Articles and Press Releases

September 01, 2009 - Auburn, Maine - 4M's new major release IDEA Architectural v.10 has just been launched in the US market and redefines the IntelliCAD software based BIM industry standards.

Jason Costa, Sales Manager of the 4M BIM Suite in the USA market commented: "IDEA is a powerful BIM Architectural application that combines the most popular icad-like interface and functionalities with a sophisticated BIM technology on top of IntelliCAD. There is no question, IDEA 10 is a must for every Architect because it is an inexpensive solution with almost negligible costs regarding training, support and maintenance".

Some new features of IDEA10 include:

• Advanced BIM structure to continuously update the project drawings (sections, views, perspectives, etc) while keeping anyinterventions made by the user (insertion of library items, text, annotation, etc).
• Project drawings smart explorer (tree-view browser of the drawings).
• Faster rendering performances based on OpenGL, as well as real time virtual walk through of the rendered model.
• Enhanced roof modeler with unlimited options to design any type of roof structure and add components such as attics, lofts, skylights, inclined openings and many others.
• Intelligent design to create even more building entities (i.e. chimneys, pergolas and others).
• Significant improvements regarding architectural design refinements (i.e. smart automatic unions between building objects only if necessary, optional hiding of the wall/slab lines on the views or sections, object definition through polylines in every dialog, etc), as well as the topographical design (fully automatic creation of triangles to create the ground model).
• Unrivaled performance due to the brand new high speed IntelliCAD v.6.6 engine.
• Other new enhancements include: new interface, properties panel, polar tracking, and many others.

IDEA belongs to the 4M CAD building design Suite, which also contains FINE MEP (Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing) and STRAD (Structural Design) BIM applications, integrated on top of IntelliCAD. For more information please see:

www.intellicad.org/BIM-Case-Study---4M/

www.generalcom-usa.com/IDEA_SPEC.php

http://www.4msa.com/.

CMS Vault by M-Files is based on the popular M-Files document management software and provides the ability to organize and manage CAD drawings created with CMS IntelliCAD, as well as all other office and business documents. CMS Vault features include fast search, secure user access permissions, check-in / check-out and version management.

To get more information on CMS Vault by M-Files visit:

http://intellicadms.com/site/Products.html

"CMS Vault by M-Files delivers IntelliCAD users one of the best document management solutions available," said Vitor Neves, President of CMS. "CMS IntelliCAD offers the broad CAD market an affordable and powerful alternative to Autodesk AutoCAD. CMS Vault is easy to use and supports all company documents in addition to CAD files."

"We're very excited to be working with CMS to broaden the market for our world-class document management technology," said Greg Milliken, General Manager of Motive Systems Inc. "CMS Vault by M-files provides a great example of how we plan to work with software vendors to help provide easy to use document management as complement to software applications in a variety of industries."

About CAD Manufacturing Solutions, Inc.

CMS, Inc. develops one of the most popular versions of IntelliCAD. Thousands of licenses of CMS IntelliCAD products have been sold worldwide, and it is being used in a wide range of industries and applications. From construction, manufacturing, agriculture, health care, energy, transportation, government, military and education, CMS IntelliCAD has been an IntelliCAD-compliant reference in the worldwide market. CMS, Inc. also offers ERP/MRP software. For more information, please visit http://www.intellicadms.com/ or contact CMS by email at software@etoolbox.com

About Motive Systems

Motive Systems develops easy yet powerful document management solutions enabling companies of all sizes in a variety of industries to make dramatic gains in efficiency and productivity by improving the way they organize and manage electronic content. More than 30,000 licenses of the company's products have been sold worldwide, with the flagship product M-Files in use at customers such as AstraZeneca, Parker Hannifin, EADS, FinnComm Airlines, BSA LifeStructures and Thales. Motive Systems also offers M-Files Express, the only completely free professional document management system on the market.

