Company Profile
Archway Systems, Inc., founded by Tom and Mike Lazear, has been
serving the needs of the CADD community since 1989. Over ninety
years of CADD development, teaching, sales and services are represented
by the five employees of the company.
VersaCAD Products
VersaCAD® software was originally developed by the Lazears at VersaCAD
Corporation in the 1980s. It continues to be used throughout
the professional and educational CADD community. Archway Systems
reacquired all rights to the VersaCAD software in 1999. We
continue to improve, update and support VersaCAD software for both
the PC and Macintosh. We also provide training and support
on our VersaCAD software.
Other Archway Products
(Please visit the Archway
Systems Home Page to access information on the products and
services listed below.)
MicroStation Products (Bentley
Systems, Inc.)
We are a Bentley Systems, Inc. authorized MicroStation Value-Added-Reseller
(MVAR) for Bentley's MicroStation line of products.
In this role, we provide consulting and technical services for many
of Bentley's products in addition to product sales and training.
We are also Bentley's exclusive Academic MVAR for California, Nevada
and Oregon.
Softimage Products (Avid
Technology, Inc.)
We sell animation software for artists, technical designers, graphic
artists, film directors and producers, and art students and schools.
Avid Technology's Softimage products epitomize the high-end of animation
software on the market today. We also provide training and
support for Avid Technology products since we are a VAR for Softimage.
In addition, we are the exclusive distributor for Softimage academic
products in California.
Other Products and Services
We also provide consulting services in a variety of areas such
as Programming, the Internet, Digital High School, and Networking.
Archway offers contract software development and has produced various
applications in the C language as well as Visual BASIC for dozens
of clients. Products developed include: extensions to
MicroStation, a complete system for design of orthodontic appliances,
a computer network simulator, and an OLAP and Data Warehousing product
call PowerPlan.
We offer a large variety of training classes on MicroStation and
Softimage software. Most are held at our headquarters but
we make arrangements at other locations when a business or school
finds that would serve both of our purposes more readily.
Profile of the Lazears
Tom Lazear, the CEO of Archway Systems, programmed his first
CAD project in 1959 at Fluor Corporation. In 1980 he started the
company which eventually became the Versacad Corporation.
The Versacad Corporation developed the first widely marketed CAD
software programs to the PC and Apple business and educational markets
in the early 1980s, including T-Square, CADapple, OmniDraft, MarsCAD
and VersaCAD. Tom Lazear has a Mechanical Engineering degree
from the University of California at Berkeley, a Master of Science
degree in Electrical Engineering from UCLA and an MBA from MIT's
Sloan School of Business. With his many years in the CADD
development market, he is frequently requested to be a guest speaker
at CADD events.
Mike Lazear, the President of Archway Systems, is the original
developer of VersaCAD for the PC. Highly skilled in the art
of programming, he is in much demand as a contract programmer.
Mike Lazear is a graduate of California State University, Long Beach
with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering.
