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Support for Support

User for
Latest 2D/3D or Runs on Other Building for
Application and Runs on Unix- Interface Industry Price
version + Specialty Windows? platforms? License Information AutoCA Imports Exports
developer like systems? Language(s) Foundatio (USD)
date fields Modelling? D DXF?
n Classes?

Version v2.x3 CIS/2, SDNF, CIS/2, SDNF,

Advance Design
2011 2D/3D No Yes No Proprietary en, fr, ro, pl Yes import and Yes PSS, DXF, PSS, DXF, ?
by GRAITEC
2010 export GTC GTC
en, de, ja, fr, IFC, CIS/2, IFC, CIS/2,
Version v2.x3
Advance Steel zh-Hant, hu, PSS, SDNF, PSS, SDNF,
2011 2D/3D No Yes No Proprietary Yes import and Yes ?
by GRAITEC pl, cs, es, du, KISS, DSTV, KISS, DSTV,
2010 export
ro DXF, DWG DXF, DWG
Advance Version v2.x3
en, de, fr, pl, IFC, DXF, IFC, DXF,
Concrete by 2011 2D/3D No Yes No Proprietary Yes import and Yes ?
cs, ro DWG DWG
GRAITEC 2010 export
IGES, SAT,
STEP, IGES, STEP,
en, de, ja, sv, Solidworks, SAT, STL,
fr, zh-Hans, DXF, DWG, Solidworks, $99
Alibre Design 2D/3D +
No Yes No Proprietary zh-Hant, hu, Unknown Unknown Yes Various Image Parasolid, PDF, $599
by Alibre, Inc. Rendering
pt, pl, ko, sk, formats, 3D PDF, DXF, $1199
cs, es, it Inventor, ProE, DWG, Various
Catia, Parasolid, Image formats
SolidEdge
v2.x3
2011
Allplan by import and
Release 2D/3D AEC No Yes Unknown Proprietary en, de, ru Yes Yes ? ? ?
Nemetschek export,
2011
certified
ArchiCAD by 2010-05 2D/3D Mac OS X[1] Yes Unknown Proprietary en, de, es, fr, Yes Yes Yes 3D Studio, 3D Studio, $4,250
Graphisoft Release Architecture it, pt, ru, ja, pl, ACIS SAT, Artlantis/ATL,
А 14 , BIM cs, hu, nl, fi, BMP, DGN, AVI, BMP,
sv, no, da, tr, DWF, DWG, DGN, DWF,
el, zh-Hans, DXF, EMF, DWG, DXF,
ko, zh-Hant[2] EPS, GIF, EMF, EPS,
HPGL/PLT, EPX - Piranesi,
IFC/IFCXML, FACT -
JP2, JPEG, ElectricImage,
PDF, PICT, GIF,
PNG, PSD, HPGL/PLT,
QTIF, IFC/IFCXML,
SketchUp, JP2, JPEG,
TGA/Targa, MOV, LP -
TIF/TIFF, Lightscape,
WMF OBJ, PDF,
PICT, PNG,
PSD, QTIF,
 SGI, SketchUp,
TGA/Targa,
TIF/TIFF, U3D,
WRL, WMF
CO (native),
ACIS SAT,
ACIS SAT,
PDF,
DWG/DXF,
DWG/DXF,
IGES (IGES),
IGES (IGES),
STP (STEP),
STP (STEP),
Pro/E, Parasolid
Pro/E, Parasolid
X_T, CATIA
X_T, CATIA
v4, 3DS, Rhino US$1,195
v4, Facet, STL,
2D/3D 3DM, Facet, permanent
AI, EPS, CGM,
Concept, STL, AI, CGM, OR
Argon by VRML,
2009 Detailing, en, fr, de, it, VRML, BMP, US$395/yr
Ashlar-Vellum Mac OS X XP/Vista/7 No Proprietary No No Yes ShockWave 3D,
v8 SP2 Drafting, pt, ru, sl, sv JPEG, PNG, rental
A-M-E BMP, JPEG,
Rendering, PPM, XPM, OR
PNG,
Animation XBM, GIF, US$39.95/mo
PPM,XPM,
PICT, Spline, rental
XBM, GIF,
ASCII Text,
PICT, RAW
Grid Surface,
Triangle, ASCII
Vellum
Text, Vellum
Graphite,
Graphite,
Xenon, Argon,
Xenon, Argon,
Drawing board,
Drawing board
CCAD
pt-BR, en, cs, DXF, DWG 3DS (requires
AutoCAD
2009-03- fr, de, hu, it, v2.x3 (TrueDWG), 3dsout), DXF,
Architecture
