Enhanced PCBNavigator Provides PADS2004 superior integration and ECO management

GAITHERSBURG, Maryland, March 6, 2004 - Precience, Inc., a leading developer of electronic design automation (EDA) design-for-supply-chain solutions, today announced a new integration that delivers streamlined integration support for Mentor PADS® 2004 layout software. Precience enhanced its PCBNavigator? integration solution to enable Orcad Capture Capture 10 users to design for the PADS2004 layout tool, defining routing constraints and managing engineering change orders (ECOs) bi-directionally.

About PCBNavigator 4.0 Suite Solution
The PCBNavigator 4.0 solution provides complete bi-directional integration between schematic capture tools and PADS layout tools. The design rule constraint spreadsheet editor enables rule passing for nets, pins, components and boards. Design integrity is maintained and synchronization with printed circuit board (PCB) ECOs (reference design, rules, etc.) is automated. ECOs can be easily read into Orcad CaptureCIS through automatic Swap file (.swp) generation.
PCBNavigator 4.0 software is integrated at the database level with schematic and target PCB systems. The user can select comp/net/pin in the schematic editors and appropriate rules are highlighted automatically in the PCBNavigator spreadsheet (dynamic cross-probing link). The solution automatically checks the PCB ECO file and reports items that can be back annotated to the schematic design.

Price and Availability
PCBNavigator 4.0 software is sold by Precience and through the company’s worldwide reseller network. The product is priced at $3,499.00 for a single floating seat and is available immediately. The product is available on Windows 98/NT/XP/2000. Interested users are encouraged to visit our Web site at www.preceience.com and request a 14 day money back guarantee evaluation.

About Precience, Inc.
Precience is a leading worldwide developer of EDA design-for-supply-chain integration technology and component lifecycle management products including PCBNavigator 4.0, Obsolescence Manager, and PartNavigator. Precience is a privately held company established in 1995 with corporate headquarters at 201 Perry Parkway, Suite 1, and Maryland, 20866. To learn more about Precience and its products, please visit the Precience Web site at www.precience.com. For further information contact Precience at (301) 421-9054, or via e-mail at info@precience.com.

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