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Graebert Announces ARES Commander Edition 2014 for Windows, Mac and Linux Graebert GmbH – one of the pioneering companies in high-performance CAD solutions for desktop and mobile devices – today announced Graebert GmbH – one of the pioneering companies in high-performance CAD solutions for desktop and mobile devices – today announced the immediate availability of its acclaimed ARES® Commander 2014 2D/3D CAD package on all three desktop operating systems: Microsoft® Windows®, Apple® Mac® OS X™, and Linux®. See ARES Commander Edition’s New Features

CAD blogger Deelip Menezes comments about ARES 2014 and Graebert’s OEM CAD Solutions “Although Graebert sells ARES as a product to end users, they have been in the OEM business since they created their first CAD platform back in 1994. Graebert can work with an OEM partner in many ways. From a simple white-labeling arrangement where the OEM simply re-brands ARES and starts selling it, up to the OEM building a vertical solution on top of ARES using a set of plug-ins that add functionality to the base CAD platform.” says Deelip Menezes for Read the full article here

Architosh covers the release of ARES Commander Edition 2014 for Mac “Graebert continues the assault on Autodesk’s market leading AutoCAD with 2014 Edition of ARES Commander. The latest release gives Mac AutoCAD users in particular features still missing in the latest versions of AutoCAD for OS X.”, says Anthony Frausto-Robledo AIA, LEED AP for Architosh. Read full article on architosh.com

Key features of ARES Commander 2014 Let’s take a look at the new and key features of ARES Commander Edition 2014. ARES Commander Edition from Graebert is a full 2D and 3D CAD Software. This software offers a very intuitive user interface that will be familiar to most professionals who use DWG as the native file format, which means you can read and write files in the same format as AutoCAD, without using import or export commands. Our CAD technologies reach a total user base of nearly 5 million professionals, all over the World. ARES includes all the tools you need to create and modify drawings, in a professional way, on your choice of Windows, Mac or Linux computers. WORKING WITH THE NEW RIBBON INTERFACE This release includes a new Ribbon interface. You now get three working environments and can switch between them, to get the right tools at the

OEM Case Study – Mc4 Software How to survive the sharks – A small success story When Autodesk terminated their Agreement, MC4 Software replaced AutoCAD OEM by a customized OEM version of ARES in just 3 months. The Challenge In summer 2011, I spent my vacation in Myrtle Beach, the golfer’s paradise. I was happy with my family and proud of how we were surviving in the biggest economic storm since the 1930’s. Our small company was solid, without debts, with one of the best products in the World of MEP engineering based on AutoCAD OEM, one of the best graphical engines. Returning to the office, I found a fax from Autodesk in my inbox declaring they have decided to terminate the OEM agreement with us. For convenience “effective ninety (90) days after the date of this notice”. You can imagine the panic had immediately taken possession of our small company!

CAD User Magazine covers SiteMaster BIM 2013 – Building Surveying with BIM Berlin – The well-known and worldwide recognized CAD User Magazine reviewed Graebert’s SiteMaster BIM 2013 Building Surveying Software in its September/October Issue. Read the full article here