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Product Development Platform Will Simulate and Optimize Design Performance for Autodesk Inventor Professional Customers -- ANSYS, Inc, a global innovator of simulation software and technologies designed to optimize product development processes, today announced it has enhanced its strategic global CAE partnership with Autodesk, Inc., the world's leading design software and digital content company. Autodesk will license ANSYS simulation technologies and package them as an integral part of the Autodesk Inventor Professional 9.0 product and future releases. Powered by ANSYS' part-level stress and resonant frequency simulation technologies, Autodesk Inventor Professional 9.0 will enable design engineers to create more cost-effective and robust designs, based on how the products function in the real world, by facilitating quick and easy "what-if" studies right within the software's graphical user interface. "Autodesk is proud to be working with an industry innovator like ANSYS," said Robert Kross, vice president of the Manufacturing Solutions Division at Autodesk. "This reinforces our commitment to deliver proven and robust technologies to manufacturers, in order to help them deliver better quality products and bring them to market faster. Inventor Pro 9.0 will make simulation (CAE) functionality available to a broader mechanical design community, while protecting customers' business investment by seamlessly integrating with other high-end ANSYS offerings. Our customers will surely benefit from this relationship." The total solution will help product development teams make more informed decisions earlier in the design process, allowing them to reduce costs and development time while designing better and more innovative products. "This new offering from Autodesk will be viewed very strategically by their customers. As they deploy simulation tools throughout their product design process, the Autodesk-ANSYS offering will be a key component to a customer's overall simulation strategy," said Mike Wheeler, vice president and general manager of the Mechanical Business Unit at ANSYS. "ANSYS is proud to be part of the design effort to create this next generation tool as part of our overall ANSYS Workbench development plan."