GiveMePower Ships PowerCAD Pro 6; Next-Generation CAD Software Delivers Major Gains in Productivity and Compatibility for Design and Drafting Professionals.LAS VEGAS -- GiveMePower Corporation (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :GMPW), a leading provider of computer-aided design computer-aided design (CAD) or computer-aided design and drafting (CADD), form of automation that helps designers prepare drawings, specifications, parts lists, and other design-related elements using special graphics- and calculations-intensive (CAD) and graphics development software for Windows(R) mobile, wireless and desktop computing, today shipped PowerCAD(R) Pro 6, its next-generation CAD software optimized to save time and money for design and drafting professionals using Windows(R) desktop, laptop and XP tablet PC computers. Thousands of beta users around the world contributed to making PowerCAD Pro 6 smarter, faster and easier to use in the creation, management and sharing of 2 and 3-dimensional designs and drawings in industry-standard file formats. PowerCAD Pro 6 is ideal for architectural, engineering, construction, design, manufacturing, mapping and GIS professionals who are seeking to lower costs and improve productivity, while maintaining compatibility with their existing CAD systems. Featuring nearly 400 AutoCAD(R)-compatible design, drawing, customization and data exchange tools, PowerCAD Pro 6 is an affordable alternative or a complementary companion system to programs such as AutoCAD(R) by Autodesk, Inc. and MicroStation(R), by Bentley Systems, Inc., as well as other PowerCAD Anywhere(TM) mobile and desktop product family members. "The design and construction process has long needed a powerful, affordable and compatible solution that can be easily and confidently implemented alongside existing systems to improve profitability," said John Spencer, president of International Construction Data, Inc. of Keller, Texas. "PowerCAD Pro 6 is the right technology combined with the right experience - at the right price." PowerCAD Pro 6 is able to work directly with billions of existing drawings stored in industry-standard DWG (filename extension) dwg - The filename extension for Autodesk drawing files. http://faqs.org/faqs/graphics/fileformats-faq/part3/. (R) and DXF DXF - Drawing Exchange Format (R) file formats, with support for the latest R12 to R2005 formats. In addition to its extensive 2D and 3D design and customization capabilities, PowerCAD Pro 6 features a wide variety of unique productivity enhancing tools such as VoiceNOTE(TM) audio note keeping, digital photo management, inspection lists, freehand See Macromedia FreeHand. redlining Identifying text that has been changed in a word processing document by displaying it in a special color, for example. It allows the original author of the text or other users to see ongoing revisions. The term comes from manual editing where a red pen is used to mark up the pages. , unattended batch plotting, and direct publishing of email-ready 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 (R) (design web format) files for viewing and collaboration by others using the included and freely-distributable DWF viewer. PowerCAD Pro 6 System highlights include: Create, Manage and Share Results With Others - Create, edit and save results in AutoCAD(R) R12 through R2005 DWG(R) and DXF(R) file formats, allowing direct exchange of data with AutoCAD and other leading CAD systems. - Publish results in lightweight DWF(R) (design web format) format for emailing or posting over the Internet. - Collaborate with others using stand-alone, freely distributable DWF file viewer. - Ideal desktop, laptop or XP tablet companion for PowerCAD CE(TM) mobile/wireless handheld CAD systems. - New FxRAY(TM) (added cost) plug-in creates photo-realistic 3D renderings and animations for customer presentation. Faster Designs With Tighter Windows Integration - Optimized for high-speed operation on Windows 98, NT, 2000, ME, XP and XP tablet PCs. - New Microsoft-standard interface supports Object Linking and Embedding See OLE. (operating system) Object Linking and Embedding - (OLE) A distributed object system and protocol from Microsoft, also used on the Acorn Archimedes. OLE allows an editor to "farm out" part of a document to another editor and then reimport it. (OLE) and ActiveX(R) control, with in-place insertion and editing of objects such as Microsoft Word(R) and Excel(R) documents. - Intuitive and customizable user interface virtually eliminates the learning curve for AutoCAD-familiar operators, and reduces the learning curve for new users. - Faster drawing creation and editing with new grips and form-based property editing. - New EnterPOINT(TM) system speeds drawing creation, with "point-and-click" angle, distance and coordinate entry. - Create sophisticated designs with complex line types, leaders, tolerances, and other previously unsupported objects. - View, render and print 3D solids using the new Spatial Technologies' ACIS(R) solids viewing engine. New Project Management And