Graebert announces CAD software for Windows, Mac and Linux

January 13, 2015 10:58 am

Includes free user license for ARES Touch 2015 BETA, the first full featured CAD application on Android tablets
 Graebert India, a fully-owned subsidiary of Graebert GmbH, the pioneer in developing high-performance CAD solutions across desktop and mobile devices, announced the availability of its acclaimed ARES
Commander 2015 2D/3D CAD package on all three desktop operating systems: Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OS X and Linux. In a separate announcement, the company also introduced ARES Touch 2015, the world’s first true CAD solution for Google Android, shipping in early 2015. 
Graebert-developed ARES CAD technology is in daily use by design professionals in more than 40 countries in 14 languages.
Major new features in this update include:  ARES Touch for Android: The first DWG-based full CAD software for Android tablets, including a UI/UX specifically adapted for touch-based input. Files are synchronized via Dropbox or Google Drive or shared by email. 
LicenseToGo: Use product key to activate license on another computer and eventually even under a different OS (Windows, Mac OS X or Linux) without having to buy a Flex (network) license or even needing to connect to your first computer. 
Dynamic blocks – Grips editing: Edit dynamic blocks inserted in a DWG drawing by other CAD software such as AutoCAD. One can use the grips to dynamically and interactively modify these “intelligent” blocks and eventually reinsert them in the drawing.   
2D Constraints: Add intelligence to drawings with the new Constraints Design Solver (CDS) from Spatial Corp. integrated in ARES Commander.
Editing Tables: Click inside a Table cell or launch the command EditTableCell and a toolbar with all the options to insert, resize, merge or delete cells, rows and columns will appear. 
Dimension palette: Create or click on a dimension and a contextual toolbar will appear to easily and quickly change its formatting and properties. 
Advanced in-place text editing: The Notes (MText) command has been improved with a new paragraph options dialog to define advanced formatting just as we do in a word processor but right inside the drawings.
The new Stack dialog helps create fractions and tolerances in the text. 
PowerTrim: Trim multiple entities by moving your mouse around – just describe a path with your mouse and ARES will trim while you move. 
QuickModify:  Use only one command to perform multiple actions on the same selection of entities: move, rotate, scale and/or copy without leaving the command. 
Bonus tools:  DiscardDuplicates deletes duplicate entities.  ExplodeBlockX explodes blocks or tables and converts attributes in text.
CustomPaperSize:  Add or remove custom paper sizes for the ARES virtual printers in order to export to PDF, JPG, DWF and other formats. 
Free plugin: OnlineMaps powered by Esri. This free plugin allows download geo-referenced images from any address entered in the search bar. One can choose satellite images, street maps, topographical maps and more. 
The maximum retail price for a perpetual license of ARES Commander is Rs. 55,000/- which includes one year of Graebert subscription, access to upgrades, e-mail support and use of LicenseToGo.