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HEXAGON.DE Update Protocol

August 19, 2025

Dear Customers,

Due to health reasons, our CEO and founder, Mr. Fritz Ruoss, will temporarily be unavailable and unable to carry out his work as usual.

We, his sons Manuel and Lucas Nicola, will represent him during this time. Order processing, handling of orders, distribution of key codes, and customer support will continue as usual.

We sincerely thank you for your understanding and support during this special situation.

Best regards,
Manuel Nicola & Lucas Nicola
HEXAGON GmbH

June 30, 2025
- HEXAGON Newsletter No. 211
April 30, 2025
- HEXAGON Newsletter No. 210
April 03, 2025
- ZM2 Demo
- ZM3 Demo
February 27, 2025
- HEXAGON Newsletter No. 209
January 7, 2025
- Infos updated
December 20, 2024
- HEXAGON Newsletter No. 208
October 30, 2024
- HEXAGON Newsletter No. 207
August 30, 2024
- HEXAGON Newsletter No. 206
August 09, 2024
- Flyers updated
July 17, 2024
- New software for cycloid gears
June 28, 2024
- HEXAGON Newsletter No. 205
April 29, 2024
- HEXAGON Newsletter No. 204
March 25, 2024
- Flyers FED10, FED11, FED12, FED13, FED14, FED15, FED16, FED17, TR1, WL1+, WST1 updated
February 28, 2024
- HEXAGON Newsletter No. 203
January 31, 2024
- Texts updated
January 09, 2024
- Flyers SR1/SR1+, FED3+, FED4, FED5, FED6, FED7, FED8, FED9 updated
January 02, 2024
- Flyer FED1+, FED2+ updated
December 20, 2023
- HEXAGON Newsletter No. 202
October 31, 2023
- HEXAGON Newsletter No. 201
August 31, 2023
- HEXAGON Newsletter No. 200
June 27, 2023
- HEXAGON Newsletter No. 199
April 28, 2023
- HEXAGON Newsletter No. 198
February 27, 2023
- HEXAGON Newsletter No. 197
January 19, 2023
- Statement of the German Spring Manufacturers Association on HEXAGON Newsletter No. 195 (pdf)
December 20, 2022
- HEXAGON Newsletter No. 196
October 28, 2022
- HEXAGON Newsletter No. 195
August 29, 2022
- HEXAGON Newsletter No. 194
June 29, 2022
- HEXAGON Newsletter No. 193
June 09, 2022
- FED19 Buffer springs
- Spline standards
April 28, 2022
- HEXAGON Newsletter No. 192
February 25, 2022
- HEXAGON Newsletter No. 191
January 08, 2022
- Update 2022
December 20, 2021
- HEXAGON Newsletter No. 190
October 29, 2021
- HEXAGON Newsletter No. 189
October 14, 2021
- Released for Windows 11
August 30, 2021
- HEXAGON Newsletter No. 188
June 28, 2021
- HEXAGON Newsletter No. 187
April 30, 2021
- HEXAGON Newsletter No. 186
April 05, 2021
- ZM3 Synchronous Belt Drive
March 05, 2021
- Reseller for China
February 26, 2021
- HEXAGON Newsletter No. 185
January 11, 2021
- ZM1 Demo (roller chain drive to ISO 606)
January 2, 2021
- German VAT 19%
December 18, 2020
- HEXAGON Newsletter No. 184
October 30, 2020
- HEXAGON Newsletter No. 183
- WN13 Software for PnG polygon profiles
- WN14 Software for PnC polygon profiles
August 31, 2020
- HEXAGON Newsletter No. 182
June 30, 2020
- German VAT 16%
June 29, 2020
- HEXAGON Newsletter No. 181
May 14, 2020
- P.O. Software V5.1
April 29, 2020
- HEXAGON Newsletter No. 180
March 11, 2020
- WN12 Demo (Face Spline)
February 28, 2020
- HEXAGON Newsletter No. 179
January 18, 2020
- Update 2020
December 23, 2019
- HEXAGON Newsletter No. 178
November 20, 2019
- Payment by Paypal instead of Mastercard/VISA
