Articles and Press Releases

See FRAMECAD at International Congress of Steel Construction in Bogota, Columbia

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Headed to the International Congress of Steel Construction (ICCA) event in Bogota, Columbia this week, June 28 to 30, 2023? Be sure to stop by Stand #6 to see FRAMECAD and how it uses IntelliCAD in its design and build systems.

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

Next week: FRAMECAD in New Orleans, LA, US

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Headed to New Orleans next week for the CFSEI Expo and the latest happenings in the cold-formed steel framing industry? While you're there, check out FRAMECAD to see how it uses IntelliCAD in its design and build systems!

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

ENDUROCADD and ENDUROCADD NX: Updated Versions Available

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ENDUROCADD® 12.01.00 and ENDUROCADD NX version 1.2.9.0 are now available, including the ability to use levels and walls. The newest versions are available to end users and were highlighted at the ENDUROFRAME® user conference last month. 

ENDUROCADD software is developed by BlueScope® Steel and is part of the ENDUROFRAME system for manufacturing light gauge steel frames; it 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. To learn about how BlueScope Steel and the ITC work together, see the success story.

Topics: IntelliCAD DWG BIM CAD ENDUROCADD

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

Find FRAMECAD at Tradeshows in March 2023

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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

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

CMS IntelliCAD 11.1 Available Now Based on IntelliCAD 11.1

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Ready for more CAD in the new year? Just-released CMS IntelliCAD 11.1 includes all the new features found in the IntelliCAD 11.1 engine, focusing on new commands and abilities in dimensioning, blocks, and tables. More features throughout the program also include turning live sectioning on/off, aligning model space entities in layout viewports with entities in paper space or other model space viewports, drawing facet model helices, extracting isolines, custom paper sizes for .pc3 files, and more. 

CMS IntelliCAD versions, some of which include BIM technology, can be purchased and downloaded with a perpetual or subscription license and can include a USB dongle for portable licensing. New users can try a free trial at https://us.intellicadms.com. Existing CMS IntelliCAD 11.0 users can update for free—simply uninstall version 11.0 before installing CMS IntelliCAD 11.1.

CMS IntelliCAD 11.1 is based on the IntelliCAD 11.1 engine which was released to ITC members just two weeks ago. For details about IntelliCAD's native .dwg support and development platform, go here. For details about CMS and the ITC work together, see the success story.

Topics: IntelliCAD DWG CMS BIM ITC CAD

Get ActCAD 2023 with the Latest IntelliCAD 11.1 Engine

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ActCAD 2023 Prime, Professional, and Standard versions are now available based on the IntelliCAD 11.1 engine. Available with all the features and improvements found in IntelliCAD 11.1 — released just last week to ITC members — the new version highlights custom paper sizes for .pc3 files, new table features, and the following commands: QDIM, CENTERLINE, CENTERMARK, DIMSPACE, ALIGNSPACE, BLOCKREPLACE, QUICKWBLOCK, BLOCKTOXREF, SURFEXTRACTCURVE, and LIVESECTION. There's more too!

With products from the ActCAD suite, you can natively create and edit .dwg files for 2D drafting, 3D modeling, and BIM (Building Information Modeling). ActCAD includes global perpetual licenses and has several licensing options.

It took just one week for ActCAD to release with the new 11.1 IntelliCAD engine. To learn about how ActCAD benefits from membership in the IntelliCAD Technology Consortium, see the success story. To learn more about IntelliCAD's .dwg technology, go here.

Topics: IntelliCAD DWG BIM ITC ActCAD CAD