IntelliCAD and the IntelliCAD logo are registered trademarks of the IntelliCAD Technology Consortium in the United States and other countries. M-Files is a registered trademark of Motive Systems Oy. All other registered trademarks belong to their respective owners.

For more information, please visit

http://www.intellicadms.com/ , or contact:

CMS, Inc.
Vitor Neves
USA: +1 (501) 588-7970
E-mail: software@etoolbox.com

May 26, 2009 | Portland, OR

The IntelliCAD Technology Consortium (ITC) (http://www.intellicad.org/) announces the election of Robert McGill as ITC President and Cliff Petersohn as ITC Chairman of the Board. These elections took place at the recent annual ITC Board of Directors meeting in Leiden, The Netherlands.

Mr. McGill comes to the ITC having held senior management roles at SolidWorks, CAMAX, CADAM and Computervision. He is a strong proponent of component software and partnering to accelerate technology. Mr. McGill joined the ITC in 2008 as Business Development Director, responsible for increasing the number of vertical applications on the IntelliCAD platform and improving the marketing reach of the ITC. "Our focus at the ITC is to deliver a top quality IntelliCAD product and to work with our members to maximize their success," stated Mr. McGill.

Mr. Petersohn is a senior development manager with Carlson Software, a leader in surveying and civil engineering software. Mr. Petersohn is a noted expert in CAD and GIS system platforms including client-server architectures. Mr. Petersohn has served on the Board of Directors of the ITC since October 2008. "The ITC has clearly defined goals and direction," stated Mr. Petersohn, "and I'm confident it will continue to grow with the support of its members and deliver the highest performing and most affordable CAD-based software platform on the market."

When asked about the outlook for the ITC, Mr. McGill stated, "A down economy favors the value leader, and the ITC and the IntelliCAD platform offer tremendous value to companies developing high performance CAD solutions. As a not-for-profit organization, the ITC is unique in the industry. We don't sell to end users and we don't carry the marketing and sales overhead of our competitors. Over 70% of our revenue goes into research and development. No other company delivers a commercial CAD application platform at a better price."

With support from its new leadership the ITC is streamlining its sales and marketing efforts, and leveraging the resources of its member companies to deliver a robust professional CAD application platform.

About IntelliCAD Technology Consortium

The IntelliCAD Technology Consortium is a community of commercial software developers who share a common interest in the development of high performance, high value CAD platform technology. ITC Commercial Members have distribution rights and access to the IntelliCAD CAD platform source code, documentation, developer support, as well as IntelliCAD options such as VBA, Rendering, and Solid Modeling. ITC members develop and sell IntelliCAD based products in a wide variety of markets and provide end-user sales and support.

To learn about successful ITC members improving their bottom line with the IntelliCAD platform, visit our Success Stories at (http://www.intelliCAD.org/success-stories/ )

For more information, contact the ITC using the ITC website or call at (503) 293-7655.

IntelliCAD is a registered trademark of the IntelliCAD Technology Consortium. Any other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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Come to Athens to meet the development team and see the new IntelliCAD.

The IntelliCAD Technology Consortium (ITC) (http://www.intellicad.org/) announces the fourth IntelliCAD World Meeting, a multi-day conference designed for people interested in IntelliCAD to meet with ITC members, the IntelliCAD development team, and other innovators in the CAD industry.

IntelliCAD World Meeting 2008 will be held October 29 to 31, 2008 in Athens, Greece. The conference focuses on the next generation of the IntelliCAD technology, to be released during Q2 2009. Seminars will demonstrate the capabilities and importance of this new technology, including new components and application programming interfaces to create custom objects in IntelliCAD. These new development tools further enhance the current capabilities of ITC members to create advanced object-oriented vertical solutions for their end-users.

The ITC team has been working for over 3 years refactoring the widely used IntelliCAD engine, an open platform upon which hundreds of engineering applications have been based. The new IntelliCAD will offer greater speed and wider functionality, and is using the Open Design Alliance DWGdirectTM libraries as its internal database, aimed at offering the best alternative to Autodesk® AutoCAD® for developers.

