ProgeSOFT

progeSOFT chooses the LifeGate’s clean energy

Como, 18 April 2008, progeSOFT, leader in low cost CAD solutions, has jointed to the LifeGate®’s Renewable Energy, choosing to consume in its establishment a 100% renewable energy. The choice to pass to the renewable sources represents for progeSOFT a considerable engagement in favour of environmental protection and a sincere  wish  to make their own activities less harmful for the ecological system. 

Till now about 90 percent of all the electric energy produced in the world  derives from the conventional sources of energy (oil, coal, gas…). These substances are not only the main source of atmospheric pollution but also sooner or later they tend to exhaust their deposits. 

progeSOFT will avoid  with the LifeGate® Renewable Energy the emission of 18.6 tons of CO2 per year and the combustion of 56 barrels of oil. 

"It is an honor for progeSOFT to participate in the LifeGate® project", declared Dino Spatafora, sales director for Italy, "in our modest position we should assume a duty of improving our habits of energy consumption because the renewable sources do not exhaust themselves and have a natural characteristic of an eternal renewal." 

progeSOFT (www.progesoft.it): 
progeSOFT, a software house, that has been specializing in the development and distribution of the CAD (Computer Aided Design) software for more than 20 years. It’s a founding member of the ITC (IntelliCAD Technology Consortium) and it enters in the ITC executive committee. 

LifeGate (www.lifegate.it): 
LifeGate, a platform, network and advisor for sustainable development, promotes a new lifestyle and an economic model “people planet profit”. The LifeGate’s division on renewable energy is an only Italian exclusive supplier of clean energy, recognized by the Authority.

рrogeSOFT has localized progeCAD 2008 Professional for Russia!

Cоmо, Italy, March 31, 2008 - today рrogeSOFT announced the release of the progeCAD Russian version. Now progeCAD 2008 Professional is also available in the Russian language!

progeCAD is a generic 2D/3D CAD with a DWG native format. The software is unique due to its compatibility with AutoCAD and supports AutoCAD files from the version 2.5 to 2008. ProgeCAD has similar look and feel with AutoCAD, but costs only the tenth part of the popular CAD software. And now the progeCAD software has been localized for Russia!

Beside the traditional features available in AutoCAD LT, progeCAD users get a number of remarkable functions belonging exclusively to the software and directed to provide its greater efficiency. From now on these feutures can be appreciated by the Russian users in their own language! Among these exclusive progeCAD features: an opportunity to use the programming languages VB, VBA, C ++ and Lisp, PDF and JPG printing, PDF to DWG convert, visualization and editing of Acis Solids, an ALE module to insert graphic symbols in the drawings, counting over 10.000 electrical, mechanical and interior blocks, O2C export and many others.

It is possible to download a fully functional  30-day trial version of the Russian progeCAD 2008 Professional on the Russian page of the manufacturer’s website: www.progesoft.com/rus_index.html.

"For progeSOFT the year 2007 was marked by its entering onto the Russian market. In 2008 the company has taken a decisive step forward approaching the Russian CAD user. Now Russian users can estimate the progeCAD software at its true worth in their native language as well ", has commented Damiano Croci, progeSOFT overseas sales director.

About рrogeSOFT 

рrogeSOFT, Como, Italy has been specializing in CAD for over 20 years. The company is a founding member of the IntelliCAD Technology Consortium Board of Directors. The progeCAD software is used successfully in Europe both by personal users and large corporations such as PIRELLI, SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC, ABB Group etc.

progeCAD Smart! the free CAD forum has fallen victim to hackers.

25 March 2008 morning the website usual content of the smart! forum (http://support.progesoft.com/smart)  was replaced by an image claiming the action to be carried out by the Keravnos group.

The hacked material was quickly removed from the site, that meant the visitors managed to access the forum once again

progeCAD 2008 Smart!, powered by the most recent IntelliCAD engine, is derived directly from the professional versions of progeCAD, and maintains all the base functionality of its outstanding parents for free.
Not only progeCAD 2008 Smart! is free, but it is also related to a charitable initiative in favour of Doctors Without Borders for the Darfur.

"Who could be interested in attacking a website promoting free software and linked to charity initiatives?
I hope it is a problem of an error in estimation made by that unknown group presuming themselves 'Hacker'.
We also know many prankster hackers and computer vandals who used software tools and regularly probed the defences of websites to see if they suffer well-known vulnerabilities. This experience will help us to improve security " said Damiano Croci, Smart! responsible for progeSOFT

progeSOFT website is back and intact again! Normal services are resumed!

iCADsales.com Releases ProgeARCH, Architectural Software for progeCAD

Portland, OR, USA – March 30, 2008 – iCADsales.com announces ProgeARCH, Architectural Software for progeCAD IntelliCAD.

iCADsales.com is offering a free evaluation download of ProgeARCH,running in combination with the ProgeCAD 2008 Professional CAD software,also available for evaluation download.

ProgeARCH's thoughtfully implemented features help turn your best ideas into fully-documented and detailed designs. Quickly draw essential elements such as walls, windows, doors, roofs, stairways, and structural grids, using ProgeARCH's library of standard objects.

ProgeARCH also features dozens of handy utilities to speed 2D production drafting.

ProgeARCH offers demonstrable benefits to your architectural practice that improve the quality of your work while reducing costs. You'll find progeARCH to be the fastest, most affordable way to increase your productivity.

Key Features:

      - Walls, doors, windows and stairs
      - Bathroom Layout Routines
      - Layer management - Implement AIA layering conventions, or use your own unique system.
      - Room, Door, Window, and Bill of Material Schedules
      - Automatic tags
      - Electrical and Lighting Symbols
      - Time-saving utilities, including parking layout, sections and elevations, ceiling plan, curved and spiral stairs, and much more

ProgeARCH supports the DWG standard file format, easily transportable to AutoCAD applications, allowing seamless compatibility of documents with vendors and partners.

About iCADSales.com

iCADSales.com, provides a central location for IntelliCAD Computer Aided Design Software Downloads, Books, Tutorials, Discussions, and also sponsors a CAD Industry news aggregator.

ProgeCAD is either a registered trademark or trademark of ProgeSOFT, in the USA and/or other countries. IntelliCAD is either a registered trademark or trademark of the IntelliCAD Technology Consortium in the USA and/or other countries. AutoCAD and AutoLISP are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., in the USA and/or other countries. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders.

Contact Information:
iCADsales.com
12042 SE Sunnyside Rd. Suite. 591
Clackamas, OR 97015
Email: press@icadsales.com
800-975-iCAD

progeCAM 2008 CAD CAM CNC Software Released by CADDIT.net

Sydney Australia, March 25 2008 – CADDIT announced the world-wide release of their newest IntelliCAD integration project, progeCAM CNC 2008. progeCAM bundles two key long-standing packages: progeCAD 2008 Standard and Dolphin PartMaster CNC. Engineers move from CAD to CAM using a special IntelliCAD module from CADDIT that seamlessly combines the two powerful applications at one special price.

progeCAM is one complete software bundle for taking ideas from concept sketch to design, detailed drafting and final part CNC manufacturing. progeCAM seamlessly integrates two robust technologies, Dolphin PartMaster CNC and progeSOFT IntelliCAD. An integration module callable from within progeCAD's design interface allows users to select geometry and then choose whether that geometry requires preprocessing within CAM space before finally post processing the G-Code from PartMaster CAM required for actually cutting your design.

progeCAM comes in two major versions with several additional options. progeCAM Basic is an affordable entry-level 2D mini milling package suitable for hobby CNC, table routers, woodworking and more. Serious manufacturers should try progeCAM Professional. progeCAM Professional offers four options: Mill, Lathe, Wire EDM or all three together. It offers maximum flexibility with 3D back plotting, toolpath macros, DNC functionality, custom post processors and other enhancements for machinists. All versions are stand alone solutions that do not require additional software. progeCAM Professional will only be available in Australia, New Zealand and surrounding region.

Many businesses require a low cost design solution that is fast, flexible and easy to use. progeCAM is ideal for wood working shops, metal and laser cutting for both domestic and industrial products. Some of these include furniture, OEM aftermarket automotive products, building maintenance and supply, electrical fittings, custom jig, test and fixture development and other custom manufacturing requirements.

Because progeCAM includes progeCAD, users also have complete AutoCAD® style drafting functionality and DWG 2008 compatibility with other modern CAD systems. This also allows users to take direct advantage of the millions of free downloadable AutoCAD® blocks for use in their CNC designs at a fraction of the normal cost. progeCAM couples as a documentation system with full ISO, DIN and ANSI drafting supporting XREFs and Microsoft OLE document embedding. progeCAM offers a free 30 day trial download on the progeCAM website.

All progeCAM users can choose additional options such as DNC Communications, Upgrades and support. progeCAM users truly enjoy the best of both worlds at minimal software cost: robust AutoCAD® DWG 2008 interface with industrial strength CNC software. progeCAM saves machinists' time by seamlessly linking the CAD and CAM aspects into one. progeCAM is available worldwide from CADDIT.net ( http://www.caddit.net ) and their certified resellers.

© CADDIT Pty Ltd Australia. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

progeCAD 2008 Smart! The Freeware DWG CAD Released

The most expected free CAD is finally arrived. Users will be able to read and write their 2007/2008 DWG at no cost and help us to support Doctors Without Borders for the Darfur.

Como, Italy (PRWEB) December 4, 2007 --After a long period of maturing the event of the year in the CAD world that has been so much looking forward to has finally arrived.

