2D DWG-based CAD software for Windows®
Based on the same CAD platform as ARES Commander, ARES Standard is a CAD software aiming at the users who occasionally need to create or modify 2D drawings in the DWG format. It includes a full set of the CAD features you can expect for 2D drafting, at a very affordable price.
Available for Windows only
Native DWG support
Create & Modify in 2D
Available in 4 languages: 
Go full-featured 2D/3D with ARES Commander
Top 5 reasons to use ARES Standard
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View, print or modify DWG drawings created with ARES Commander, AutoCAD® or other DWG-based CAD software
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Create your own 2D drawings in DWG format with layers, blocks, dimensions and a full set of 2D tools
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The performance and reliability of the ARES® CAD technology trusted by Millions of professionals
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Very affordable pricing, including the possibility to buy Perpetual licenses
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Familiar user interface offering an easy switch from AutoCAD® or other popular CAD software
Compare ARES Commander vs. ARES Standard
| NB: This table is focused on the differences between the 2 products | ARES Commander | ARES Standard | |
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| Same license works for Windows, Mac & Linux | |
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| License types | |||
| Perpetual license or Perpetual Flex license (network) | |
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| Annual Plan (1 year term license), Flex (network) 1 Year, or Flex Cloud 1 Year | |
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| 3 Years Plan (3 years term license) or Flex Cloud 3 Years | |
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| Utility tools & Productivity features | |||
| Associative Patterns (aka Arrays) Watch Video | |
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| Curved Text | |
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| Drawing Compare Watch Video | |
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| XtraTools (42 productivity features) Watch Video 1 and Watch Video 2 | |
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| Blocks, Dynamic blocks and 2D Parametric design | |||
| Blocks, blocks with attributes and Block Editor | |
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| Use Dynamic Blocks created with AutoCAD Watch Video | |
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| Convert Dynamic Blocks into Custom Blocks Watch Video | |
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| Create Custom Blocks (equivalent to Dynamic Blocks) Watch Video 1 and Watch Video 2 | |
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| 2D Constraints – Geometric & Dimensional constraints Watch Video | |
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| 3D CAD features Watch More Videos | |||
| View 3D files saved in DWG | |
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| View Navigator – Move among 2D & 3D views quickly Watch Video | |
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| 3D Solid Modeling – Create & Modify 3D solids Watch Video | |
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| CAD features for BIM projects Watch Video | |||
| Import Revit and IFC files + BIM navigator to filter BIM entities | |
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| Read BIM properties in Properties palette | |
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| BIM data extraction to tables and Excel | |
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| Extract 2D drawings from BIM project | |
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| Automate DWG drawings for BIM with Material Mapper, BIM dimensions and BIM labels | |
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| Publish the created BIM drawings to paper, PDF or DWG. | |
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| Maps for ARES Commander service powered by Esri Watch Video | |||
| Geo-referenced coordinate system or projection | |
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| Locate/Search for any place on Earth | |
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| Base Maps: satellite image, street map, topo map | |
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| ARES Trinity of CAD features for better collaboration Watch Our Video Playlist | |||
| Commenting palette & Markups | |
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| Cloud Storage palette to synchronize drawings across users and their devices | |
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| Share drawings as free View-only links to view and comment drawing online | |
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| ARES Touch (Mobile version) for Android and iOS | |
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| ARES Kudo (Cloud version) | |
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| Advanced Printing Options | |||
| BatchPrint – Print multiple drawings on a Printer or into one PDF file | |
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| PCX Support / PC3 Import | |
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| Sheet Set Manager and support for .dst files – Create, organize and manage sheets from multiple drawings Watch Video | |
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| Pack and Go – Share Sheet Sets with other users using a zip file with all the selected sheets and attached references Watch Video | |
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| Sheet Set Manager – Publish Sheet Set to PDF, DWF and printer Watch Video | |
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| Optional ARES Plugins (Additional costs will apply) Watch More Videos | |||
| ARES Render – Real-time photo-realistic 3D rendering Watch Video | |
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| UNDET Point Cloud – Import & Manage Point Clouds Watch Video | |
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| Application Programming Interfaces | |||
| LISP and FDT (Legacy C/C++ older API) |  |
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| Visual LISP , .NET and COM |  |
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| Tx (C/C++) – Core ARES API, works also with Kudo and Touch | |
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| FxARX (C/C++) for compatibility with ARX | |
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| Microsoft VSTA and ActiveX | |
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Millions of professionals are using CAD software based on ARES Commander:
Developers will find a powerful API with support for various programming languages including C++, Tx, lisp,
VSTA, DCL, Visual Studio, COM, Active X.
The ARES Trinity API brings C++, LISP, DCL and Qt on all three platforms: ARES Commander (Windows, Mac and Linux), ARES Touch (Android and iOS) and ARES Kudo (Cloud). Developers will find an easy path to migrate code initially created for Windows-based applications to Cloud and Mobile as well. Graebert aims at offering developers a very cost-effective programming environment to maintain the same core features on multiple platforms.
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