November 08, 2019
- GR2 Software for Eccentric Gears
November 01, 2019
- P.O. Software V4.2
October 30, 2019
- HEXAGON Newsletter No. 177
September 17, 2019
- ZAR3+ Worm Gear Software: New Demo Version
September 02, 2019
- HEXAGON Newsletter No. 176
June 28, 2019
- HEXAGON Newsletter No. 175
June 12, 2019
- P.O. Software V4.0
May 31, 2019
- ZAR9 Software for Cross-Helical Gear Design
April 30, 2019
- HEXAGON Newsletter No. 174
March 09, 2019
- GEO7 Software for Internal Geneva Drive
February 22, 2019
- HEXAGON Newsletter No. 173
February 13, 2019
- P.O. Software V3.1
February 09, 2019
- GEO5 Demo (Geneva Drive)
January 07, 2019
- Update 2019
December 20, 2018
- HEXAGON Newsletter No. 172
- ZPRINT GearPrinter (Freeware)
October 30, 2018
- HEXAGON Newsletter No. 171
September 01, 2018
- HEXAGON Newsletter No. 170
July 21, 2018
- GEO4 cam software: new demo version
June 28, 2018
- HEXAGON Newsletter No. 169
May 24, 2018
- Privacy Policy
May 02, 2018
- HEXAGON Newsletter No. 168
March 23, 2018
- WN12 Software for Face Splines
February 26, 2018
- HEXAGON Newsletter No. 167
17.01.2018
- Product info and flyers actualized
27.12.2017
- Seminarplan 2018
December 20, 2017
- HEXAGON Newsletter No. 166
October 25, 2017
- HEXAGON Newsletter No. 165
- GEO6 Software for Pich Roll Overrunning Clutch
August 31, 2017
- HEXAGON Newsletter No. 164
June 30, 2017
- HEXAGON Info Letter No. 163
April 27, 2017
- HEXAGON Info Letter No. 162
April 11, 2017
- New ZAR4 Demo: Produce noncircular gears with your 3D printer
March 22, 2017
- GEO5 Software for Geneva Mechanism (Maltese Cross Gear)
February 22, 2017
- HEXAGON Info Letter No. 161
February 13, 2017
- FED17 Software for Magazine Springs
January 07, 2017
- Update product info 2017
December 21, 2016
- HEXAGON Info Letter No. 160
December 01, 2016
- Price list: GR1, ZAR7, ZAR8, Planetary Gear Package added.
- ZAR7 Demo: Plus Planetary Gear Software
November 28, 2016
- ZAR8 Demo: Ravigneaux Planetary Gear Software
November 07, 2016
- GR1 Demo: Gear Construction Kit Software
October 28, 2016
- HEXAGON Info Letter No. 159
Oktober 03, 2016
- ZAR7: Software for Plus Planetary Gears
- ZAR8: Software for Ravigneaux Planetary Gears
- GR1: Gear Construction Kit Software
September 01, 2016
- HEXAGON Info Letter No. 158
July 28, 2016
- New FED16 Software for Constant Force Springs
July 01, 2016
- HEXAGON Info Letter No. 157
June 17, 2016
- Actualized ZARXP Demo (includes STL for 3D printing of spur gears)
June 08, 2016
- New STL interface: generate spur gears, profiles, cams, ... for 3D printer
May 02, 2016
- New software WNXK for serration profiles
May 01, 2016
- HEXAGON Info Letter No. 156
March 11, 2016
- New order software order_e.exe (replaces order_e.htm)
March 01, 2016
- HEXAGON Info Letter No. 155
December 18, 2015
- HEXAGON Info Letter No. 154
December 07, 2015
- New release of VDI 2230-1 (2015)
- Seminare 2016
November 27, 2015
- New ZAR1+ Demo for download
November 02, 2015
- HEXAGON Info Letter No. 153
October 24, 2015
- 50 New Flyers
September 1, 2015
- HEXAGON Info Letter No. 152
August 03, 2015
- Windows 10: HEXAGON Software released for Windows 10
July 27, 2015
- www.hexagon.de : Select language first
July 17, 2015