Collaboration Tools - Enhanced VoiceNOTE(TM) audio note-keeping system allows users of any skill level to record and play back highly compressed, hands-free audio recordings, reducing errors and improving project team communications. - New inspection list feature allows creation of detailed inspection/task lists, with options to assign tasks, add VoiceNOTEs, "red flag" critical areas, and import tasks to and from popular text editing systems. - New digital signature stamp helps ensure the right person has signed off on project change requests. - Enhanced redline and markup tools lets managers and inspection personnel create clear and concise change requests. Unique Productivity Tools For Mobile Applications - New support for Leica DISTO DISTO Defense Industrial Security Education & Training Office (TM) or Hilti PC 25/28 portable laser measuring devices facilitates on-site creation of as-built floor plans using a laptop or XP tablet PC. Also available for Windows CE Pocket PCs and handheld PCs. - Enhanced digital image support allows instant insertion and management of digital inspection photos and raster images. Supports popular formats, including BMP (1) (BitMaP) Also known as a "bump" file, it is the native, bitmapped graphics format in Windows. A BMP can be saved in several color options: 1-, 4-, 8- and 24-bit color provide 2, 16, 256 and 16,000,000 colors respectively. BMP files use the .BMP or . , PNG (Portable Network Graphics) A bitmapped graphics file format endorsed by the World Wide Web Consortium. It is expected to eventually replace the GIF format, because there are lingering legal problems with GIFs. , JPG See JPEG. jpg - JPEG , RLC RLC Residual lung capacity and TIF TIF Tagged Image File (file name extension) TIF Tax Increment Financing TIF Temporary Internet Files TIF Transport Innovation Fund (UK) TIF Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund (including GeoTIFF). New Customization and Programming Features For Power Users - New Visual Dialog, Menu and 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 Editor (DME (Distributed Management Environment) A network monitoring and control protocol defined by the Open Software Foundation (now The Open Group). DME was not widely used. DME - Distributed Management Environment (TM) 2) lets users customize PowerCAD Pro any way they like. No programming experience required. - New Lisp, C++ and Delphi application programming interfaces (APIs) feature dozens of new and powerful programming extensions, with a completely new open-architecture design which allows programmers to create custom applications and system extensions in a multi-threaded, ActiveX environment. - Familiar environment for AutoCAD programmers and 3rd party application developers. On sale for $595, PowerCAD Pro 6 is part of GiveMePower's complete family of CAD Anywhere(TM) 2D and 3D design, viewing and mobile/wireless collaboration solutions - each designed to save time and money in the office, in the field, or on the shop floor. PowerCAD Pro 6 is immediately available for purchase or free 30-day trial through a network of authorized PowerCAD resellers, by calling 1-888-97-POWER, or by visiting the company's website at www.givemepower.com. About GiveMePower Corporation GiveMePower develops, markets, and supports affordable, high-performance mobile, wireless and desktop graphics software for end-users and OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and business partners involved in design, engineering, construction, manufacturing, mapping and related industries. A Microsoft Mobile Solutions and Windows(R) Embedded Partner, an Intel(R) PCA (tool, programming) PCA - A dynamic analyser from DEC giving information on run-time performance and code use. Developer Network member and an IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) Business Partner, GiveMePower is the first company to offer full-featured 2 and 3-dimensional, AutoCAD(R)-compatible design and digital blueprint processing for Windows(R) desktop, laptop and XP tablet PCs, as well as the latest mobile and wireless Windows CE(R), Windows CE. NET(R) and Windows Mobile(TM) equipped Pocket PCs, Pocket PC cell phones, Smartphones, tablet PC's, handheld PC's and industry specific devices. For more information, call 1-888-97-POWER or visit www.givemepower.com. All trademarks property of their respective owners. Copyright (C)2004 GiveMePower Corporation. All rights reserved. With the exception of historical information, the matters discussed in this press release are "forward looking" statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. The actual future results of the Company could differ from those statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, the continued demand for the Company's products and services, worldwide economic conditions, changes in governmental regulations and policies, the emergence of competitive products and services, unforeseen technical issues and those risk factors contained in the Company's filings with the SEC. |
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