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iCADsales.com offers free upgrade to progeCAD 2009

Portland, OR, USA — 8 October 2008 — iCADsales.com is offering anyone purchasing progeCAD 2008 after October 1st, 2008, a free upgrade to progeCAD 2009 upon its release.

Some of the features of progeCAD 2009 will include a new purge dialog, quick dimensioning, compatibility with AutoCAD 2009 DWG files, and export to Google Earth. Other major features will be announced upon the release of progeCAD 2009.

Current users of progeCAD 2008 Professional may upgrade to the new version for a small upgrade fee. progeSOFT gives its clients free upgrades to minor version changes without charging an upgrade fee for each new release. progeSOFT only charges an upgrade fee when changing major versions, such as moving from progeCAD 2008 to progeCAD 2009.

ICADsales.com also offers ProgeARCH, an architectural design software add-on,  progeEARTH, a civil survey design software add-on, and the ProgeCAD Viewer DWG, which allows viewing, markup, and printing of DWG files.

About progeCAD
progeCAD is CAD software highly compatible with industry standards, such as AutoCAD Drawings (DWG) v2.5 through 2009, “AutoCAD Like” menus and commands, SHX and TrueType fonts, AutoLISP, AutoCAD blocks, etc. progeCAD 2009 Professional offers near 10,000 blocks and symbols, 3D ACIS solid modeling, advanced rendering with materials, raster vector hybrid image editing and other tools specific to progeCAD. Sold at a fraction of the cost of most AutoCAD software, progeCAD Professional, 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. Industry specific applications are also available for architectural design (progeARCH), Civil Survey (progeEARTH) and AutoCAD drawing review, markup, and plotting (progeCAD Viewer DWG).

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: info@icadsales.com
800-975-iCAD

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FREE eBOOK for Migrating Board Drafting and Hand Sketch Designs to CAD

Are you an engineer, draftsman, architect, landscape artist, surveryor,sheet metal wood or plastics designer that does all drawings using a t-square and triangle? Are you thinking about using CAD but worried about the cost involved? CADDIT is happy to release a new, complete free eBook entitled "CADDIT Guide: From Board Drafting and Hand Sketch Designs to CAD" to answer these questions and more. Even if you are a CAD designer with several years experience, the reference information given in this free publication is well worth having. This free eBook is available now from http://www.caddit.net/auto-cad/AutoCAD.php and discussion is offered on the CADDIT forum .

This eBook includes the first section of a CAD tutorial that demonstrates opening and editing AutoCAD files without AutoCAD software, using progeCAD Professional CAD software. More information about progeCAD is at CADDIT’s Store

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progeCAD Help Darfur with Charityware

progeCAD Smart!, the free version of the popular DWG compatible CAD software, is dedicated to a fundraising initiative in favour of the Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres).

We believe that ethic values must occupy an important place in the world of business. It is important to use any channel available to draw attention of the people to grave problems of the contemporary society, provoked as well by contradictions of the capitalist society.

The purpose of this initiative is to use the channel of free CAD users to involve them in the humanitarian activity. ( The initiative is aimed at using the channel of free CAD users to involve them in the humanitarian activity.)

progeSOFT has already realized a similar venture with its software progeCAD LT 2006. That time the software house managed to collect 10.000 dollars for the victims of the Tsunami of 2005.

All of the progeCAD Smart! Users can use for free a full and powerful CAD software and according to their will they could contribute to this humanitarian campaign.

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) runs one of its largest humanitarian relief operation in Sudan’s western Darfur region, with 120 international staff and more than 1,800 Sudanese staff working throughout an area the size of France.

Further information on the MSF (Medecins Sans Frontieres) in the Sudan: http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/news/sudan.cfm

Further information on progeCAD Smart! : http://www.progesoft.com/smart

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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.

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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!