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progeSOFT supports the humanitarian work of the Norwegian Refugeee Council

progeSOFT is supporting the humanitarian work of the Norwegian Refugeee Council, NRC, with licenses of the recently released progeCAD 2010 drawing software.

“Having a partner who understands and supports the work we are doing in countries with millions of displaced people and being able to use the professional drawing software progeCAD 2010 helping us to build better houses and schools is of great value to us. We and the beneficiaries of our work are very glad to all the support given by progeSOFT.” Martin Suvatne, Shelter Adviser, NRC.

progeSOFT believes in the importance of cooperate social responsibility in today’s global business. The state of the art software products produced can also help countries and people hit by conflict and crisis on their way to recovery. Today’s humanitarian organizations are professionally run using advanced technology and management in order to operate in very challenging environments. But with more than 45 million displaced people worldwide the needs are immense and every Euro spend on equipment and software is one Euro less spend on direct assistance. This is way progeSOFT is providing enough progeCAD 2010 licenses so that NRC can provide more adequate housing to people in need.

NRC is an independent, humanitarian non-governmental organization providing assistance, protection and durable solutions to refugees and internally displaced persons worldwide. With more than 2600 staff in around 20 countries in Africa, Asia, America and Europe it provides assistance on five core activities:
• Building of homes and schools
• Camp management and camp planning
• Distribution of food and non-food relief items
• Information, counseling and legal assistance
• Education in Emergencies

As of today progeCAD 2010 is NRC’s proficient tool for construction and rehabilitation programs in Burundi, the Democratic Republic Congo, East Timor, Georgia, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lebanon, Liberia, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda, Myanmar (Burma), the occupied Palestinian Territories and Pakistan.

Further information regarding the benefits of progeCAD 2010: http://www.progesoft.com/en/products

Further information on the Norwegian Refugeee Council:
http://www.nrc.no/

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progeBILLD HVAC/Plumb, a new CAD Building Services module, running on progeCAD, delivered today by iCADsales.com

Portland, Oregon, USA – September 21, 2009 – iCADsales.com (http://www.icadsales.com) announced today the availability of the HVAC – Plumbing Design software solution called progeBILLD HVAC/Plumb, running on progeCAD 2009 Professional. The progeBILLD series is a lineup of progeADD-ons for building services, providing modules for Electrical, HVAC/Plumbing, and Mechanical/Structural. An Additional Module, progeBILLD Base, an Architectural application to allow the designer to easily populate their drawings with architectural elements such as walls, doors, windows, furniture symbols, etc. will be released soon. ProgeBILLD HVAC/PLUMB contains numerous libraries of standardized elements, conforming to DIN, EN, ISO and other standards. Ready-to-use objects and commands automate the creation of details, schematics, and multi-view drawings. Here is a small subset of some of the features of progeBILLD HVAC/Plumb… Design all kinds of installation types (HVAC, water-supply-and-sewage, medical, cooling installation, gas fittings and any technological installations in industry and architecture). You can create any kind of pipe as needed. Complete library of standard HVAC objects and symbols based on DIN, EN, ISO and national standards. You can also create customized objects. An import-function is available for objects of other providers. Drawing of isometric views with the ability to insert symbols in different views. Automatically transform all symbols (incl. user-symbols) to an isometric view Design installations with automatic insertion of suitable fittings. Automatically join pipes and air ducts. Automatically insert elbows, T-parts, reducers etc. Extended set of objects based on standards and catalogs of prestigious producers. A lot of 3D objects are available in the manufacturers library Numbering system and object description, specifying all technical data Automatically create legends and descriptions. Automatically create specifications with export possibility to PDF, XLS, XLM, CSV, HTML, RTF and more. iCADsales.com offers each module of the progeBILLD series as separate add-ons. Applications for Civil Survey, CNC CAM, and general productivity tools are also available. 30-day trial software including progeCAD 2009 Professional to power the progeADD-on applications is available on our website at http://www.icadsales.com/index.pl/Download

About iCADsales.com iCADSales.com (http://www.icadsales.com), the largest progeCAD reseller worldwide, offers progeCAD shipping with several different options including NLM Network, USB Mobile, and affordable Site Licensing. progeCAD Add-on products in land design, architecture and mechanical are also available. Download the Free Full 30 day trial versions of our software when you visit our website.

progeCAD is either a registered trademark or trademark of ProgeSOFT, in the USA and/or other countries. progeADD-on, progeBILLD, progeEARTH, progeOFFICE, progeTABLE, progeDATA, progeWORD are registered trademarks or trademarks of progeSOFT North America 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 1-800-975-iCAD (4223)

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progeCAD German Version Offers Improved AutoCAD Compatibility

progeSOFT in partnership with CADDIT and N.W.S. Germany announced the German translation release of progeCAD 2009 Professional CAD design software. Designers, engineers and architects accustomed to AutoCAD, Auto CAD LT or IntelliCAD can compare the cost-for-feature value free for 30 days.

