Ashlar-Vellum Launches Graphite Professional Drafting Tool

First Product in New Designer Elements Series Removes Extraneous Features, Adds Select Productivity Enhancements to Maximize Efficiency for Drafting Professionals

AUSTIN, TX (October 4, 2001) Ashlar-Vellum Inc., the number one name in precision design software, today unveiled Graphite, the first product in the company's new Designer Elements family of CAD and 3D modeling software. Graphite redefines the concept of powerful, effective computer-aided drafting by eliminating features that slow down user workflows, concentrating instead on essential functions and select new enhancements that make professional drafting faster and more productive than ever.

Graphite is a drafting-only product built on the proprietary technology which drove Ashlar-Vellum's award-winning Vellum classic platform. In formulating its new product, Ashlar-Vellum carefully looked at the needs of today's drafting professionals in mechanical drafting, industrial design, and architecture, giving them the toolsets and functionality they need to execute their daily tasks easily and with minimal distractions.

"Our products have always been recognized for their exceptional quality and innovation," said Robert Bou, President of Ashlar-Vellum. "Sometimes leadership is demonstrated by simplifying a solution rather than complicating it. Graphite advances the art of computer-based drafting with a lean, affordable, yet complete product that powerfully meets every daily task a professional encounters."

Ashlar-Vellum's Graphite features the company's original Vellum Drafting Assistant technology, making the software exceptionally easy to use. Vellum Drafting Assistant enables intelligent snaps and automatic alignments in X, Y, and Z axes, while also associating points, midpoints, tangencies, intersections and other coordinates for smart rendering and modeling.

Also retained and enhanced is the Vellum Intuitive Interface, the pioneering GUI that set standards for speed and reliability with minimal user training. Graphite offers a smart cursor, right-click access to user preferences, instant stroke command access, plus other valuable navigation and rendering features that allow users to focus on the task at hand, rather than the software itself.

A new navigator palette on Graphite lets users click through multiple sheets or layers, with popup capability for layers and active documents as well as full support for multiple sheet printing. What's more, over 30,000 mechanical and CAD symbols are available via a new preview symbol panel, with additional capability included for creating intelligent parametric symbols from any geometry.

To ensure flawless finished drawings, Graphite offers a new spell check feature rivaling those found in the most advanced word processing packages. Users can now check an entire document or any selected text item using customizable dictionaries in English, Dutch, Swedish, German, French, and other common languages.

Other popular productivity features include flexible, dynamic dimensioning to ANSI, JIS, ISO, BAE, DIN, and ASME GD&T standards; multiple dynamic, associative views; CAD/CAM interoperability; and advanced 2D and 3D equation-driven parametrics. The software's 32 bit architecture is compatible with all current Windows and Mac operating platforms and networks.

Ashlar-Vellum's Graphite drafting tool begins shipping immediately, and is available online at the company's Web site as well as from any Ashlar-Vellum authorized reseller or distributor worldwide. Unit price is $995.00.

For a full product description of Graphite, or for additional information on any of Ashlar-Vellum's new line of CAD and 3D modeling products, visit www.ashlar-vellum.com.

About Ashlar-Vellum:
Founded in 1988, Ashlar-Vellum is the leading developer and marketer of products that automate and simplify industrial, mechanical, and commercial design processes for drafting, design, and engineering professionals.

Ashlar-Vellum's renowned user interface and powerful toolsets have earned the loyalty of conceptual thinkers around the world. Originally located in Santa Clara, California, Ashlar-Vellum now operates from headquarters in Austin, Texas. To learn more about Ashlar-Vellum call 800-877-2745 or visit www.ashlar-vellum.com.

 

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