"By now it must be quite clear to industry that Bentley has an aggressive strategy aimed at making sure users of our technology have access to the best tools in industry," says Tex van Deventer, managing director of Bentley Systems South Africa. "Following on our purchase of the InRoads series last year and the MX series this year, we are happy to announce that STAAD, an analysis tool of note, now integrates with MicroStation."

Commenting on the development, Amrit Das, chairman and CEO of netGuru said, "Our engineers worked diligently during the past year and have developed what we believe is the first open-ended, fully customisable structural analysis environment. STAAD.Pro 2003 allows our larger and more advanced users to seamlessly integrate STAAD with in-house or other third-party applications like MicroStation or Excel."

STAAD.Pro structural analysis and design software was developed by practising engineers for practising engineers around the globe. It has evolved over 20 years and is constantly guided by a premier industry-based steering committee. It is also the only structural analysis and design software whose maker meets the rigid requirements of ISO 9001 certification. Development, maintenance, and support are all based upon the highest quality standards.

STAAD.Pro features a state-of-the-art user interface, visualisation tools, powerful analysis and design engines with advanced finite element and dynamic analysis capabilities.

For more information contact Bentley on 011 462 5811.