BERLIN, Germany, Oct 8, 2015 – Graebert GmbH, the pioneer in developing high-performance CAD solutions across desktop and mobile devices, announced ARES Touch for iOS, a professional CAD Solution to create and modify DWG drawings on Apple iPhone and iPad, at its Annual Meeting.
Already available for Android since end of last year, ARES Touch is currently sold in a bundle with ARES Commander, Graebert’s CAD Software for Windows, Mac OS X & Linux. It is part of Graebert’s unique “Cross-device CAD Experience” allowing CAD users to use their license on different computers, smartphones or tablets. ARES Touch is the natural extension of ARES Commander to access and edit DWG drawings on the go. Both solutions are sold together, when you buy ARES Commander you get one year of ARES Touch at no additional cost.
Cedric Desbordes, sales & marketing executive for Graebert commented: “iPads or iPhones are popular among professionals and ARES Commander is already available for Mac OS X. Graebert is therefore very excited to extend the ARES Touch availability to the iOS platform. Mobile devices running on Android and iOS represent together nearly 96% of all the mobile devices estimated to be shipped in 2015 according to the latest IDC Tracker statistics. Moreover, industry leaders in the mobile industry such as Apple, Samsung or Microsoft are now aggressively penetrating the professional market with 2-in-1 devices such as the recently announced iPad Pro. Apple has entered into a global partnership with IBM to develop iPad sales and we already see strong interest for CAD solutions on iPad from our large accounts in Asia.”
Smartphones and tablets see a growing trend for large screens and powerful hardware, which opens a strong potential for professional solutions. IDC estimates that “phablets”, i.e. smartphones with 5” screens or larger, will represent 71% of the smartphones to be sold in 2019. Although iPads currently represent about 25% of the tablets and 2-in1 devices sold, they clearly lead the sales in enterprise with 81% of activations in Q1 2015 according to the Good Technology Mobility Report. The market share of tablets with screens of 10” or more such as the new iPad Pro is expected to grow from 18.6% in 2014 to 39.5% in 2019. Altogether, IDC expects that Apple will sell nearly 62M iPads and 270M iPhones per year by 2019.
Besides a full-featured set of CAD tools to create or modify DWG drawings, ARES Touch offers a unique environment for developers. ARES Touch is sharing the same API as ARES Commander on Windows, Mac and Linux. As a result, ARES Touch offers an easy path for developers willing to migrate their applications to mobile. Developers can use their code written in C++, Lisp or DCL and build powerful mobile applications for Android and iOS on top of ARES Touch. The same code can further be used for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux versions of ARES Commander.
Both ARES Commander and ARES Touch are available as stand-alone retail products and OEM platforms. As a result, developers can get custom versions optimized for their specific requirements and build a full ecosystem across desktop and mobile with the same core source code.
ARES Touch’s Android version ships with ARES Commander since November 2014. Users purchasing ARES Commander for their PC on Windows, Mac or Linux received a free invitation to use ARES Touch on Android. ARES Touch will be further released in the Google Play store in the coming months. A free trial and more information can be found from www.graebert.com/arestouch. After the free trial expires, the users can either buy and activate a license or keep using a limited version for free. The iOS version will be launched later in 2016. The official release date will be announced by Graebert in November, at the occasion of its Japanese OEM partner event in Tokyo, Japan.
About Graebert
Graebert is a leading developer of CAD software, solutions and services. They are recognized as a true innovator in the CAD industry and have more than 30 years of expertise. Their DWG-based CAD systems were the first to run on Windows, Mac and Linux. Graebert is also a pioneer in mobile CAD technologies, first on Windows and now Android with ARES Touch. Most recently, Graebert introduced ARES Kudo, a full DWG-based CAD platform for the cloud.
Graebert‘s product portfolio is anchored by ARES Commander – a powerful, DWG-based CAD software with 2D and 3D modeling capabilities – which also enables developers to create standalone CAD applications. Overall, more than 7 million professionals use our CAD technologies in more than 100 countries. They also specialize in building surveying software and services. The SiteMaster line of “as built” surveying solutions, as well as worldwide surveying services are included under Graebert‘s iSurvey brand and division.