ASG SHIPS VERSION 6.0 OF ITS LANDMARK AUTOCAD PRODUCTIVITY TOOL AND
FOUNDATION PACKAGE, ASG CORE

SAUSALITO, CA.--January 4, 1992. ASG, the leading developer of integrated
software applications for architects, engineers, contractors, and facility
managers who use AutoCAD, has released, on schedule, its Version 6.0
upgrade for ASG Core.

ASG Core is both an extensive collection of functions and utilities that
make AutoCAD more productive, and the foundation for ASG's integrated
software applications for the building design, construction, and
management disciplines. Version 6.0 is a substantial upgrade to the $495
product, which is used by approximately tens of thousands of AEC
professionals as a key component of their AutoCAD systems.

Said ASG founder and president, Dennis Neeley, "Version 6.0 makes Core the
most powerful product ever released by ASG and continues our tradition of
technical expertise a tradition which includes the creation of the AutoCAD
Generic Template, the first connection of analysis to AutoCAD, and the
concept and reality of a suite of integrated applications and related
databases. Version 6.0 will further establish the AutoCAD/ASG Core team as
the standard against which all other CAD systems will be judged."

Speed

ASG Core 6.0 operates faster than previous versions due to extensive use of
ADS and optimized code, as well as logical, streamlined selection
processes. Version 6.0 takes full advantage of the AutoCAD dialog box
feature.

AIA (American Institute of Architects) Layer Guidelines

The AIA adopted the four-node layer concept originally introduced by ASG,
but applied new layer names to the system. ASG Core 6.0 fully implements
these AIA CAD Layer Guideline names, which are becoming increasingly
popular with government agencies and major clients. Users can choose
either the original ASG or the AIA names. 

New Graphical User Interface

ASG Core 6.0 introduces ASG's new standard GUI, TabletView. Using a
digitizer template as the drawing interface requires constant reference
back and forth between digitizer and monitor. TabletView displays the
image of the template on the monitor, so tablet selections are made
on-screen, via large, clear pop-up icons. 

Access to ASG-Vertex Electronic CADalogs

ASG Core 6.0 includes a "pick" to access any ASG-Vertex Electronic CADalog
of manufacturers' electronic information, specifications, and details,
making it easier for architects, designers, and specifiers to utilize this
information as they draw. 

Intelligent Walls and Faster Wall Creation

ASG Core 6.0 and ASG Architectural 6.0 (expected this month) feature a
unique Wall Object Control Line for attaching data about the wall. Also,
ASG Core 6.0 uses the dialog box feature of AutoCAD Release 12 to make
wall settings graphical, and therefore faster. 

Cost Estimating Interface

Data Link, provided with ASG Core 6.0 at no additional charge, links data
from Timberline Software Corp.'s Precision Estimating system to the CAD
drawing, without leaving the drawing session. The link also allows
"keynoting," or using the CSI (Construction Specification Institute)
sixteen division numbering system to note objects on CAD drawings.

ASG is an original Autodesk Strategic Developer of software applications
for architects, engineers, contractors, and facility managers who use
AutoCAD. The product line now features 14 fully integrated architectural,
structural, electrical, HVAC, plumbing, piping, P&ID, civil engineering,
and modeling/ rendering/animation software applications for the personal
computer. ASG-Vertex, the leading developer of electronic information,
applications, and software interfaces for building product manufacturers,
counts among its clients Du Pont, 3M, Pella Corp., Boise Cascade Co.,
Allied-Signal, Inc., and Fry Reglet Corp

ASG, 4000 Bridgeway, Suite 309, Sausalito, CA 94965-1451
415-332-2123;  fax: 415-332-2146

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