
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
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Perpetual license or Perpetual Flex license (network) | ![]() |
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Annual Plan (1 year term license) or Annual Plan Flex (network) | ![]() |
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3 Years Plan (3 years term license) | ![]() |
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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 and blocks with attributes | ![]() |
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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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3D Solid Modeling – Create & Modify 3D solids Watch Video | ![]() |
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CAD features for BIM projects | |||
Import Revit and IFC files + BIM navigator to filter BIM entities Watch Video | ![]() |
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Read BIM properties in Properties palette Watch Video | ![]() |
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BIM data extraction to tables and Excel Watch Video | ![]() |
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Extract 2D drawings from BIM project Watch Video | ![]() |
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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 Video | |||
Commenting palette & Markups Watch Video | ![]() |
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Cloud Storage palette to synchronize drawings across users and their devices Watch Video | ![]() |
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Share drawings as free View-only links to view and comment drawing online Watch Video | ![]() |
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ARES Touch (Mobile version) for Android and iOS Watch Video | ![]() |
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ARES Kudo (Cloud version) Watch Video | ![]() |
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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 – Publish Sheet Set to PDF and printer | ![]() |
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Sheet Set Manager – Fields for Sheet Sets | ![]() |
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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 | ![]() |
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Visual LISP | ![]() |
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COM | ![]() |
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FDT (C/C++) – Legacy (old) ARES API | ![]() |
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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 | ![]() |
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Microsoft ActiveX | ![]() |
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NET | ![]() |
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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.