Mark Driscoll, OEM Business Development Manager for Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corp., commented that his company "has been a member of the ITC for many years now and we have seen how this technology has advanced over the years. ARX functionality together with native DWG support in a familiar look and feel will definitely turn the "New IntelliCAD" into a more valuable resource for our customers in support of their 2D drawing data. As a software development platform, IntelliCAD provides a robust and feature rich environment in which CAD software developers may build their applications."

When asked about this year's upcoming IntelliCAD World Meeting, ITC Chairman of the Board and co-founder of DP Tech, Cedric Desbordes said, "This meeting is of high interest for our members, and any company interested in the IntelliCAD technology, to discover the great potential of IntelliCAD 7 and learn how they can start now to migrate their ARX, DRX, SDS or ADS applications. More than ever it is time to join the consortium and I encourage potential members to attend this meeting to learn more about IntelliCAD, our members, and our technology partners."

To get more information about this event and to register for the IntelliCAD World Meeting, visit our website at http://www.intellicad.org/WorldMeeting2008/ or send an e-mail to worldmeeting2008@intellicad.org.

About the IntelliCAD Technology

The IntelliCAD Technology Consortium licenses the IntelliCAD technology to its Commercial Members, who in turn provide end-user sales and support. Commercial Members offer options such as VBA, Rendering, ACIS Solid Modeling, Raster Image Display, etc., and their own applications. You may visit www.intellicad.org/members for a complete list of Commercial Members authorized to provide stand-alone versions of IntelliCAD and applications "Powered by IntelliCAD Technology."

About the IntelliCAD Technology Consortium

The IntelliCAD Technology Consortium is an independent organization of commercial software developers that has been established specifically for the development of the IntelliCAD technology. Commercial Members have access to the IntelliCAD source code, documentation, developer support, and more.

Contact Information

IntelliCAD Technology Consortium
10260 SW Greenburg Rd. Suite 400
Portland, OR 97223
United States
Tel: +1 503 293 7655
Email: press@intellicad.org

Additions and improvements boost value of IntelliCAD technolog

Portland, Oregon - July 10, 2008 - The IntelliCAD Technology Consortium (ITC) (http://www.intellicad.org/) announced today the release of IntelliCAD 6.5, the latest software release in the IntelliCAD 6 family that continues the tradition of delivering new features while at the same time enhancing performance, quality, and reliability.

IntelliCAD 6.5 delivers polar tracking and spell checking features, supports the DIESEL programming language, works with many additional image file formats, implements enhanced performance in several key areas, and benefits from an upgraded user interface with all-new 24-bit color.

When asked about this latest release, David Lorenzo, ITC Development Director, commented, "The IntelliCAD 6.5 release is another example of how the ITC organization, its growing list of members, and its talented development team are unified in their commitment to developing the highest quality CAD software. It's exciting to see our members benefiting from such success while we look to even greater opportunities beyond the IntelliCAD 6.x series."

With the ITC's delivery of IntelliCAD 6.5, ITC members are able to incorporate the latest DWG-compatible IntelliCAD technology into their own vertical applications.

About the IntelliCAD Technology

The IntelliCAD Technology Consortium licenses the IntelliCAD technology to its Commercial Members, who in turn provide end-user sales and support. Commercial Members offer options such as VBA, Rendering, ACIS Solid Modeling, Raster Image Display, etc., and their own applications. You may visit www.intellicad.org/members for a complete list of Commercial Members authorized to provide stand-alone versions of IntelliCAD and applications "Powered by IntelliCAD Technology."

About the IntelliCAD Technology Consortium

The IntelliCAD Technology Consortium is an independent organization of commercial software developers that has been established specifically for the development of the IntelliCAD technology. Commercial Members have access to the IntelliCAD source code, documentation, developer support, and more.