24 [3] Proprietary[4 ja, ko, pl, ru, import and DWS, DWT, DWG $4,995
2011 by 2D/3D AEC Mac OS X Yes Unknown ] Yes Yes
Release zh-Hans, es, export, WMF, SAT, (TrueDWG), (MSRP)
Autodesk
2010 zh-Hant[citation certified 3DS, DGN[citation DWF, DXX,
А-M-E needed] needed]
BMP[citation needed]
ACIS SAT,
ACIS SAT,
DXF, DWG
DXF, DWG
(TrueDWG),
(DWG), IGES,
IGES, STEP,
2009- Pro/Engineer,
Autodesk .dwf, .catpart,
03-?? STEP, .dwf,
Inventor by .catproduct,
Release 3D No Yes No Proprietary en No No Yes .wire, .catpart, $7995
Autodesk .bmp, .gif, .jpeg,
Invertor .catproduct, .jt,
M+E .png, .tiff, .iges,
2010 .x b, .x t, .prt
.jt, .pdf, .x b, .x
(Siemens NX) ,
t, .g, .neu, STL
.asm, .g, .neu,
(file format),
Solidworks,
.xgl, .zgl
Bricscad by 2010-10 2D/3D Fedora 2000 No Proprietary en, bg, cs, de, Unknown Unknown Yes DWG 2.5 to DWG 2.5 to Starting from
Bricsys V11 AEC, OpenSuse XP es, fr, hu, it, 2010, DXF, 2010, DXF, $395
А Parametric Ubuntu Vista ja, ko, pl, pt- BMP, JPEG, DWF,
 PCX, PNG,
PDF,
modeling, BR, ru, vi, zh- GIF, TGA, TIF,
7 BMP, WMF,
Rendering Hans, zh-Hant JP2, J2K, ECW,
EMF
SID
DXF, Elysium
Neutral
Facetted,
All POSIX EUCLID,
DXF, EUCLID,
BRL-CAD by 3D design (BSD/Linux/Uni FASTGEN,
2010-08- IGES, Jack,
United States and x like OS), BSD IGES, Jack,
05 STL,
Army Research simulation Packages for Yes Unknown licence, en[5] Unknown No Yes NASTRAN, Free
Release TANKILL,
Laboratory for military FreeBSD, IRIX, LGPL[5] Pro/E[7], STL,
7.16.10 VRML, OBJ,
M+E vehicles Linux, Mac OS TANKILL,
X3D[8]
X, Solaris[5][6] Unigraphics,
Viewpoint
Datalabs
Format[8]
DWG, DXF,
Caddie DWG, DXF,
DRW, JPEG,
Professional by 2009-09- DRW, DWF,
2D/3D BMP, TIFF,
Advanced 01 XP Vista & WMF, PDF,
CAE, No Unknown Proprietary en Unknown Unknown Yes PNG, GIF, ?
Computer Release Windows 7 JPEG, BMP,
Rendering ECW,
Solutions 15 TIFF, PNG,
JPEG2000,
А GIF
ASCII, XLS
CATIA by 2010-02-
en, fr, de, ja some formats some formats Starts at
Dassault 05 IBM AIX, HP- V4 runs on
2D/3D CAE Yes Proprietary (at release Yes Unknown Unknown require extra require extra around
Systèmes V5 R20 UX, and Solaris mainframe
date) license license $15,000
M+E V6 R2011
Cobalt by 2009-12- 2D/3D Mac OS X XP/Vista/7 No Proprietary en, bre, fr, de, No No Yes 3DS, ACIS ACIS SAT, AI, US$2,995
Ashlar-Vellum 11[9] Rendering it, pt, ru, sl, sv SAT, AI, ASCII ASCII Text, permanent
v8 SP2r3 CAE Text, BMP, BMP, CATIA OR
CAM CATIA v4, v4, CGM, CO US$1,995/yr
CGM, CCAD, (native), rental
CO (native), Drawing board, OR
Drawing board, DWG/DXF, US$119.95/m
DWG/DXF, EPS, Facet, o
Facet, GIF, Grid GIF, Grid rental
Surface, IGS Surface, IGS
(IGES), JPEG, (IGES), JPEG,
Parasolid XT, Parasolid XT,
PICT, PNG, PDF, PICT,
PPM, Pro/E, PNG, PPM,
Rhino 3DM, Pro/E, RAW
Spline, STP Triangle,
(STEP), VRML, Shockwave 3D,
XBM, XPM STP (STEP),
STL, VRML,
 XBM, XPM
STEP, IGES,
CoCreate by en, fr, de, es, STEP, IGES,
DXF, DWG,
Parametric 2D/3D [10] it, ja (at DXF, DWG,
No Yes No Proprietary Unknown Unknown Yes Pro/ENGINEE ?
