progeCAD 2009 Professional Offers Compatibility for Less

By DE Editors

progeSOFT (Como Italy) released progeCAD2009 Professional including Google Earth export, PDF import, and an improved CADdrawing interface. Plus, architects, engineers, designers and drafters usingAutoCAD, Auto CAD LT, or IntelliCAD will benefit from progeCAD 2009's overallperformance for price combination, says the company.

progeCAD2009 Professional goes beyond DWG file compatibility by offering extra featureslike Quick-Dimensioning, an updated spell checker, and the addition of more than1000 new blocks and symbols organized by the included ALE block manager.Nevertheless, progeCAD 2009 Professional's most amazing benefit is the low costcompared to AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT.

GoogleEarth has become very popular since its release, used by professional surveyorsand architects to visualize their projects in a realistic setting. progeCAD 2009Professional can now output your designs to Google Earth format, allowing you toimport your models precisely within the virtual Earth, minus the rusty autoparked in the neighbors front yard of course.

AutoCAD LTusers should be especially interested in continued support for true ACIS 3Dmodel creation, AutoLISP, VBA, and SDS (C++) programextensions.

At lessthan $400, the release of progeCAD 2009 Professional is said to come at a timewhen just such an affordable yet robust AutoCAD-compatible drawing program isreally needed.

Fordetails, visit progeSOFT North America or progeSOFT s.a.s., which is a foundingmember of the IntelliCAD TechnologyConsortium (Portland, OR).

Sources:Press materials received from the company and additional information gleanedfrom the company's website.