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Subject: Announce CAD data access from Python - DN [1]

"tribune.oar.net" <kbd@iti-oh.com> - 13 Apr 2000 - comp.lang.python

 After becoming hooked on Python 2 years ago, we have been developing code to
 allow Python to directly access CAD data (with other related types in the
 works).
 We have just released our first product, CADScript, based on this
 technology.  We are also releasing a new version of our CAD model quality
 checker, CAD/IQ, that is written completely in CADScript.  The full press
 release is below.

 Note that we will be portions of this freely available to developers, more
 details will be announced over the next several weeks.

 I'd like to say thanks to Guido and everyone else in the Python community
 who has made Python what it is today.  Thanks to Python, we are allowing a
 *much* larger group of people to access data that, until now, has been only
 accessible to people with a full blown C/C++ development environment.  We've
 also significantly cut our internal development time/costs by embracing
 Python and encourage others to take a serious look at Python.

 Keith Davidson
 Chief Technology Director
 International TechneGroup Inc.

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 International TechneGroup Incorporated (ITI) announces the release of
 CADScript, a Python based development tool that significantly reduces the
 time and effort spent developing and maintaining multi-CAD applications.

 CADScript is based on the Python scripting language and provides modules
 that allow access to native CAD data.  CADScript programs can be written
 once and then run against any CAD API. The software is extremely valuable
 for a vendor of downstream applications whose software complements multiple
 CAD systems. CADScript serves as an enhancement for native CAD APIs and is
 not intended to replace them. ITI's CADScript provides a consistent method
 of accessing multiple CAD APIs for data and functionality. By utilizing the
 Python language, CAD developers immediately have access to the powerful OS,
 internet, and other modules included with Python.

 ITI will be announcing an online community for CADScript developers in the
 near future.

 For more information visit http://www.iti-oh.com/pdi or contact Robert
 Farrell at 800-783-9199, 513-576-3900, or info@iti-oh.com.