manufacturers around the world are looking for new engineers who can
immediately add value to the product development process and the best way to do
that is to give students advanced training with the industry's preferred
simulation and modeling products.  For the price of a textbook, students and
teachers get a complete simulation package."

MSC.FEA Education Edition 2004 has been specifically designed to give
engineering students and faculty easy-to-use sophisticated analysis tools for
advanced research and to teach students the intricacies of product development.
 Some of these new features include:

   *  The latest enhancements to MSC.Patran 2004, Nastran 2004 and MSC.Marc
      2003r3 including improved elements, enhanced spot weld capabilities,
      temperature dependent composite modeling, heat transfer and nonlinear
      enhancements and direct data integration to the enterprise versions of
      MSC.Nastran and MSC.Patran.

   *  Advanced capabilities for nonlinear, optimization, dynamics response
      and heat transfer analysis

   *  A new, plug-and-play user interface with no external licensing needed

   *  Improved documentation



For more information about MSC.FEA Education Edition 2004 or other MSC.Software
educational products, please visit http://www.mscsoftware.com/.

About MSC.Software Corporation

MSC.Software (NYSE:MNS) is the leading global provider of simulation software,
with related services and systems, that helps companies make money, save time
and reduce costs associated with designing and testing manufactured products. 
MSC.Software works with thousands of companies in hundreds of industries to
develop better products faster by utilizing information technology, software,
services and systems.  MSC.Software employs more than 1400 people in 22
countries.  For additional information about MSC.Software's products and
services, please visit http://www.mscsoftware.com/. 

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