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Press Release, May 10 2011

New CorelCAD™ Delivers Precision and Power at an Affordable Price

Built for speed on Windows® and Mac OS®, CorelCAD Delivers Native DWG™ file format support, a full complement of 2D and 3D design tools, and broad compatibility with industry standard CAD tools and workflows

10. Mai 2011 – Ottawa, Canada – Corel® today announced the expansion of its award-winning graphics and technical illustration portfolio with the introduction of CorelCAD™, a powerful and affordable technical design solution that delivers native DWG support, with the industry standard CAD file format, and the ability to seamlessly navigate between 2D and 3D environments. Optimized for the Mac and Windows platforms, CorelCAD enables engineers, designers and architects to quickly and easily customize their work environments and work with even greater speed and efficiency.

Competitively priced, CorelCAD offers small-to-medium-sized businesses and larger enterprises an affordable option for site-wide deployments, making it an ideal solution for day-to-day design projects that require a high level of precision and detail.

Improved Workflow and Compatibility Built on Leading CAD Technology

Corel has partnered with Graebert GmbH, a leading CAD developer with over 25 years of industry experience, to develop and market CorelCAD to a wide audience of users. As a result, existing CAD users will enjoy an intuitive environment with familiar command bars, aliases, menus and toolbars. In addition, CorelCAD provides excellent compatibility, working natively with the AutoCAD® DWG™ file format and eliminating the need for an import / export process to read and write files in the industry standard format.

“The high cost of many CAD solutions makes it a prohibitive expense for small-to-medium-sized businesses. CorelCAD represents a great alternative, particularly for technical designers seeking power and precision at an affordable price,” said Klaus Vossen, Product Manager for Technical Graphics at Corel. “We’re confident that CorelCAD’s combination of price and performance will provide a compelling alternative to architects, engineers, construction firms and any enterprise seeking precision tools for 2D and 3D design.”

Powerful Feature Set Delivers New Levels of Productivity

Focused on helping users to be as productive as possible, CorelCAD emphasizes file format support, customization and ease of integration into existing design workflows. Key capabilities include the ability to:

Open & save DWG files natively: CorelCAD™ uses DWG™ as its native file format and offers DXF™ and DWF support up to AutoCAD® 2010 file format versions (used by AutoCAD® 2010-AutoCAD® 2012). Open, work with and save files in DWG format for worry-free collaboration with colleagues, suppliers and partners. Plus, save drawings back to R12 DWG or DXF format, and recover DWG and DXF files in all format versions.

Design in 2D & 3D: Along with a comprehensive set of 2D drawing features, CorelCAD includes a set of 3D solid modeling tools. Add 3D solid primitives to your design and use Boolean operations to unite, intersect and subtract bodies. Extrude or revolve 2D entities, sweep 2D entities along a path, or loft between 2D entities to create solid objects. Slice and intersect solids, and edit edges, faces and bodies of 3D solids.

Customize workspaces & automate common tasks for greater efficiency: For every industry that relies on CAD tools, there’s a different workflow. To that end, CorelCAD is easily customizable to meet the needs of a variety of sectors and projects. Without any programming knowledge, you can fine-tune the user interface to your working needs. Custom workspace configurations can then be saved in user profiles and deployed throughout an organization to tailor the user interface to specific project needs and maximize productivity.

For more details on what’s included in CorelCAD, please visit http://www.corel.com/corelcad.

Pricing and Availability

CorelCAD is available now in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese at the SRP of €699 / £579 ($699 USD) excluding taxes. Registered users of CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 and Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite X4 or higher are eligible for cross-grade pricing of €499 / £419 ($499 USD).Commercial and academic volume licenses are also available.

To download a free fully-functional trial version or for more information about CorelCAD, please visit http://www.corel.com/corelcad.

Media and Blogger Resources

For additional CorelCAD resources including reviewer's materials, images and videos, please visit www.corel.com/newsroom/corelcad.

