Autodesk facilitates launch of products under ADN program

BANGALORE: Autodesk India has facilitated the launch of four new products, under the Autodesk Developer Network (ADN) program. "We are pleased in helping our developers in the launch of their products. It is a matter of great pride that on the first anniversary celebration of the subsidiary announcement, we have managed to fulfil our commitments made to our customers," said Autodesk India Pvt. Ltd. managing director SAARC operations S. Sridhar.

The products launched under the ADN program are Customised CAD Utilities, Diedifice, Wrench and STRUDS 6.0. Customised CAD Utilities developed on AutoCAD by Brakes India Ltd., a member of TVS Group, has been designed to reduce tool design and drafting lead-time. This is meant for mechanical engineering tool design applications. Each module of this product is priced at

Rs. 3000 - Rs. 3500 and is totally available for Rs. 18000.

Diedifice developed on Autodesk Mechanical Desktop by Neilsoft, is a software for designing pressure die-casting dies required in the engineering and manufacturing sector. According to Neilsoft managing director Ketan Bakshi, "Diedifice introduces a new concept and direction in the CAD-CAM industry by adding behavioral modelling and domain knowledge intelligence into CAD design tools. Diedifice will retail in India for

Rs. 1.5 lakh and in international markets for US $ 4000. Along with mechanical desktop as a combination "bundle", it will retail in India for

Rs. 2.95 lakh.

Wrench is a product development management system that is built for all Autodesk products that includes AutoCAD 2000 and mechanical desktop release 4 and this product has been developed by CADD Solutions. Wrench is an enterprise wide engineering knowledge management system. This product is priced at

Rs. four lakh for five user licenses and implementation.

STRUDS 6.0 is a CAD software solution for structural engineers that helps in designing complicated structures in less time and cost. This product has been developed by SoftTech Engineers Pvt. Ltd. TECS 2.01 is another product developed by SoftTech which is a tendering, estimating, billing, scheduling and monitoring software useful for architects, government organizations, builders and contractors. STRUDS wing is priced at

Rs. 35000 and each add on module is Rs. 5000 and TECS is Rs. 20000.