Leading Autodesk Software Development Partners Introduce More than Fifty Add-On Applications for AutoCAD 2004.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers 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)--March 25, 2003 Four Global Partners Developed Applications that are Immediately Available: COADE, Inc., ARCHIBUS, Inc., CYCO CYCO Cycle Code Software, and VIA Development Corporation Autodesk (Autodesk, Inc., San Rafael, CA, www.autodesk.com) A leading provider of computer-aided design (CAD) software, founded in 1982. It introduced AutoCAD in its first year, and three years later, became the first PC CAD company to go public. , Inc. (Nasdaq:ADSK ADSK Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ stock symbol) ), the world's leading design software and digital content company, today announced that more than 30 authorized au·thor·ize tr.v. au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing, au·thor·iz·es 1. To grant authority or power to. 2. To give permission for; sanction: partners have released or will soon be releasing 50 highly customized software See custom software. applications that run on the AutoCAD 2004 foundation. These industry-leading AutoCAD 2004 add-on A purchase of additional goods before payment is made for goods already purchased. An add-on may be covered by a clause in an installment payment contract that allows the seller to hold a security interest in the earlier goods until full payment is made on the later goods. applications meet the specialized spe·cial·ize v. spe·cial·ized, spe·cial·iz·ing, spe·cial·iz·es v.intr. 1. To pursue a special activity, occupation, or field of study. 2. needs of customers in a number of markets, enabling customers worldwide to design with greater speed and efficiency. "In record time, our software development partners have taken the impressive performance and new features of AutoCAD 2004, and contributed to them to deliver major advancements in the specialized solutions they deliver to our joint customers," said John Sanders John Sanders is the name of
Hundreds of thousands of Autodesk's five million customers use add-on software with their Autodesk(R) products, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. an Autodesk 2002 International Customer Survey. To ensure that applications built on the new AutoCAD 2004 platform were available to customers without lag, software development partners from around the world worked hand-in-hand with Autodesk to distribute their applications within one month of the AutoCAD 2004 shipping date. These add-on applications were released simultaneously with AutoCAD 2004 on March 17. COADE shipped its flagship suite of applications, CADWorx, for the specialized design needs of the chemical, power, utility, food, and pharmaceutical industries; ARCHIBUS, Inc. shipped ARCHIBUS/FM for infrastructure and facilities management The management of a user's computer installation by an outside organization. All operations including systems, programming and the datacenter can be performed by the facilities management organization on the user's premises. ; CYCO Software shipped AutoManager Meridian Meridian (mərĭd`ēən), city (1990 pop. 41,036), seat of Lauderdale co., E Miss., near the Ala. line; settled 1831, inc. 1860. for the engineering document management; and VIA Development Corporation developed VIA WD for electrical design, which will become a part of the Autodesk solution set in the coming weeks. Thomas (language) Thomas - A language compatible with the language Dylan(TM). Thomas is NOT Dylan(TM). The first public release of a translator to Scheme by Matt Birkholz, Jim Miller, and Ron Weiss, written at Digital Equipment Corporation's Cambridge Research Laboratory runs Van Laan, president of COADE, believes that the improvements offered in AutoCAD 2004 are exactly the features his customers in the plant design industry have been asking for. "Our customers will love this new version of AutoCAD, as they are always concerned with speed, size, and how to manage it," said Van Laan. "For example, we've found that a 22 megabyte One million bytes, or more precisely 1,048,576 bytes. Also MB, Mbyte and M-byte. See mega and space/time. (unit) megabyte - (MB, colloquially "meg") 2^20 = 1,048,576 bytes = 1024 kilobytes. 1024 megabytes are one gigabyte. project created under our flagship application -- CADWorx -- is reduced to less than six megabytes on AutoCAD 2004 -- a project file size reduction of more than 70 percent." The second wave of AutoCAD 2004-based applications are scheduled to be introduced by the following Autodesk software development partners within the next few weeks: AC Plant Austria ACERI S.A. Spain Alphatech Japan C.A.D ltd. Japan Cadpoint AB Sweden Chuden Computer Service Co.,LTD Japan COSPEC INFORMATION CO., LTD Korea Digital Dream Research Software Korea Eagle Point USA ECT USA EDS-PLM USA Elektro-CAE-Software GmbH Germany EMT Software/CADalog.com USA Facility Information Systems USA Imao Japan IT Frontier Japan KIWI Software GmbH Germany Korea CIM, Ltd. Korea Kozo Keikaku Engineering (KKE) Japan Kubota Japan Linetek System Co., Ltd. Korea Mensch und Maschine Software AG Germany Mighty Net Japan Nichizo Ariake Design Japan Peopleware Co., Ltd Korea Robert McNeel & Associates USA Salesoft CAD Solutions New Zealand SOFiSTiK AG Germany SRD Japan Sumitem Japan Toyobo Engineering Japan Trion Japan ViaNova IT AS Norway Wacom Technology Japan In addition to these Autodesk software partners, hundreds of other software developers are developing and releasing products that are compatible with and take advantage of the speed, collaboration Working together on a project. See collaborative software. , and management enhancements in AutoCAD 2004 software. There are already more than 300 add-on applications available for AutoCAD 2004. For a current list of AutoCAD 2004-compatible applications see http://www.autodesk.com/partnerproducts. About Autodesk Autodesk is the world's leading design software and digital content company, offering customers progressive business solutions through powerful technology products and services. Autodesk helps customers in the building, manufacturing, infrastructure, digital media, and wireless data services fields increase the value of their digital design data and improve efficiencies across their entire project lifecycle management processes. Autodesk and AutoCAD are registered trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., in the USA and/or other countries. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders. |
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