About Corel

Corel is one of the world's top software companies with more than 100 million active users in over 75 countries. They develop software that helps people express their ideas and share their stories in more exciting, creative and persuasive ways. Through the years, Corel has built a reputation for delivering innovative, trusted products that are easy to learn and use, helping people achieve new levels of productivity. The industry has responded with hundreds of awards for software innovation, design and value.

Corel's award-winning product portfolio includes some of the world's most widely recognized and popular software brands, including CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite, Corel® Painter™, Corel DESIGNER® Technical Suite, Corel® PaintShop Photo®, Corel® VideoStudio®, Corel® WinDVD®, Corel® WordPerfect® Office, WinZip® and Corel® Digital Studio™.

© 2011 Corel Corporation. All rights reserved. Corel, CorelCAD, CorelDRAW, Corel DESIGNER, Digital Studio, Paint it!, PaintShop Photo, Painter, VideoStudio, WordPerfect, WinDVD, WinZip, the Corel balloon logo and the Corel logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Corel Corporation and/or its subsidiaries. All other product names and any registered and unregistered trademarks mentioned are used for identification purposes only and remain the exclusive property of their respective owners.

Corel Contact Information

Maureen Miller
PR Manager, Graphics
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Phone: 613 294 4848

Press Release, January 25 2011

Graebert GmbH Announces New App Store for DraftSight at SolidWorks World 2011

Graebert Market For DraftSight Brings Wide Range of New Productivity and Drafting Tools to Industry-Leading Dassault Systèmes Software; App Store Supports International Developers and Builds Momentum for DraftSight as Platform

January, 25 2011 – SolidWorks World, San Antonio, TX – Graebert™ GmbH (Berlin) – one of the pioneering companies in high-performance CAD solutions for desktop and mobile devices – today announced that it has developed the Graebert Market for DraftSight™, a new “App Store” for the acclaimed DraftSight 2D drafting package co-developed by Graebert and Dassault Systèmes.

The Graebert Market for DraftSight represents a new community-driven e-store where developers of any size – from individuals to large international corporations – can effectively promote, demonstrate and sell to the 300,000+ worldwide DraftSight users as a means to evaluate and purchase their products.

This announcement is a “call to developers” to begin porting their existing applications and plug-ins to DraftSight using the Graebert Developer Studio, available only through Graebert.

While the market is expected to open to buyers in April of 2011, information about becoming a developer or a DraftSight customer can be found at www.graebertmarket.com. Graebert is working with a number of international developers to have their solutions highlighted in the new market, which has support for 13 languages built-in to the storefront for worldwide deployment.

Graebert Market for DraftSight will be a major catalyst in the evolution of DraftSight from a CAD drafting engine into a robust, customizable platform for CAD users to support and enhance their business activities. The products expected in the market will reflect a wide range of software for mechanical, electrical and process design, as well as building design and site engineering at a range of price points to appeal to all users.

“As first pioneered by Apple® in its business model for turning the iPhone® into the single most popular mobile device, Graebert is now making DraftSight an extensible, modular platform that can be customized by users to meet their specific needs,” said Wilfried Graebert, founder and CEO of Graebert GmbH. “Through our market, we are also creating an active user community for DraftSight – a place where people can try out add-on applications and drafting aids to develop DraftSight into a complete productivity platform. Just as DraftSight created new possibilities for CAD drafting, we believe the Graebert Market for DraftSight will catalyze new innovations in software development, user/vendor interaction and application deployment.”

About Graebert

In 1999, Graebert GmbH recognized the need for professional CAD in the growing market of mobile devices and developed PowerCAD CE, the first professional and fully functional 2D and 3D CAD System for Windows CE™. The company’s award-winning SiteMaster™ solution has measured thousands of public and private facilities throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

Further details at www.graebert.com and www.graebert-isurvey.com

ARES, SiteMaster and Graebert are trademarks of Graebert, GmbH. All others trademarks and registered trademarks previously cited are the property of their respective owners and are hereby acknowledged.

