Integration of APEX Visualization and Results Processing Technology Allows for Comprehensive viewing of Multi-Disciplinary Simulations

SANTA ANA, Calif. – May 14, 2007 - MSC.Software Corp. (NASDAQ: MSCS), the leading global provider of enterprise simulation solutions, today announced a signed agreement with Computational Engineering International (CEI), the world’s leader in visualization software for science and industry. Under this agreement, utilizing the Service Oriented Architecture of SimEnterprise, MSC.Software will integrate CEI’s advanced APEX visualization and results processing technology into MSC.Software’s recently-announced SimXpert product line. This technology will be delivered to customers as a part of the MSC SimEnterprise solutions.

“With our release of SimEnterprise, a Multi Discipline Enterprise platform, we are simulating some of the largest and most complex problems in manufacturing today. The ability to visualize these results accurately and quickly will be key to understanding, and predicting product performance and behavior,” said Doug Peterson, senior vice president for Product Development. “CEI’s APEX technology offers the most advanced and broadest visualization suite available today,” “We look forward to integrating this technology into SimXpert to provide our customers with the advanced visualization they need for enterprise simulation.”

“MSC.Software’s decision to integrate our APEX visualization framework is a compliment to CEI and a confirmation that we have achieved our goal of developing the world’s most advanced technology for the visualization of sophisticated simulation models and results,” said Dr. Anders Grimsrud, CEI’s chief technology officer. “We look forward to working with MSC for many years to come.”

MSC.Software will deliver SimXpert enhanced by CEI’s APEX technology in a forthcoming release this year. SimXpert, available immediately, is an advanced, next-generation multi-disciplinary CAE environment that provides comprehensive depth and functionality to speed system level simulations and allow companies to build, share, and execute best practices for simulation standardization throughout the enterprise.

About CEI CEI offers a complete suite of engineering and scientific visualization tools, from meshing to plotting to animation, on all major operating systems. The company’s products can be run on everything from laptops to workstations, clusters and supercomputers, with animations displayed in stereo and in immersive VR. CEI has corporate headquarters in Apex, N.C., and authorized distributors around the world

About MSC.Software Corporation MSC.Software (NASDAQ: MSCS) is the global leader of enterprise simulation solutions, that help companies make money, save time and reduce costs associated with designing and testing manufactured products. MSC.Software works with thousands of companies in hundreds of industries to develop better products faster by utilizing information technology, software, services and systems. MSC.Software employs more than 1100 people in 23 countries. For additional information about MSC.Software's products and services, please visit www.mscsoftware.com.

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