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Bluebeam Software and AutoDesk to Provide
Enhanced File Sharing Solutions for AutoCAD Customers
Companies Working Together to Add Autodesk DWF Support to Bluebeam Software
San Francisco, CA and Pasadena, CA (October 27, 2004)
Autodesk® Inc., the world’s leading design software and digital content company, is working with Bluebeam Software to provide
additional file sharing options to designers and engineers that use AutoCAD® software, the most widely-used design software in
the world. Together, the companies will develop solutions that enable AutoCAD users to more easily convert complicated, large-format
AutoCAD drawings into lightweight Autodesk® DWF™ (Design Web Format™) digital files that can be easily e-mailed to clients,
vendors and reprographers.
Bluebeam will be enhancing its current solution, Bluebeam Pushbutton Plus, so that Bluebeam Pushbutton Plus users have the
option to convert any file to the DWF file format. DWF is a published format developed by Autodesk for sharing 2D and 3D
design and engineering data. Small and secure, DWF files are fast to transmit. They are view, Web, and print-ready, so that
anyone can access complex design data without the originating design application.
According to Tony Peach, director of product marketing for Autodesk Collaboration Services, "By working with Bluebeam, Autodesk
customers will have access to new DWF solutions, which were created specifically for the CAD industry, making it easier for
architects and engineers to create, manage and share their AutoCAD drawings with clients, contractors, coworkers, and
reprographers."
"Bluebeam's Pushbutton Plus solution currently gives users the ability to convert their drawings and documents to seven different
formats – it makes sense for us to also include the DWF format," says Richard Lee, President and CEO of Bluebeam Software.
Bluebeam's partnership with Autodesk allows our company to provide users with solutions to further accelerate the design and
production processes. In addition to allowing users to output to the DWF format, Bluebeam will also be working with AutoCAD to
create specialized technology that will enable AutoCAD users to convert large quantities of digital drawings to the DWF format in
a single batch. This new tool will save AutoCAD users considerable time and energy converting large sets of CAD drawings to DWF.
Bluebeam plans to launch a product that includes DWF capability in the first quarter of 2005.
About Autodesk, Inc.
Autodesk is the world’s leading design software and digital content company, offering customers progressive business solutions
through powerful technology products and services. Autodesk helps customers in the building, manufacturing, infrastructure, digital
media, and wireless data services fields increase the value of their digital design data and improve efficiencies across their entire
project lifecycle management processes. For more information about the company, see http://www.autodesk.com.
About Bluebeam Software, Inc.
Bluebeam Software invents, develops, and commercializes software that addresses the unique needs of engineers and architects. As the
trusted standard in PDF technology for architects and engineers, Bluebeam produces the highest quality and easiest to use products in the
marketplace, allowing project teams to immediately improve communication and collaboration with virtually no learning curve. For more
information about the company, latest news, and purchasing information, visit Bluebeam Software on the Web
at www.bluebeam.com or call 626-296-2140.
Autodesk, AutoCAD and DWF are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Autodesk, Inc. in the USA and/or other countries. All other
brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders. ©2004 Autodesk, Inc. All rights reserved.
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