Logos, screenshots and additional data are available from the Graebert PR contact:

Jonathan Hirshon, Horizon Communications for Graebert
US Cellphone: +1 408 969 4888

Press Release, November 30 2011

Graebert Announces Next Generation of SiteMaster for Computer Aided Surveying and Building Information Modeling

New Standard for Building Surveys, Completely Rewritten to Use ARES Core Engine for 2D/3D Performance and AutoCAD Compatibility; Combines Mobile Deployment, 3D Building Measurement and Object Modeling into a Single Solution

November, 30 2010 – Berlin – Graebert™ GmbH, the developer of the acclaimed ARES™ CAD cross-platform solution and the co-developer of DraftSight™, the 2D Dassault Systemes SolidWorks™ software, today announced a major upgrade of SiteMaster™, the company’s site surveying and measurement package.

This completely re-written version of SiteMaster offers state-of-the-art CAD and modeling technology such as automated wall cleanup, parametric objects and smart dimensioning for positioning and replicating complex architectural features. SiteMaster allows customers to use laser distance meters and a portable PC (notebooks, or tablets using Microsoft® Windows Version 7®) to quickly create both 2D plans and 3D models.

Using SiteMaster, a single person can handle the entire survey process, even of very large buildings, structures, and construction sites. SiteMaster technology allows for easy CAD drawing creation in the field, reducing back-office rework of surveys to a minimum while also maximizing productivity and results.

Based on ARES Commander Edition, the new CAD engine from Graebert introduced in 2010, SiteMaster Version 6 also allows CAD drawings to be directly produced and output in the industry standard DWG format. Through the ARES core engine, SiteMaster Version 6 sets a new standard for mobile surveying speed and accuracy.

Previous SiteMaster versions introduced over the last two decades pioneered the concept of mobile, in-the-field CAD creation for the survey and measurement user. Version 6 adds the new ability to create 3D models with complete graphical and non-graphical information.

The building models created by SiteMaster Version 6 are fully compatible with the objects in use by other programs in this market, such as the Autodesk® Architectural Desktop (ADT), Revit™ and Tekla™. The 3D object models generated by SiteMaster 6 are also compatible with Industry Foundation Classes (IFC). IFC compatibility allows surveys to be seamlessly integrated into large architectural projects, facilities management, job-site surveys and energy assessment environments.

Millions of square meters have been surveyed with Graebert SiteMaster software, including Deutsche Telekom®, Germany (13,778 rooms with more than one million square meters in 15 weeks), McDonald's® in Great Britain (300 Restaurants in two months) as well as 70 Public Sector buildings in Great Britain (140,000 square meters in three weeks).

Graebert also offers an Energy Efficiency module for its 3D surveying software. It not only lets the user collect the relevant data (such as construction and building services) when surveying buildings, but also creates the abstract 3D zone model of uniformly conditioned building areas, which are used to calculate building ratings and generate Energy Performance Certificates.

SiteMaster 6 is currently in Beta testing and is expected to be generally available at the beginning of 2011 – the company is actively seeking Beta testers for the product. An application built upon SiteMaster Version 6 for the United Kingdom is also ready to test. Current clients, along with interested surveyors, architects and facility managers may easily participate in a three-month validation of the new software. Please contact sitemaster@graebert.com to apply for this program.

“For the last 20 years, SiteMaster has been a gold standard for computer aided surveying and has been instrumental in measuring sites worldwide by some of the largest surveying firms,” said Wilfried Graebert, founder and CEO of Graebert GmbH. “The inclusion of our ARES 2D/3D CAD engine into the latest version of SiteMaster brings new functionality, speed and workflow capabilities to an already exceptional product.”

About Graebert

Logos, screenshots and additional data are available from the Graebert PR contact:

Jonathan Hirshon, Horizon Communications for Graebert
US Cellphone: +1 408 969 4888

Press Release, September 27 2010

Graebert GmbH Announces ARES Commander Edition 1.0 for Linux; New Partnership with Lightworks Shows Industry Momentum Around ARES

First Professional, Multi-Platform CAD solution for Mac, Windows & Linux;
Fully compatible with AutoCAD, latest 3D support and Linux Optimized Interface Option,
50% off Through October; New Seamless Integration with Lightworks Artisan Rendering

September 27, 2010 – Berlin – Graebert™ GmbH http://www.graebert.com – one of the pioneering companies in high-performance CAD solutions for desktop and mobile devices – today announced that its award-winning ARES™ Commander Edition 2D/3D CAD software for Linux® is now immediately shipping and available. Offered at an introductory price of $495 through the end of October, this represents a 50% discount from the standard retail pricing of $995.

