Autodesk Mechanical Desktop 1.1 Ships.SAN RAFAEL San Rafael (săn rəfĕl`), residential city (1990 pop. 48,404), seat of Marin co., W Calif., a suburb of San Francisco on the northern shore of San Francisco Bay; inc. 1913. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 27, 1996--Building on its strong momentum in the mechanical market, Autodesk today shipped an enhanced version of its award-winning Autodesk Mechanical Desktop software package. Autodesk Mechanical Desktop 1.1 includes 3D graphics visualization capabilities, a new Mechanical Application Programming Interface and several other customer requested enhancements. "The Autodesk Mechanical Desktop has carved a solid position as the price-performance leader in design though manufacturing applications, based on the product's strengths, its comprehensive API (Application Programming Interface) A language and message format used by an application program to communicate with the operating system or some other control program such as a database management system (DBMS) or communications protocol. and the breadth of additional functionality available through our strategic MAI MAI Mail (File Name Extension) MAI Multilateral Agreement on Investment MAI Maius (Latin: May) MAI Ministerul Administratiei si Internelor (Romanian) partners," said Dominic Gallello, vice president of Autodesk's Mechanical Market Group. "I have every expectation that our record sales in the mechanical marketplace will continue following today's announcement, which shows how closely we are listening to our customers." Autodesk Mechanical Desktop 1.1 incorporates Desktop View, a new functionality licensed from AccelGraphics for 3D graphic visualization, including the ability to dynamically rotate, pan, or zoom a rendered model or hidden line model. The existing toolbar A row or column of on-screen buttons used to activate functions in the application. Many toolbars are customizable, letting you add and delete buttons as required. Toolbars may be fixed in position or may float, which means they can be dragged to a more convenient location in the and menu have been redesigned to include Desktop View commands, and online help is available. The new release of the Autodesk Mechanical Desktop also includes improvements in the accuracy of precise hidden line removal for parts and components, and improved part modeling, surface modeling and drawing management. Autodesk Mechanical Desktop 1.1 also features smoothing and silhouette silhouette (sĭl'  ĕt`), outline image, especially a profile drawing solidly filled in or a cutout pasted against a lighter background. improvements as well as refinements in the ability to trim and display circles and arc segments in drawing views. In addition, a new Mechanical Application Programming Interface has been added and is already being used by Autodesk's Mechanical Applications Initiative (MAI) partners to develop world-class, third-party applications that make Mechanical Desktop a complete design-through-manufacturing solution. Shipped last March, the Autodesk Mechanical Desktop is a tightly integrated software Separate software components or applications that have been combined into one package. See integrated software package. application which unites advanced 2D and 3D design capabilities including: feature-based, parametric solid and surface modeling, comprehensive assembly modeling, 2D design/drafting and bi-directional associative as·so·ci·a·tive adj. 1. Of, characterized by, resulting from, or causing association. 2. Mathematics Independent of the grouping of elements. drafting. The new software -- in combination with programs developed by more than a dozen industry-leading partners in the most important mechanical market segments -- provides complete design-through-manufacturing solutions for Autodesk customers. The Autodesk Mechanical Desktop 1.1 has a multi-platform license which includes MS-DOS MS-DOS in full Microsoft Disk Operating System Operating system for personal computers. MS-DOS was based on DOS, developed in 1980 by Seattle Computer Products. Microsoft Corp. bought the rights to DOS in 1981, and released MS-DOS with IBM's PC that year. , Microsoft's Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. , Windows 3.1 and Windows 95. Autodesk is expected to ship the Mechanical Desktop 1.1 in Chinese, French, Italian, German, Korean, Japanese and Spanish in the near future. The English version of Autodesk Mechanical Desktop 1.1 is available in the U.S. at a suggested retail price of $6,250. Customers who already have purchased AutoCAD Release 13 may upgrade to the Mechanical Desktop for a suggested retail price of U.S. $2,750. Autodesk Mechanical Desktop 1.1 is available as a free upgrade for existing Mechanical Desktop customers. The Mechanical Desktop has a multi-platform license that includes Microsoft's DOS, Windows NT, Windows 3.1 and Windows 95. For more information on Autodesk, please call 415/507-5000, type GO ADESK on CompuServe, or log-in with a World Wide 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. at http://www.autodesk.com. Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this news release are 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 new products, 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 April 1996. Autodesk is the world's leading supplier of PC design software and multimedia tools. The company's 2D and 3D products and data management tools are used in many industries for architectural design This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. Please help Wikipedia by adding references. See the for details. This article has been tagged since September 2007. , mechanical design, mapping, film and video production, video game development and Web content development. 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 ADSK Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ stock symbol) . CONTACT: Autodesk, Inc. Garth Bradley, 415/507-6530 garth.bradley@autodesk.com |
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