SAN RAFAEL, Calif., November 2005 – Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) and Rockwell Automation (NYSE: ROK), a global industrial automation solutions company announce that Autodesk has been accepted into the Rockwell Automation Encompass Partner program. The partnership enables customers of Rockwell Automation who utilize the Allen-Bradley brand of products to reap significant value from using Autodesk Electrical, a leading AutoCAD-based electrical controls design application, fully interoperable with Autodesk’s other design applications. Autodesk continues its commitment to delivering technology that enables users to interact with 2D and 3D design information in the same environment.AutoCAD Electrical automates many tasks for electrical controls designers and provides an ideal path for designers who use AutoCAD to design control systems or generate critical reports such as a Bill of Materials by hand. As AutoCAD Electrical is part of the AutoCAD family of products, teams can be immediately productive using the intuitive, easy-to-use environment that is familiar to today’s engineers. AutoCAD Electrical contains libraries of Rockwell Automation components that allow users to easily specify Allen-Bradley product content directly from the included libraries into a design. This process automatically inserts the correct part number and product information into the Bill of Materials, enabling development teams to spend more time designing and getting products to market faster, preventing design errors and eliminating hours of labor-intensive data entry.Control Systems and Machine Builders Benefit from Drag-and-Drop Design Customers such as Tegron LLP and Osgood Industries (Osgood) depend on Autodesk and Rockwell Automation to produce control systems for their end customers. Tegron, a leading builder of control systems for manufacturing automation, adopted AutoCAD Electrical to automate a painstaking creation and review process, reducing design time by 50 percent and cutting errors by as much as 90 percent. Osgood makes machines that fill, package, lid, and seal food products, and has reduced both design time and corresponding development costs by 25 percent. Learn more about AutoCAD Electrical Visit Autodesk at the Automation Fair, November 16-17, 2006 at America's Center in St. Louis, Missouri. To learn more about AutoCAD Electrical, visit www.autodesk.com/autocadelectrical, or contact your local reseller. About the Encompass Program The Encompass Program is a product referencing program designed to identify, qualify, and jointly market third-party manufactured products that complement the breadth of world-class products developed by Rockwell Automation. Information on the Encompass program is available on the Web at www.rockwellautomation.com/encompass. About Rockwell Automation Rockwell Automation (NYSE: ROK), is a leading global provider of automation, power, control, and information systems and services that help manufacturers achieve a competitive advantage in their businesses. Headquartered in Milwaukee, Wis., the company employs about 21,000 people serving customers in more than 80 countries. Allen-Bradley and Automation Fair are trademarks of Rockwell Automation, Inc.About Autodesk Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) is wholly focused on ensuring that great ideas are turned into reality. With six million users, Autodesk is the world's leading software and services company for the building, manufacturing, infrastructure, digital media and wireless data services fields. Autodesk’s solutions help customers create, manage and share their data and digital assets more effectively. As a result, customers turn ideas into competitive advantage by becoming more productive, streamlining project efficiency and maximizing profits. Founded in 1982, Autodesk is headquartered in San Rafael, California. For additional information about Autodesk, please visit www.autodesk.com.
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