- New WNXE software calculates dimensions of any involute spline
June 30, 2015
- HEXAGON Info Letter No. 151
May 7, 2015
- FED14 Helical Wave Springs
- FED15 Leaf Springs
April 30, 2015
- 25 years HEXAGON Software
- HEXAGON Info Letter No. 150
February 25, 2015
- HEXAGON Info Letter No. 149
February 20, 2015
- Screenshots of SR1+ with application examples of VDI 2230-1:2014
February 05, 2015
- New VDI 2230-1:2014 - Mistakes, Comments, Improvement Suggestions
- SR1 / SR1+ Update
December 19, 2014
- HEXAGON Info Letter No. 148
November 03, 2014
- HEXAGON Info Letter No. 147
August 27, 2014
- HEXAGON Info Letter No. 146
July 10, 2014
- ZAR1W - Info and Demo
June 30, 2014
- HEXAGON Info Letter No. 145
April 30, 2014
- HEXAGON Info Letter No. 144
February 26, 2014
- HEXAGON Info Letter No. 143
February 13, 2014
- Seminarplan 2014
December 20, 2013
- HEXAGON Info Letter No. 142
November 04, 2013
- HEXAGON Info Letter No. 141
September 01, 2013
- HEXAGON Info Letter No. 140
July 01, 2013
- HEXAGON Info Letter No. 139
May 02, 2013
- HEXAGON Info Letter No. 138
March 1, 2013
- HEXAGON Info Letter No. 137
January 11, 2013
- Product info updated
December 19, 2012
- HEXAGON Info Letter No. 136
November 2, 2012
- HEXAGON Info Letter No. 135
September 1, 2012
- HEXAGON Info Letter No. 134
July 1, 2012
- HEXAGON Info Letter No. 133
- DI1 O-Ring Seals
- DI1 Demo (32-bit Windows)
- DI1 Demo (64-bit Windows)
June 12, 2012
- Engineering Services and Seminars 2012-2013
May 3, 2012
- HEXAGON Info Letter No. 132
March 1, 2012
- HEXAGON Info Letter No. 131
January 23, 2012
- SR1 Design Guidelines & Software Development (by Bengt Blendulf)
- Seminarplan 2012
December 21, 2011
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 130
November 02, 2011
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 129
September 06, 2011
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 128
July 1, 2011
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 127
May 2, 2011
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 126
February 28, 2011
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 125
- Short descriptions added to Info letter archive
January 14, 2011
SR1 Technical Articles
- Design Guideline VDI 2230 (by Ralph Shoberg)
- Engineering Fundamentals of Threaded Fastener Design and Analysis (by Ralph Shoberg)
- Advanced Bolt Torque Audit Yields (by Ralph Shoberg)
December 23, 2010
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 124
November 2, 2010
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 123
August 30, 2010
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 122
June 29, 2010
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 121
April 30, 2010
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 120
March 1, 2010
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 119
January 25, 2010
- Seminarplan 2010
December 21, 2009
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 118
November 14, 2009
- Download new Demo software
October 30, 2009
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 117
October 23, 2009
- Released for Windows 7: HEXAGON Software runs under Windows 7 without problems
October 12, 2009
- RS Technologies becomes a division of PCB Load & Torque, Ltd.