Technology MCAD release date) Pro/ENGINEE
[11] R, STL, SAT,
Corporation R, SAT, more
more
2008-02-
CYCAS by
22 2D/3D AEC
Ferlag Frese Linux Yes No Proprietary en Unknown Unknown ? ? ? ?
Release Rendering
A
3.90.3
DWG, DXF,
DWF,
SketchUp,
DWG, DXF,
TXT, WMF,
SketchUp, TXT,
EMF, o2c,
WMF, EMF,
DataCAD by en, pt, cs, et, ACO, 3DS, $1,295 First,
2009-06 o2c, ACO, 3DS,
DATACAD fi, fr, de, hu, STL, BMP, $495
Release 2D/3D AEC No Yes No Proprietary No No Yes STL, BMP,
LLC he, it, ru, es, JPEG, TIFF, Additional,
13 JPEG, GIF,
A and others Targa, PNG, $395 Upgrade
TIFF, Targa,
PCX, EPS,
PNG, PCX,
PCD, PRN,
PCD, and others
PDF, VRML,
RAY, and
others
DDS-CAD
Architect &
Construction IFC, DWG, IFC, DWG,
by DDS 6.5 2D/3D AEC No Yes No Proprietary en, no, sv Yes Yes Yes DXF, 3DS, CFI, DXF, CFI, VEC ?
Building VEC and others and others
Innovation
A
DeltaCad
XP, Vista, 7
Professional by Version DWG, DXF, DWG, DXF,
2D No 32bit and No Proprietary en No No Yes US$39.95
Midnight 7.0 DXB DXB
64bit
Software, Inc.
Digital Project SDNF, DWG, SDNF, DWG,
by Gehry 2D/3D/4D 32bit and Yes(2X3) Yes(2D + DXF, IFC, DXF, IFC,
Unknown No No Proprietary en Yes [12] ?
Technologies AEC, BIM 64bit 3D) IGES, HSF, IGES, HSF,
A 3DXML[12] 3DXML [12]

Beta I (OS en, it, ru, es, DWG, DXF, Free

DraftSight by DWG, DXF,
X) 2D Linux; MAC OS NT, 98, ME, fr, de, ja, pt, JPEG, PNG, (Standalone
Dassault BMP, JPEG,
V11.2 Detailing / X (10.5.8 or 2000, XP, No Proprietary cs, pl, zh- No No Yes TIF/TIFF, PDF, license
Systèmes PNG, GIF,
(Windows Drafting above) Vista, 7 Hans, zh- WMF, SVG, requires
M+E TIF/TIFF
) Hant, ko STL, SLD registration)
Application and Latest 2D/3D or Runs on POSIX Runs on Other License User Support for Support Support Imports Exports Price
developer version + Specialty style systems? Windows? platforms? Interface Building for for (USD)
date fields Language(s) Information Industry AutoCA
 Foundatio
Modelling? D DXF?
n Classes?
All POSIX
Stable
(BSD/Linux/Uni IGES, STEP, IGES, STEP,
FreeCAD by version
x like OS), en, de (at BRep, OBJ, BRep[13], OBJ,
Juergen Riegel 0.10.3205 3D Yes No GNU GPL Unknown Unknown Yes Free
Packages for release date) DXF, SVG, DXF, SVG,
M+E date:2010-
FreeBSD, IRIX, U3D U3D
05-03
Linux, Solaris
freeCAD (Aik-
2007-11- All POSIX
Siong Koh) by XP, Vista
01 3D Motion (BSD/Linux/Uni Unknown GNU GPL en Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown ?
