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ACTIFY CALLS FOR WORLDWIDE ENTRIES FOR 3D MODEL COMPETITION

Contest Honors Best Use of Actify's Suite of Products for 3D Modeling

San Francisco, Calif- September 20, 2005 - Actify Inc., the worldwide leader in digital design communication solutions, today announced a call for entries for its third annual 3D model competition. Contestants are judged on their best use of Actify's SpinFire Professional product line for 3D modeling. Nominations are now open and will close midnight January, 31 2006. Winners will be selected and announced in February, 2006. First prize winner will be awarded USD$1,000.00, second prize is USD$500.00 and third prize is USD$250.00 in each of the six categories.

"Our goal in running this worldwide contest is to gain a better insight into how our customers are leveraging the power of 3D to create and communicate better design data and share best practices with others in the CAD community," said Randy Ochs, president and CEO of Actify. "As in previous years, models will be judged based on originality, creativity and real-world applicability across several vertical market segments."

Categories for this year's competition includes:

  • Best Overall Part
  • Best Overall Assembly
  • Best Use of the .3D WorkSpace
  • Best Automotive Part or Assembly
  • Best Aerospace Part or Assembly
  • Best Industrial Automation/Heavy Industry Part or Assembly

Participants can enter a 3D model in any or all of the above categories and in any CAD file format.

For further information about the contest, please visit www.actify.com/competition.

About Actify Inc.

Actify Inc. is a privately held, award-winning global leader of CAD visualization and digital design communication solutions with over 8,000 customer companies throughout the high technology, automotive,aerospace, industrial automation, and discrete manufacturing industries. Actify's Suite of Products provide the lowest total cost of ownership with the highest scalability across manufacturing industries and through their supply chains. The Actify SpinFire solution is sold through authorized distributors and Value Added Resellers in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. Actify is headquartered in San Francisco, California. For more information please visit www.actify.com or call 415.227.3800.

Product or service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners.

For further information please contact: pr@actify.com