August 31, 2009
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 116
August 25, 2009
- ZARXP Info (ZARXP replaces ZARXE)
June 30, 2009
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 115
April 27, 2009
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 114
February 26, 2009
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 113
December 17, 2008
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 112
October 30, 2008
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 111
September 1, 2008
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 110
July 07, 2008
- WN11 Woodruff Key Joints - Info and Demo version
June 27, 2008
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 109
April 25, 2008
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 108
March 01, 2008
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 107
February 15, 2008
- Seminarplan 2008
December 20, 2007
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 106
October 30, 2007
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 105
September 5, 2007
- WN9 Software for Spline Shaft Connections - Info and Demo Version
- WN10 Software for Involute Splines to DIN 5482 - Info and Demo Version
- ZAR4 - Design and Manufacturing of Non-Circular Gears by Given Transfer Function (by B. Laczik)
August 30, 2007
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 104
June 27, 2007
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 103
April 27, 2007
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 102
March 14, 2007
- Calculation of Bolted Joints with Prevailing Torque (by John Reiff)
- Calculation of Fastener Torque incl. Statistical Tolerancing (by John Reiff)
February 25, 2007
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 101
January 25, 2007
- Seminarplan 2007
December 28, 2006
- New Prices for Updates and Postage Cost
December 21, 2006
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 100
- Archive of Info Letters (1-100)
November 03, 2006
- Users of HEXAGON Software (updated)
October 30, 2006
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 99
August 28, 2006
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 98
August 23, 2006
- Product info actualized
June 28, 2006
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 97
June 01, 2006
- WN8 for Serration Splines
April 27, 2006
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 96
February 24, 2006
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 95
January 3, 2006
- New Cell Phone Number +49 163 7342509
December 22, 2005
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 94
November 5, 2005
- Info about TOL2 and Tolerance Package
October 24, 2005
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 93
September 09, 2005
- ZAR5 Planet Gear Design - Demo for Download
- New Demo Versions for Download
August 29, 2005
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 92
June 29, 2005
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 91
April 25, 2005
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 90
February 23, 2005
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 89
February 12, 2005
- ZAR5 Info
- DXF-Manager Info
- HPGL-Manager Info
February 04, 2005
- ZARXE Info
January 18, 2005
- FAQ - License contract, Key Codes, Installation
- FAQ - Programs
December 23, 2004
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 88
December 03, 2004
- FED13 Software for Wave Spring Washers
October 28, 2004
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 87
August 25, 2004
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 86
June 29, 2004
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 85
April 28, 2004
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 84
April 23, 2004
- RUOSS Software S.R.L.
March 15, 2004
- Reference site update
February 23, 2004
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 83
February 19, 2004
- Bolted Joints: Big Bolts Better ?
Article from Bengt Blendulf (pdf)
December 22, 2003
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 82
October 27, 2003
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 81
October 15, 2003
- New Order Form
September 19, 2003
- WN1 Info updated
August 30, 2003
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 80
June 30, 2003
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 79
June 14, 2003
- Linux Demo Versions FED1 and ZAR1
May 20, 2003
- FED12 Rubber Spring Software
April 30, 2003
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 78
April 1, 2003
- Currency: All Prices in EURO
March 6, 2003
- Postage Cost: Europe: 20 EUR, World: 50 EUR
February 27, 2003
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 77
February 3, 2003
- French Version of WST1
January 6, 2003
- Pricelist 2003 (USD and EUR)
December 30, 2002
- TOLPASS for LINUX
December 20, 2002
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 76
October 30, 2002
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 75
October 17, 2002
- Seminarplan 2003
September 04, 2002
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 74
July 25, 2002
- FED11 Demo