ProgeCAD 2008 Smart! is available for download at http://www.progesoft.com/smart/ . This is the long-awaited free successor to progeCAD LT 2006. Smart! is fully functional and powerful DWG based CAD software that is absolutely free for personal use only. There are no rivals on the world free CAD scene in terms of AutoCAD compatibility and functionality. Deriving directly from the professional versions of progeCAD, it maintains all the base functionality of its outstanding parents in a set of installation that is compact and easy to install. Some significant features of progeCAD include:

    * AutoCAD® 2007/2008 DWG files completely compatible
    * Express tools availability
    * PDF format printing
    * Photorealistic Rendering
    * True Colour Support
    * eTransmit
    * Asiatic fonts support
    * ALE, the module for Blocks management with more than 10,000 blocks (separate download)
    * incredible enhancement of the services performances

The software may be freely downloaded by anyone. It may be made available on websites and reviewed on the Media without any limitation. Commercial or business use of any kind, however, is prohibited. No commercial license is granted for Smart!

Ethical Business
Like its predecessor progeCAD LT 2006 the software is related to a charitable initiative in favour of Doctors Without Borders for the Darfur, a western Sudan region in Africa, that endures a humanitarian crisis without precedents. All of the users that want to help us in the initiative can carry out some donations. Donations do not bind in any way the free usage of the software.

Australia chooses progeCAD as an AutoCAD alternative

CADDIT.net has been engaged by progeCAD since March 2007 to promote and support the progeSOFT product line in Australia and New Zealand.
Today Natalia Solotkova, progeSOFT’s press agent, was meeting Ben Decker, director of CADDIT.net, a distributor of progeCAD in Australia and New Zealand.

Well, Ben, by now you’ve been promoting progeCAD on the Australian market for about a year.  And I’m sure you could share your first impressions of the product you sell and your emotions from the fruits of hard labour already carried out. So, how do you find yourself with a new product to market in Australia?

I’m enthused! It really provides small and large Australian business a fully functional and locally supported alternative to costly AutoCAD software. AutoCAD costs 4500 EUR. progeCAD prices is around 150-300 EUR according with the version.

And what kind of reaction do you receive from the customer? Does he like the progeCAD software?

So far it’s been real good. There have been very few bug reports, and no real complaints from any of our existing progeCAD customers.

What are the customers that mostly buy progeCAD?

These customers currently include mostly architects and engineering firms, along with some builders and construction companies. At this point in time we have some larger opportunities that I can’t discuss… yet.

How do you find it working with the progeSOFT team?

Our relationship with the software manufacturer is better than ever. progeSOFT support is great and issues are resolved quickly.

What can you say about your distribution channel? Are you satisfied with the work of all the elements in the network?

CADDIT.net is now the exclusive sole region distributor for Australia and New Zealand (and we are also working on Vietnam and some other places). Right now, we do need more resellers… especially in Perth and Tasmania.

I’m in the know that you support actively and in every possible way the program “progeCAD to Schools”, don’t you?

Yes, we do. As progeSOFT states progeCAD is FREE TO SCHOOLS – and I can add to it from my part that progeSOFT intends the full meaning of the word “free” -  not free as in restricted by lots of hidden commitments. It is seriously free to all in educational institutions, teachers or students in whatever amount is required for them. Students can and teachers can take it home. It’s a truly great way for schools to teach and use CAD! We invite them to contact us directly through our website if they have more questions.

It has been also due to your contribution that now a lot of Australian Universities and colleges already work with our software!

Many universities, including TAFE, teach with AutoCAD versions six, sometimes eight years old because the school cannot afford AutoCAD upgrades. Again, this is a really alternative.

progeCAD is ten times cheaper than similar packages like AutoCAD. I wonder if your customers are enthusiastic over that fact or, on the contrary, as the proverb says “free cheese can be found only in a mouse-trap”, find it suspicious?

Well, rather often I come across the same type of question. Many rightfully ask: "if progeCAD is basically the same as Auto CAD, then why is it so cheap?" I always answer back: "progeCAD isn't cheap. AutoCAD is simply overpriced."

How do you feel it is, that the CAD market has come to this point?

Most people equate CAD directly to AutoCAD. A large share of the general public is totally unaware that there are many other CAD programs, even many other *types* of CAD, as well as different CAD file formats and standards. Even fewer are aware that a code base exists which brings full AutoCAD functionality to the public at a much more reasonable price level. Some might even be suspicious of any alternative to a “de facto standard”. So we really invite users just to try it.

The first commercial CAD systems required specialized hardware and extensive administrative overhead to keep in operation. In 1982, a team of 15 released the first successful stand-alone CAD that worked on commodity PC hardware. It was based on a previous work by Mike Riddle called MicroCAD, and was originally planned to assist with "desktop automation" tasks. This new concept was called AutoCAD. It sold for $1000 USD.

AutoCAD introduced other concepts to the general public: the first open CAD format specification. This Data eXchange Format, or DXF, soon became a de facto 2D CAD standard, supported by virtually all platforms. This move ironically helped assure AutoCAD's place as a market leader. The DXF specification was kept basic, only allowing translation of basic geometry necessary to communicate with downstream applications. Ownership of AutoCAD was still required to read the binary data which stored the complete drawing, including copious attributes and data.

Today, AutoCAD costs more than 4500 EUR, but little has changed in the basic deliverables of the software for several years. Some features, such as IGES support, which appeared in previous releases have actually been removed. AutoCAD uses two things to maintain market share:
1) It's name. As mentioned earlier, many are unaware of working technical alternatives.
2) A proprietary binary encoded data format called DWG ("DraWinG") that forces those who used AutoCAD in the past to continue using it.

The key now is educating those people aren’t happy about this. We offer an easy alternative with progeCAD.

Ben, thank you for spending a bit of  your precious time with us. We are grateful for this interesting conversation and hope to see you soon in this picturesque town on the Lake of Como. Good luck and wishing you all the best with your further ventures in promoting our progeCAD software.

CPS and ProgeSoft signed a distribution agreement

Moscow, 07th August 2007  – JSC СPS, one of the largest distributors of software in Russia, announces a distribution agreement with the progeSoft Company, a European CAD developer. According to the contract the CPS Company  is granted the right to distribute progeCAD software on the territory of the Russian Federation.
The progeCAD system (based on the IntelliCAD technology) provides a professional tool for design and allows making and working with CAD drafts.
progeCAD provides the built-in ACIS solids modeling system allowing importing and editing raster images and Express Tools applications. Among progeCAD’s distinguishing features: photorealistic rendering, PDF, DWF, JPG printing, 3D models export into o2c, PDF import in DWG, raster images processing feature, redline and markup feature, support of the number of programming languages VB, VBA, C++, Lisp – and other features.
Roman Karas, CPS marketing director, points out: «Signing an agreement with  ProgeSoft we are expanding  the range of CAD solutions we supply and we are providing  our partners and their customers with the progeCAD software that has no rivals in relation of price/quality. The software, fully compatible with AutoCAD, is moderately priced in contrast to other systems and at the same time it is an efficient tool for design for a wide range of users – from beginners to professionals. The fact that over 60.000 architect offices worldwide work with progeCAD is evidence of an exceptional popularity of the software. We have a strong belief that progeSOFT’s solutions will be in great demand on the Russian market and will become an indispensable assistant for Russian constructors and designers because progeCAD is the next step in CAD evolution.»

About CPS
CPS (Сenter of Professional Software) – a company, specialized in promotion of modern Information Technologies. The CPS Company is an official distributor, an authorized reseller or a partner of a great many of foreign and Russian software manufacturers  such as: Adobe, Borland, Corel, Eset, Graphisoft, Magix, MAPILab, Nero, Oracle, Roxio, Shortcut, Sony, Symantec, Quark, ABBYY, Doctor Web, Casper Laboratory, PROMT and other companies. CPS has been working on the market since  December 1993 and has a branched partner network that amounts more than 1200 companies not only in Moscow and St. Petersburg but also in other Russian regions and the CIS countries. One of the company’s priority lines is supplying CAD systems, rendering tools, 3D modeling software and modeling in 5D standard. 

Axoft announces Distribution Agreement with progeSOFT

AXOFT -  Moscow, Russia, July, 28th, 2007 - announces that it has signed a distribution agreement with the Italian company progeSOFT, a developer of the computer – aided design software. According to the Agreement AXOFT, as Distributor for progeSOFT, is granted the right to sell the complete range of the progeCAD software products on the territory of Russia and the CIS countries.

The Italian company progeSOFT has been developing computer-aided design software for 18 years. The leading product of the company - progeCAD - is a full 2D/3D CAD powered by the most recent IntelliCAD Technology. progeCAD is unique due to its compatibility with AutoCAD®: supports DWG and DXF formats from AutoCAD® versions 2.5  to 2007; offers DWG format as a  native format of the progeCAD; has the familiar look of the interface, control panels, icons that make the software easy to use.

ProgeCAD has been successfully used in the world both by personal users and large corporations, such as PIRELLI, SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC, ABB Group etc.

The company progeSOFT is member of the international technological consortium (ITC - IntelliCAD Technology Consortium) which has its headquarters in the USA. At present over 30 companies from various parts of the world compose the consortium and they have been developing their software on the IntelliCAD platform.

