What are you going to spend your £300 on?

Autodesk and Computer Aided Business Systems are offering £300.00 rebate on AutoCAD LT software purchased before 15th January 2011.

What are you going to spend your £300.00 rebate on?


New computer system for your software? Ask our sales team for options.
Autodesk software training? Ask our sales team for costs.
Autodesk subscription? Purchase 12 months subscription for updates and upgrades and you'll still have some change.


Contact the Computer Aided Business Systems sales team on 01707 258338 or email sales@cabs-cad.com for AutoCAD LT pricing.

'Copycat' websites drive rise in fake products.

Copycat websites and fake product news has been hitting the headlines over the last few weeks.

Trading Standards officers are reporting a sharp rise in the number of copycat websites selling fake branded goods over the Internet. A trading standards officer commented "Anything that you can sell, you can now copy."

Autodesk and other graphics applications that Computer Aided Business Systems sell are not immune to this practice. There are numerous sites offering software at discounted prices. They often use images, logo's and text from the manufacturers website to appear genuine.

If an advertised price is too good to be true, then make sure you investigate the product that you are purchasing. Autodesk have strict rules regarding grey selling (purchasing goods from outside the EU), and you may end up spending £1000's on a product that isn't genuine, and you will not receive an authorisation code to use it.


Autodesk provides a list of genuine resellers on their UK website. Computer Aided Business Systems are included in this list as authentic resellers.

CostX® Version 3.21 Released

Computer Aided Business Systems and Exactal are pleased to announce the release of version 3.21 for its CostX® range of products. The 3.21 release is a general release for all customers and includes a number of significant speed improvements when dealing with drawings and especially when using large BIM models. Multi-user support has also been enhanced when multiple users are measuring from the same drawing at the same time.

Exactal continues to enhance the CostX® range with each new release and version 3.21 is recommended for all customers under maintenance as a free upgrade.

For further details of CostX® contact sales@cabs-cad.com

AutoCAD LT/AutoCAD Inventor LT - £ 300.00 Rebate

Buy your AutoCAD LT/AutoCAD Inventor LT 2011 from Computer Aided Business Systems and receive £ 300.00 rebate - This offer expires 15th January 2011!

£ 300.00 Rebate in 5 easy steps.....

1. Call our sales team on 01707 258338 and receive an AutoCAD LT/AutoCAD Inventor LT quotation
2. Accept the quotation and purchase the AutoCAD LT/AutoCAD Inventor LT
3. Receive your AutoCAD LT 2011/AutoCAD Inventor LT software and invoice
4. Log on to www.autodeskrebate.com/autocadlt to process your claim
5. Receive a £ 300.00 rebate from Autodesk by cheque or bank transfer.

Call 01707 258338 for further details and full terms and conditions.

Google SketchUp Pro 8 Released

Google SketchUp Pro 8 is now available to purchase. Packed with new and improved features!

SketchUp owners can upgrade for just £65.00+VAT, and new copies are £350.00+VAT for the standalone licence.

AutoCAD 2011 for the MAC

Today Autodesk publicly announced that a fully native Mac version of AutoCAD 2011 will be released.

AutoCAD for the Mac - bringing robust 3D free-form design tools and powerful drafting capabilities to the Mac. Taking full advantage of the Mac OS X platform, with an intuitive, graphical user interface that makes it easy to bring your ideas to life. And because it's AutoCAD, you're working nativity in DWG format, for easy sharing of files with clients, suppliers, and partners around the world, regardless of platform.

For further details contact our sales and technical teams.