July 23, 2002
- FED11 Spring Lock
July 11, 2002
- LG2 Demo Version
June 28, 2002
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 73
- LG2 Hydrodynamic Plain Journal Bearings
April 20, 2002
- Reference site update
April 15, 2002
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 72
- WN7 Demo (P4C Polygon Profile Joints)
- ZAR4 Demo (Variable Spur Gears)
April 08, 2002
- Updated program descriptions and screenshots
April 05, 2002
- WN7 Software for Polygon Profile Joints P4C
March 01, 2002
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 71
February 22, 2002
- WN6 Demo
February 14, 2002
- WN6 Software for Polygon Profile Joints P3G
December 29, 2001
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 70
November 01, 2001
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 69
August 30, 2001
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 68
July 02, 2001
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 67
June 02, 2001
- FED10 Info and Demo Version
April 27, 2001
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 66
April 03, 2001
- WN5 Info and Demo Version
February 28, 2001
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 65
January 26, 2001
- WN4 Demo Version
December 21, 2000
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 64
October 30, 2000
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 63
Sptember 11, 2000
- ZAR4 Info
- ZAR5 Info
- GEO4 Info
August 31, 2000
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 62
July 22, 2000
- HPGLMAN Demo francais
- DXFMAN Demo francais
- WL1 Demo francais
June 30, 2000
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 61
June 07, 2000
- FED1 Compression spring - Spanish Version
May 30, 2000
- FED9 Spiral spring - Version francaise
May 18, 2000
- Bolted Joint Thread Strip
May 04, 2000
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 60
- ZAR6 Demo
April 07, 2000
- ZAR6 Bevel Gear Design (straight, helical, spiral)
February 25, 2000
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 59
February 04, 2000
- GEO4 Demo version
January 26, 2000
- Pricelist 2000 (New price for GEO3)
- Download Powerpoint Presentation "Introduction to VDI 2230"
January 20, 2000
- Seminars 2000 (Germany)
January 05, 2000
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 58
November 03, 1999
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 57
September 26, 1999
- FED9 Spiral Spring
- FED9 Demo version
- GEO2 Mass moment of inertia of rot. bodies
- GEO2 Demo version
- GEO3 Hertz'ian pressure
- GEO3 Demo version
September 14, 1999
- RS Technologies Publication: New Developments in Tightness Auditing of Joints
September 1, 1999
- Pricelist Update
August 30, 1999
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 56
July 02, 1999
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 55
- ZM1 - Chain Gear Calculation
June 27, 1999
- Italian Demo versions
May 31, 1999
- New SR1 Demo (bolted joint design)
April 18, 1999
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 54
March 08, 1999
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 53
February 08, 1999
- Demo versions TOL1, TOLPASS, DXFMAN, HPGLMAN replaced.
February 07, 1999
- New Demo versions for Windows 95/98/NT (32-bit) of all Programs
January 31, 1999
- New Demo versions for Windows 95/98/NT (32-bit) of the spring software
January 08, 1999
- Pricelist in Euro
December 31, 1998
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 52
December 12, 1998
- RS Technologies Labmaster Update
November 22, 1998
- FED1 32-bit Demo Version
November 03, 1998
- HEXAGON Info Letter No. 51
September 08, 1998
- HEXAGON Info Letter No. 50
August 20, 1998
- Updated Demo versions of the French spring software
August 18, 1998
- HPGLVIEW 32-bit Version for Windows 95/98/NT
July 02, 1998
- HEXAGON Info Letter No. 49
- Year 2000 Conformity
May 17, 1998
- Update info for customers
April 26, 1998
- HEXAGON Info Letter No. 48
March 28, 1998
- FED6 Demo Download
- FED7 Demo Download
- Link to PRINTGL
March 08, 1998
- Tools for customers
- DBFEDIT (customers only)
March 02, 1998
- HPGLMAN/DXFMAN Francais
- Users of HEXAGON Software
February 27, 1998
- ZAR1 Changes
- TR1 Info
- TR1 Demo
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 47
January 15, 1998
- TR1 Demo (German release)
- ZARXE Info
- FED8 Demo (German release)
December 22, 1997
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 46
October 25, 1997
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 45
August 25, 1997
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 44
June 25, 1997
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 43
April 25, 1997
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 42
February 25, 1997
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 41
December 22, 1996
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 40
October 25, 1996
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 39
August 25, 1996
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 38
June 25, 1996
- HEXAGON Info letter No. 37


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