In 2006 the progeSOFT authority has declared their prospects of entering the Russian CAD market and on July, 24th, 2007 has signed an agreement with the Axoft company, one of the leading distributor of software in Russia and the CIS countries. " For progeSOFT the year 2007 is marked by its entering onto the Russian market. We are grateful to our partners here - the Axoft Company, that has estimated the progeCAD software at its true worth. Our mutual goals are to carry out a series of marketing efforts informing the customers of the progeCAD product line as well as to encourage the users’ greater faith and confidence in the progeSOFT Company”,  - has noted Damiano Croci, sales director for foreign countries at progeSOFT.

Contact information

Olga Naboko
Marketing and PR manager
The AXOFT Company
Tel./fax: (495) 232-52-15
E-mail: OlgaN@axoft.ru

About AXOFT

The AXOFT Company, established in 2004 on the foundation of the Softline distribution department, is one of the leaders on the market of software distribution in Russia and the CIS countries. The company’s portfolio includes software of over 320 vendors. The partners network counts over 2300 operating resellers. The AXOFT regional offices work in 18 cities of Russia and 6 CIS countries. The turnover of the company for 2006 has exceeded 25 million dollars, the business growth has made more than 120 % comparing with the year 2005.
More information on the company can be found on the website: www.axoft.ru

progeSOFT Releases Milestone 2008 Version of IntelliCAD -- progeCAD 2008

Como Italy September 23, 2007 -- progeSOFT today announced the worldwide release of progeCAD 2008. progeCAD is widely regarded as a CAD system of highest quality and compatibility with the AutoCAD® product line. progeCAD's native DWG support is unsurpassed in completeness - including embedded table support, raster image manipulation and 3D ACIS® modeling. This new release brings progeCAD closer than ever to match AutoCAD® in speed, functionality and reliability.

progeCAD has already won the loyalty of many users with robust features like DWGT / DXFT / DWFT 2007 support, Polar Tracking, eSnap (like oSnapT), PDF import / export, raster to vector support, advanced hatching and more - all at a very low price. Now progeCAD 2008 offers important new additional features. Some of these major new features are:

    * AutoCAD® 2008 native file support
    * E-Transmit (bundle a drawing with all dependencies like xrefs for sending)*
    * True Color support
    * More advanced REFEDIT (in-place Block editing)*
    * "Entity dependent" Context-Sensitive Menus
    * Improved Asiatic font support
    * -Hidden line in Dview (perspective)
    * Integrated Software Updater
    * New raster Engine with grip edit on images, .png format support*
    * ECW (Enhanced Compression Wavelet) support*
    * JPEG 2000 support*
    * Find & replace*
    * Snap- and eSanp- from
    * Export DWF 3D
    * Creating and using Wipeout entities
    * Lock layout viewports: to lock the model space view or location while panning or zooming in paper space
    * Support for the new DWG v 2007/2008 system variables
    * Support for DWGCODEPAGE system variable (drawing character sets)
*indicates this feature is only available with progeCAD Pro version.

There are also important improvements to existing features like faster layout management, improved save and open file performance, Windows Vista compatibility, improved printing interface, improved Xref support, easier moving of licenses and hundreds of other bug fixes.

progeSOFT Como, Italy has been specializing in CAD for the last 20 years and is an executive member of the IntelliCAD® Technology Consortium.
They can be contacted via their website at http://www.progesoft.com

progeCAD 2008 Professional Released, Reads and Writes AutoCAD 2008 Drawing Files

Portland, OR, USA – September 19, 2007 – progeSOFT announced today the release of the progeSOFT Version of IntelliCAD. progeCAD 2008 Professional now edits and saves AutoCAD 2008 drawings!

progeSOFT 2008 Professional can open, read, and allow you to edit drawings created with all versions of AutoCAD. In addition, progeCAD 2008 Professional provides compatibility by providing an “AutoCAD Like” icon menu, AutoLISP compatibility, VBA, the same fonts, scripts, and a command list you are used to working with, at 1/10th the price.

“progeSOFT has opened the world to AutoCAD 2008 drawings while easing the migration to a lower cost, AutoCAD compatible, CAD software package. We have provided a major step forward for IntelliCAD users.” said Damiano Croci, progeSOFT s.a.s.

In addition, progeCAD includes True Color and Color Book support, Asiatic Font support, and DWGCODEPAGE support to allow you to set the character set in your drawings. progeCAD 2008 Professional allows you to use wipeout, hides lines in perspective views, and includes a new raster image engine with grips on raster entities and PNG Image support. A new raster format is included; ECW (Enhanced Compression Wavelet), a format optimized for aerial and satellite imagery, and efficient at compressing very large images with fine, alternating contrast. progeCAD 2008 Professional also supports the JPEG 2000 format.

The AutoCAD DWG 2007 support within progeCAD 2008 Professional will allow designers to lower their CAD software and training budget while still supporting the processes they are currently using. CAD users can open the same drawings, run the same menus and commands, and get off the ground running by utilizing the compatibility of progeCAD 2007 Professional at 1/10th the price.

Other new features include:

• e-transmit – Package the drawings and all support files for easy digital transmission to others
• Advanced Reference Edit – Save As has the option of creating a copy of the reference inside the saved drawing
• Software Updater - Software updates are automatically checked and proposed to the user for download
• Find and Replace – Globally find and replace text and block attributes
• Export 3D DWF – Export the 3D format of the popular web viewing format
• Lock Layouts in Viewports – Lock the model space view or location while panning or zooming in paper space

With hundreds of code fixes, progeCAD 2008 Professional is the most productive IntelliCAD ever, including fast layouts management, improved open and save file performance, improved print interface, improved XREF support, and support for new system variables in 2007/2008 DWG.

A new registration process allows you to easily transfer licenses between computers and makes the authorizing of progeCAD licenses seamless.

“This release breaks new ground by opening the AutoCAD 2008 format drawings to designers, drafters, engineers and architects. Companies now locked into their vendor’s software have a choice, a choice to save thousands of dollars without affecting productivity” said Scott Hucke, President, progeSOFT North America. 

About progeCAD 2008 Professional
progeCAD 2008 Professional is CAD software highly compatible with industry standards, such as AutoCAD DWG v2.5 through 2008, “AutoCAD Like” menus, SHX and TrueType fonts, AutoLISP, AutoCAD blocks, etc. Sold at a fraction of the cost of most AutoCAD software, progeCAD 2008 Professional, powered by IntelliCAD, is a logical choice for drafters, designers, engineers, architects, anyone needing AutoCAD compatible software.

About ProgeSOFT
ProgeSOFT, (http://www.progesoft.com), a founding member of the IntelliCAD Technology Consortium Board of Directors, has been specializing in CAD for over 20 years and develops CAD products for the general, mechanical and architectural industries. progeSOFT products are distributed within North America by progeSOFT North America (http://www.progesoft.us).

progeCAD is either a registered trademark or trademark of progeSOFT, in the USA and/or other countries. IntelliCAD is a registered trademark or trademark of the IntelliCAD Technology Consortium in the USA and/or other countries. AutoCAD, and AutoLISP are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., in the USA and/or other countries. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders.

Contact Information (Only for North America)

progeSOFT North America
12042 SE Sunnyside Rd.
Suite 591
Clackamas, OR 97015
USA
Email: press@progesoft.us
+1 503-946-6600

progeSOFT Donates progeCAD 2007 Pro to Tri-State University

PORTLAND, Oregon, May 7, 2007 - progeSOFT North America (www.progesoft.us), in cooperation with progeSOFT s.a.s., Como, Italy, is coordinating the donation of progeCAD 2007 Professional CAD software to the Tri-State University in Angola, Indiana.

Tri-State University, with approximately 1450 students, was founded in 1884. TSU offers civil, electrical, and mechanical engineering degrees.

Their Allen School of Engineering & Technology will use progeCAD to educate their students in the fields of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Computer Aided Drafting and Design Technology, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering.

progeCAD 2007 Professional, the latest IntelliCAD software from progeSOFT, includes a library manager for discipline specific symbols, ACIS solid modeling, raster image support, rendering, and a unique set of tools that only progeSOFT offers. progeCAD software supports the DWG design file format, from version 2.5 through 2007, plus support for AutoCAD menus, scripts, blocks, and AutoLISP.

Public and private schools, colleges, technical schools, etc. may apply for free educational copies of progeCAD 2007 Professional for their classrooms at www.progesoft.us. Since its inception, the progeSOFT North America “Free for Schools” program has donated to over 100 schools, colleges, and technical institutions in North America.

About progeSOFT North America

progeSOFT North America, (http://www.progesoft.us), is the North American office for progeSOFT IntelliCAD software and provides marketing, sales and support for North American progeSOFT resellers.

About progeSOFT s.a.s.

progeSOFT, (http://www.progesoft.com), a founding member of the IntelliCAD Technology Consortium Board of Directors, has been specializing in CAD for the last 20 years and develops CAD products for the general, mechanical and architectural industries.

progeSOFT Donates progeCAD to Mexico's Universidad Madero

PORTLAND, Oregon, May 7, 2007 - progeSOFT North America (www.progesoft.us), in cooperation with progeSOFT s.a.s., Como, Italy, is coordinating the donation of progeCAD 2007 Professional CAD software to the Universidad Madero in San Andres Cholula, Puebla, Mexico.

Universidad Madero, Founded in 1874, is a university of over 1200 students and offers 14 different programs of education. progeCAD will be utilized by both the Industrial Engineering and Manufacturing Processes programs to train future engineers.

progeCAD 2007 Professional, the latest IntelliCAD software from progeSOFT, includes a library manager for discipline specific symbols, ACIS solid modeling, raster image support, rendering, and a unique set of tools that only progeSOFT offers. progeCAD software supports the AutoCAD DWG design file format, from version 2.5 through 2007, plus support for AutoCAD menus, scripts, blocks, and AutoLISP.

