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CADdirect 2023 Available from BackToCAD

 

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Now available from BackToCAD: CADdirect 2023 and CADdirect 2023 PRO. CADdirect is a native .dwg file creator and editor that includes a familiar user interface with menus, tool palettes, fonts, and styles, and also full PDF publishing capabilities
CADdirect PRO additionally includes 3D architectural entity and the ability to work with BIM files such as .ifc, .rvt, and .rfa. 
 

Both versions include AI tutorial support.

Learn more about CADdirect >>

CADdirect 2023 is based on the IntelliCAD engine. To learn more about IntelliCAD and its .dwg technology, go here.

Topics: IntelliCAD DWG ITC CAD BackToCAD

IntelliCAD Mobile 1.6 Available for ITC Mobile SIG Members

IntelliCAD Mobile 1.6

With IntelliCAD Mobile Platform 1.6, you can now view Spatial Corp. ACIS® (.sat) files and also mechanical objects. User interface improvements include the ability to drag and drop files from your desktop to the drawing window, sort and filter files when opening them, use full-screen mode, and more improvements and fixes.

The IntelliCAD Mobile Platform provides ITC Mobile SIG members with a development platform and CAD file viewer (.dwg, .dxf, .dgn, .dwf, .dae, .sat, and various image files; architecture, civil, and mechanical objects; and underlays) that runs on thousands of different Microsoft® Windows® desktop, Google Android™, Apple® macOS®, and Apple iOS mobile devices.

For more details about the IntelliCAD Mobile Platform, go here.

Topics: IntelliCAD DWG ITC Mobile Platform CAD

BlueScope Steel and IntelliCAD: New Success Story Published

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BlueScope Steel Ltd, makers of ENDUROFRAME Build System, joined the IntelliCAD Technology Consortium in 2021. Their complete system for manufacturing light gauge steel frames includes ENDUROCADD software, which is based on IntelliCAD to provide full 3D visualization of the light gauge steel model and produces detailed site drawings to show how to install the ENDUROFRAME system. 

What did they say about joining the ITC?

Joining the ITC allowed us to develop and deliver our design and build application with powerful yet familiar CAD functionality that users want." - Paul Jones, Controller, BlueScope Steel Ltd.

See the newly published success story >>
Topics: IntelliCAD DWG BIM CAD Construction ENDUROCADD

See ZWCAD at Global Industrie and Hannover Messe 2023

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Come see ZWCAD, a .dwg-compatible CAD solution with a familiar CAD interface and easy-to-use commands, at two upcoming tradeshows:

  • Global Industrie, March 7-10 at Eurexpo Lyon, France
  • Hannover Messe, April 17-21 in Hanover, Germany

ZWSOFT has been an ITC member since 2002, and its products are used by over 900,000 users from more than 90 countries and districts. Learn about ZWCAD >>

Topics: IntelliCAD DWG ITC CAD ZWCAD

Find FRAMECAD at Tradeshows in March 2023

FRAMECAD March 2023 tradeshows

Find FRAMECAD at several tradeshows during March 2023 throughout the US and in Budapest, Hungary. While you're there, check out how FRAMECAD uses IntelliCAD in its design and build systems for cold-formed steel construction!

New York, NY at New York Build
March 8-9, 2023
Location: Javits Center, Booth #765

Las Vegas, Nevada at BUILD23
March 15-16, 2023
Location: Paris Las Vegas, Booth #907

Phoenix, Arizona at Advancing Prefabrication
March 14-17, 2023
Location: Sheraton Phoenix Downtown, Booth #132

More details about these US events >>

Budapest, Hungary at CONSTRUMAFRAMECAD Construma
March 29 - April 2, 2023
Location: Hungexpo, Booth #311H
Get details >>

FRAMECAD uses IntelliCAD in its end-to-end steel frame design and manufacturing system for rapid construction of buildings. To learn how FRAMECAD benefits from ITC membership, read the success story. To find out more about IntelliCAD's BIM technology, go here.

Topics: IntelliCAD DWG BIM ITC CAD FRAMECAD Construction

Carlson Software User Conference 2023

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Carlson Software User Conference will be May 2-4, 2023 in Maysville, Kentucky, US. In addition to celebrating 40 years, they'll be hosting educational sessions that cover a variety of industries, products, and workflows for civil, field, surveying, construction, mining, photogrammetry, and 3D precision. 


Carlson Software delivers a suite of products, several of which include IntelliCAD. Check out IntelliCAD while you're there! You can also find out how Carlson Software and the ITC work together in this success story. To learn how IntelliCAD helps developers and their products use .dwg seamlessly, go here.

Topics: IntelliCAD DWG ITC Carlson Software CAD

ACCA Edificius: New Version Available

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The latest Edificius version usBIM(d) is available from ITC member ACCA Software. The update includes improved printing and exporting, split segment cross-sections for section and elevation view types, 3D volume for rooms and compartments, and improvements to closure and surface calculations for compartments. And for users with NVIDIA graphics cards, the AMD Radeon ProRender engine has been updated for compatibility.

ACCA is a member of the IntelliCAD Technology Consortium and delivers several BIM and technical products based on the IntelliCAD engine. To learn more about IntelliCAD's BIM technology, go here.

Topics: IntelliCAD DWG BIM ITC ACCA CAD Construction

FRAMECAD to Host First FRAMECAD Network Summit

framecad_systemAnnouncing the first-ever FRAMECAD Network Summit from March 27 and 28, 2023. Hosted at their new Customer Success Center in Las Vegas, Nevada US, join FRAMECAD to get details about the latest developments, attend workshops, give feedback, and hear thought-leadership speakers.

FRAMECAD uses IntelliCAD in its end-to-end steel frame design and manufacturing system for rapid construction of buildings. To learn how FRAMECAD benefits from ITC membership, read the success story. To find out more about IntelliCAD's BIM technology, go here.

Topics: IntelliCAD DWG BIM ITC CAD FRAMECAD Construction

ENDUROFRAME Conference: March 2023

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ENDUROFRAME Conference 2023 will be held March 22–24 at the Melbourne Polytechnic Conference Centre in Melbourne, Australia. Planning to attend? See how the IntelliCAD engine is used in the BlueScope Steel ENDUROFRAME® system on Friday, March 24 by checking out the workshop for using ENDUROCADD. ENDUROFRAME's design software, ENDUROCADD, uses IntelliCAD to visualize its 3D steel models and to generate detailed site drawings. 

ENDUROCADD software is part of the ENDUROFRAME system, which is used for manufacturing light gauge steel frames and includes a complete package of design software, production management software, rollformer, accessories, and support. ENDUROCADD software is based on the IntelliCAD engine. To learn more about using IntelliCAD as a native .dwg platform, go here.

Topics: IntelliCAD DWG BIM CAD ENDUROCADD

Carlson Software Celebrates 40 Years

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Not many CAD companies today can say they're 40 years old. Congratulations to ITC member, Carlson Software!

In 1983, a land surveyor and engineer named Bruce Carlson took his smarts, ingenuity, and can-do approach to begin creating land surveying software. Carlson Software was born and now delivers CAD software for the land surveying, civil engineering, GIS, construction, and mining industries. For more details about their history, see the Carlson news.

Carlson Software has been a member of the IntelliCAD Technology Consortium since 2007. To find out how Carlson Software and the ITC work together, see the success story. To find out more about IntelliCAD's .dwg technology, go here.

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Topics: IntelliCAD DWG Survey Civil Carlson Software CAD