Aik-Siong Koh 32bit)
Release 9 x like OS)
M+E
ACIS SAT,
Art·Lantis, ACIS SAT,
BMP, DAE, Artlantis, BMP,
DEM Data, DAE, DEM
DWG, DXF, Data, DWG,
EPS, FACT, DXF, EPS,
GIF, HPGL, FACT, GIF,
IGES, HPGL, IGES,
Illustrator, Illustrator,
form•Z by 2008-06- JPEG, Keyhole JPEG, Keyhole
XP, Vista
AutoDesSys, 23 2D/3D AEC en, fr, de, el, Markup Markup
Mac OS X 32bit and Unknown Proprietary Yes Unknown Yes $1,995
Inc Release Rendering it, ja, ko, es Language, Language,
64bit
A 6.6 Lightwave, Lightwave,
Lightscape, Lightscape,
OBJ, PDF, OBJ, PDF,
PICT, Piranesi, PICT, Piranesi,
PNG, QTVR, PNG, QTVR,
RIB, SGI, RIB, SGI,
SketchUp, STEP, STL,
STEP, STL, TGA, TIFF,
TGA, TIFF, ZPR
ZPR
DWG/DXF, DWG/DXF, US$1,395
IGES (IGES), PDF, IGES permanent
2D/3D EPS, BMP, (IGES), EPS, OR
Graphite by
Concept, en, fr, de, it, WMF, JPEG, BMP, WMF, US$395/yr
Ashlar-Vellum ? Mac OS X XP/Vista/7 No Proprietary No No Yes
Detailing, pt, ru, sl, sv, ja PICT, Spline, JPEG, PICT, rental
A-M-E
Drafting ASCII Text, Spline, ASCII OR
CCAD Text, CCAD US$39.95/mo
Attributes Attributes rental
2011-01- STEP, IGES,
Linux, Mac OS New BSD STEP, IGES,
HeeksCAD 20 2D/3D Yes No en No No Yes STL, free
X license DWG/DXF
0.16 DWG/DXF
HiCAD by ISD 3D/2D No Yes No Proprietary en, de, it (at No No Yes IGES, STEP, IGES, STEP, ?
Group release date) DXF, DWG, DXF, DWG,
 ACIS , ProE,
SolidWorks,
ACIS , ProE,
CATIA
CATIA
(V4/V5),
(V4/V5),
Parasolid,
Parasolid
UniGraphics,
Inventor
IntelliCAD by
DWG, DXF,
IntelliCAD DWG, DXF,
2D/3D AEC Unknown Yes Unknown Proprietary en Yes Unknown Yes DWF, SVG, ?
Technology DWF, SAT
PDF, SAT
Consortium
DGN, DXF, DGN, DXF,
en, fr, it, de, DWG, DWG, U3D,
MicroStation 2008-11- Dropped es, ja, zh, fi, PDF, gbXML,
Dropped SketchUP,
by Bentley 06 2D/3D (last was V cs IGES, STEP,
(last was V 5.7 Yes Proprietary Yes Yes(2x3) Yes Rhino, PDF, $5050
Systems Release AEC, BIM 5.7 of SketchUP
of 1997/1998) Revit, IFC,
А 8i 1997/1998) [14] gbXML, IGES,
STEP [15]

2011-02-
NaroCAD by 16 Linux with GNU STEP, iges, STEP, iges,
3D Yes Unknown en No No No Freeware
NaroCAD Release Mono GPL[16] brep, naroxml brep, naroxml
1.5.7
JT, Parasolid, JT, Parasolid,
STEP, DWG, STEP, DWG,
NX by Siemens 2008-06- Mac OS X [17], en, fr, it, de, DXF, ProE, DXF, ProE,
PLM Software 30 2D/3D and Novell Yes Unknown Proprietary es, ja, zh, fi, Unknown Unknown Yes SolidWorks, I- SolidWorks, I- ?