Optimized for Ubuntu®, the leading version of Linux for desktop, Graebert now offers the industry’s only native 3D CAD solution for all three major desktop operating systems – Microsoft® Windows®, Mac® OS X® and Linux. Specifically, ARES Commander Edition is designed for 32-bit versions of Ubuntu® 9.10, Fedora® 11, Suse® 11.2, Mandriva® 2010, or higher versions (other Linux versions are in progress). iPad® support is also under active investigation to bring a full CAD solution to mobile users seeking an ideal blend of features, performance and integration with desktop CAD programs.

ARES Commander Edition offers Linux users a powerful and affordable 3D CAD solution, fully capable of supporting both AEC (Architecture/Engineering/Construction) and MCAD (Mechanical CAD) use cases and the ability to seamlessly exchange files across all three supported OS platforms.

ARES provides both industry compatibility and the highest-performance features and capabilities for mission-critical design workflow. ARES for Linux takes full advantage of Ubuntu’s user interface and power, while also providing the professional-level precision, features and performance of the CAD engine that also powers the new DraftSight™ software from Dassault Solidworks®. ARES also offers users a choice of experiencing a fully Linux-specific User Interface (UI) or a more tailored UI that matches the Windows version – both UI versions are fully command compatible with AutoCAD®.

A free 30-day trial of ARES Commander Edition for Linux may be downloaded at www.graebert.com - potential users can also read the recent glowing review of ARES by Cadalyst Magazine at http://www.graebert.com/aresmedia/Cadalyst_report_ARES-reprint.pdf.

Resellers and OEMs interested in carrying ARES Commander Edition for Linux or using the ARES CAD engine for their own customized versions of the software should email linuxsales@graebert.com to obtain further details and a roadmap for the software development process currently scheduled for Linux.

Lightworks Partnership

Simultaneous with the availability of the Linux version of ARES, Graebert also announced today a partnership with Lightworks (Sheffield, UK), the world's leading supplier of rendering solutions for developers of advanced 3D computer graphics software. Lightworks’ acclaimed rendering technology is embedded in more than 80 software applications and is a mission-critical solution used by more than 3 million customers worldwide.

ARES is one of the first CAD products to be integrated with Artisan™ SnapShot Studio, a new application for the quick and easy generation of photorealistic images from 3D CAD data that also provides pre-configured workflows. Using ‘drag, drop & render’ styles for ease of use, Artisan is currently available on the Windows platform, with a Mac version to be released later this year. Details can be found at http://www.lightworkdesign.com/. Artisan SnapShot Studio is aimed at use in the entire design process, allowing users to quickly try out various material combinations and lighting conditions before moving on to final design decisions and final quality imagery. Artisan allows multiple SnapShots to be previewed, generated and available for offline rendering – this is accomplished using a combination of hardware-based OpenGL® real-time rendering for set-up and review along with powerful, fully scalable CPU-based rendering for high-quality raytraced and global illuminated images.

“We are very excited to be working with Graebert, one of the most respected and innovative names in the CAD industry,” said Dave Forrester, CEO of Lightworks. “ARES has achieved tremendous mindshare in a very short period of time and we are proud to add their name to the list of major vendors who integrate with our acclaimed rendering technology.”

“Having an optimized, native Linux solution completes the ‘trifecta’ of operating system support promised by Graebert earlier this year – we are now the first and only vendor offering a complete 3D CAD design workflow across every major desktop operating system,” said Wilfried Graebert, CEO and founder of Graebert GmbH. “Integrating with the photo-realistic rendering technology offered by Lightworks brings a whole new level of 3D excellence to ARES and we are very excited to be among the first to integrate with Artisan.”