Contact Information

IntelliCAD Technology Consortium
10260 SW Greenburg Rd. Suite 400
Portland, OR 97223
United States
Tel: +1 503 293 7655
Email: press@intellicad.org

ITC members gain early access to new IntelliCAD technology.

Portland - December 19, 2007 - The IntelliCAD Technology Consortium (ITC) (http://www.intellicad.org/) announces the release of IntelliCAD 7.0 Alpha to the ITC members.

IntelliCAD 7.0 is a complete re-architecture of the IntelliCAD technology. IntelliCAD 7.0 integrates DWGdirect from the Open Design Alliance directly as its internal database, which provides improved performance in loading and saving files, full access to the DWGdirect DRX development interface (an object-oriented C++ API), and a flexible new graphics subsystem.

When completed, IntelliCAD 7.0 will further enhance the ability of ITC members to create advanced and highly specialized vertical applications and deliver robust CAD technology to their end-users.

When asked about the release, David Lorenzo, ITC Development Director, replied, "Although IntelliCAD 7.0 is not feature complete, the release allows our members to learn more about the new DRX API. The sample DRX applications provided with the Alpha demonstrate how to implement custom objects in IntelliCAD with overrides such as dragging, grip editing, and LIST. Members can review the API, provide feedback, and begin design for new applications while internal development continues to complete the new engine."

IntelliCAD 7.0 Alpha includes over 250 rewritten commands - several of which are now demand-loaded DRX external applications, UNICODE support, improved paperspace functionality, Diesel menu support, object enabler for Autodesk Architecture, improved DWG file format compatibility, and an improved user interface.

The ITC plans to release IntelliCAD 7.0 Beta in the second quarter of 2008.

About the IntelliCAD Technology

The IntelliCAD Technology Consortium licenses the IntelliCAD technology to its Commercial Members, who in turn provide end-user sales and support. Commercial Members offer options such as VBA, Rendering, ACIS Solid Modeling, Raster Image Display, etc., and their own applications. You may visit www.intellicad.org/members for a complete list of Commercial Members authorized to provide stand-alone versions of IntelliCAD and applications "Powered by IntelliCAD Technology."

About the IntelliCAD Technology Consortium

The IntelliCAD Technology Consortium is an independent organization of commercial software developers that has been established specifically for the development of the IntelliCAD technology. Commercial Members have access to the IntelliCAD source code, documentation, developer support, and more.

Contact Information

IntelliCAD Technology Consortium
10260 SW Greenburg Rd. Suite 400
Portland, OR 97223
United States
Tel: +1 503 293 7655
Email: press@intellicad.org

Portland - August 28, 2007 - The IntelliCAD Technology Consortium (ITC) (http://www.intellicad.org/) announced today the release of IntelliCAD 6.4, another release of the IntelliCAD 6 family aimed at improved quality, the latest DWG compatibility, and increased stability.

IntelliCAD 6.4 uses the latest advances in the ODA DWGdirect 2.3.2 libraries, which interpret the updated DWG 2007 file format, including 2008 object support. IntelliCAD 6.4 can read, display, and save drawings in the latest DWG file format, which includes several new entity types, such as annotations, and over 40 new system variables.

The ITC released the updated IntelliCAD technology so ITC members can use the latest IntelliCAD technology with the updated DWG file format. David Lorenzo, ITC Development Director, commented, "The IntelliCAD 6.4 release continues our commitment to quality, stable releases which provide our members with improved performance in addition to support for the latest DWG file format in a quick timeframe."

About the IntelliCAD Technology

The IntelliCAD Technology Consortium licenses the IntelliCAD technology to its Commercial Members, who in turn provide end-user sales and support. Commercial Members offer options such as VBA, Rendering, ACIS Solid Modeling, Raster Image Display, etc., and their own applications. You may visit www.intellicad.org/members for a complete list of Commercial Members authorized to provide stand-alone versions of IntelliCAD and applications "Powered by IntelliCAD Technology."

