Hannover, Germany Ð Cube Information Systems used the CeBIT trade show here to introduce a new CAD program for NeXTSTEP. Called Academy, the two-dimensional program also supports isometric drawing.
Academy contains the engine from the company's successful Amiga product with a completely new NeXTSTEP interface. It is designed for the occasional CAD user who needs to produce technical documentation or make small changes in CAD files from large-scale systems. The product supports DXF, Illustrator, and Virtuoso file formats, as well as full cut and paste.
Cube also introduced Open End, a software driver that supports an array of plotters and shop equipment, such as lathes. Open End currently supports output to devices from Hewlett-Packard, Roland, and Graphtek.
Both Academy and Open End, which will retail for less than $1000 each, were expected to be shown at NeXTWORLD Expo.