progeCAD 2009 Professional 9.0.22.5

progeCAD 2009 Professional 9.0.22.5

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progeCAD is a computer aided 2D & 3D design program. It's based on the IntelliCAD engine which just happens to be one of AutoCAD's most powerful challengers. Because AutoCAD is the most widely used professional CAD software on the market today, anything that competes in AutoCAD's sandbox has to be able to not only vie for attention in a difficult and entrenched environment, but also provide some incentives to move off the industry standard. ProgeSOFT is a serious company with a serious CAD product and offers extensive technical product support, so we decided to give progeCAD a heavy duty test. We reviewed progeCAD over a two month period in a busy architectural and industrial design studio. The results may surprise you.



progeCAD 2009 is the next generation of progeCAD and represent the state of the art of IntelliCAD® evolution. His native DWG support from version 2.5 to 2008 and the high level of compatibiliy with AutoCAD® enviroment and interface are only two of the key features.



progeCAD 2009 , the State of the Art of 2D/3D DWG and DXF CAD, powered by the most recent IntelliCAD engine is an easy replacement for AutoCAD® and AutoCAD LT®! Share your DWG, import DWG from PDF, export models to Google Earth®, PDF print, thousands of free blocks are only some of the key features available...



progeCAD supports every important AutoCAD® file type, including AutoCAD® drawings (from 2.5 through 2009), AutoCAD® menus (.MNU), AutoCAD® scripts (.SCR), AutoCAD® AutoLISP routines (.LSP), AutoCAD® Drawing Exchange Format (DXF), AutoCAD® ADS Compatible programs (SDS, Solutions Development System), Windows TrueType and AutoCAD® SHP/SHX fonts, AutoCAD® Tables for plotting (.CTB), AutoCAD® Hatch Patterms, AutoCAD® Blocks, AutoCAD® Linetypes, etc.



• progeCAD, powered by IntelliCAD 6.5, is an AutoCAD® Industry compatible 2D/3D CAD application that works with AutoCAD® DWG files, from AutoCAD® 2.5 through AutoCAD® 2009!

• progeCAD’s original format DWG ensures a complete compatibility with AutoCAD® WITHOUT ANY FILE CONVERSION and without loosing any critical information progeCAD lets you export drawing files both in DWG and DXF format

• progeCAD supports an interface complete with an "AutoCAD® Like" icon menu and "AutoCAD® Like" commands.

• progeCAD Professional is general-purpose 2D and 3D design software useful for CAD field & concept sketch, electrical schematics, building construction, AEC architectural, civil, structural, mechanical and industrial engineering, carpentry RFI & "as con" drawings, MCAD mechanical layout, home kitchen & bath floor plan, property survey & landscape drawing to AS/NZ1100 ANSI DIN and ISO standards. progeCAD includes options like PDF export, 3D modeling, XREF & DWG block library managers, AutoCAD-style command line with extensions like VBA & AutoLISP, C++ programming and SHX fonts. progeCAD offers more CAD functions than AutoCAD® LT or TurboCAD Pro at a fractional price to AutoCAD®, ArchiCAD or Microstation. New licenses include 1 month free manufacturer TSL2 support, one year TSL1 support, and help on the CAD forum. Additional local support options are also available.



First and foremost, progeCAD is a serious tool. Second and no less important, the user interface and menu layout are very similar to AutoCAD, so if you're coming from that world, progeCAD will be easy to get to know. Throughout general project use, progeCAD seemed stable. Because it also offers a familiar layout, getting up and running at full speed with the software took only a couple of days. The organization behind the IntelliCAD engine is unique in the computer-aided design industry, consisting of a consortium to update the source code and provide some marketing support, and members who sell the software on a nonexclusive basis. The common goal is to create something that is powerful, less expensive than industry giant AutoCAD, and of course fully compatible with AutoCAD DWG files. Because it's the first question asked by anyone who is asked to consider an AutoCAD alternative, the very first issue we addressed at the beginning of the review period was DWG compatibility. I'm happy to report that compatibility is generally excellent.



