Autodsys Releases AcceliCAD 2010

Portland, Oregon — Autodsys, Inc. today announced the release of AcceliCAD 2010. The fifth major release of AcceliCAD, it adds significant enhancements and improvements to nearly every aspect of operation.

"With this release we listened carefully to users and those who were building applications for AcceliCAD", said Ronald Prepchuk, President of Autodsys. "We wanted to create the fastest, most stable version, and add the features that users have been asking us for. The responses from our Beta testers indicate we have met that goal."

AcceliCAD is used as both a general purpose CAD program and as a platform for vertical applications. Hundreds of third-party products are available for AcceliCAD including those for the architectural, mapping, civil, mechanical, and structural fields.

“AcceliCAD has been accepted around the world as a powerful alternative for those looking for a wealth of features at a low cost”, said Mr. Prepchuk. “AcceliCAD 2010 is the most powerful CAD product in its price range .” Users wishing to try AcceliCAD 2010 may download it from www.autodsys.com.

Key enhancements in AcceliCAD 2010:

* Auto-update to get users the most recent patches and updates
* Built-in Spellchecker
* Network License Management to share licenses with multiple users
* Error Reporting to assist Autodsys in providing fixes
* Support for 16 additional bitmap image formats
* Nearly 200 Additional Hatch Patterns
* Faster zooming and panning
* Improved Batch Plotting with import and export to Excel
* Redraw enhancements
* Toolbar enhancements with one-touch toggle of toolbars to clear the drawing area.
* Diesel language support to customize the status bar and menus
* Encryption/Decryption mechanism for lisp files, hatch patterns, and block libraries
* 100's of user-requested fixes

This is in addition to the many enhancements included prior releases:

* VBALOAD - loading of multiple .vbi files at the same time
* Editing of proxy objects – custom objects created in Autodesk applications such as Architecture, Civil, or Mechanical can be edited in AcceliCAD. This function is limited to those objects that will display.
* Reference editing of blocks and xrefs including dimming of non-selected objects
* Custom Entity Display - used by third party applications such as AutoLINE to extend the power of AcceliCAD.
* 2D Projector – create two-dimensional drawings of three-dimensional objects
* Right-click editing of TEXT and MTEXT objects
* Full Compatibility with AutoCAD 2009 DWG file formats
* Batch plotting interface allows the plotting of multiple drawings and layouts in one step. Different paper sizes, scales, and pen settings can be applied to each plot. Each batch plot set can be saved to a file for reuse the next time a set of printouts is required.
* System variable editor puts all of the drawing and system settings in one place with tooltips and help strings to make it easier to understand each setting. Configurations can be imported and exported to disk so that they can be transferred between drawings or different computers to improve compliance with office standards
* Spell checking (available if Microsoft Word is installed)
* Enhanced attribute editing with the new EATTEDIT command
* Enhanced block creation with the new BBLOCK command
* New Toolbar pull-down for setting viewport scale
* New commands BTRIM and BEXTEND accept blocks as boundaries for trimming and extending entities
* New objects snap “FROM” locates entities relative to a point
* Quick dimensioning feature will dimension an entire part or plan in one easy step. Methods supported include continuous, baseline, staggered, ordinate, radius, and datum point.
* Dimension-driven editing, allowing a user to modify a dimension and see the object change to match the new dimension.
* Entity information window that displays relevant information about an object when the user places the cursor over it. This feature also works with ArchT objects to display the object type, style, and size.
* Snapping to model-space entities from paper-space viewports
* Polar angle tracking
* Floating prompt menus that put command options right at the cursor location
* Heads-up keyboard entry that allows angles, distances and text to be entered without looking at the keyboard.