CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
12 December 2005
Product News
Kubotek USA Offers CADKEY Users a New Lease on Life
Kubotek USA launched a program offering new advantages for die-hard fans of the CADKEY software. The company is kicking off an aggressive program to help users preserve the life of their CADKEY files. CADKEY is the predecessor to KeyCreator, the company's design and manufacturing software. The discount program is designed to help users cost effectively retain CADKEY functionality as they change and modernize their Windows computing environments.
"CADKEY customers have been loyal to the software for many years. They asked us to develop specific capabilities before they would take a serious look at adding KeyCreator to their environments," said Robert Bean, chief operating officer, Kubotek USA. "Now CADKEY users can keep their existing licenses. Kubotek is making it easy for users to get the most out of their CAD technology with a tough-to-refuse offer."
Offer Designed for CADKEY Users
The new Kubotek CADKEY program offers: even more enhancements to KeyCreator, a product certified and supported on the latest versions of Windows; the productivity gains of advanced solids-based design; associative drawing layout and file referencing; the familiar CADKEY-like interface with hundreds of time saving improvements; and a semi-automated conversion of existing CADL programs. The program also offers amnesty for all CADKEY users-regardless of current licensing status. CADKEY users get a major discount on maintenance, a "run-anywhere" license file and even a nostalgic trip down memory lane with a visit to http://www.cadkey.com/extend to collect information on the new program. The program will disappear on March 15, 2006, as will the discounts of more than $2,500.
Enhancements Keep Coming
Kubotek is committed to expanding the KeyCreator product line with new technology specifically requested by CADKEY users. The October 2005 release of KeyCreator included innovative Direct Feature Editing, increasing productivity during the editing of solid models.
"CADKEY customers have been very clear about the functionality they need to stay competitive," continued Bean. "Kubotek continues to respond to those requests by providing both significant and specific enhancements. Some of our newest functionality improvements include mirroring of dimensions, dimensioning of silhouette edges, and HLR integration with wireframe."
More information about the hundreds of advantages KeyCreator can provide CADKEY users is available at http://www.cadkey.com/extend .
The KeyCreator product family includes multidimensional design and drafting, numerical control (NC) programming and the company's geometry-based foundation with direct feature editing and sophisticated deformation techniques. KeyCreator blends surface, solid and wireframe modeling, allowing for easy model modification and editing functionality to support rapid manufacturing.
Standard list price in North America for KeyCreator begins at $3,495, including one year of maintenance. Current, maintenance-paying customers can download the new enhancements on December 15, 2005.
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