Articles and Press Releases

Check out the news coming from ZWSOFT — makers of ZWCAD which is based on the IntelliCAD engine — about how ZWCAD is integrated and compatible with these applications:

• Spatial Manager for ZWCAD users is a tool used to import, export and manage geospatial data. Get the news >>
• CivilCAD by ARQCOM is software designed for civil engineering and topography users in Spanish speaking countries. Get the news >> 
• Windchill PLM is design software used in industries such as automotive, industrial equipment, data communication, aerospace, defense, medical, oil and gas, consumer electronics, energy and subsea communications. Get the news >> 
• Caddossier by Komdex for Product Data Management and Microsoft Office document management. Get the news >> 

Get your CAD the way you want it. Want a permanent license instead of a subscription? No problem. Need a USB hardlock? No problem. Using a 4K monitor? Also, no problem. Equipped for drafting, viewing, editing, printing, and rendering native .dwg/.dxf files, CAD.direct Drafting is ready for CAD users everywhere.

CAD.direct Drafting is based on the IntelliCAD engine and delivered by ITC member BackToCAD.

More details >> 

Carlson Software will host its "Go West" user conference April 9–11, 2018 in San Diego, California. Thinking of attending? Be sure to check out how Carlson Software incorporates the IntelliCAD engine into their product lines. About the conference, host director Shane Gardner said:

We poured over your feedback from past conferences. You wanted more options. We have added courses on CAD basics and have broadened the overall offerings to give you more and better choices."

Early bird pricing ends this week, January 31. Conference details >>

Interested in how Carlson Software's membership at the ITC works out? 

• Read the success story >>
• Read about Carlson's presentation at IntelliCAD World >> 

In case you missed it, ZWCAD 2018 users are updating to SP1 to get a faster and new-featured CAD. New features include a Design Center for inserting content, Block Editor, Layer Previous command, dimension inspection, and much, much more.

SP1 is available to ZWCAD 2018 users for free. Get the details >>

ZWCAD is built by ITC member ZWSOFT and is based on the IntelliCAD engine. 

Answer: FRAMECAD. ITC member FRAMECAD uses IntelliCAD in its end-to-end design and build system of cold formed steel used for rapid construction of buildings.

To learn what you can do with cold formed steel and FRAMECAD:

• Software Training in Atlanta, Georgia USA
  Two sessions during February 2018
  Get Details >>
• Hyatt Place Westminster in Colorado USA
  Constructed in 17 Days
  Watch the Video >> (article in Spanish)

To learn how FRAMECAD benefits from the IntelliCAD engine:

• Get the Case Study >>

Within just a few weeks, ITC member ActCAD incorporated IntelliCAD 8.4b into its latest release: ActCAD 2019. 

ActCAD is CAD software designed for civil, mechanical, architectural, electrical, structural, interior and exterior design consultants, and the new ActCAD 2019 includes features such as:

• Table creating and editing
• ActCAD block libraries
• New commands such as eTransmit, Select Similar, Burst, and more
• Performance improvements
• And much more

See the ActCAD website for ActCAD 2019 highlights, features, video, and purchase options. ActCAD 2019 is available in 32-bit and 64-bit versions.

See the IntelliCAD press release for information about IntelliCAD version 8.4b. 

Portland, OR, USA, December 22, 2017 — The IntelliCAD Technology Consortium (ITC) today announced the release of IntelliCAD 8.4b.

IntelliCAD 8.4b is the second maintenance release for version 8.4 that was previously issued on July 14, 2017.

IntelliCAD 8.4b includes critical fixes for running IntelliCAD on the Fall Creators 2017 Microsoft® Windows® update. Additionally, performance has improved in targeted areas, including moving around in large drawings, working with clipped external references, and memory management.

Other improvements include a more streamlined process for creating new drawings (there is a new QNEW command), new German (DEU) language resource files, and fixes for working with locked layers, multiline text, hatches, the Simplified Chinese translation, and more.

IntelliCAD 8.4b is supported on Microsoft® Windows® 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, and Windows Vista®, including 32-bit and 64-bit versions.

Interested IntelliCAD users can contact ITC members to receive details about availability of IntelliCAD software.

Companies interested in more details about IntelliCAD and membership in the ITC should contact the ITC directly. For more information about IntelliCAD and the ITC, including case studies, please visit http://www.intellicad.org/.

About the IntelliCAD Technology Consortium

The IntelliCAD Technology Consortium is an independent, non-profit organization funded and directed by its members specifically for the development of the IntelliCAD technology. The IntelliCAD Technology Consortium licenses the IntelliCAD technology to its commercial members, who in turn market and sell applications based on IntelliCAD to their end users. Commercial members have access to the IntelliCAD source code, documentation, developer support, and more. The ITC is also a founding member of the Open Design Alliance, thereby contributing to interoperability in the engineering industry.

For additional ITC news and information, visit the company web site (http://www.intellicad.org/) or call 1-503-293-7655.

IntelliCAD is registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office by The IntelliCAD Technology Consortium.

Like many ITC members, ActCAD takes the base IntelliCAD engine and creates add-ons for specific markets. ActCAD's specialty tools tailor the IntelliCAD engine for architectural, civil, mechanical, electrical, structural, interior and exterior design consultants. 

Take ActCAD's Raster-to-Vector tool, which analyzes a scanned image and vectorizes it to trace the lines and dimensions. It's specific to ActCAD and used by engineers and designers in many fields.

Read about ActCAD add-ons for architects >>

Learn about ActCAD 2018 >>

With the latest release of CMS QuoteCAD® Manufacturing software comes the publishing of a companion e-book for third-party developers working with the QuoteCAD API. QuoteCAD, which integrates with IntelliCAD, is extendable using Microsoft® .NET, taking advantage of QuoteCAD's extensive methods of communication between its various software components.

"Develop QuoteCAD Manufacturing Plugins" is available from Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0785834VY (free for Amazon KindleUnlimited users).

For more details about the QuoteCAD product, see the product page.

IntelliCAD users can now use these DotSoft products, with more coming soon:

• ToolPac : CAD Productivity Tools
• XL2CAD : Excel to CAD Connectivity, eliminating OLE problems
• WD2CAD : Word to CAD Connectivity, eliminating OLE problems
• MapWorks : Civil/Survey, Mapping & GIS Tools

DotSoft is a developer of add-ons for multiple CAD engines and has been working directly with ITC developers to complete their port. DotSoft says this about working with ITC developers:

Of the three engine developers we work with, the ITC is certainly the most responsive and was very quick to address every issue we encountered. We look forward to working with the ITC and its members in the future. 

More details from DotSoft >>