Prerequisite for Upgrade:
Requires a prior Minimum Purchase of v8.1-v8.2 Value PCB Suite or higher, GerbARX Complete Stand Alone, or GDSII Complete Stand Alone products for AutoCAD or BricsCAD.
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EPD Core Engine for use with Windows
Past release versions such as 7.2, 7.7, 8.0 and/or a Maintenance Contract (AMC) that has been lapsed for more than 2 years (prior to the year 2020) will not qualify for the Upgrade Rate and a New Purchase must be made from current EPD for Windows v8.3 Catalog.
The EPD for Windows v8.3 catalog contains 3 Designer Suites, 2 Stand Alone products and a list of 3rd Party Links. Current customers may choose the Suite, 3rd Party Links if applicable or a Stand Alone Product that best covers their needs. If Unsure, please Contact Sales to discuss which is best based on your ‘current’ product ownership.
Disclaimer and Acceptance Terms for upgrading to EPD or Stand Alone for Windows:
Our EPD for Windows v8.3 Design Suites and our Stand Alone v8.3 software products; uses the AutoCAD OEM graphic engine v2019 licensed from Tech Soft 3D Inc. The EPD for Windows products contains a set of standard design and drafting tools that will be similar to AutoCAD tools and are made for use with the design of layouts for the purpose in which the drafting tools are intended when purchased from CAD Design Software (e.g. design and layout tools for technologies such as PCBs, Ceramics, IC Packaging, Gerber export, etc.).
Customers should be aware they are not purchasing a replacement program for AutoCAD or BricsCAD.
CAD Design Software products use this Graphic Engine only to execute our developed layout and design software program tools (e.g. compiled ARX and LSP files) and the EPD for Windows and the BWX and ACAM products should not be considered, replaced, or assumed it could be used to replace any prior AutoCAD or BricsCAD design environment to perform or produce productive work. CAD Design Software does not assume any liability if EPD for Windows products are used as a replacement for AutoCAD or BricsCAD.
When an EPD Suite or Stand Alone product(s) is executed it will load our ARX and intelligent background programs automatically. Any DWG / DXF file, drawing or design that is either created in or opened in or saved in the EPD for Windows environment or a Stand Alone environment, the only change made to the DWG, is the substitution of CDS-Polylines. The EPD for WIndows does not allow use custom AutoLISP Routines or loading custom ARX programs.