M+E Release 6 SUSE Linux.[18] cs deas, CATIA deas, CATIA
(V4/V5), STL, (V4/V5), STL,
IGES IGES
Pro/ENGINEE
en, fr, de, es,
R by 2008-01- STEP, IGES, STEP, IGES, $4995 +
it, ja, ko, zh-
Parametric 16 [10] DXF, DWG, DXF, DWG, $1500
3D Some Yes Unknown Proprietary Hant, zh-Hans Unknown Unknown Yes
Technology Release Parasolid, STL, Parasolid, STL, maintenance
(at release
Corporation 4.0 SAT, more SAT, more (2009)
date) [19]
M+E
DWG, DXF,
Progecad Linux Requires
2009-08- en, de, ru, it, DWT, SAT,
(based on Wine; MAC OS XP, Vista
06 2D/3D cs, zh-Hans, DXF, DWG, BMP, EMF,
IntelliCAD) by Requires 32bit and Unknown Proprietary No No Yes ?
Release Rendering zh-Hant, fr, pl, DWT, SAT WMF, JPEG,
progeSOFT Parallels 64bit
9.0.26 es, sr KMZ, PDF,
А-M-E Desktop for Mac
SVG
QCad 2008-09- 2D FreeBSD, Linux, Yes Unknown GNU da, de, nl, et, No Unknown versions DXF (DXF R12 DXF (DXF R12 ?
Community 09 Mac OS X, GPL[16] el, cs, en, fr, R12 and and DXF 200x) and DXF 200x)
Edition by Release Solaris, Unix[16] hu, it, no, pl, 200x [21][22] [21][22]

[20]
RibbonSoft 2.0.5.0 pa, ru, sl, es, tr
M
 [21]

da, de, nl, et,

QCad 2008-09-
FreeBSD, Linux, el, cs, en, fr, versions DXF (DXF R12 DXF (DXF R12
Professional by 09
2D Mac OS X, Yes[16] Unknown Proprietary hu, it, no, pl, No No R12 and and DXF 200x) and DXF 200x), ?
RibbonSoft Release
Solaris, Unix[16] pa, ru, sl, es, tr 200x [21]
SVG, PDF[21]
M 2.2.2.0 [21]

DWG, DXF,
Revit pt-BR, en, cs, DXF, DWG, SAT, FBX,
Architecture by 2D/3D BIM fr, de, hu, it, SAT, SKP, IFC, DGN,
? No Yes Unknown Proprietary Yes Yes[23] Yes $5,495
Autodesk AEC ja, ko, ru, zh- DGN, JPEG, DWF, JPEG,
А Hans, es PNG, TIFF PNG, TIFF,
AVI, PDF
DXF, DWG,
DWF, SAT, DWG, DXF,
pt-BR, en, cs, SKP, DGN, SAT, FBX,
Revit Structure
2D/3D BIM fr, de, hu, it, JPEG, PNG, IFC, DGN,
by Autodesk ? No Yes Unknown Proprietary Yes Yes Yes $5,495
AEC ja, ko, ru, zh- TIFF, Bentley DWF, JPEG,
А
Hans, es Systems RAM PNG, TIFF,
Structural AVI, PDF
System
DWG, DXF,
pt-BR, en, cs, DXF, DWG, SAT, FBX,
Revit MEP by
2D/3D BIM fr, de, hu, it, SAT, SKP, IFC, DGN,
Autodesk ? No Yes Unknown Proprietary Yes Yes Yes ?
AEC ja, ko, ru, zh- DGN, JPEG, DWF, JPEG,
А
Hans, es PNG, TIFF PNG, TIFF,
AVI, PDF
FreeBSD[24], BREP, IGES,
SALOME 2008.12 CAE Yes No LGPL EN, FR Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown ?
Linux STEP
Shark FX by
2009
punch!CAD
Release 3D/2D Mac OS X Yes No Proprietary en ? ? ? ? ? ?