Public and private schools, colleges, technical schools, etc. may apply for free educational copies of progeCAD 2007 Professional for their classrooms at www.progesoft.us. Since its inception, the progeSOFT North America “Free for Schools” program has donated to over 100 schools, colleges, and technical institutions in North America.

About progeSOFT North America

progeSOFT North America, (http://www.progesoft.us), is the North American office for progeSOFT IntelliCAD software and provides marketing, sales and support for North American progeSOFT resellers.

About progeSOFT s.a.s.

progeSOFT, (http://www.progesoft.com), a founding member of the IntelliCAD Technology Consortium Board of Directors, has been specializing in CAD for the last 20 years and develops CAD products for the general, mechanical and architectural industries.

progeSOFT Gives progeCAD to Southern Mississippi University

PORTLAND, Oregon, May 7, 2007 - ProgeSOFT North America (www.progesoft.us), in cooperation with progeSOFT s.a.s., Como, Italy, is coordinating the donation of progeCAD 2007 Professional CAD software to the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

University of Southern Mississippi, with approximately 16,000 students, was founded in 1910. Southern Miss offers over 2300 undergraduate degrees and is the second largest university in Mississippi.

Their School of Construction will use progeCAD to educate their students in the fields of Architecture, construction and industrial applications.

progeCAD 2007 Professional, the latest IntelliCAD software from progeSOFT, includes a library manager for discipline specific symbols, ACIS solid modeling, raster image support, rendering, and a unique set of tools that only progeSOFT offers. progeCAD software supports the DWG design file format, from version 2.5 through 2007, plus support for AutoCAD menus, scripts, blocks, and AutoLISP.

Public and private schools, colleges, technical schools, etc. may apply for free educational copies of progeCAD 2007 Professional for their classrooms at www.progesoft.us. Since its inception, the ProgeSOFT North America “Free for Schools” program has donated to over 100 schools, colleges, and technical institutions in North America.

About ProgeSOFT North America

ProgeSOFT.US, (http://www.progesoft.us), is the North American office for ProgeSOFT IntelliCAD software and provides marketing, sales and support for North American ProgeSOFT resellers.

About progeSOFT s.a.s.

progeSOFT, (http://www.progesoft.com), a founding member of the IntelliCAD Technology Consortium Board of Directors, has been specializing in CAD for the last 20 years and develops CAD products for the general, mechanical and architectural industries.

ProgeSOFT North America Donates progeCAD Software to the Nova Scotia Community College

Portland, OR, USA – May 3, 2007 – ProgeSOFT North America (www.progesoft.us), in cooperation with progeSOFT s.a.s., Como, Italy, is coordinating the donation of progeCAD 2007 Professional CAD software to the Nova Scotia Community College in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Nova Scotia Community College, with approximately 25,000 students, was founded in 1910. NSCC offers over 121 fields of study in 5 different major schools.

progeCAD will be used to educate their students in the fields of Architecture, Civil Engineering, Drafting, Electrical, Power Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Piping, Wood Manufacturing and Manufacturing Engineering.

progeCAD 2007 Professional, the latest IntelliCAD software from progeSOFT, includes a library manager for discipline specific symbols, ACIS solid modeling, raster image support, rendering, and a unique set of tools that only progeSOFT offers. progeCAD software supports the DWG design file format, from AutoCAD version 2.5 through AutoCAD 2007, plus support for AutoCAD® menus, scripts, blocks, and AutoLISP®.

Public and private schools, colleges, technical schools, etc. may apply for free educational copies of progeCAD 2007 Professional for their classrooms at www.progesoft.us. Since its inception, the ProgeSOFT North America “Free for Schools” program has donated to over 100 schools, colleges, and technical institutions in North America.

About ProgeSOFT North America

ProgeSOFT.US, (http://www.progesoft.us), is the North American office for progeSOFT IntelliCAD software and provides marketing, sales and support for North American ProgeSOFT resellers.

About progeSOFT s.a.s.

progeSOFT, (http://www.progesoft.com), a founding member of the IntelliCAD Technology Consortium Board of Directors, has been specializing in CAD for the last 20 years and develops CAD products for the general, mechanical and architectural industries.

progeCAD is either registered trademark or trademark of progeSOFT, in the USA and/or other countries. IntelliCAD and ArchT are either registered trademarks or trademarks of the IntelliCAD Technology Consortium in the USA and/or other countries. AutoCAD and AutoLISP are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., in the USA and/or other countries. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders.

Contact Information:
ProgeSOFT North America
12042 SE Sunnyside Rd. #591
Clackamas, OR 97015
Email: press@progesoft.us
+1 503-715-1467

CADDIT.net Brings progeCAD Product Line to Australia

CADDIT Pty Ltd Australia today announced their introduction of the progeCAD product line to Australia. As a result, Australian architects, engineers, designers and other CAD professionals have access to a local VAR for this high value CAD solution. The agreement between progeSOFT SAS and CADDIT Pty Ltd opens the way for potentially faster support and greater visibility of the progeCAD product in Australia. "We are happy to carry the progeCAD product line here. Our customers should know that there exist functional alternatives to the expensive CAD systems that they currently have to buy", said Ben Decker, the director for CADDIT Pty Ltd.

progeCAD has enjoyed a lot of success internationally, offering file compatibility and comparable interface and feature-set with AutoCAD®, the dominant 2D architectural drafting product used in Australia. Reviews for progeCAD overseas have been most favorable. Located in Sydney, Australia's largest city, CADDIT Pty Ltd is well located to support the potential market there. "It's a great place to advertise and get the word out", said Ben.

progeCAD offers exciting features at remarkably low cost when compared to any competing products. It is one of the few mature IntelliCAD based products to offer ACIS solid modeling and a full suite of express tools and raster manipulation functions. Coupled with a solid DWG  DXF reader-writer, this is a robust alternative to the many Australian AutoCAD users. So, believe it or not, the CADDIT.net introductory price for progeCAD Professional will be a modest AU$585.

CADDIT Pty Ltd plans to demonstrate the product at several key industry conventions and interest groups over the next 12 months. They also plan to expand their design contracting operations and make more daily use of progeCAD in house. Ben called their strategy "a staged, organic approach" for which growth "will certify our faith in the value of our products". Ben himself had worked on "a number of CAD systems" over the years, including AutoCAD® and CATIA®, and in a number of countries and industries. His company "will work to challenge the other local vendors to new levels of competency and customer satisfaction". 

CADDIT Pty Ltd is legally based in Sydney, Australia and provides a wide range of design solutions, ranging from consulting to design contracting, software development and sales. They can be contacted via their online website at www.caddit.net.

ProgeSOFT SAS Como, Italy has been specializing in CAD for the last 18 years and is a member of the IntelliCAD Technology Consortium executive committee. They can be contacted via their online website at www.progesoft.com.

© CADDIT Pty Ltd Australia. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

progeCAD 2007 Professional by Mark Goldstein

Reviewed by: Mark Goldstein, April 2007
Published by: progeSOFT
Requires: Microsoft Windows 98 through Windows Vista, Intel Pentium III or faster, PC with 512MB RAM, 300MB available hard disk space
MSRP: US$245.00

progeCAD is a computer aided 2D & 3D design program. It's based on the IntelliCAD engine which just happens to be one of AutoCAD's most powerful challengers. Because AutoCAD is the most widely used professional CAD software on the market today, anything that competes in AutoCAD's sandbox has to be able to not only vie for attention in a difficult and entrenched environment, but also provide some incentives to move off the industry standard. ProgeSOFT is a serious company with a serious CAD product and offers extensive technical product support, so we decided to give progeCAD a heavy duty test. We reviewed progeCAD over a two month period in a busy architectural and industrial design studio. The results may surprise you.

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progeCAD 2007 is here - Special 20% reduction for free users of progeCAD Light 2005/2006

progeCAD 2007 CAD re-Evolution progeCAD 2007 Professional is here! Our main software is coming with a new powerful release working on 2007 DWG™ files progeCAD 2007, powered by the most recent IntelliCAD® engine, is an easy replacement for High Cost CAD Other CAD platforms are up to 10 times more expensive without any additional features. progeCAD 2007 contains many important new features and enhancements giving an unparalleled stability and speed. As specified into the license agreement, free versions of progeCAD 2005/2006 are developed by progeSOFT for : home users and non-commercial/business use If you registered a license of a free progeCAD before 21 December 2006 you are entitled to access our Special 20% Discount Coupon (requires the serial number you received into the registration email) If you don't meet the license conditions , be legal ordering now progeCAD 2007 Professional Download -Single license with 20%-off special reduction for progeCAD Light free users applicable from 21th december 2006 up to 21th January 2007 progeCAD 2007 Professional: Reads and writes AutoCAD® DWG™ files from 2.5 to 2007 Industry standard AutoCAD® Commands Import and edit your Raster Images Includes ACIS® Solid Modeling Express Tools Export to PDF and JPG PDF to DWG™ convertion Advanced Rendering Options AutoCAD® Menu, Script, Font Compatibility Polar Tracking - Keeps the line to exact angles automatically Etrack (similar to AutoCAD® Otrack®) AutoLISP® Compatibility! Refedit - local blocks editing Export O2C 3D formart 10,000 standard symbols and blocks Supports RedLine and Markup made by progeCAD Viewer   More details - Download Trial

progeCAD 2007 Standard Released by iCADsales.com

Portland, OR, USA – December 3, 2006 – iCADsales.com announced today a lower cost alternative for editing AutoCAD 2007 drawings. progeCAD 2007 standard, list price $199 USD, edits and saves AutoCAD 2007 drawings!

progeCAD 2007 Standard can open, read, and allow you to edit drawings created with all versions of AutoCAD. In addition, progeCAD 2007 Standard provides compatibility by providing an "AutoCAD Like" icon menu, AutoLISP compatibility, the same fonts, scripts, and a command list you are used to working with, at 1/10th the price.

