Company Donates $1 Million in Software to Higher

  • 10/01/01
Archway Systems Inc. is donating $1 million worth of VersaCAD Macintosh Unlimited Campus licenses, each valued at $1,000, to the first 1,000 colleges or universities that apply. The donation is an effort to help further technical education in the United States. The licenses include VersaCAD Mac CAD software with rights to install on any number of computers on campus; applications for architecture, mechanical and GIS; 3-D joy modeling and animation software; one year of updates and support; royalty-free rights to copy the manual and tutorials for use as curricula; user meetings; and newsletters. VersaCAD Mac runs on all models of Macintosh computers from older 68000 models to the newest G4 running OS 9.0 or OS X, making it adaptable to any campus Mac lab.

VersaCAD software has been used to teach computer-aided design to thousands of students in educational institutions around the world over the past 20 years. Students who learn the program can easily transfer to any other Mac or Windows CAD Programs. Archway Systems Inc., Huntington Beach, CA, (714) 374-0440, www.versacad.com.

Archway Systems Inc. is donating $1 million worth of VersaCAD Macintosh Unlimited Campus licenses, each valued at $1,000, to the first 1,000 colleges or universities that apply. The donation is an effort to help further technical education in the United States. The licenses include VersaCAD Mac CAD software with rights to install on any number of computers on campus; applications for architecture, mechanical and GIS; 3-D joy modeling and animation software; one year of updates and support; royalty-free rights to copy the manual and tutorials for use as curricula; user meetings; and newsletters. VersaCAD Mac runs on all models of Macintosh computers from older 68000 models to the newest G4 running OS 9.0 or OS X, making it adaptable to any campus Mac lab.

VersaCAD software has been used to teach computer-aided design to thousands of students in educational institutions around the world over the past 20 years. Students who learn the program can easily transfer to any other Mac or Windows CAD Programs. Archway Systems Inc., Huntington Beach, CA, (714) 374-0440, www.versacad.com.

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