Stratasys Adds Software for Streamlining Jig and Fixture Creation

Software to improve efficiency of rapid tooling applications by
simplifying file preparation and automating previously complex tasks
while maintaining design intent through direct import of the original
CAD file

MINNEAPOLIS & REHOVOT, Israel–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Stratasys
(Nasdaq: SSYS), a global leader in additive technology solutions, today
announced it is seeking beta customers for a new software designed
specifically to improve the Stratasys Additive Manufacturing solution
for the production of jigs, fixtures, and other manufacturing tooling.

This new software component — called Jigs and Fixtures for GrabCAD
Print — simplifies and automates print preparation for rapid tooling
applications. This addition to the company’s solutions for rapid tooling
further enhances the use of Stratasys’ robust industrial hardware and
materials for creating Jigs & Fixtures on the factory floor.

Stratasys FDM Technology is used extensively for rapid tooling
applications across industries. Companies from the Team Penske race team
to consumer vacuum maker, Oreck, use FDM to accelerate the production of
fit-for-purpose jigs and fixtures to reduce cost and repetitive stress
injury, while improving cycle time and production flexibility. The new
software will help industry streamline operations and improve efficiency
for jig and fixture creation.

Offered through GrabCAD Print, the software embeds application
expertise, automates several complicated and time-consuming processing
steps, and eliminates the need for multiple programs within the workflow.

Jigs and Fixtures for GrabCAD Print expands upon the capabilities
offered in Stratasys Insight to streamline the toolpath planning
process; increasing ease of use, reducing time and costs to create jig
and fixture parts, and maximizing the value for Stratasys’ Additive
Manufacturing solutions.

By accepting native CAD designs, the part’s original design intent is
maintained. This eliminates the need for users to convert their CAD
design to an STL file, which can result in key information being lost
during translation.

With Jigs and Fixtures for GrabCAD Print, Stratasys offers tooling
designers and manufacturing engineers a streamlined design-to-part
workflow and a user-friendly path between tooling CAD design and
additive manufacturing.

The solution is designed to offer the following benefits:

• Eliminates extensive design and processing knowledge as a barrier to
  implementation, opening up jig and fixture CAD design to more users,
  even first-time designers.

• Saves time and eliminates unnecessary iteration during the design and
  processing phase.

• Eliminates the need for formal software training because it’s simple
  and intuitive to learn.
• Eliminates need for third-party software, including STL-file fixing
  applications, due to its ability to accept native CAD designs.
• Enables tooling designers to easily leverage the design freedom
  potential in FDM technology.
• Simplifies workflow by automating key CAD functionalities used for
  jigs and fixtures design, such as auto-generating toolpath
  instructions, and it significantly reduces tedious file preparation
  tasks.

The Jigs and Fixtures for GrabCAD Print software is targeted to
manufacturing engineers, tooling designers, and production managers, as
well as service bureau programmers, executives, and owners.

To learn more about the Stratasys Jigs and Fixtures for GrabCAD Print
solution, visit www.Stratasys.com/tooling.

Beta Program

Those using Stratasys 3D Printers for jig and fixture or manufacturing
aids production and would like to participate in the beta software
program may contact Stratasys at: Info.grabcad.com/beta,
and select “Jigs & Fixtures” when completing the registration form.

Stratasys is a global leader in applied additive technology
solutions for industries including Aerospace, Automotive, Healthcare,
Consumer Products and Education. For nearly 30 years, a deep and ongoing
focus on customers’ business requirements has fueled purposeful
innovations — 1,200 granted and pending additive technology patents to
date — that create new value across product lifecycle processes, from
design prototypes to manufacturing tools and final production parts. The
Stratasys 3D printing ecosystem of solutions and expertise — advanced
materials; software with voxel level control; precise, repeatable and
reliable FDM and PolyJet 3D printers; application-based expert services;
on-demand parts and industry-defining partnerships — works to ensure
seamless integration into each customer’s evolving workflow. Fulfilling
the real-world potential of additive, Stratasys delivers breakthrough
industry-specific applications that accelerate business processes,
optimize value chains and drive business performance improvements for
thousands of future-ready leaders. Corporate headquarters: Minneapolis,
Minnesota and Rehovot, Israel. Online at: www.stratasys.com,
http://blog.stratasys.com and
LinkedIn.

FDM and Stratasys are registered trademarks, and FDM Technology, Jigs
and Fixtures for GrabCAD Print and the Stratasys signet are trademarks
of Stratasys Ltd. and/or its subsidiaries or affiliates. All other
trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

The statements in this press release relating to Stratasys’ beliefs
regarding the benefits consumers will experience from the Jigs and
Fixtures for GrabCAD Print software, Stratasys’ and expectation on the
timing of shipping the Jigs and Fixtures for GrabCAD Print software, are
forward-looking statements reflecting management's current expectations
and beliefs. These forward-looking statements are based on current
information that is, by its nature, subject to rapid and even abrupt
change. Due to risks and uncertainties associated with Stratasys'
business, actual results could differ materially from those projected or
implied by these forward-looking statements. These risks and
uncertainties include, but are not limited to: the risk that consumers
will not perceive the benefits of the Jigs and Fixtures for GrabCAD
Print software to be the same as Stratasys does; the risk that
unforeseen technical difficulties will delay the shipping of the Jigs
and Fixtures for GrabCAD Print software and other risk factors set forth
under the caption “Risk Factors” in Stratasys' most recent Annual Report
on Form 20-F, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on
February 28, 2018. Stratasys is under no obligation (and expressly
disclaims any obligation) to update or alter its forward-looking
statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or
otherwise, except as otherwise required by the rules and regulations of
the SEC.

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