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Seven western US states are hosting the upcoming Western Regional Virtual Survey Conference from March 27-30, 2021. Jennifer DiBona of That CAD Girl is speaking and demonstrating Carlson Software throughout the conference, and DiBona will be joined by ITC President, David Lorenzo, for a session on Monday.

Here are some presentations not to miss:

• Saturday March 27: Carlson Survey
• Sunday March 28: Carlson Software with IntelliCAD
• Monday March 29: Overview of IntelliCAD

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Look for That CAD Girl at the conference to see Carlson Software and how it works with IntelliCAD!

Carlson iCAD 2021 is available at a low-cost perpetual license for 2D and 3D CAD modeling. The software can open and save .dwg, .dgn, and .dxf files in 2017 and earlier formats. It can also import and export other format models including .pdf, .iges, and .step and can convert AutoCAD® Civil 3D® custom objects to standard CAD entities.

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iCAD 2021 is based on the IntelliCAD engine, and Carlson Software has been a member of the ITC since 2007. To find out how Carlson Software and the ITC work together, see the success story.

FRAMECAD was used by Steel Tech Group in Buenos Aires, Argentina to rapidly construct a housing complex of over 2,400 square meters. From design to construction in just three months, FRAMECAD's end-to-end steel design and manufacturing system delivered successful completion of the project.

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FRAMECAD includes IntelliCAD in its products. To learn how FRAMECAD benefits from ITC membership, read the success story.

ArCADiasoft develops construction applications that range from structural design to interior and installation design, to energy performance of building calculations, and to building surroundings design. Over the years they have produced more than 100 products for architects and engineers, with their recent product lineup including ArCADia BIM, INTERsoft-INTELLICAD, ArCADia-RAMA, and EuroConnections.

To see what ArCADiasoft is up to lately, get their news.

To get details about their product line, go here.

ArCADiasoft is a member of the IntelliCAD Technology Consortium and their products ArCADia BIM and INTERsoft-INTELLICAD are based on the IntelliCAD engine. To learn about how ArCADiasoft and the ITC work together, see the success story.

ZWCAD 2021 was recently reviewed by engineering.com with the following areas evaluated: getting started using the program, file formats supported, graphics, transparency, reference manager, viewport layers, smart mouse, and more.

From the perspective of a long-time CAD user, ZWCAD 2021 seemed familiar, even enjoyable. It did not require a huge time investment to learn." - Melanie Stone writing for engineering.com

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ZWCAD is developed by ZWSOFT and is a .dwg-compatible CAD solution with a familiar CAD interface and easy-to-use commands. ZWSOFT has been an ITC member since 2002.

CAD-Manufacturing Solutions (CMS) has a longstanding arrangement with education institutions to provide free access to CMS IntelliCAD for educational purposes.

Not only do educators and students have the ability to create 2D and 3D models, they also can develop add-ons using LISP, VBA, .NET, SDS, and IRX programming languages. And distribution is easy — just run the program locally from the cloud.

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CMS IntelliCAD is designed for architects, engineers, designers and anyone who wants a fast, efficient, and powerful CAD program on their desktop or in the cloud. CMS IntelliCAD is based on the IntelliCAD platform; to see how CMS and the ITC work together, see the success story. 

ActCAD Korea's CEO David Kim was recently featured in Issue Maker, describing ActCAD and its place in the Korean CAD market.

Kim stated that the biggest advantage of ActCAD is its economical price, but that doesn't mean performance falls behind. He supports the claim with the fact that ActCAD won first place in the "CAD Program Joint Purchase Vote" held by Naver Cafe (Korea's popular search engine). ActCAD is used by ALLCNC (based on manufacturing), which boasts the largest number of members in Korea. ActCAD Korea has proved that programs with poor performance are not packaged under the name of cost-effectiveness. It is ActCAD that has caught both excellent performance and an economical price.

"We believe that ActCAD will give consumers a choice in the de facto monopoly market and help suppliers create a better solution development ecosystem through sound competition," said David Kim, CEO of ActCAD Korea. "In other words, we expect synergies between suppliers and consumers in the form of a win-win."

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ActCAD is built on the IntelliCAD engine. To learn how ActCAD and IntelliCAD work together, see the success story.

AECbytes recently published a case study about using BIM software for fire protection in a Coca-Cola bottling plant. 4M FineFIRE was chosen by the designers for several reasons, as mentioned in the study: familiar CAD interface, calculations based on any widely used standard, compatibility with standard BIM file formats, and more.

FineFIRE is part of the 4M FineMEP suite and is based on the IntelliCAD engine.

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4M has been a member of the ITC since 2000. To find out more about 4M's success with IntelliCAD, check out the success story.

Got GeoTIFF files? Carlson users are bringing drone images from Carlson PhotoCapture into Carlson Point Cloud for greater accuracy in land development projects. In a video from Carlson, you can watch GeoTIFF files be inserted into Carlson Point Cloud, which is based on the IntelliCAD engine, and then used with ground control points for surveying a driveway culvert site.

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Carlson Software delivers a wide range of CAD products across the land development and mining industries. Because they designed their CAD software to run with IntelliCAD or Autodesk® AutoCAD® from a single Carlson source code base, their users have a choice: work with built-in IntelliCAD for free or purchase a subscription to AutoCAD. To check out the ITC and Carlson success story, click here.

ZWCAD 2021 SP1 is available for download now and includes new features such as aligning multileaders, enhanced grip editing of groups, shaded printing, and more.

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ZWCAD is developed by ZWSOFT and is a .dwg-compatible CAD solution with a familiar CAD interface and easy-to-use commands. ZWSOFT has been an ITC member since 2002, and their products are used by over 900,000 users from more than 90 countries and districts; see the success story.