In late August, ZWSoft announced the acquisition of venerable 3D CAD software developer VX Corporation. As you might expect, the products line up rather well according to the list on the site. In the latest release of ZWCAD 2010, ZWSoft offered a feature-by-feature list comparing its product to AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT. The software reads and writes DWG, AutoCAD’s native format.

Using the open source IntelliCAD engine, ZWSoft has developed ZWCAD to compete head to head with Autodesk’s AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT in the Chinese market and the rest of the world. ZWCAD has emerged as a strong Chinese competitor to the entrenched AutoCAD. Meanwhile, back in China, ZWSoft has been selling its latest release, ZWCAD 2010 as a competitor to AutoCAD and has announced it will debut a new product, ZW3D. And Autodesk has completed its end run strategy to the Mac and the Cloud with AutoCAD for the Mac and AutoCAD WS for online collaboration. Siemens is reviving its Solid Edge division with new personnel and development. Autodesk and Dassault have been playing tit-for-tat pitting SolidWorks against Inventor.

China is building homegrown products to compete at home and abroad. Now, ZWSoft has acquired VX Corporation and plans to take advantage of the VX Kernal to develop new products. Chinese developer ZWSoft hopes to displace AutoCAD in China.

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