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MSC.Software Corp., the leading global provider of virtual product development (VPD) products including software and services, today announced that Toyota Motor Corporation has chosen MSC.Nastran in conjunction with a reconfiguration of computing resources. Under this agreement, the new licenses of MSC.Nastran will be used by Toyota engineers to solve vehicle and system engineering questions related to stress and noise, vibration and harshness (NVH). Toyota is currently running MSC.Nastran and will evaluate whether to further increase the license in the future. MSC.Nastran 2004 is the world's leading simulation and finite element analysis (FEA) product used by manufacturers around the world to simulate loads and stresses on mechanical systems and components. "When we brought MSC.Nastran 2004 to market last year, we knew that our development efforts based upon customer feedback had resulted in a simulation product years ahead of anything else on the market," said Frank Perna, chairman and chief executive officer of MSC.Software. "The simulation software market, and PLM market at large, is very competitive, but MSC.Software wins deals because we have the deepest, broadest software product portfolio and a dedicated services and support team to satisfy our customers. We look forward to continuing our close work with Toyota engineers in Japan and around the world." Toyota is a long time customer of MSC.Software and currently utilizes a number of MSC.Software products and services in their product development process including MSC.Nastran, MSC.Patran, MSC.ADAMS and SimDesigner. MSC.Nastran 2004 has gained rapid acceptance in the market since its release in August of 2003. Since its release, more than 1,000 customers have been involved in onsite and offsite trainings and seminars to help them utilize the new features and functions including the enhanced integration with other MSC.Software products such as MSC.ADAMS for motion simulation and MSC.Marc for nonlinear simulation. For more information on MSC.Nastran 2004, please visit http://www.mscnastran.com/.