Computer-aided design company Bentley Systems Inc, based in Exton, Pennsylvania, is offering a bunch of desktop mechanical design automation packages for use with its MicroStation Modeler II, including Cosmos/Designer II solid modelling and analysis system from Structural Research & Analysis Corp; Draft-Pak Mechanical dimensioning software and Draft-Pak Bill of Materials formatting software from Baystate Technologies Inc; Adams/MS Motion and Adams/MS Mechanisms kinematic motion simulator software from Mechanical Dynamics Inc; and Esprit/MS PowerFold sheetware and metal design software from DP Technology Inc. Bentley is integrating and will sell the packages (with the exception of Cosmos/Designer) for use in its MechanicalSpace design environment beginning next quarter. Cosmos will be sold by Structural Research & Analysis Corp for $7,500. Bentley has also upgraded its MicroStation Modeler solid modeler for mechanical design to have full access to MechanicalSpace. Version II runs under Unix, Windows NT and Windows and is priced at $5,370. Upgrades sell for from $1,650.
