The ADGE Press Room

This page is intended for members of the press to easily collect information about ADGE, the AutoCAD Developers Group Europe (and beyond).

What is ADGE?

ADGE is a non-profit association of software developers who are working on applications around AutoCAD.
For more information please see What is ADGE?

Press Releases

Basle/Switzerland, November 1, 1999

VISIONS for a better AutoCAD
ADGE Developer Conference in Barcelona

On Saturday, October 9, 1999, AutoCAD application developers from 17 European countries as well as from the U.S.A. and South Africa joined the 18th technical conference on AutoCAD third-party development, CAMP ADGE.
Looking back at a ten-year history, the independent association of software developers working on branch or client-specific applications around AutoCAD this time concentrated on visions for the next decade. Speeches and discussions covered future developments in user interface (Stereo and beyond), data interchange (XML and beyond), output devices (3D printers and beyond) and company strategies (AutoCAD and beyond). A CD-ROM containig all handouts and presentations is available from the ADGE office at

Basle/Switzerland, August 1, 1999

CAMP ADGE Developer Conference, October 1999

The 18th technical conference on AutoCAD application development, CAMP ADGE, will take place on Saturday, October 9, 1999 at the University of Barcelona, Spain. The technical conferences on Autocad are organized by ADGE, the AutoCAD Developers Group Europe. ADGE is an independent association of software developers working on branch or client-specific applications around AutoCAD.
The conference will directly follow the Autodesk-organized ADN technical conference. This allows developers to easily attend the most important events during the second half of this year. The CAMP ADGE conference is open for ADGE members and guests. For more information contact the ADGE office at

Basle/Switzerland, June 1, 1999

Cloning with DIESEL and AJaX
Novo Nordisk hosts AutoCAD Developer Conference

Novo Nordisk, a world leader in insulin and diabetes care, opened its premises in Copenhagen/Denmark to host the 17th international conference on AutoCAD application development. Developers from 10 European countries attended the technical conference organized by the AutoCAD Developers Group Europe (ADGE).
Main topics in the AutoCAD world today are ObjectARX applications creating and linking intelligent objects to form real-world models. Amongst the most complicated themes in this context is the duplication of intelligence between different drawings, the so-called cloning. Various speeches concentrated on this critical topic.
In addition the two days allowed the software engineers to exchange ideas and to discuss newest technology like Java or ActiveX Controls to be used in AutoCAD add-ons. And in addition to these future trends, also today's present was covered in detail: application development in LISP or DIESEL.
ADGE publishes a conference CD-ROM containing all speeches as well as additional documents and sample code. To order this CD-ROM, contact the ADGE office at

Basle/Switzerland, June 1, 1999

AutoCAD Developers Elect their Board

During the 17th technical conference on AutoCAD programming, the members of the AutoCAD Developers Group Europe (ADGE) elected the new board of the association.
New (and former) president is Mr. Beat Fehr, general manager of CADiware AG, a Swiss developer of AutoCAD add-ons. Also re-elected were vice-president Mr. Robert Rottermann of Mensch und Maschine Software AG and secretary Gerd Warmuth of Warmuth CAD-CAM Lösungen.
Additional elected members of the board are Jeremy Tammik of Mensch und Maschine Software AG, Hans Joachim Kemmann of Ingenieurbüro Kemmann and Rüdiger Schierz of 1a Software Entwicklungs GmbH.
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