HOUSTON, TX -- (MARKET WIRE) -- Jan 13, 2012 -- Intergraph has published a new start-up guide for CADWorx DraftPro, its new intelligent AutoCAD®-based 2D plant design and layout solution that it is offering free via download. The start-up guide provides easy-to-follow directions so that users who download the software can become productive right away. To download the CADWorx DraftPro start-up guide, visit www.cadworxdraftpro.com.

CADWorx DraftPro is specification driven, with hundreds of ready-to-use specifications in metric and imperial formats and over 60,000 piping components. Users can quickly and easily generate components on-the-fly as they are needed, and the built-in intelligence takes the guesswork out of placing piping components. Items easily connect and piping automatically breaks when the designer inserts components. With CADWorx DraftPro, the designer can quickly draw elevations and sections of layouts and produce accurate, customizable bills of material of the design. The software comes with multiple languages and the files can be easily adapted to any language.

Always 100% free via download, CADWorx DraftPro uses the same piping specifications as CADWorx Plant Professional and works with all supported versions of AutoCAD. If a user at some point decides to move to 3D design, the user can convert CADWorx DraftPro specifications to CADWorx Plant Professional at any time.

In conjunction with the product's release, live CADWorx DraftPro webinars on January 26, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. CT will provide demonstrations of the software. To register for the webinars on January 26th, visit http://coade.typepad.com/coadeinsider/webinar---all/. Intergraph has also published a video overview of the software. To view the video, visit www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7E40D63706F54141. The software was featured in an interview in the January 9th edition of upfront.eZine, a leading CAD industry online magazine. To read the article, visit http://www.upfrontezine.com/2012/upf-717.htm.

For information on Intergraph CADWorx visit http://www.intergraph.com/products/ppm/cadworx. For information on Intergraph's analysis products visit http://www.intergraph.com/ppm/analysis.aspx.

About Intergraph CADWorx & Analysis Solutions
The Intergraph CADWorx & Analysis Solutions (CAS) products allow design and engineering to share relevant information seamlessly, thereby maintaining accuracy and improving efficiency. They include CADWorx Plant Design Suite for AutoCAD®-based intelligent plant design modeling, process schematics and automatic production of plant design deliverables; CADWorx DraftPro for intelligent 2D design and layout; CAESAR II, the world's most widely used pipe stress analysis software; PV Elite for vessel and exchanger design and analysis; and TANK for the design and analysis of oil storage tanks. For information on Intergraph CAS, visit www.coade.com.

Intergraph, the Intergraph logo, CADWorx, CAESAR II and PV Elite are registered trademarks, and TANK is a trademark of Intergraph Corporation. Other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective owners. © 2011 Intergraph Corp. All rights reserved.