

"Other companies had come out with good 2D products, but from the beginning, we intended our product to be used for mechanical design on the PC. CADKEY has had many "firsts." According to Peter Smith, founder of Cadkey, Inc., this software was the first modern 3D CAD system for the PC. The software is a virtual toolbox that includes 2D drafting, 3D wireframe, 3D solid modeling, and surfaces integrated into one product.Ī software before its time. Today, CADKEY is the mainstay of many small to mid-size companies, where engineers use the software to produce 3D models and drawings for such complicated projects as telescopes, kayaks, wind tunnels, and electric motorcycles. At the end of fiscal year 1999, sales are expected to exceed $7.5 million.

International sales, alone, increased 115% during the first six months. Net sales tripled from $2.0 million in fiscal year 1996 to $6.1 million in 1997. In nine months, Bean took a company teetering on the brink of extinction and infused it with life. More than just being "still here," Baystate has progressed amazingly in the last two years. We took the challenge and we are still here." Marlborough, MA -"Most people thought that when this tiny, relatively unknown company bought a giant like CADKEY that we'd be out of business within six months," says Robert Bean, president and co-founder of Baystate Technologies Inc.
