Autodesk Launches AutoCAD R13 Internet Publishing Kit; First Turn-key Publishing Solution For Design Delivers Quickstart Tools for Sharing Drawings on the Internet.CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 16, 1996--Autodesk (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :ADSK ADSK Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ stock symbol) ) today announced another first in Internet solutions, introducing the AutoCAD R13 Internet Publishing Kit that lets AutoCAD users quickly and easily publish and share drawings. Available in October, the AutoCAD R13 Internet Publishing Kit is the industry's first turnkey publishing solution that provides designers and drafters with everything they need to accurately publish, view, access and share files with AutoCAD Release 13 software. Part of Autodesk's Design Your World Online initiative, The AutoCAD R13 Internet Publishing Kit provides the tools necessary to author Web pages; author engineering content for distribution on the Net; author Web-based applications that integrate Java, JavaScript, and WHIP! plug-in components; create collaborative engineering Web sites; and send engineering documents and models over the Internet and in Intranets. "The AutoCAD R13 Internet Publishing Kit marks a key milestone in the evolution of the design industry," said Carol Bartz, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Autodesk. "For the first time, engineers, architects and designers have a turnkey publishing solution for harnessing the collaboration and communication power of the World Wide Web." The AutoCAD R13 Internet Publishing Kit software bundle includes: -- AutoCAD R13 Internet Utilities: Adds new functionality to AutoCAD Release 13c4 that adds features for embedding URLs within drawings and saving .DWG (filename extension) dwg - The filename extension for Autodesk drawing files. http://faqs.org/faqs/graphics/fileformats-faq/part3/. files in the web compressed DWF DWF Design Web Format DWF Digital Wedding Forum DWF Drawing Web Format DWF Dwarf DWF Divided We Fail (AARP campaign) DWF Divorced White Female DWF Department of Wildlife & Fisheries DWF Distant Water Fleet format. -- Netscape Gold 3.0: the latest version of Netscape's HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. publishing software. It includes Netscape Navigator An earlier Web browser for Windows, Macintosh and X Windows from Netscape that provided secure transmission over the Internet. Soon after its introduction in 1994, Navigator, or just "Netscape," as it was commonly called, quickly became the leading browser on the Web. 3.0, the latest version of Netscape's market-leading web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. . -- WHIP! Plug-In Version 1.0: a fully supported version for Netscape Navigator 3.0. New features include LiveConnect support and Drag & Drop functionality. -- QuickStart Webpages: Specialized templates created for the business-to-business needs of the Design Community. Developed jointly by Autodesk and Netscape. -- Special Offers: Special discount offers for ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. and other services. With a suggested retail price of $99, the AutoCAD R13 Internet Publishing Kit will be offered free to customers who purchase AutoCAD Release 13. Existing AutoCAD Release 13 customers may purchase the kit through January 31 for a special promotional price of $49. The AutoCAD R13 Internet Publishing Kit also works with Autodesk Mechanical Desktop 1.0, AutoCAD Map, and the new AEC AEC US Atomic Energy Commission Noun 1. AEC - a former executive agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States Atomic Energy Commission Professional Suite. The AutoCAD R13 Internet Publishing Kit lets users of the latest version of AutoCAD Release 13 (c4), publish their drawings in a new compressed file format, drawing web format (DWF), designed specifically for the Internet. The DWF file (Design Web Format) A highly compressed format for 2D and 3D drawings from Autodesk designed for distributing and viewing CAD drawings. Free software for creating DWF files from major CAD applications as well as viewing them is available from Autodesk (www.autodesk. format is a 32-bit, vector format In CAD and computer graphics, a vector format is used to represent the vector graphics on the screen. This approach was used earlier in the 1970s when cathode ray tubes would draw line segments representing edges of a BREP. for 2D graphics. Designed for detailed graphical data, such as professional design drawings, DWF files let users dynamically pan and zoom without accessing the server, reloading Reloading A term lenders commonly use to refer to the habits of borrowers taking out loans to repay the balance on other loans. Often reloading is done to take advantage of lower interest rates offered by other loans, and potential tax benefits. the file, or losing visual detail as with bitmap images. "Autodesk has long been a leader of PC-based design software," said Jim Barksdale, CEO of Netscape Communications Corp. "Now that publishing tools are available for AutoCAD Release 13, we expect the DWF file format to quickly be proposed as an Internet standard within the design and engineering communities." H.O.K., an award-winning global architectural firm, has already deployed the new technologies in a prototype website project to illustrate how design intent can be conveyed to clients and colleagues via the Internet. "Coordination among the relevant parties is one of the most time-consuming aspects of the design process," said Patrick MacLeamy, executive vice president of H.O.K. "We see the AutoCAD R13 Internet Publishing Kit technology as a strategic tool to streamline communications throughout the entire project cycle. In addition to saving time, we hope to reduce costs caused by incorrect or out-of-date information." The matters discussed in this news release contain forward looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. These include the timely development and acceptance of the new products discussed, the size of the market for AutoCAD R13 Internet Publishing Kit technology, the impact of competitive products and pricing, and the other risks detailed from time to time in Autodesk's SEC reports, including the report on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. filed in September 1996. Autodesk is the world's leading supplier of PC design software and PC multimedia tools. The company's 2D and 3D products and data management tools are used in many industries for architectural design, mechanical design, film and video producers, video/game developers and Web content developers. Its Kinetix division is the leader in PC-based 3D modeling and animation software, providing a full range of products for digital media and design professionals. The fourth largest PC software company in the world, Autodesk has three million customers in nearly 130 countries. Autodesk products are sold through Autodesk Systems Centers, Dealers and Distributors worldwide. For more information on Autodesk, please call 415/507-5000, type GO ADESK on CompuServe, or visit its World Wide Web site at http://www.autodesk.com. Kinetix can be reached by calling 800/879-4233 or through its World Wide Web site at http://www.ktx.com. Autodesk shares are traded on the Nasdaq national market under the symbol ADSK. -0- Note to Editors: Autodesk, the Autodesk logo, and AutoCAD are registered trademarks of Autodesk, Inc. CompuServe is a registered trademark of H & R Block. All other brand names, products names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders. CONTACT: Autodesk Inc. Garth Bradley, 415/507-6530 garth.bradley@autodesk.com |
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