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Ameri-CAD Releases VisionREZ V7

VisionREZ Digital Fabrication Bridges the Gap Between Architectural and Manufacturing

ALLEN, Texas, May 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Ameri-CAD, Inc. - An ITW Company, has announced their new features for the release of VisionREZ Version 7. Powered by Autodesk Technology, VisionREZ creates a Building Information Model (BIM) for efficient development of 3D Models, 2D Construction Documents, Framing, Graphic Renderings and Bill of Materials (BOM) deliverables. VisionREZ Version 7 provides even more power and value to the residential industry with over thirty-five new features and enhancements.

BRIDGING THE GAP WITH DIGITAL FABRICATION

Bridging the Gap between the architectural and manufacturing industries is a groundbreaking industry solution for this new release. "Increasing economic pressures place greater value on the benefits of manufactured solutions in the residential and light commercial construction industries. Capitalizing on the power of the AutoCAD platform, ITW is bringing Digital Fabrication for the light frame wood market to the Autodesk design environment. Users can now export a VisionREZ architectural model to ITW BCG manufacturing solutions (Intellibuild, View, hsbCAD) for Structural modeling of wall panels and trusses. The manufacturing-ready structural data can then be imported back into the original VisionREZ architectural DWG file. This is significant because it generates greater economies by eliminating the need for redraw by the manufacturing community and reduces errors by coordinating all build data into a master file," said Jay Moore, Business Development Manager for Ameri-CAD, Inc. - An ITW Company.

KEY NEW FEATURE LISTING

    --  Compatibility with Autodesk AutoCAD Architecture 2010/2009 and AutoCAD
        MEP 2010/2009 platforms
    --  Phase I - Options Creation and Management allows the user to define
        specific Option Sets to which users can assign objects. These options
        can then be toggled to what is desired. The user can place rule
        constraints on what other choices could be available with another option
    --  Architectural Link to ITW BCG Manufacturing solutions
    --  Roof Subtractive Modifier allows the user to remove an area from the
        roof for easier roof manipulation and design without modifying the
        vertices
    --  Roof Clip and Trim allows the user to clip and trim two roofs that
        interfere with one another at their intersection to combine two separate
        roofs and let the system determine the proper intersection lines
    --  Roof Creation from Walls enables faster roof design and development by
        allowing the user to simply select walls to generate a VisionREZ Roof
    --  Ribbon Interface is smarter and more contemporary to increase rapid
        access to tools
    --  64-Bit OS Compatibility in addition to 32-bit compatibility
    --  Enhanced functionality to over twenty existing solutions

FULL RELEASE DETAILS

Click on the following link to download a PDF copy of all new release features and enhancements:

http://www.visionrez.com/PDF/VisionREZ_V7_Release_Details.pdf

ABOUT AMERI-CAD

Ameri-CAD, Inc. - An ITW Company is an architectural services and software solutions company with a proven track record of performance for the building industry. Since 1989, we have been developing innovative ways of speeding up the formative process of architectural development through The Language of Building(R). Ameri-CAD is an authorized Autodesk Independent Software Vendor (ISV) and Developer.

For more information visit: http://www.visionrez.com

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    Contact:
    Jay Moore
    Business Development
    Ameri-CAD, Inc. - An ITW Company
    Phone: (972) 747-7880
    Fax: (972) 747-7180
    202 East Bethany Drive
    Allen, TX  75002
    http://www.visionrez.com

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