About Graebert

Paralleling the rise of the personal computer, Graebert GmbH (Berlin) has more than 30 years expertise in delivering high-performance, affordable solutions for both the PC and mobile CAD markets. Graebert’s award-winning products are fully compliant with industry standards and have been mission-critical for customers ranging from the largest Fortune® 500 companies to individual architects.

In 1999, Graebert GmbH recognized the need for professional CAD in the growing market of mobile devices and developed PowerCAD CE, the first professional and fully functional 2D and 3D CAD System for Windows CE™. The company’s award-winning SiteMaster™ solution has measured thousands of public and private facilities throughout Europe, Asia and North America.
Further details at www.graebert.com and www.graebert-isurvey.com

ARES, SiteMaster and Graebert are trademarks of Graebert, GmbH. All other trademarks and registered trademarks previously cited are the property of their respective owners and are hereby acknowledged.

Logos, screenshots and additional data are available from the Graebert PR contact.

For further information:

Jonathan Hirshon
Horizon Communications for Graebert
+1 408 969 4888
jh@horizonpr.com
http://www.horizonpr.com

Press Release, July 10 2010

Graebert GmbH Announces ARES Commander Edition 1.0 for Mac OS X

First Professional, Multi-Platform CAD solution for Mac, Windows & Linux;
Fully compatible with AutoCAD, latest 3D support and Mac-native Interface Option,
50% off Through end of September, Graebert Seeking Resellers and OEMs for Mac ARES

August 10, 2010 – Berlin – Graebert™ GmbH – one of the pioneering companies in high-performance CAD solutions for desktop and mobile devices – today announced that its award-winning ARES™ Commander Edition 2D/3D CAD software for Mac® OS X® is now immediately shipping at an introductory price of $495 through the end of September, a 50% discount from the regular price of $995.

Having announced the beta of ARES for Mac at Macworld 2010 in February, Graebert chose to launch 1.0 on the week that for many years marked the start of MacWorld Expo Boston. This was done to commemorate the proud history of the Mac and its passionate user base – many of whom have been on the platform for decades and have long sought a powerful and affordable 3D CAD solution capable of supporting both AEC (Architecture/Engineering/Construction) and MCAD (Mechanical CAD) use cases.

Using a native OS X UI (no emulation), ARES on the Mac is the first CAD solution to run across Microsoft® Windows®, Apple® Mac® OS X and Linux®, while also being optimized for specific operating system features and capabilities. iPad® support is also under active investigation to bring a full CAD solution to mobile users seeking an ideal blend of features and performance.

“Khronos welcomes the use of OpenGL by advanced applications to leverage the hardware acceleration of state-of-the-art GPUs," said Barthold Lichtenbelt, chair of the OpenGL working group at Khronos. "Combining the power and cross platform flexibility of OpenGL with ARES Commander Edition for OS X on the Mac offers customers the choice of platform for their 2D/3D CAD needs.”

ARES provides both industry compatibility and the highest-performance features and capabilities for mission-critical design workflow. ARES for Mac takes full advantage of the ease-of-use of the Apple platform while also providing the professional-level precision, features and performance of the CAD engine that also powers the new DraftSight™ software from Dassault Solidworks® on the Windows platform. ARES also offers users a choice of experiencing a fully Mac-specific User Interface (UI) or a more tailored UI that matches the Windows version – both UI versions are fully command compatible with AutoCAD®.

A free 30-day trial of ARES Commander Edition for Mac OS X may be downloaded at www.graebert.com - potential users can also read the recent glowing review of ARES by Cadalyst Magazine at http://www.graebert.com/aresmedia/Cadalyst_report_ARES-reprint.pdf
Minimum system requirements for the Mac version of ARES Commander are an Intel® x86 processor and Mac OS X 10.5.8 or above.

“The pent-up demand for a native Mac CAD solution has been overwhelming and we had thousands of requests by users wanting to be part of our initial Beta test process. Now that we have a stable 1.0 version, we are delighted to show everyone just how powerful CAD on the Mac can really be,” said Wilfried Graebert, CEO and founder of Graebert, GmbH. “The announcement a few weeks ago of extremely powerful new Mac Pro systems only emphasizes that Apple has a great platform for high-end computing. ARES is the key to unlocking the CAD potential of all Macs and we are actively looking for Mac resellers and OEMs to bring the ARES experience to the widest range of worldwide Mac users.”