"progeSOFT has opened the world to AutoCAD 2007 drawings while easing the migration to a lower cost, AutoCAD compatible, CAD software package. We have provided a major step forward for the IntelliCAD community." said Damiano Croci, progeSOFT s.a.s.

The AutoCAD DWG 2007 support within progeCAD 2007 Standard will allow designers to lower their CAD software and training budget while still supporting the processes they are currently using. CAD users can open the same drawings, run the same menus and commands, and get off the ground running by utilizing the compatibility of progeCAD 2007 Standard at 1/10th the price.

progeCAD 2007 Standard has an interface closely matching what AutoCAD designers are used to using. A new UCS Icon design, "AutoCAD like" icon and text menu, even the layout of toolbars and command line are designed to minimize the impact of migrating to a new CAD system.

About progeCAD
progeCAD is CAD software highly compatible with industry standards, such as AutoCAD Drawings (DWG) v2.5 through 2007, "AutoCAD Like" menus and commands, SHX and TrueType fonts, AutoLISP, AutoCAD blocks, etc. Sold at a fraction of the cost of most AutoCAD software, progeCAD 2007 Standard, powered by IntelliCAD, is a logical choice for drafters, designers, engineers, architects, anyone needing AutoCAD compatible software at 1/10th the cost of other CAD software.

progeCAD IntelliCAD also comes in a Professional version including such features as photorealistic rendering, ACIS 3d Solids, Raster Vector Hybrid Editing, VBA, 10,000 blocks, and other important features. progeCAD 2007 Professional can also be used to run industry specific vertical applications, sold by iCADsales.com, such as Mechanical, Architectural, Building Services, and Civil Survey.

About iCADsales.com
iCADSales.com (http://www.icadsales.com), a progeSOFT IntelliCAD Authorized Reseller, provides a central location for IntelliCAD Computer Aided Design Software including free IntelliCAD evaluation downloads, support, forums, books, and sponsors a CAD Industry news aggregator.

progeCAD is either a registered trademark or trademark of progeSOFT, in the USA and/or other countries. IntelliCAD is a registered trademark or trademark of the IntelliCAD Technology Consortium in the USA and/or other countries. AutoCAD, and AutoLISP are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., in the USA and/or other countries. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders.

Contact Information

iCADsales.com
12042 SE Sunnyside Rd.
Suite 591
Clackamas, OR 97015
USA
Email: press@icadsales.com
800-975-iCAD

progeSOFT Announces progeCAD Viewer DWG, now compatible with AutoCAD 2007 Drawings

Portland, OR, USA – November 28, 2006 – Along with support for AutoCAD drawings v2.5 through v2007, the progeCAD DWG viewer allows designers to redline, markup, and plot their AutoCAD Drawings.

“progeSOFT has opened the world to AutoCAD 2007 drawings while easing the migration to a lower cost, AutoCAD compatible, CAD solution. We have provided a major step forward for IntelliCAD.” said Damiano Croci, progeSOFT s.a.s.

The progeCAD Viewer DWG gives you the same viewing fidelity as the software that the design was created in, with dynamic pan, zoom, and 3D orbit. Print or plot to any supported device using the same plotting system that ProgeCAD 2007® Professional uses. The progeCAD Viewer DWG also includes

• Hidden line Plot
• Rendered Plot
• Layout integration
• Show embedded bitmap raster images
• ACIS visualization support
• PDF plot
• Full Layer management
• Full 2D/3D visualization
• DWG Explorer tool
• Redline and Markup Tools
• PDF export
• JPG export
• DXF export
• DWF export

Use of the progeCAD Viewer DWG is natural; familiarity with the originating design application is not necessary.

progeSOFT also offers progeCAD 2007 Professional, AutoCAD compatible CAD software, progeARC, architectural design software based on the ArchT design engine, progeEARTH, for Civil Survey work, and progeMEC, for mechanical design tasks. See our list of Authorized Resellers to obtain your own progeSOFT evaluation software.

About progeSOFT
progeSOFT, (http://www.progesoft.com), a founding member of the IntelliCAD Technology Consortium Board of Directors, has been specializing in CAD for the last 20 years and develops CAD products for the general, mechanical and architectural industries.

About progeSOFT North America
progeSOFT North America, (http://www.progesoft.us), is the North American distributor for progeSOFT IntelliCAD software and provides marketing, sales and support for United States progeSOFT resellers.

ProgeCAD is either a registered trademark or trademark of progeSOFT, in the USA and/or other countries. IntelliCAD is a registered trademark or trademark of the IntelliCAD Technology Consortium in the USA and/or other countries. AutoCAD, and AutoLISP are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., in the USA and/or other countries. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders.

Contact Information

progeSOFT North America
12042 SE Sunnyside Rd.
Suite 591
Clackamas, OR 97015
USA
Email: press@progesoft.us
+1-503-715-1467

progeCAD 2007 Professional does AutoCAD 2007

Portland, OR, USA – November 18, 2006 – progeSOFT announced today an unprecedented breakthrough for the progeSOFT Version of IntelliCAD. progeCAD 2007 Professional now edits and saves AutoCAD 2007 drawings!

progeSOFT 2007 Professional can open, read, and allow you to edit drawings created with all versions of AutoCAD. In addition, progeCAD 2007 Professional provides compatibility by providing an “AutoCAD Like” icon menu, AutoLISP compatibility, VBA, the same fonts, scripts, and a command list you are used to working with, at 1/10th the price.

“progeSOFT has opened the world to AutoCAD 2007 drawings while easing the migration to a lower cost, AutoCAD compatible, CAD software package. We have provided a major step forward for the IntelliCAD community.” said Damiano Croci, progeSOFT s.a.s.

In addition, designers will also be able to use the new express toolbar, convert PDF to DWG, as well as printing to the JPG graphic standard. progeCAD 2007 Professional also allows editing blocks directly within drawings, a new advanced attribute editing command, polar snapping, and a more “AutoCAD like” design interface.

The AutoCAD DWG 2007 support within progeCAD 2007 Professional will allow designers to lower their CAD software and training budget while still supporting the processes they are currently using. CAD users can open the same drawings, run the same menus and commands, and get off the ground running by utilizing the compatibility of progeCAD 2007 Professional at 1/10th the price.

The new express toolbar contains:

• Copy Nested Object
• Trim to Nested Object
• Extend to Nested Object
• Replace block with another block
• Text fit
• Explode Text
• Convert Text to Mtext
• Rotate Text
• Enclose Text with Object
• Automatic Text Numbering
• Move/Copy/Rotate
• Flatten Objects
• Multiple Copy
• Extended Offset
• Attach xData
• Display Object xData
• Layer Manager
• In place attribute editor

Designers can import their Adobe Acrobat PDF files and convert them into a drawings they can edit and save. PDF is a universal file storage and viewing application used by thousands of users worldwide. CAD Users will now be able to acquire images from documentation, catalogs, brochures, user manuals etc. and convert them to AutoCAD DWG Drawing files.

The new advanced Attribute editor gives you more control over attributes, allowing changes to every property associated with attributes within blocks, without needing to recreate the blocks. In addition, progeCAD 2007 Professional now offers editing of blocks directly from inside the drawing, no need to open the blocks to edit them.

The new interface more closely matches what AutoCAD designers are used to using. A new UCS Icon design, “AutoCAD like” icon and text menu, even the layout of toolbars and command line are designed to minimize the impact of migrating to a new CAD system.

“This release breaks new ground by opening the AutoCAD 2007 format drawings to designers, drafters, engineers and architects. Companies now locked into their vendor’s software have a choice, a choice to save thousands of dollars without affecting productivity” said Scott Hucke, President, progeSOFT North America. 

About progeCAD 2007 Professional
progeCAD 2007 Professional is CAD software highly compatible with industry standards, such as AutoCAD DWG v2.5 through 2007, “AutoCAD Like” menus, SHX and TrueType fonts, AutoLISP, AutoCAD blocks, etc. Sold at a fraction of the cost of most AutoCAD software, progeCAD 2007 Professional, powered by IntelliCAD, is a logical choice for drafters, designers, engineers, architects, anyone needing AutoCAD compatible software. Industry specific applications are also available for architectural design (progeARC ArchT), mechanical design (progeMEC), and AutoCAD drawing review and markup (progeCAD Viewer DWG).

About ProgeSOFT
ProgeSOFT, (http://www.progesoft.com), a founding member of the IntelliCAD Technology Consortium Board of Directors, has been specializing in CAD for the last 20 years and develops CAD products for the general, mechanical and architectural industries. progeSOFT products are distributed within North America by progeSOFT North America (www.progesoft.us).

progeCAD is either a registered trademark or trademark of progeSOFT, in the USA and/or other countries. IntelliCAD is a registered trademark or trademark of the IntelliCAD Technology Consortium in the USA and/or other countries. AutoCAD, and AutoLISP are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., in the USA and/or other countries. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders.

