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The following is the Business Plan for General Cadd as published by General Cadd Products Inc.

General CADD Business Plan

Our Goals

The Program
The staff of General CADD Products, Inc. is committed to producing a very capable and affordable Windows based 2D CADD program for use by independent draftspersons.   General CADD Pro (GCP) is based on a easily understood and remembered 2 letter command structure and  includes a powerful Macro language for user customization and program automation.  Features include 32 bit accuracy and .DWG, .DXF, .CMP, .GCD & .MCR file compatibility.  Click here for complete list of features

Programming Team
General Cadd Pro has been under development for almost 6 years.  A virtual programming group has contributed to it's development with various programming teams located around the world from Moscow to Seattle!  The development leaders and real brains behind the program features are Matt Brown and Carl Ransdell of Ransdell & Brown Inc., Seattle, WA.  These two fellows are well known through out the Cadd community and their reputation speaks for itself.  It is hard for us to believe but in excess of $1,000,000.00 has been invested in time, expense and effort so far to develop General Cadd Pro and the investment continues!

Customer Base
We are not looking for and have no illusions about developing a customer base of several hundred thousand customers or more!  In our business plan, we believe that our goals will be reached if we  develop a client base of only a few thousand dedicated and supporting customers who understand where we are coming from and what we intend to accomplish.  We are looking for a Win/Win situation in which our customers receive a capable, powerful and stable product which is well supported and is expanded and improved at a steady pace in response to our customer's needs.  We as a company in return hope to look forward to a steady, reliable income so that we can continue to provide this needed service.

Software Costs
The price for a 1 license seat of General CADD Pro is $499.00 US$.  This license includes the program itself and an on screen manual in HTML format.  There will be no written, printed manual, however, the HTML manual can be printed out by customers who desire to have paper in their hands.  The projected cost of future annual program upgrade releases (new major version)  will be $399.00 per copy.

Support Plus   (this program replaces ASMA)
At the time of initial purchase, you may elect to purchase the next 3.0 version in advance for only $199.00.  Users who do so will be able to actively use the next version as it is being developed, way in advance of its official release.  You will also receive all upgrades to the the current 2.0 version that are released.

Support Plus includes:

1. One annual program upgrade (new version) release;
2. Guaranteed 2 (min) quarterly bug fix and new feature releases with upgraded manual
3. Unlimited internet support through our online forum

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Program Distribution
General Cadd Pro will be primarily distributed through Internet Download.  Our operating plan does not include the distribution of  program upgrades on a CD after the initial purchase.  The internet will be our exclusive form of communication with our customers.  Because of our continued development and improvement plan, any version on a CD will be out of date within a few weeks at most.

Software Security
General CADD Pro will require that a hardware security device be attached either to a parallel or USB port for full operation.  Operation without an attached security device will cause the program to revert to demonstration mode.  The security device will be mailed to the customer once an order has been placed through our web site along with the most current annual release version on a self installing CD.

A "Built In" User Controlled Security System

General CADD Pro has a unique "built in" security system which allows the user to save drawings and components in a file format which can either be universal in nature (can be shared with other GCP users) or specific to his own operation.  With this security system in operation, for the first time, a CADD program will afford complete protection for the customer's investment in his drawing and component database.  There is much more that can be written about this security system but we would like the details to remain on a "need to know" basis.

Through the application of this security system a user will be able to develop libraries of drawings and components for sale to others and be assured that these libraries will not become part of the "public domain".   In this way, for example, our GCP customer could resell a copy of GCP to one of his customers and fill it out with drawings, components and macros and be assured that only that one customer could use the supplied database of libraries.

A "viewer only" program will also be available to operate under this security system.

Custom Versions

General Cadd Products, Inc. will give serious consideration to companies who wish to release and resell a customized version of GCP unique to a particular industry or drafting discipline.  Each one of these applications will be evaluated on the needs and requirements of the particular customer.  Costs will depend on the unit volume purchased.

Academic Institutions

Special consideration and pricing will be given to select High Schools, Colleges and other academic institutions which teach Computer Assisted Design (CAD).  Please email support@generalcadd.com with details of your situation and needs.