Resellers and OEMs interested in carrying ARES Commander Edition for Mac or using the ARES CAD engine for their own customized versions of the software should email macsales@graebert.com to obtain further details and a roadmap for the software development process currently scheduled for Mac OS X.

About Graebert

In 1999, Graebert GmbH recognized the need for professional CAD in the growing market of mobile devices and developed PowerCAD CE, the first professional and fully functional 2D and 3D CAD System for Windows CE™. The company’s award-winning SiteMaster™ solution has measured thousands of public and private facilities throughout Europe, Asia and North America.
Further details at www.graebert.com and www.graebert-isurvey.com

Logos, screenshots and additional data are available from the Graebert PR contact.

Jonathan Hirshon, Horizon Communications for Graebert
US Cellphone: +1 408 969 4888

Press Release, July 6th 2010

Dassault Systèmes and Graebert GmbH Announce Technology Relationship

Graebert Teams with Dassault Systèmes to Deliver DraftSight 2D CAD Software

BERLIN – July 6, 2010 – Dassault Systèmes (DS) (Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA), a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, today announced a technology relationship with Graebert GmbH, one of the pioneering companies in high-performance computer-aided design (CAD) solutions for desktop and mobile devices. Graebert worked with Dassault Systèmes to help deliver DraftSight, recently launched by Dassault Systèmes on June 22, 2010. The companies will work together to enhance the software based on customer feedback and response.

DraftSight, currently in public beta and available for free download at 3ds.com, is a 2D CAD product that provides users with a better way to read, write and share DWG files. Based on an advanced architecture, DraftSight generally takes a few minutes to download, runs on multiple operating systems, including Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 and is available for professional CAD users, students and educators.

DraftSight is based on Graebert’s acclaimed ARES Commander Edition software, announced in February 2010, with unique features and functionality that bring exceptional capabilities to their worldwide customers as well as the broader market, including students and educators.

“We selected Graebert as our technology development partner based on a number of different criteria, including the performance and feature set of the core ARES software,” said Aaron Kelly, senior director, DraftSight, Dassault Systèmes. “Working with Graebert, we have delivered software that will not only enable the DraftSight community to read, write and share DWG files, but to do so with a level of price-performance and features that will change how people use CAD.”

DraftSight users will have access to an open online community, accessible through DraftSight.com aimed at providing CAD users with access to new services and products and the ability to unlock valuable data stored in millions of DWG files.

Graebert developed ARES focusing on a number of core benchmarks, with performance being a leading criterion. The program has received global recognition and been noted for both its exceptional speed and feature set. ARES is the end result of more than five years of development by Graebert, one of the pioneers in CAD software development since 1983.

“We are very proud to have been selected by Dassault Systèmes – the undisputed world leader in 3D and PLM – to co-develop this 2D CAD product,” said Wilfried Graebert, CEO of Graebert GmbH. “DraftSight is a truly innovative solution combining an online community with an easy-to-use 2D CAD product designed to read, write and share DWG files. DraftSight is powered by ARES, which gives Dassault Systèmes customers the best next-generation 2D CAD solution.”

About Dassault Systèmes
As a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, Dassault Systèmes brings value to more than 115,000 customers in 80 countries. A pioneer in the 3D software market since 1981, Dassault Systèmes applications provide a 3D vision of the entire lifecycle of products from conception to maintenance to recycling. The Dassault Systèmes portfolio consists of CATIA for designing the virtual product - SolidWorks for 3D mechanical design - DELMIA for virtual production - SIMULIA for virtual testing - ENOVIA for global collaborative lifecycle management, and 3DVIA for online 3D lifelike experiences. For more information, visit http://www.3ds.com.

CATIA, DELMIA, ENOVIA, SIMULIA, SolidWorks, and 3D VIA are registered trademarks and DraftSight and the DraftSight logos are trademarks of Dassault Systèmes or its subsidiaries in the US and/or other countries. Other brand and product names are trademarks of their respective owners.