Contact Information

progeSOFT North America
12042 SE Sunnyside Rd.
Suite 591
Clackamas, OR 97015
USA
Email: press@progesoft.us
+1 503-715-1467

In conjunction with the IntelliCAD World Meeting, progeSOFT announces progeCAD 2006 Professional, version 6.1.11

Kelowna, BC, – October 12, 2006 – During today’s IntelliCAD World Meeting, an annual event for IntelliCAD users and developers, progeSOFT announced an update to the progeSOFT Version of IntelliCAD. progeCAD 2006 Professional now features support for opening drawings (DWG) created in Autodesk Architectural Desktop and Autodesk Mechanical Desktop.

progeSOFT IntelliCAD will now successfully open drawings created with Architectural Desktop or Mechanical Desktop. This will allow your design teams to continue working even if the original drawing was created with an AutoCAD based vertical product. Now you can use the power of progeCAD to detail your drawings, while saving thousands on the cost of your CAD design and drafting software.

In addition, designers will also be able to snap to objects located in viewports while in paper space mode. This allows you to draw objects in paper space a specified distance from a feature of an object within the model space of your drawing, like an endpoint of a line, the intersection of two lines, or the center of a circle. Many other fixes to the software are also included in this release.

Scott Hucke, President of progeSOFT North America (www.progesoft.us), said "With the recent announcements at the IntelliCAD World Meeting concerning the soon to come support for AutoCAD 2007 drawings, the ObjectARX clone, and increased development options for our programming teams, combined with the AutoCAD compatibility of progeCAD 2006 Professional, makes buying progeCAD the logical choice for drafters, designers, engineers, architects, anyone needing AutoCAD file compatible software. Users can purchase basically the same software they are using today, save thousands of dollars, and get to work immediately with the same functionality and processes they are used to using".

About progeCAD 2006 Professional
progeCAD 2006 Professional is CAD software highly compatible with industry standards, such as AutoCAD DWG v2.5 through 2006, "AutoCAD Like" menus, SHX and TrueType fonts, AutoLISP, AutoCAD blocks, etc. Sold at a fraction of the cost of most AutoCAD software, progeCAD 2006 Professional, powered by IntelliCAD, is a logical choice for drafters, designers, engineers, architects, anyone needing AutoCAD compatible software. Industry specific applications are also available for architectural design (progeARC ArchT), mechanical design (progeMEC), and AutoCAD drawing review and markup (progeCAD Viewer DWG).

About progeSOFT
progeSOFT, (http://www.progesoft.com), a founding member of the IntelliCAD Technology Consortium Board of Directors, has been specializing in CAD for the last 20 years and manufactures CAD products for the general, mechanical and architectural industries.

About progeSOFT North America
progeSOFT North America, (http://www.progesoft.us), provides marketing, sales and support for North American progeSOFT resellers. A Free 30-day trial download is available on our website.

progeCAD is either a registered trademark or trademark of progeSOFT, in the USA and/or other countries. IntelliCAD is a registered trademark or trademark of the IntelliCAD Technology Consortium in the USA and/or other countries. AutoCAD, and AutoLISP are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., in the USA and/or other countries. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders
.

Contact Information

progeSOFT.US
12042 SE Sunnyside Rd.
Suite 591
Clackamas, OR 97015
USA
Email: press@progesoft.us
+1-503-715-1467

Portland Portals Provides Metadot Business Edition and Services to Vigo County School District

Portland, Oregon, USA – July 24, 2006 – Portland Portals (www.portlandportals.us) is supplying the Metadot Business Editions and Training classes in both administration and site management to the Vigo County School Corporation.

The Vigo County School Corporation, (http://www.vigoco.k12.in.us/index2.sh), is located in Terre Haute, IN and has 29 primary, secondary and high schools within its borders.

The Metadot Business Edition includes one year of login support, to ensure your portal is up and running 24 hours a day. Free installation on the Linux OS and regular updates to the Metadot Business Edition are included in the total price. Additional Metadot gizmos (Features) come with the Metadot Business Edition, including an SQL Query gizmo, an opt-in newsletter gizmo, and a fully customizable survey gizmo to gauge your customer satisfaction and other queries directly to your own defined audience.

Portland Portals is also supplying the 2 hour administrator and 3 hour site manager classes to their faculty. Vigo School Corporation will learn the basics of administering the Metadot Portal, user and group privileges, and how to include content in their new Business Edition Portal.

The Metadot Portal Server is an open source intranet extranet solution, perfect for small and medium sized companies wishing to share information across the Internet with members, vendors, clients, friends, family, the public, whomever you’d like to share and exchange information with.

Using group and user privileges to control the viewing, editing, and other actions of objects on your website, your users can be given control of either their own area, or content delivered to their specific audience. Features include discussion groups, calendars, version controlled documents, file downloads, links, FAQ’s, images, all of the important features to share the organization’s online experience securely with your users.

Portland Portals also offers low cost shared Metadot Hosting solutions, hosting on standard Internet hardware, high speed servers for large organizations, Metadot firewall and Metadot backup solutions, everything you need to have your own Metadot Portal.

About Portland Portals
Portland Portals (www.portlandportals.us), is an Authorized Metadot Reseller and provides installation, hosting, configuration, skins and maintenance contracts for project, departmental, or corporate intranets and extranets, allowing businesses to share confidential information securely with both internal and external staff, affiliates, vendors, customers, etc.

Contact Information

Portland Portals
12042 SE Sunnyside Rd.
Suite 591
Clackamas, OR 97015
Email: press@portlandportals.us
1-800-975-4223

iCADsales.com Releases progeCAD 2006 Professional, version 6.1.9

Portland, Oregon, USA – July 24, 2006 – iCADsales.com announced today an update to progeCAD® 2006 Professional, increasing supported features and compatibility.

Improvements include multiple copy printing and plotting, three times the resolution of Enhanced Metafiles (EMF), improved hyperlink discovery on objects, enhanced support for True Type fonts, and an improved drawing explorer with multiple selection options.

In addition, progeCAD 2006 Professional has new redlining and markup capabilities. progeCAD also supports redlining and markup when defined within the progeCAD Viewer DWG, allowing reviewed drawings to be submitted back to designers, with the added redline information available within progeCAD. This provides less software expense for the DWG drawing review and editing process.

iCADsales.com also offers progeARC 2006, architectural design software based on the ArchT design engine, and progeMEC 2006, for mechanical design tasks. See our list of Authorized Resellers to obtain your own progeSOFT evaluation software.

About iCADsales.com
ICADSales.com (http://www.icadsales.com) provides a central location for IntelliCAD 6 Computer Aided Design Software including free evaluation downloads, Support, Discussions, Books, and also sponsors a CAD Industry news aggregator.

ProgeCAD is either a registered trademark or trademark of ProgeSOFT, in the USA and/or other countries. IntelliCAD is a registered trademark or trademark of the IntelliCAD Technology Consortium in the USA and/or other countries. AutoCAD, and AutoLISP are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., in the USA and/or other countries. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders.

Contact Information

iCADsales.com
12042 SE Sunnyside Rd.
Suite 591
Clackamas, OR 97015
USA
Email: press@progesoft.us
+1-503-975-iCAD

progeSOFT.US Offers “Free for Schools” Program in North America

portland, Oregon, USA – July 24, 2006 – progeSOFT.US has announced the “Free for Schools” program, donating progeCAD 2006 Professional to any educational institution in North America.

Educational Institutions, such as elementary, secondary and high schools, technical colleges, community colleges, city colleges, private colleges, and universities can include progeCAD 2006 Professional within their CAD curriculum and CAD design labs. The “Free for Schools” program also allows students to use progeCAD 2006 Professional at home for non-professional use.

ProgeCAD software supports the AutoCAD® DWG design file format, from version 2.5 through 2006, plus support for AutoCAD menus, scripts, blocks, and AutoLISP®.

ProgeCAD 2006 Professional includes the ALE block manager, including 10,000 blocks and symbols, ACIS solid modeling, raster image support, advanced rendering with materials, and a unique set of tools that only ProgeSOFT offers.

Educational Institutions may apply for the “Free for Schools” program at our website, http://www.progesoft.us, by selecting the “Free for Schools” link and completely filling out the application form.

progeSOFT also offers progeARC 2006, architectural design software based on the ArchT design engine, progeMEC 2006, for mechanical design tasks, and the progeCAD Viewer DWG, for markup, review, and plotting of DWG files. See our list of Authorized Resellers to for your own commercial use progeSOFT software.

About progeSOFT
progeSOFT, (http://www.progesoft.com), a founding member of the IntelliCAD Technology Consortium Board of Directors, has been specializing in CAD for the last 20 years and develops CAD products for the general, mechanical and architectural industries.

About progeSOFT.US
progeSOFT.US, (http://www.progesoft.us), is the North American distributor for progeSOFT IntelliCAD software and provides marketing, sales and support for United States progeSOFT resellers.

progeCAD is either a registered trademark or trademark of progeSOFT, in the USA and/or other countries. IntelliCAD is a registered trademark or trademark of the IntelliCAD Technology Consortium in the USA and/or other countries. AutoCAD, and AutoLISP are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., in the USA and/or other countries. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders.

Contact Information

progeSOFT.US
12042 SE Sunnyside Rd.
Suite 591
Clackamas, OR 97015
USA
Email: press@progesoft.us
+1 503-715-1467

progeSOFT Releases progeCAD 2006 Professional, version 6.1.9

Como, Italy – July 7, 2006 – progeSOFT announced today an update to progeCAD® 2006 Professional, increasing supported features and compatibility.

