Autodsys Offers Competitive Upgrade to Cadopia Users

Portland, Oregon — Autodsys, Inc. today announced the availability of a competitive upgrade to the latest version of AcceliCAD from any version of Cadopia. All Cadopia levels and versions qualify for the upgrade from version 2000 onward and any level including Standard, Pro, and Premium. The competitive upgrade is also available for any other IntelliCAD platform or version.

"We sympathize with users who are left without an upgrade path for the software they have invested in", said Ronald Prepchuk, President of Autodsys, Inc. "We want to provide them with an affordable upgrade that gives them the latest version of IntelliCAD code plus additional features to make them more productive." he added. Cadopias membership in the IntelliCAD Consortium was terminated last May and the latest Cadopia is based on IntelliCAD 6.4. AcceliCAD is based on the latest IntelliCAD 6.6 code and contains many features not found in Cadopia or other CAD products. The competitive upgrade is only $199.

AcceliCAD includes all of these advanced features:

* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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 Auto-update to get users the most recent patches and updates
* Built-in Spellchecker
* Optional Network License Management to share licenses with multiple users
* Toolbar enhancements with one-touch toggle of toolbars to clear the drawing area.
* Custom entity display which supports add-ons such as AutoLINE
* Encryption/Decryption mechanism for lisp files, hatch patterns, and block libraries