Dassault Systèmes Press Contacts

CJ Lin (DS AP)	cj.lin@3ds.com	+86 21 3856 8039
Derek Lane (DS Americas)	derek.lane@3ds.com	+1 (818) 673-2243
Arnaud Malherbe (DS EMEA)	arnaud.malherbe@3ds.com	+33 (1) 61 62 87 73
Elena Fernandez (DS LATAM)	elena.fernandez@3ds.com	+1 (978) 442-2790

Graebert Press Contact

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Press Release, February 9th 2010

CAD Pioneer Graebert GmbH Announces ARES - The First Native CAD Solution For All 3 Major Operating Systems & Mobile

Based on 5 Years of Development, ARES Combines Exceptional Performance with AutoCAD Compatibility, Easy-to-Navigate UI, Full Customization and Native Availability on Windows, Mac & Linux for below $500

February 9, 2010 – Macworld 2010, San Francisco, booth 667 J – Graebert™ GmbH (Berlin) – one of the pioneering companies in high-performance CAD solutions for desktop and mobile devices – today announced ARES™, the industry’s first native cross-platform CAD solution. ARES provides both industry compatibility and the highest-performance features and capabilities for mission-critical design workflow.

ARES uses a common design interface and is the first CAD solution to run natively across Microsoft® Windows®, Apple® Mac® OS X and Linux®, while also being optimized for specific operating system features and capabilities. ARES also includes innovative and powerful features such as built-in VoiceNotes for created files, 3D modeling support via the latest ACIS libraries and more.

Upcoming versions of ARES will be available for Microsoft Windows Mobile® devices – both Apple iPad® and the Google® Android® operating system are under active evaluation for porting as well. ARES will be initially available in 13 languages from the entire worldwide network of Graebert distributors and partners, as well as select OEMs.

ARES development has focused on a number of core benchmarks, with performance being a leading criterion: ARES is typically 3-5X faster in operations such as open and save than other CAD packages on any platform. With more than a year of intensive beta testing by more than 100 major corporations and leading CAD users, ARES is the end-result of more than 250 man-years of development (5 calendar years) from Graebert, one of the pioneers in CAD software development since 1983.

Graebert is well known internationally for leading mobile CAD solutions such as SiteMaster™ as well as having more than 500,000 estimated users of PowerCAD™, its previous-generation CAD product. The company has more than 50 active VARs and OEMs on six continents, and is working with these and new partners to distribute ARES worldwide.

“Several Fortune® 500 companies have been using ARES as part of our intensive beta test – to them, ARES really does represent the next-generation of CAD solution,” said Wilfried Graebert, Founder and CEO of Graebert, GmbH.

“Using ARES, they have been able to create designs in far less time than with competitive solutions – the feedback has been identical - ARES is an impressive product that lived up to their demanding expectations.”

Key features of ARES

DWG native format - Graebert is a founding member of the Open Design Alliance and sits on the Board of Directors. ARES supports DWG Import (2.x -> 2009), Export (12->2009) and DWG 2009 Native format (DWG 2010 support coming in 2nd Quarter, 2010)
AutoCAD-compatible command line and scripts
More than 400 new commands
Drawing recovery
Latest ACIS 3D modeling support
I/O Support for DWG 2.5 -> 2009, DWF, SAT, WMF, SLD, ESRI & SHP
Exceptional print capabilities, including PDF, Raster & SVG
UI optimized for each native operating system as well as an XML-based, fully customizable UI with a built-in designer
Widest range of programming I/O support, including Lisp, C, Delphi, COM, .net (C#, VB.net), C++ and VSTA

Pricing and availability

ARES will ship in two different price configurations – ARES ($495) and ARES Commander Edition ($995).

The two products are identical with the exception of programmability and 3D support, which are found only in ARES Commander Edition. Both ARES and ARES Commander Edition for Microsoft Windows are available immediately as trial downloads from www.graebert.com - the Mac and Linux versions are currently part of a closed Beta process (request an invite at www.graebert.com) and are expected to ship in the 2nd quarter of 2010.