9 April 2008: Planit is pleased to announce that Edgecam 12.5, the latest version of its market-leading CAM system for NC part programming, manufacturing and production engineering, has been certified by Autodesk for its Inventor 2009 CAD software.

Full associativity between the two programs ensures that when design modifications or deletions are made, Edgecam automatically regenerates the NC code to reflect the changes.  In this way, true data integrity is assured, eliminating any loss of data and preventing downtime - even in the case of last minute changes.

Edgecam 12.5 offers a wealth of new features and functionality including a greater capacity to store intelligence in the CAD model, which in turn, significantly improves automation of the CAM process.

This new release, in conjunction with Autodesk Inventor 2009 offers unparalleled ease of use and sophisticated toolpath generation.  Individual parts and assemblies can be loaded directly into Edgecam from Autodesk Inventor and all changes are integrated and updated automatically, resulting in significant time savings in programming time.

"Edgecam 12.5 is highly intelligent and provides improved data management, leading to efficient manufacturing processes," continues Lee.  "Compatibility with the latest technology has, and will always be, fundamental to the development philosophy of Edgecam.  Our certification with Autodesk Inventor 2009 confirms this."

This certification reinforces Planit Holdings' aim of focusing on its core activities and becoming global market leader in the provision of CAD/CAM solutions to the manufacturing industry.  The rebranding of Edgecam, Jobshop and Radan creates a stronger link between the three entities as one leading, global business offering a range of complementary products.

About Edgecam

Edgecam, a market leading computer aided manufacturing (CAM) system for NC part programming, offers a complete solution for milling, turning and mill/turn programming with unparalleled ease of use and sophisticated toolpath generation.  Edgecam is a principal brand of the Planit group - recently ranked by CIMdata as the world's fastest growing CAM vendor, with most industrial users.  For further information visit: www.edgecam.com

Planit serves customers throughout the world with design and manufacturing software solutions (CAD/CAM) for metalworking, woodworking and stone-cutting industries.  It is the world's largest supplier with more than 85,000 industrial seats installed at thousands of customer sites around the world.  The company provides its customers with products and services that enable them to improve the productivity of their machine tools, shorten design and manufacturing time, optimise material usage and deliver high quality goods and services to their customers.  Leading Planit brands are Alphacam, Cabinet Vision, Cabnetware, Edgecam, Jobshop and Radan.  For additional information visit www.planit.com