MSC.Software Receives Contract From Toyota for MSC.Nastran

MSC.Software Receives Contract From Toyota for MSC.Nastran
Contract With Leading Japanese Automotive Manufacturer Expands Use of
MSC.Nastran for Simulation of Stress and NVH 


SANTA ANA, Calif., June 17  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MSC.Software Corp.
(NYSE:MNS), the leading global provider of virtual product development (VPD)
products including software and services, today announced that Toyota Motor
Corporation has chosen MSC.Nastran in conjunction with a reconfiguration of
computing resources.  Under this agreement, the new licenses of MSC.Nastran
will be used by Toyota engineers to solve vehicle and system engineering
questions related to stress and noise, vibration and harshness (NVH).  Toyota
is currently running MSC.Nastran and will evaluate whether to further increase
the license in the future.  MSC.Nastran 2004 is the world's leading simulation
and finite element analysis (FEA) product used by manufacturers around the
world to simulate loads and stresses on mechanical systems and components.

"When we brought MSC.Nastran 2004 to market last year, we knew that our
development efforts based upon customer feedback had resulted in a simulation
product years ahead of anything else on the market," said Frank Perna, chairman
and chief executive officer of MSC.Software.  "The simulation software market,
and PLM market at large, is very competitive, but MSC.Software wins deals
because we have the deepest, broadest software product portfolio and a
dedicated services and support team to satisfy our customers. We look forward
to continuing our close work with Toyota engineers in Japan and around the
world."

Toyota is a long time customer of MSC.Software and currently utilizes a number
of MSC.Software products and services in their product development process
including MSC.Nastran, MSC.Patran, MSC.ADAMS and SimDesigner.

MSC.Nastran 2004 has gained rapid acceptance in the market since its release in
August of 2003.  Since its release, more than 1,000 customers have been
involved in onsite and offsite trainings and seminars to help them utilize the
new features and functions including the enhanced integration with other
MSC.Software products such as MSC.ADAMS for motion simulation and MSC.Marc for
nonlinear simulation.

For more information on MSC.Nastran 2004, please visit
http://www.mscnastran.com/.

About MSC.Software Corporation

MSC.Software (NYSE:MNS) is the leading global provider of virtual product
development tools that help 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 23 countries.  For
additional information about MSC.Software please visit
http://www.mscsoftware.com/. 

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