For release at 9AM Pacific Time – September 16, 2010

Autodsys Releases AcceliCAD 2011

Portland, Oregon — Autodsys, Inc. (http://www.autodsys.com/) today released AcceliCAD 2011 with support for DWG 2010 and 2011 files as well as many features to enhance user productivity and enjoyment.  The sixth major release of AcceliCAD, it adds significant enhancements and improvements to nearly every aspect of operation.

“Autodsys is committed to providing users with quality CAD software at an affordable price”, said Ronald Prepchuk, President of Autodsys. “AcceliCAD 2011 adds to the many innovations found in AcceliCAD 2010 with more productivity-enhancing features and even greater compatibility with the industry-standard DWG file format” he added.

Key enhancements in AcceliCAD 2011:

• ETransmit packages all related files including xref's, fonts, and images into a zip file with notes that can be sent to others via email
• Quick Select  Select groups of objects for editing operations by specifying matching properties such as layer, color, linetype, or lineweight, or specific types of objects such as all polylines
• Find and Replace Search any text objects in the drawing including TEXT, MTEXT, Attributes, Dimensions, or Hyperlinks and replace any or all instances with new text as well as zoom to the location
• Array Wizard  Dialog with point and click control of rectangular and polar arrays and preview prior to placing
• Workspace Manager Select from different pre-defined workspace configurations or create your own.  Default configurations include 2D Drafting, 3D Basics, and 3D Modeling.
• Four different toolbar bitmap choices  Choose from bitmaps that are similar to AutoCAD 14-2002, AutoCAD 2004-2011 in blue or green, or IntelliCAD 6.6 or later.  Select the one that is most pleasing or familiar to you.
• UCS Toolbar Enhancements All UCS features have been placed on a toolbar along with a pull-down list of all available UCS's including 3D views
• Viewpoint Toolbar Enhancements Select from standard 3D predefined viewpoints
• 3D Detailing Shapes   Steel and wood shapes can now be created in 3D between two points or by following a polyline path
• Sheetset support - The Batch Plotting function will now open sheetset (sht) files and all layouts
• Support for AutoCAD 2010-2011 files

This is in addition to the many enhancements included prior releases:

• Built-in Spellchecker
• Network License Management to share licenses with multiple users
• Error Reporting to assist Autodsys in providing fixes
• Support for 16 additional bitmap image formats
• Nearly 200 Additional Hatch Patterns
• Faster zooming and panning
• Improved Batch Plotting with import and export to Excel
• Redraw enhancements
• Toolbar enhancements with one-touch toggle of toolbars to clear the drawing area.
• Diesel language support to customize the status bar and menus
• Encryption/Decryption mechanism for lisp files, hatch patterns, and block libraries
• 100's of user-requested fixes
• VBALOAD - loading of multiple .vbi files at the same time
• Editing of proxy objects – custom objects created in Autodesk applications such as Architecture, Civil, or Mechanical can be edited in AcceliCAD. This function is limited to those objects that will display.
• Reference editing of blocks and xrefs including dimming of non-selected objects
• Custom Entity Display - used by third party applications such as AutoLINE to extend the power of AcceliCAD.
• 2D Projector – create two-dimensional drawings of three-dimensional objects 
• Right-click editing of TEXT and MTEXT objects
• Full Compatibility with AutoCAD 2009 DWG file formats
• 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.
• 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
• Enhanced attribute editing with the new EATTEDIT command
• Enhanced block creation with the new BBLOCK command
• New Toolbar pull-down for setting viewport scale
• New commands BTRIM and BEXTEND accept blocks as boundaries for trimming and extending entities
• New objects snap “FROM” locates entities relative to a point
• 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.
• Snapping to model-space entities from paper-space viewports
• 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.

About AcceliCAD
AcceliCAD is based on the popular IntelliCAD software and contains all of its standard features including DWG file support as well as support for industry standard commands, menu files, script files, shape files, text fonts, hatch patterns, linetypes, LISP programs, SDS/C++ programs, and VBA programs. It also contains many advanced features that make it easier to create and edit DWG files. AcceliCAD has a suggested retail price of $399.

About Autodsys, Inc.
Autodsys is a privately held company, commercial and board member of the IntelliCAD Technology Consortium and developer of AcceliCAD, IntelliCAD, AcceliARCH (ArchT), and other utilities to increase user productivity. Autodsys has been producing AutoCAD add-ons since 1986 and has received industry awards for its products including “Highly Recommended” and "Best Products of 2008" by Cadalyst Magazine.

Contact Information
Autodsys, Inc.
292 NW Walnut Ave
Dundee, OR 97115
Phone: 503-487-6051
Fax: 503-487-6052
Email: info@autodsys.com
www.autodsys.com.