Improvements include multiple copy printing and plotting, three times the resolution of Enhanced Metafiles (EMF), improved hyperlink discovery on objects, enhanced support for True Type fonts, and an improved drawing explorer with multiple selection options.

In addition, progeCAD 2006 Professional has new redlining and markup capabilities. progeCAD also supports redlining and markup contained within the progeCAD Viewer DWG, allowing reviewed drawings to be submitted back to designers, with the added redline information available within progeCAD. This provides less software expense for the DWG drawing review and editing process.

progeSOFT also offers progeARC 2006, architectural design software based on the ArchT design engine, and progeMEC 2006, for mechanical design tasks. See our list of Authorized Resellers to obtain your own progeSOFT evaluation software.

About progeSOFT
progeSOFT, (http://www.progesoft.com), a founding member of the IntelliCAD Technology Consortium Board of Directors, has been specializing in CAD for the last 20 years and develops CAD products for the general, mechanical and architectural industries.

About progeSOFT.US
progeSOFT.US, (http://www.progesoft.us), is the North American distributor for progeSOFT IntelliCAD software and provides marketing, sales and support for United States progeSOFT resellers.

progeCAD is either a registered trademark or trademark of progeSOFT, in the USA and/or other countries. IntelliCAD is a registered trademark or trademark of the IntelliCAD Technology Consortium in the USA and/or other countries. AutoCAD, and AutoLISP are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., in the USA and/or other countries. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders.

Contact Information

progeSOFT.US
12042 SE Sunnyside Rd.
Suite 591
Clackamas, OR 97015
USA
Email: press@progesoft.us
+1-503-715-1467

progeSOFT
Pzza Cavour, 27
22100
Como Italy
Email: press@progesoft.com

ProgeSOFT Announces Redlining Features in the progeCAD Viewer DWG, version 6.1.9

Como, Italy – July 6, 2006 – ProgeSOFT announced today an update to the ProgeCAD® Viewer DWG, based on the IntelliCAD® 6.1 CAD Engine, including redlining and markup.

In addition to viewing and plotting AutoCAD® based DWG files, supporting versions 2.5 – 2006, users of the progeCAD Viewer DWG can now review, measure and mark up their drawings using new redline and markup capabilities.

The  progeCAD Viewer DWG  includes  rendering  with  materials as well as  support  for  customization  through  COM.  Menus  can  also  be  customized  using  the  standard  .MNU  menu  macros.

“Adding redline review and markup tools has made the progeCAD Viewer DWG a low cost method those responsible for checking drawings can use in the design process, without requiring a full blown CAD system”, said Damiano Croci, progeSOFT s.a.s. “By including the viewer DWG and progeCAD 2006 Professional in their design software arsenal, companies can perform the same tasks as software costing ten times more.”

ProgeSOFT also offers progeCAD 2006 Professional, the AutoCAD compatible CAD software, progeARC 2006, architectural design software based on the ArchT design engine, and progeMEC 2006, for mechanical design tasks. See our list of Authorized Resellers to obtain your own ProgeSOFT evaluation software.

About ProgeSOFT
ProgeSOFT, (http://www.progesoft.com), a founding member of the IntelliCAD Technology Consortium Board of Directors, has been specializing in CAD for the last 20 years and develops CAD products for the general, mechanical and architectural industries.

About ProgeSOFT.US
ProgeSOFT.US, (http://www.progesoft.us), is the North American distributor for ProgeSOFT IntelliCAD software and provides marketing, sales and support for United States ProgeSOFT resellers.

ProgeCAD is either a registered trademark or trademark of ProgeSOFT, in the USA and/or other countries. IntelliCAD is a registered trademark or trademark of the IntelliCAD Technology Consortium in the USA and/or other countries. AutoCAD, and AutoLISP are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., in the USA and/or other countries. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders.

Contact Information

ProgeSOFT.US
12042 SE Sunnyside Rd.
Suite 591
Clackamas, OR 97015
USA
Email: press@progesoft.us
+1-503-715-1467

progeSOFT Announces 2006 World Distribution Plan for progeCAD

After becoming one of most visible CAD suppliers in Italy and Europe, progeCAD is expanding their sales and support activity throughout the world

Como, IT (PRWEB) June 29, 2006 -- ProgeSOFT plans include distributors in most of the major countries, and a large network of local dealers during 2006, able to provide CAD users with low-cost CAD software.

As DWG spreads as the leading CAD drawing format standard, the high price of DWG based software represents a limit for its adoption by all the various people involved in a project's development within industry.

Individual designers, small business companies, and outsourcing suppliers have to deal with the problem of investment in CAD systems, and this sometimes encourages piracy behaviors. This opens a very good opportunity for legitimate licensing of a low cost alternative DWG CAD system, progeCAD 2006 Professional.

progeCAD has more than 50.000 users all over the world. As vendors in the CAD market push their users on an advanced 3D approach, many CAD users do not need the sophisticated 3D functions, or wish to pay the high costs associated with these types of tools. Their only requirement is real and stable DWG software to do their job and exchange drawings with others. For all these people, progeCAD is the right choice.

progeCAD is based on IntelliCAD 6 CAD engine, and is compatible with all main CAD systems thanks to DWG/DXF support, from version 2.5 to version 2006 (support for DWG 2007 is coming soon).

Besides supporting all of the IntelliCAD functionality, it has many unique features which can easily be used by designers, especially those users that use AutoCAD®.

progeCAD is also ready for customization, thanks to the free available Distribution Kit,dealers and distributors can put their name, logo, website address and buy now link on trial versions.

More information and sign up on : http://www.progesoft.com/distribution.asp

About ProgeSOFT:

progeSOFT target is to deliver highly reliable and powerful CAD solutions and services for an affordable price. We are focused on CAD environment for over 19 years and we are a world main CAD software provider. progeSOFT is partner with the world leading technology organizations to make the leap technology in our product. Our operational offices are located in Italy and US. progeSOFT it’s a member of ITC (IntelliCAD Technology Consortium) and serves also at the ITC executive committee board.

Contact Information:

Damiano Croci
progeSOFT www.progesoft.com 
Piazza Cavour,27
Como - Italy
Tel. +39031810806

Bulgarian Energy Supplier Chooses progeCAD 2006 Professional

Portland, OR, USA - June 26, 2006 - EVN Bulgaria, has chosen progeCAD 2006 Professional as their AutoCAD® DWG compatible design software, for all designers working at their design facility in Bulgaria.

EVN AG Energie Versorgung Niederösterreich (EVN on the Vienna Stock Exchange), based in Austria, recently became a leading supplier of electric energy in Bulgaria. Their commitment to sustainable practices of design and commitment to the community can be reviewed at http://www.responsibility.evn.at/.

EVN Bulgaria chose the progeCAD 2006 Professional One-Site license, which allows them to install the software on any machine used within one company location.

progeCAD 2006 Professional includes creating and editing AutoCAD DWG files, industry standard AutoCAD commands, AutoCAD menu, script, font compatibility, and AutoLISP compatibility. Advanced Rendering options with materials and 3D ACIS Solid Modeling come included. progeCAD 2006 Professional allows you to import and edit your Raster Images, including Raster to Vector and comes with near 10,000 standard symbols and blocks for mechanical, architectural, and civil/survey.

As EVN Bulgaria's software technology provider, iCADsales.com, (www.icadsales.com , Portland, R.), an Authorized progeSOFT Reseller, was proud to provide EVG with the corporate one-site license for progeCAD 2006 Professional. Scott Hucke, president of iCADsales, said, "EVN saw the value of designing their infrastructure with progeCAD. Their choice to put progeCAD on every workstation involved with their design operations just made a lot of economic sense. They were able to fully outfit their facility for less than a tenth the cost of competing CAD solutions."

The progeCAD and progeCAD DWG Viewer Corporate Country license is also available, allowing you to install the software on every corporate desktop within one country.

About iCADsales

iCADsales is an authorized progeSOFT reseller offering progeCAD 2006 Professional, an affordable CAD technology software platform; progeARC, based on ArchT architectural design software; progeMEC, mechanical design software; progeEARTH, complete Civil/Survey software, and the progeCAD DWG Viewer, AutoCAD DWG review and plotting software.

ProgeCAD and ProgeARC are either registered trademarks or trademarks of ProgeSOFT, in the USA and/or other countries. IntelliCAD and ArchT are either registered trademarks or trademarks of the IntelliCAD Technology Consortium in the USA and/or other countries. AutoCAD and AutoLISP are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., in the USA and/or other countries. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders.

Contact Information:

iCADsales.com
12042 SE Sunnyside Rd.
PMB591
Clackamas, OR 97015
Email: press@icadsales.com
1-800-975-iCAD

The Stanley Furniture Company Chooses progeSOFT

Portland, OR, USA – May 24, 2006 – The Stanley Furniture Company, Inc. (NASDAQ: STLY, www.stanleyfurniture.com), has chosen the progeCAD DWG Viewer to supply AutoCAD® compatible DWG viewing and plotting to all of their facilities within the United States.

Established in 1924, Stanley Furniture Company, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of wood furniture targeted at the upper-medium price range of the residential market. Manufacturing facilities are located in Stanleytown, Va., Martinsville, Va., Robbinsville, N.C., and Lexington, N.C.