About the IntelliCAD Technology Consortium

The IntelliCAD Technology Consortium is an independent organization of commercial software developers that has been established specifically for the development of the IntelliCAD technology. Commercial Members have access to the IntelliCAD source code, documentation, developer support, and more.

Contact Information

IntelliCAD Technology Consortium
10260 SW Greenburg Rd. Suite 400
Portland, OR 97223
United States
Tel: +1 503 293 7655
Email: press@intellicad.org

Portland, Oregon - May 29, 2007 - The IntelliCAD Technology Consortium (ITC) announced today the release of IntelliCAD 6.4 Beta, another release of the IntelliCAD 6 family aimed at improved quality, DWG 2008 compatibility and increased stability.

IntelliCAD 6.4 Beta uses the latest advances in the ODA DWGdirect 2.3.1 libraries, which interpret the updated DWG 2008 file format. IntelliCAD 6.4 Beta will read, display, and write DWG 2008 files, which include several new entity types and over 40 new system variables.

The ITC Development Team has worked diligently to release this latest Beta version quickly so that ITC members can preview and test the latest IntelliCAD technology with the updated DWG 2008 file format. When asked about the IntelliCAD 6.4 Beta release, ITC Development Director David Lorenzo replied, "Expanding on the quality assurance used for the release of IntelliCAD 6.3 we expect that IntelliCAD 6.4 will have improved quality and stability."

For updates on the availability status of IntelliCAD 6.4, information about its new features and capabilities, and opportunities to test the Beta version, please visit: http://www.intellicad.org/.

About the IntelliCAD Technology

The IntelliCAD Technology Consortium licenses the IntelliCAD technology to its Commercial Members, who in turn provide end-user sales and support. Commercial Members offer options such as VBA, Rendering, ACIS Solid Modeling, Raster Image Display, etc., and their own applications. You may visit www.intellicad.org/members for a complete list of Commercial Members authorized to provide stand-alone versions of IntelliCAD and applications "Powered by IntelliCAD Technology."

About the IntelliCAD Technology Consortium

The IntelliCAD Technology Consortium is an independent organization of commercial software developers that has been established specifically for the development of the IntelliCAD technology. Commercial Members have access to the IntelliCAD source code, documentation, developer support, and more.

Contact Information

IntelliCAD Technology Consortium
10260 SW Greenburg Rd. Suite 400
Portland, OR 97223
United States
Tel: +1 503 293 7655
Email: press@intellicad.org

Portland, OR May 15, 2007 - The IntelliCAD Technology Consortium (ITC), the developer of IntelliCAD core technology, today announced the New IntelliCAD. 

The New IntelliCAD represents a complete redesign of the widely used IntelliCAD engine, an open platform upon which hundreds of engineering applications have been based.    The new IntelliCAD will offer greater speed and wider functionality, and is based on DWGdirect, a non-proprietary design format compatible with ARX and Autodesk-related systems available from the Open Design Alliance.  

ITC welcomes all developers who have ARX applications and application developers closely reliant on IntelliCAD technology to learn more about the New IntelliCAD. Interested parties register at http://www.intellicad.org/register/. Registrants will receive invitations for webinars, newsletters, beta testing opportunities, and the status of the New IntelliCAD development and availability. ITC anticipates the alpha test release July 2007 and the full release to occur at the start of 2008.

According to ITC President Arnold van der Weide, "We are excited about the New IntelliCAD which culminates a long-term effort to build the next-generation system, with over 20 man-years invested thus far on the project."

"After three years in development, I believe that the New IntelliCAD is the perfect solution for ARX based application developers who are looking for an alternative to AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT.  At this point we want everyone to plan ahead for taking advantage of all the potential of the New IntelliCAD."

