Mike Riddle Wins CAD Society Lifetime Achievement Award
 DENVER,
CO, Apr 2, 2008 - The CAD Society, the professional association of CAD
users, announced the winner of its 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award. The
Society recognizes Evolution Computing founder Mike Riddle for his
historical role in CAD software.
Riddle developed early CAD software for micro-based computers. Evolution
Computing released Interact for the Marinchip 9900 in 1979. The program went
on to form the architectural basis for the earliest versions of AutoCAD.
Since that time, Riddle’s company continued to produce and improve upon the
concept of computer-aided design for the “PC”. Evolution’s subsequent
programs, FastCAD and EasyCAD, passed other milestones: in 1985, the first
CAD program available for under $500; in 1987, the first CAD program written
entirely in optimized assembly language, greatly increasing the speed of
design tools. FastCAD and EasyCAD continue to this day as popular,
affordable, and highly rated applications.
The CAD Society Lifetime Achievement Award is presented annually to an
individual who has given a lifetime of outstanding technical and business
contributions to the CAD industry.
“Making software which is agile enough to be a productive everyday tool
for designers and engineers persists even today as a challenge to all CAD
program developers. Mike Riddle was the first to recognize this and has
never lost sight of this central goal,” remarks CAD Society President
Michael McGrath. “The tens of thousands of people who now make their living
from this software industry -- and the millions who use CAD technology to
design and engineer – all owe Mr. Riddle a debt of gratitude for his
lifetime contributions.”
About The CAD Society
The CAD Society is a not-for-profit industry association with the goal of
fostering community and encouraging open communication among those who make
their living within the CAD industry including AEC, mechanical,
manufacturing, and GIS. The CAD Society is dedicated to creating an
informative community and improving the tools its members employ in order to
get their jobs done. This is achieved by providing an open forum of
communication, which helps to illuminate the practices of industry vendors.
It has been a leader in creating interoperability guidelines that encourage
software vendors to develop applications that can openly share data.
For more information, visit
www.cadsociety.org
About COFES
The ninth annual Congress on the Future of Engineering Software (COFES),
meets at the Scottsdale Plaza Resort, Scottsdale, Ariz., April 10-13, 2008.
COFES, a mainstay event of the engineering software industry, provides an
intensive conference atmosphere where private and public discussions are
held. Attendees are executives, end users, CAD and PLM vendors, analysts,
and members of the press who work together to define the newest business
issues of engineering technologies.
COFES is an invitation-only event. To find out more information and to
request an invitation, please visit
www.cofes.com.
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