The progeCAD DWG Viewer, developed by progeSOFT s.a.s., is a high-performance review, measure, and plotting tool for digital design data. Compatible with the DWG drawing format, the progeCAD DWG Viewer reads, displays, and prints AutoCAD compatible drawing files from version 2.5 through version 2006, including DWG, DXF and DWF files. Output can be any Windows compatible printer or plotter, to Adobe PDF, or to Autodesk DWF. Output can be rendered, using the built in Rendering capability, can display and print in 2D and 3D, including ACIS solid models, and works with attached raster images.

The Stanley Furniture Company chose the progeCAD DWG Viewer Corporate Country license, which allows them to install the software on any machine used within their company locations throughout the United States.

As Stanley Furniture's software technology provider, Xiloe CAD Teknowledgies (Manassas, Va.), an Authorized progeSOFT Reseller, was proud to provide Stanley Furniture with the corporate country license for the progeCAD DWG Viewer. Brandon Rice, president of Xiloe CAD Teknowledgies, said, “We worked closely with Stanley Furniture to provide them with the most cost effective solution to their DWG review needs. By providing them with the progeSOFT corporate country license, we ensured they could deliver the application to every one of their users, for one low cost.”

The Corporate Country license and a Corporate One-Site license are also available for progeCAD 2006 Professional, DWG compatible CAD software which includes 3D ACIS solid modeling, Advanced Rendering, Raster Image support, including Raster to Vector, AutoLISP, VBA, and supports AutoCAD menus, fonts, blocks, and other support files.

About Xiloe CAD Teknowledgies
Xiloe CAD Teknowledgies is an authorized progeSOFT reseller offering progeCAD 2006 Professional, an affordable CAD technology software platform; progeARC, architectural design software; progeMEC, mechanical design software; and the progeCAD DWG Viewer, CAD design review software.

About ProgeSOFT.US
ProgeSOFT.US, (http://www.progesoft.us), is the United States distributor for ProgeSOFT IntelliCAD software and provides marketing, sales and support for United States ProgeSOFT resellers.

About ProgeSOFT s.a.s.
ProgeSOFT, (http://www.progesoft.com), a founding member of the IntelliCAD Technology Consortium Board of Directors, has been specializing in CAD for the last 20 years and develops CAD products for the general, mechanical and architectural industries.

ProgeCAD and ProgeARC are either registered trademarks or trademarks of ProgeSOFT, in the USA and/or other countries. IntelliCAD and ArchT are either registered trademarks or trademarks of the IntelliCAD Technology Consortium in the USA and/or other countries. AutoCAD and AutoLISP are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., in the USA and/or other countries. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders.

Contact Information

ProgeSOFT.US
12042 SE Sunnyside Rd.
PMB591
Clackamas, OR 97015
Email: press@progesoft.us
+1-503-715-1467

Xiloe CAD Teknowledgies
8665 Sudley Road #168
Manassas, VA 20110
Phone: 1-877-XILOETEK (945-6383)
Email: info@xiloecadtek.com

ProgeSOFT.US Donates ProgeCAD Software to Australian High School

Portland, OR, USA – May 9, 2006 – ProgeSOFT.US (www.progesoft.us), in cooperation with ProgeSOFT s.a.s., Como, Italy, is coordinating the donation of ProgeCAD 2006 Professional CAD software to the Swan High School, in Perth, Western Australia.

Swan View Senior High School situated in the foothills of Perth Western Australia caters to over 800 secondary school students. The school and has the largest Indigenous population in the Perth metropolitan area. The school has a strong Technology focus and has earned a reputation for excellence through its Vocational Education and Training (VET) Programs which assist students in engage in the workforce. The CAD computer lab is accessed by over 250 students each year. Subjects such as Architecture and Engineering prepare students for their design future.

Their future now includes ProgeCAD 2006 Professional, the latest IntelliCAD software from ProgeSOFT, including a library manager for discipline specific symbols, ACIS solid modeling, raster image support, rendering, and a unique set of tools that only ProgeSOFT offers. ProgeCAD software supports the DWG design file format, from version 2.5 through 2006, plus support for AutoCAD® menus, scripts, blocks, and AutoLISP®.

“We are excited to offer industry standard CAD to our students”, said Mike Trlin, Head of Technology and Enterprise Learning Area. “This donation will help equip our lab with industry standard applications our students can use to prepare for careers in the design industries”.

In addition to the lab of over 25 computers, progeSOFT is also donating a copy of progeCAD 2006 Professional for off campus use to each student attending a design class requiring progeCAD software.

“Our Free for Schools program provides for some unique opportunities to donate to the future of students. We hope this donation makes a real difference in success of these students in whatever field they desire to enter.” said Scott Hucke, President, ProgeSOFT.US.

Public and private schools, colleges, technical schools, etc. may apply for free copies of ProgeCAD 2006 Professional for their classrooms at www.progesoft.us.

About ProgeSOFT.US
ProgeSOFT.US, (http://www.progesoft.us), is the United States distributor for ProgeSOFT IntelliCAD software and provides marketing, sales and support for United States ProgeSOFT resellers.

About ProgeSOFT s.a.s.
ProgeSOFT, (http://www.progesoft.com), a founding member of the IntelliCAD Technology Consortium Board of Directors, has been specializing in CAD for the last 20 years and develops CAD products for the general, mechanical and architectural industries.

ProgeCAD and ProgeARC are either registered trademarks or trademarks of ProgeSOFT, in the USA and/or other countries. IntelliCAD and ArchT are either registered trademarks or trademarks of the IntelliCAD Technology Consortium in the USA and/or other countries. AutoCAD and AutoLISP are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., in the USA and/or other countries. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders.

Contact Information

ProgeSOFT.US
12042 SE Sunnyside Rd.
PMB591
Clackamas, OR 97015
Email: press@progesoft.us
+1-503-760-0866

ProgeSOFT Releases ProgeCAD 2006 Professional, version 6.1.8

Como, Italy – April 19, 2006 – ProgeSOFT announced today ProgeCAD® 2006 Professional v6.1.8, based on the IntelliCAD® 6.1 CAD Engine, including important fixes for all CAD users.

Over 50 improvements have been made in ProgeCAD 2006 Professional 6.1.8 in the areas of dimensions, text handling and true type fonts, cut and paste between drawings, VBA and LISP programming, Audionotes, and editing functions.

“Our customers have been providing direct feedback to our development teams to continually improve the reliability and speed of producing AutoCAD compatible DWG drawings with progeCAD.”, said Scott Hucke, President of progeSOFT.US, the North American progeSOFT Distributor. “progeSOFT has a long history of listening to it’s customers when developing new releases of our software, and this release demonstrates that commitment.”

ProgeCAD 2006 Professional includes a library manager for discipline specific symbols, ACIS 3D solid modeling, raster image support, rendering, and a unique set of tools that only ProgeSOFT offers. ProgeCAD software supports the DWG design file format, from version 2.5 through 2006, plus compatibility with AutoCAD® menus, scripts, blocks, VBA and AutoLISP® programming, etc.

progeSOFT plans an upgrade to the progeCAD DWG Viewer, a review, measure and plotting tool for AutoCAD drawings within the next few weeks, including important new markup features.

ProgeSOFT also offers ProgeARC 2006, architectural design software based on the ArchT design engine, and ProgeMEC 2006, for mechanical design tasks. See our list of Authorized Resellers to obtain your own ProgeSOFT evaluation software.

About ProgeSOFT.US

ProgeSOFT.US, (http://www.progesoft.us), is the North American distributor for ProgeSOFT IntelliCAD software and provides marketing, sales and support for United States ProgeSOFT resellers.

About ProgeSOFT

ProgeSOFT, (http://www.progesoft.com), a founding member of the IntelliCAD Technology Consortium Board of Directors, has been specializing in CAD for the last 20 years and develops CAD products for the general, mechanical and architectural industries.

ProgeCAD is either a registered trademark or trademark of ProgeSOFT, in the USA and/or other countries. IntelliCAD is a registered trademark or trademark of the IntelliCAD Technology Consortium in the USA and/or other countries. AutoCAD, and AutoLISP are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., in the USA and/or other countries. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders.

Contact Information
ProgeSOFT.US
12042 SE Sunnyside Rd.
Suite 591
Clackamas, OR 97015
USA
Email: press@progesoft.us
+1-503-715-1467

ProgeSOFT includes ALE Block Manager within ProgeCAD 2006 Professional

Portland, OR – February 2, 2006 – ProgeSOFT includes the ALE block manager within every copy of ProgeCAD 2006 Professional, allowing for easy CAD block library navigation and organization.

ALE comes standard with near 10,000 blocks in libraries for Architectural, Mechanical (ANSI and ISO), Electrical, Hydraulic, and 3D kitchen furniture.

Users can easily define new libraries and give them three levels of indexing: by library, category, and sub category. Blocks defined in the libraries can have descriptive text, and ALE can also be used to browse folders on a disk for blocks. ALE automatically creates high res previews (visible as thumbnail or enlarged), and makes creation of new block libraries simple.

ProgeCAD 2006 Professional also includes ACIS solid modeling, raster image support, rendering, and a unique set of tools that only ProgeSOFT offers. ProgeCAD software supports the DWG design file format, from version 2.6 through 2006, plus support for AutoCAD® menus, scripts, blocks, AutoLISP®, VBA, and SDS C++ applications.

30-day Evaluations of ProgeCAD IntelliCAD can be downloaded from our network of Authorized ProgeSOFT resellers. 30 day evaluation copies of ProgeARC 2006, architectural design software based on the ArchT design engine, ProgeMEC 2006, for mechanica