Software
5.5
A-M-E
IGES, STEP,
DXF, JT, ACIS IGES, STEP,
(SAT), ProE, STL, PDF,
SolidWorks, EMS, JT, XGL,
Solid Edge by 2008-08- NX, SDRC, XML, DXF,
en, es, ru, fr, $5300 +$1200
Siemens PLM 12 Microstation, Parasolid,
3D/2D No Yes No Proprietary ko (at release Unknown No Yes Maintenance
Software Release Inventor, CATIA
date) (2009)
M+E 1.0 CATIA (V4/V5), ACIS
(V4/V5), (SAT),
Parasolid, Microstation,
Autocad, STL, Autocad
XML, MDS
Solidworks by 2010-10- 2D/3D No Yes No Proprietary en, es, de (at Yes Unknown Yes DXF, DWG, IGES, STEP, $3995 +
 Parasolid, ACIS, STL,
15
SolidWorks IGES, STEP, ProE, Solid $1295/yr for
Release
Corp. hybrid release date) ACIS, STL, Edge, u3d, optional
2011
M+E ProE, Solid VRML, 3dxml, support
sp0.0
Edge, Catia, PDF
SpaceClaim
Engineer by
2D/3D
SpaceClaim Unknown Yes Unknown Proprietary en Unknown Unknown Yes Unknown Unknown Unknown
hybrid
Corp.
M+E
en, de, ja, sv,
2D placing
Mac OS X 10.4 fr, zh-Hans, 3DS (requires
Sweet Home 3D furniture
to 10.6, Linux Yes No GNU GPL hu, pt, pl, cs, Unknown Unknown Yes Java3DSLoader Unknown Free
by eTeks and 3D
and Solaris es, it, el, bg, ), OBJ
preview
ru, vi
TurboCAD by 'see PDF of 'see PDF of
IMSI/Design, 2D/3D Mac OS X Yes No Proprietary en, cs, others? Unknown Unknown Yes compatible file compatible file ?
LLC formats' formats'
2009-10- STEP (3D),
STEP (3D),
VariCAD by 28 STL (3D),
eng, ger[25], DWG (2D),
VariCAD VariCAD 2D 3D Linux Yes Unknown Proprietary Unknown Unknown 2d only IGES (3D/2D), $650
cze[26] DXF (2D) and
M+E 2010 DWG (2D),
IGES (2D) [27]
1.02 DXF (2D) [27]
$1495
fundamentals
DWG, DXF, DWG, DXF,
PDF, EPSF, PDF, EPSF,
profession
Dropped 3DS, IGES, 3DS, IGES,
specific
2010-09- was SAT, Parasolid SAT, Parasolid
VectorWorks packages
15 previously en, pt-BR, fr, X_T, Sketchup, X_T, STL, IFC,
by Nemetschek 2D/3D Mac OS X Yes Proprietary Yes Yes Yes available:
Release MiniCAD es, nl, de, it, ja IFC, SHP, KML, SHP,
А+M+E
2011 for Mac OS JPEG, BMP, JPEG, BMP,
architect
(1985–2001) PNG, PSD, PNG, PSD,
landmark
SGI, TIFF, SGI, TIFF,
spotlight
TGA TGA
designer
Cinema 4D-
Renderworks
ViaCAD by
punch!CAD 2009
2D/3D Mac OS X Yes No Proprietary en ? ? ? ? ? ?
Software Release 6
A-M-E
Xenon by 2009 2D/3D Mac OS X XP/Vista/7 No Proprietary en, fr, de, it, No No Yes CO (native), ACIS SAT, US$2,495
Ashlar-Vellum v8 SP2 Concept, pt, ru, sl, sv ACIS SAT, PDF, permanent
A-M-E Detailing, DWG/DXF, DWG/DXF, OR
Drafting, IGES, STP IGES (IGES), US$995/yr
Rendering, (STEP), Pro/E, STP (STEP), rental
 Parasolid X_T,
Pro/E, Parasolid
CATIA v4,
X_T, CATIA
3DS, Rhino
v4, Facet, STL,
3DM, Facet,
AI, EPS, CGM,
STL, AI, CGM,
VRML,
VRML, BMP,
ShockWave 3D,
JPEG, PNG,
BMP, JPEG,
PPM, XPM, OR
PNG,
Animation XBM, GIF, US$99.95/mo
PPM,XPM,
PICT, Spline, rental
XBM, GIF,
ASCII Text,
PICT, RAW
Grid Surface,
Triangle, ASCII
Vellum
Text, Vellum
Graphite,
Graphite,
Xenon, Argon,
Xenon, Argon,
Drawing board,
Drawing board
CCAD
eng, cze, fra,
ZWCAD by
ger, hun, ita,
ZWCAD
2D/3D No Yes[28] unknown Proprietary jpn, kor, pol, unknown unknown Yes DXF, DWG DXF, DWG $800
Software Co.,
rus, chs, spa,
Ltd.
cht[29]