progeCAD General Features:

* Xref Manager. A comfortable interface for the management of external references

* Bitmap/Raster View. progeCAD Professional 2009 supports DWG with images, photo, raster editing/visualization. ECW and Jpeg 2000 also supported

* Bitmap Clipping. Clip and polygonal clip on images

* Snap 'From'. The smart tool completing the snap family

* Find and Replace. Find and replace text and block attributes in DWG

* Standard GUI. More comfortable, standard graphic interface, New Toolbars “AutoCAD® like” feeling

* Batman. Local editing of blocks Attributes

* eTransmit. compacting and transmitting DWG file by email

* progeSOFT Rendering. Advanced rendering module with multiple lights management and the creation/editing of materials. Reflection, mirror, transparency, smooth shadows, customizable size bitmap output

* Eattedit. Advanced Attribute editing

* progeSOFT Wblock Manager. Tool for the improved creation of blocks on disk

* progeSOFT New Wizard. Initial configuration mask of new designs based on prototypes or predefined values

* progeSOFT DWG Explorer. Windows Explorer style windows for DWG browsing and block insertion

* Extended Hatches. More than 300 new Hatch patterns available

* Redline and Markup support. Support for redlining, commenting, markup and collaboration with progeCAD Viewer DWG, the low cost Viewer from progeSOFT

* Layer Manager. Save and Restore Layers configurations

* Layout. Management of multiple layouts allows the creation of all print tables of the same design and offers a greater compatibility with AutoCAD®

* True color support. Over the limit of 256 colors in DWG

* ECW and Jpeg 2000 raster format. The standard wavelet compression format optimized for aerial and satellite imagery

* Hidden lines in Dview. Hidden lines in perspective views

* Layers interface. “AutoCAD® like” layers management with Layers Filters support

* Asiatic fonts. Chinese, Korean and Japanese improved compatibiliy and new fonts

* Raster to Vector. progeCAD 2009 Professional includes WinTopo raster to vector tool.

* Layout Advanced Features: Hide on Layout; Shade on Layout; Selection of Model Space with Double-Click; Layout Tabs

* DWF Import & Export. progeCAD 2009 Professional reads and writes standard DWF 2D/3D files

* 3D models o2c export. progeCAD 2009 Professional contains o2c features; 3D Models are easily exported and managed with the o2c tool. o2c is the best Tool for 3D models presentations. A 3D model is more alive, convincing and touchable. The o2c format is not only a 3D-Viewing on internet but also in Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Outlook within HTML email.

* JPG and PDF print. Export drawing to JPG and PDF formats

* RealTime Pan & Zoom. progeCAD 2009 Professional allows users to work with their drawings using RealTime Pan and Zoom and also includes the exclusive progeSOFT's PPan Technology* allowing dramatic improvements on Pan movements

* Lineweight for Display and Printing. Lineweight is supported on Video and Plot

* ActiveX integration. Allow cut and paste of progeCAD drawings (or just parts of them) to a Microsoft Office application

* Customization (AutoLISP, DIESEL, SDS, COM Automation). 3 programming languages supported by progeCAD 2009 Professional: LISP and SDS (C++ ADS compatible) VBA and COM automation.

* ALE, Blocks Libraries Management* updated. progeCAD 2009 Professional contains the full version of ALE, the progeSOFT's powerful module for Blocks management. More than 11.000 blocks included



progeCAD 2009 New Features:

• Google EarthTM Integration. Export your models to Google Earth

• progeCAD QDIM. Quick dimensioning

• Spell Checker. Highlight and correct misspellings

• Text editing improvement. One click single line text edit

• Quick Group. Creates Entities groups with one Click

• Iconografics Interactive Purge. GUI inerface for Purge command

• Print area visualization. Shows the page layout

• Advanced Data Extraction. Easy to use wizard for Attributes and Blocks data export

• DIESEL. Support AutoCAD® DIESEL programming language