Public Voting Begins for Grand Prize Winner in VectorWorks Design Competition

The landscape category winner entered by Thomas Wollenburg, Neidersachen, Germany

Columbia, Maryland (June 21, 2005)- Finishing the initial round of public voting in its VectorWorks International Artistic and Sketch Rendering Design Competition, Nemetschek North America announced that the second round of online voting begins today to determine the grand prize winner. Nemetschek North America also congratulates the category winners chosen by their peers through the online voting system on the company’s website.

Voting for the grand prize winner will end on June 27th and the winner will be announced June 30th. The grand prize is an ENCAD T200+ plotter. Each of the category winners will receive a Hewlett Packard DesignJet 110 Plus Thermal Inkjet printer. To vote for the grand prize winner, visit, www.nemetschek.net/sketch/vote.php

“We would like to congratulate all of our winners as well as to thank all of our users that submitted their designs,” said Stewart Rom, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Nemetschek North America. “We received some very impressive entries from all over the world and it is exciting to see how our users have embraced the new artistic and sketch rendering technologies.”

The finalists in the six categories are: Building/Architecture:

• Luis Ruiz, USA
• Landscape Design: Thomas Wollenburg, Neidersachen, Germany
• Lighting/Set Design: George Jackson, USA
• Mechanical Design: Nick Rypkema, Australia
• General Design: Jim Woodward, USA
• Educational Design: Tom Wollenburg, Germany