About the IntelliCAD Technology

The IntelliCAD Technology Consortium licenses the IntelliCAD technology to its Commercial Members, who in turn provide end-user sales and support. Commercial Members offer options such as VBA, Rendering, ACIS Solid Modeling, Raster Image Display, etc., and their own applications. You may visit www.intellicad.org/members for a complete list of Commercial Members authorized to provide stand-alone versions of IntelliCAD and applications "Powered by IntelliCAD Technology."

About the IntelliCAD Technology Consortium

The IntelliCAD Technology Consortium is an independent organization of commercial software developers that has been established specifically for the development of the IntelliCAD technology. Commercial Members have access to the IntelliCAD source code, documentation, developer support, and more.

Contact Information

IntelliCAD Technology Consortium
10260 SW Greenburg Rd. Suite 400
Portland, OR 97223
United States
Tel: +1 503 293 7655
Email: press@intellicad.org

Portland, OR - March 1, 2007 - The IntelliCAD Technology Consortium (ITC) today announced the release of its latest version of its cooperatively developed CAD engine, IntelliCAD 6.3.  The IntelliCAD engine reads and writes the DWG data format - a binary file storage format for storing both graphics and textual annotations - used commonly by architects, engineers, designers, and virtually all CAD-related software applications.

IntelliCAD 6.3 uses the latest advances in the ODA DWGdirect 2.2 libraries, based on the industry standard OpenDWG, which is widely supported by commercial software vendors, and the engineering community.   IntelliCAD 6.3 utilizes the new ODA libraries to interpret the updated DWG 2007 file format.  IntelliCAD 6.3 will read, display, and write DWG 2007 files, which include 10 new entity types and over 80 new system variables.

Although the focus of v6.3 development has centered on DWG 2007 compatibility, other major enhancements can be found in this release:

• A new color book editor provides the ability to effectively organize, create, and edit color books.
• Improved user interface for PDF export provides more flexible output options.
• Dozens of new events and a new ApplicationPreferences object were added to the COM API.
• A new Code Page Manager command allows you to convert drawings or set your code page language preferences when opening drawings.
• Multiple enhancements for raster image handling include:
  • Improved user interface
  • 4x increase in display performance for large images
  • Lower memory footprint for large images
  • Improved performance for drawings with a large number of images
  • Better support for monochrome images
  • New COM API for creating and manipulating image entities

In addition to the new features and DWG 2007 support, hundreds of repairs and minor improvements were added as well, including:

• Setup now supports Microsoftâ Windowsâ Vistaä
• Draworder enhancements for blocks and external references
• Viewport enhancements, including locking viewports and assigning a UCS for viewports
• Snapping to model space entities from paper space; picking model space entities from paper space for creating dimensions and other dimensioning improvements
• The Paste command allows you to specify an insertion point
• Performance improvements with drawings containing large meshes
• Improved performance and reduced screen flicker when using dynamic zoom and pan
• The Tangent-Tangent-Tangent option is now available for circle creation

David Lorenzo, Development Director, IntelliCAD Technology Consortium commented, "Our extensive tests of the new DWGdirect libraries indicate that the ODA has done a great job providing 2007 DWG support.  We are proud to release the newest update to IntelliCAD to our wide audience of users."

About the IntelliCAD Technology

The IntelliCAD Technology Consortium licenses the IntelliCAD technology to its Commercial Members, who in turn provide end-user sales and support. Commercial Members offer options such as VBA, Rendering, ACIS Solid Modeling, Raster Image Display, etc., and their own applications. You may visit www.intellicad.org/members for a complete list of Commercial Members authorized to provide stand-alone versions of IntelliCAD and applications "Powered by IntelliCAD Technology."

About the IntelliCAD Technology Consortium

The IntelliCAD Technology Consortium is an independent organization of commercial software developers that has been established specifically for the development of the IntelliCAD technology. Commercial Members have access to the IntelliCAD source code, documentation, developer support, and more.

Contact Information

IntelliCAD Technology Consortium
10260 SW Greenburg Rd. Suite 400
Portland, OR 97223
United States
Tel: +1 503 293 7655
Email: press@intellicad.org