In this lesson, you will learn about the ARES Trinity, an innovative CAD ecosystem combining ARES Commander, ARES Kudo, and ARES Touch to provide unparalleled flexibility and collaboration. You'll discover how the ARES Trinity brings freedom to your workflows,  enabling you to access your project from any device or location. The lesson will also show how you can control who can modify or view files, and for how long, and how you can create and edit DWG drawings using each program within this ecosystem.

Objectives of this lesson include:

• Understanding the ARES Trinity Ecosystem:
  • Learn how ARES Trinity combines ARES Commander, ARES Kudo, and ARES Touch into a unified ecosystem.
  • Explore how this ecosystem improves collaboration by placing the project at the center and providing multiple access options via desktop, web, or mobile.
• Exploring the Flexibility of ARES Trinity:
  • Discover how ARES Trinity adapts to different workflows, whether you’re working from a Windows or Mac desktop, a web browser, or a mobile device.
  • Understand the ability to define different user roles and permissions, including the duration of access.

Functions in buttons and dialogs that you will learn in this lesson:

• How to connect to and work with various cloud storage providers using ARES Trinity.
• Commands and functions in ARES Commander, ARES Kudo, and ARES Touch for creating and editing DWG drawings.

Glossary of Key Terms:

• ARES Trinity: An integrated CAD ecosystem that combines ARES Commander, ARES Kudo, and ARES Touch.
• ARES Commander: A desktop-based CAD software compatible with Windows and MacOS.
• ARES Kudo: A web-browser-based CAD software accessible from any device with internet access.
• ARES Touch: A mobile CAD software optimized for use on tablets and smartphones.
• CAD: Computer-Aided Design.
• DWG: A binary file format used for storing two and three-dimensional design data and drawings.
• Cloud Integration: The process of connecting software applications to cloud computing services.
• Real-time updates: Changes made to a file are instantly reflected for all users accessing it.
• User Roles: A security feature that allows administrators to define different levels of access and permissions for users within the software.
• Project-centric Approach: A methodology that places the project at the center of all operations and decision-making.
  

More than a suite of three software products, the ARES Trinity is an ecosystem leveraging modern cloud and mobile technologies to improve collaboration.

ARES Trinity brings freedom to your CAD workflows by making the project the center, where everything revolves around it. In this way, you decide how to access that information and how you want to interact with it. Depending on your needs, you can choose to use a desktop option like ARES Commander through a Windows- or MacOS-based computer, or enter through ARES Kudo running in a web browser, or work from a mobile device with ARES Touch. (You may even use all three on the same project!) In addition, you can define different types of users, to determine who can modify particular files or only view them, and for how long. 

ARES Trinity is made up of the joint work of ARES Commander, ARES Touch, and ARES Kudo. You can create and edit DWG drawings with each of these programs individually, of course; each has commands that enable you to carry out all kinds of CAD operations. In the case of ARES Kudo, it provides a user experience that is similar to ARES Commander, while being optimized for working from an Internet browser. ARES Touch is designed to provide an optimal experience on a tablet or smartphone touchscreen.

The ARES Trinity of CAD software

Connecting to virtually any cloud storage provider you may be using

Who Can Benefit from Trinity?

The more people who work on the same project, the more benefits they will find with ARES Trinity. But single users will find many advantages as well. First of all, a "single user" never truly works alone, since they always have a client with whom they share information. And eventually, you will need to share the technical documentation with colleagues from other professions who join the project. In short, sooner or later the group of users will grow — it is inevitable.

And secondly, the main user may prefer to work with a Windows workstation while in the office, but use a Mac laptop when at home, for example. Or the user may need to visit a construction site, where work will be conducted on a phone or tablet. With ARES Trinity,  no matter where you are or what device you use, you can always access your projects that are saved in the cloud.

The following video is an animation that highlights the most important features of the ARES Trinity, which we will get to know in more detail during this course.

The following video is an animation that shows the most important features of the ARES Trinity, and that we will get to know throughout the course.