Encore announces immediate availability of Punch! Software® ViaCAD™ 2D/3D v7

Perfect for all types of design projects; packed with more than 100 new features.

Los Angeles, CA – Encore Software, Inc., a leading retail software publisher and wholly-owned subsidiary of Navarre Corporation, is pleased to announce the release and immediate availability of Punch! Software® ViaCAD™ 2D/3D v7.

Following rapidly on Encore's May 2010 acquisition of Punch! Software LLC's assets, ViaCAD™ 2D/3D v7 is the first new release from the combined teams and reinforces ViaCAD’s role in delivering precise, powerful design features at a great price. This value proposition is enjoyed by a wide range of users from architects and mechanical designers to modelers and hobbyists conceptualizing new products.

ViaCAD™ 2D/3D v7 is certified compatible on Windows® 7, working equally as well on Windows Vista® and Windows® XP, and also runs on MAC® OS X. ViaCAD™ titles share designs, models, and data with other design applications such as Autodesk’s AutoCAD®, Adobe® Illustrator™, and Google’s SketchUP™.

“We continue to deliver with ViaCAD™ 2D/3D v7, the new features required by our customers through a user interface conductive for innovating design.” Said Tim Olson, Vice President of Punch! Development for Encore, “The new capabilities extend ViaCAD™’s role as a precise application delivering state of the art modeling tools”