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Introducing a new up-to-date CAD engine: ARES & ARES Commander Edition

Power to Build Anything You Want

ARES features all industry-standard two and three-dimensional CAD functions plus more than that. It is our goal to deliver 100% of the functionality of market leader AutoCAD® in as much as 90% of use cases - for less than 20% of the price. Featuring an easy to use system structure and user selectable desktop interfaces.

Amazing Value

ARES is arguably the best professional CAD value in the world today. Suited to general purpose two and three-dimensional design and drawing tasks of nearly any complexity, ARES incorporates features and customization abilities found elsewhere only in programs costing nearly 8 times as much.

Exceptional Industry Compatibility

ARES provides an exceptional degree of compatibility with market leader AutoCAD from Autodesk, Inc. ARES is compatible with drawings, commands, customisation, and programming interfaces from AutoCAD Release 2009 and earlier. New users will appreciate its intuitive user interface; AutoCAD familiar users will feel at home right away using the optional AutoCAD style desktop.

On Standard Common Formats

With direct file support for DWG 2009 and DXF 2009 formats and "Round-Trip" retention of drawing elements, ARES users can work side-by-side in a mixed AutoCAD/ARES environment.

Limitless Program Customization

Using ARES's visual Desktop and Menu Editor (DME2), users with no programming skills can easily modify command dialogs, pull-down menus and toolbars to suit their specific needs. Similarly, users can easily assign aliases or hot-keys to command functions to optimise productivity across their entire organization.

Custom System Extension and Application Development

ARES Commander Edition is fully programmable using Lisp, Visual C++, COM and .net or Delphi programming languages. By using its Application Programming Interface (API), users can quickly create productivity enhancing extensions and applications optimised for their enterprise.

Now officially released: ARES - the new CAD Engine
• Test the new Gräbert ARES® CAD engine now

The new ARES Engine now available for CAD developers:

After 5 years of development, ARES® is now released for OEM and developers. In the previous year more than 100 developers from all over the world have exclusively tested ARES® satisfactorily.

ARES® bases natively on the DWG format.
ARES® is available in 13 languages.
ARES® is fully programmable and customizable through common program languages.
The average loading for files time is faster compared to AutoCAD – in all file sizes.

OEM and developers can use ARES® exclusively right away.

Test ARES® and its amazing features now. Ideal conditions for all CAD developers, who are looking for a real, new CAD-Engine alternative.

ARES® offers the following advantages and functionalities:

ARES® User Features

ARES® Import/Export

•	AutoCAD 2009 compatible Commands + new dialoges	•	DWG Import (2.x -> 2009), Export (12 -> 2009)
•	Property Palette	•	DWG native format
•	Color gradients	•	Built-in PDF printer
•	Transparent HTTP support	•	Built-in SVG printer
•	Associative Dimensions	•	ACIS In/out
•	Grips + Magnets	•	ADT Import
•	Fully customizable	•	DWF In / Out
•	Right click menus for each entity	•	ESRI Shape files IN/OUT
•	CUI Import

ARES® Presentation Features

ARES® Programming Features

•	Flat Shading and Gouraud Shading	•	Integrated OEM version
•	Orbit 3D View	•	Flexible licensing
•	Rendering	•	Network Licensing
•	ACIS R19 Modeller
•	Unlimited viewports
•	Material and Light support
•	OpenGL / Rasterizer

ARES® Programming Interfaces

•	Lisp
•	C/fdt Header. Conversion / header from ads
•	C++
•	DRX Api
•	Objekt ARX 2007 (from 1.10)
•	Delphi
•	COM
•	.net (C#,VB.Net) (from 1.10)
•	DCL
•	Built-in IDE (VSTA)
•	Makros
•	Autoload for ADD-Ins
•	Diesel

ARES® for Macintosh OS X and several common Linux-Distributions will be available in the second quarter 2010.

To test ARES® for Macintosh OS X and several Linux-Distributions please contact us via email at oem@graebert.com
or contact our Order Desk directly by phone at +49 (0) 30 896 903 89.

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