Como, Italy (PRWEB) May 27, 2009 — Unlike most AutoCAD compatible CAD software, progeCAD 2009 far exceeds simple DWG file compatibility with special features like Google Earth export, PDF conversion, Quick-Dimensioning (“QDIM”) and even an updated spell checker. Now German users enjoy the convenience of using progeCAD design commands in native German language.

AutoCAD LT users will see familiar with features like paper space layout “print area visualization” and support for DIESEL expressions along with full DWG file compatibility – but at a fraction of the cost. progeCAD also supports true ACIS 3D model editing, AutoLISP and SDS program extensions – features not supported by most versions of AutoCAD LT. progeCAD’s extensive DWG block collection library and manager has been extended with more CAD symbols. progeCAD’s new “Advanced Data Extraction” wizard guides users in easily sharing block information with applications like Microsoft Excel. Other enhancements include new “one-click” text editing, an interactive “purge” command window and one-click entity grouping.

progeCAD Professional 2009 German includes eTransmit , eSnap-from, Asiatic font, ECW, O2C, SVG XML file support and basic raster-to-vector conversion software. progeCAD’s “Express Tools” CAD design pack, easy-to-use attribute editing and “Find and Replace” text and attribute search make “progeCAD Professional – German version” a truly “professional” platform that is quite affordable – less than 300 Euros.

The German Translation of progeCAD demonstrates a significant effort in quality over similar German design software. Great care was taken to use technical terminology which German CAD users would be familiar with. An additional, full German help file will be released to all users later this year. Network NLM, USB mobile and corporate licensing options for the 2009 German version are available as well.

progeCAD is now used successfully by thousands of companies around the world like Honda, Q8, ABB, Holcim, Indus Motor and Schneider Electric in industries like building design and architecture, machine and mechanical design, furniture and appliances, industrial layout and production planning and more. “progeCAD 2009 – German version” helps German innovation to continue, but at a price more appropriate to the current economic climate.

progeCAD German CAD software translation was supervised by progeSOFT, located near beautiful Lake Como in Italy. progeCAD in German is available from numerous authorized progeCAD distributors around the world including progeSOFT (www.progesoft.com , www.progecad-deutschland.com) and CADDIT .

A german language support forum for progeCAD is also available here

About progeSOFT:
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 www.progesoft.com

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ID³ Solutions, Electrical CAD Specialist, Joins the progeSOFT North America Authorized Reseller Network

St. Catharine’s, Ontario, Canada – February 12, 2009 – Scott Hucke, President of progeSOFT North America, (www.progesoft.us), and Michael Galenkamp, Owner and Founder of ID³ Solutions, (www.id3solutions.ca), have signed a progeSOFT North America Authorized Reseller agreement, allowing ID³ Solutions to become an authorized reseller of progeSOFT software and progeADD-on Modules in Canada.

progeSOFT North America is the North American distributor of progeCAD Professional and progeCAD Standard Computer Aided Design software, progeCAD Viewer DWG,  capable of  reviewing and marking up AutoCAD DWG drawings, and producer of vertical industry specific progeADD-on modules running with progeCAD 2009 Professional.

progeCAD, a CAD software highly compatible with industry standards, such as AutoCAD Drawings (DWG) v2.5 through v2009, “AutoCAD Like” menus and commands, SHX and TrueType fonts, AutoLISP, hatch patterns, linetypes, etc., has little or no learning curve for AutoCAD users, and is priced at 1/10th the cost of AutoCAD.

progeSOFT North America also offers add-on modules for many vertical industries and markets running on progeCAD Professional:

– progeEARTH is a Complete Civil Survey Software package.
– progeCAM Basic is an affordable entry-level 2D mini milling software bundle for CNC manufacturing.
– progeCAM Professional is an affordable Milling, Lathe and/or Wire EDM CNC software bundle for CNC manufacturing.
– progeTABLE, the first in a series of products planned for linking progeCAD to Microsoft Office applications, imports Excel Spreadsheets into progeCAD as tables, keeping the data synchronized between the two applications.

About ID³ Solutions
ID³ Solutions (www.id3solutions.ca) is a reseller and sales representative of several CAD products, specializing in electrical solutions.  ID³ is involved in Design, Drawing and Deployment of electrical CAD products: sales, training, implementation support, and design services involving electrical control systems and schematics.

About progeSOFT North America
progeSOFT North America (www.progesoft.us) distributes progeSOFT products to North American progeSOFT resellers, and produces industry specific add-ons for progeCAD, distributed internationally. Potential Resellers can find more information on their website about joining the growing list of Authorized progeSOFT Resellers.

Contact Information
ID³ Solutions
31 Kilkenny Drive
St. Catharine’s
Ontario Canada
L2N 6E4
Telephone: 905 380 9143
E-mail:info@id3solutions.ca