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A new player is in the CAD space, fighting against the heavyweights of AutoCAD and SolidWorks, coming from Berline.  The new product ‘ARES” has been in development for 5 years and is now available for Windows, Mac, and Linux, with new versions for Windows Mobile, Apple iPad, and Google Android on the way.  And more than just vaporware, the product has been out in testing by some big names, with good things to say:

“Several Fortune® 500 companies have been using ARES as part of our intensive beta test – to them, ARES really does represent the next-generation of CAD solution,” said Wilfried Graebert, Founder and CEO of Graebert, GmbH.

“Using ARES, they have been able to create designs in far less time than with competitive solutions – the feedback has been identical – ARES is an impressive product that lived up to their demanding expectations.”

Key features include:

• DWG native format – Graebert is a founding member of the Open Design Alliance and sits on the Board of Directors.  ARES supports DWG Import (2.x -> 2009), Export (12->2009) and DWG 2009 Native format (DWG 2010 support coming in 2nd Quarter, 2010)
• AutoCAD-compatible command line and scripts
• More than 400 new commands
• Drawing recovery
• Latest ACIS 3D modeling support
• I/O Support for DWG 2.5 -> 2009, DWF, SAT, WMF, SLD, ESRI & SHP
• Exceptional print capabilities, including PDF, Raster & SVG
• UI optimized for each native operating system as well as an XML-based, fully customizable UI with a built-in designer
• Widest range of programming I/O support, including Lisp, C, Delphi, COM, .net (C#, VB.net), C++ and VSTA

via Gräbert – Welcome.

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3d-io GmbH has just released BonesPro4.10 which includes a good BonesPro-to-Max-Skin converter and soft selection, making it far easier to integrate into existing pipelines with a single buttonpress.

Soft Selection Weigthing

BonesPro offers now an effective selection enchacement with its integrated soft selection for vertex based weight adjustments. This enables artists to fine tune the weights in critical areas in a way that blends smoothly into the surrounding mesh and avoids undesired rough wrinkles of the surface.

BonesPro<->Skin Translator

BonesPro 4.10 delivers a simple solution to transfer all Vertex Weigths to Skin and from Skin back. This makes it possible to immediately use existing exporters, file formats and game engines that have support for the default Skin modifier.

They have a 30-day trial available for download, and the full version is available for 299 € .

via New Version: BonesPro 4.10 – BonesPro.

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