Ashlar Vellum 2D and 3D CAD

            Ashlar-Vellum™   distributed in Australia by Cube Industrial Design Pty Ltd   Authorised Value Added Reseller of Designer Elements CAD software
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Ashlar's Vision & Tradition of Innovation

Martin Newell, the most influential person in CAD usability, founded Ashlar Incorporated in 1988.

At Xerox PARC during the 1980s, Mr. Newell researched the interaction between a computer terminal and the computer user contributing to the development of such important tools as the graphical user interface and the computer mouse.

the drafting assistant at work
After leaving Xerox PARC, Mr. Newell realized his vision of a "heads up" CAD interface, where the user was free to focus on designing without distractions from the application. He developed the Inference Engine and patented this intuitive technology as the Drafting Assistant. The Drafting Assistant is the cornerstone of Ashlar-Vellum's revolutionary user interface. Since the release of Vellum, other CAD developers have tried to capture the Vellum magic.

Today Ashlar-Vellum continues to set the standards for usability and power in precision design software for inventors, designers, engineers, architects and other heroes who change our physical world with their vision and dreams.

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Dr. Martin Newell founds Aslar Inc

Vellum 2D 1.0

Vellum 2D 1.x

Vellum 3D 2.0

Vellum Score

Vellum 3D 2.12 and 3D 2.5

Vellum 3D 2.6

Vellum 3D 2.7 and DrawingBoard

Drafting Assistant licensed to AutoDesk

Vellum 3D 3.0

Vellum Draft 98 1.0, 3D 4.0 and Vellum Solids 98

Vellum Solids 99, 3D 99 and Draft 99

Vellum Solids 2000

Graphite v6.2 and Cobalt, Xenon, Argon, Neon v4

Graphite v6.4 and Cobalt, Xenon, Argon, Neon v5

Graphite v7 and Cobalt, Xenon, Argon, Neon v6

Cobalt, Xenon, Argon, Neon v7

Graphite v8 released

Cobalt v8, Xenon v8, Argon v8 released

Graphite v9 released

Cobalt v8, Xenon v8, Argon v8 SP3 released

Graphite v10 released

Cobalt v9, Xenon v9, Argon v9 due early 2016