ITC Press, on Thu, Feb 06, 2020 @ 10:19 AM
In case you missed it, an important update is available for the Carlson 2020 product line. The update includes fixes for all Carlson users including those who use IntelliCAD. Get details about the update >>
IntelliCAD comes built-in to Carlson Software products. To find out more about Carlson 2020:
ITC Press, on Thu, Jan 02, 2020 @ 08:52 AM
ITC President David Lorenzo will be the keynote speaker at Carlson Software's "Go West" user conference April 20-22, 2020 in Portland, OR. The conference offers more than 60 educational sessions crossing a variety of industries, products, and workflows.
Carlson conference manager Jim Reinbold says:
We’re always excited to have the opportunity to connect with our users and hear what’s been going on in their world, and learn what they need our products to do."
Thinking of attending? Be sure to check out how Carlson Software incorporates the IntelliCAD engine into their product lines. Interested in how Carlson Software benefits from their ITC membership? Read the success story >>
ITC Press, on Tue, Nov 26, 2019 @ 06:02 PM
Many thanks go to ITC member ACCA Software who hosted this year's IntelliCAD World 2019. ITC employees, members, and CAD professionals gathered at ACCA headquarters in Bagnoli Irpino, Italy to exchange ideas, share strategies, and discuss future trends. From coordination and transportation to an exclusive tour of historical sites, it's clear that ACCA does everything with flawless care and enthusiasm.
ACCA specializes in BIM solutions that include architecture, engineering, and construction components and are especially designed for users who want freedom of collaboration and full data availability. Several of their products are based on IntelliCAD. For more details about ACCA Software, go to: https://www.accasoftware.com/en/.
Additional thanks go to each ITC member who presented their solutions based on IntelliCAD and ideas for the future:
The IntelliCAD Technology Consortium thanks all ITC members for their collaboration and for advancing CAD technology based on an open platform, for the additional benefit of generations to come.
ITC Press, on Tue, Jan 22, 2019 @ 12:37 PM
Carlson Software released iCAD 2019 just before the holiday blitz at the end of 2018. iCAD 2019 is based on the IntelliCAD engine version 9.0.
IntelliCAD comes built-in to Carlson Software products, but iCAD 2019 is also available separately at a low cost perpetual license for 2D and 3D CAD modeling. New features include tool palettes, new 3D solid commands, additional DGN support, and new express tools. iCAD 2019 also features Google Earth import and export KML/KMZ, standard CAD entities, the drawing inspector tool and more.
ITC Press, on Tue, Oct 09, 2018 @ 04:44 PM
Carlson Software recently released version 2019 of its product suite including Carlson Mining, Carlson Survey, and Carlson Civil/Hydrology/GIS. Carlson products come with IntelliCAD built-in and an option for their end-users to purchase Autodesk® AutoCAD® separately if desired.
As expected, new features are found throughout the Carlson product line. Special mention goes to working natively with both .dwg and .dgn files. Open, save, print, and edit all with one CAD editor thanks to the IntelliCAD 9.0 engine.
For more details from Carlson, see:
ITC Press, on Fri, Apr 06, 2018 @ 09:05 AM
How to convince end users that it's easy to switch to working with software based on the IntelliCAD engine?
Take a look at the writeup from the archives at Carlson Software about a few things users should consider when switching to IntelliCAD, particularly how fonts, linetypes, and print setups are just files that you easily link to:
IntelliCAD comes built-in to Carlson Software products, but you can also purchase it separately as iCAD 2017 — a low cost perpetual license for 2D and 3D CAD modeling:
Interested in additional companies that deliver IntelliCAD? Check out the IntelliCAD Technology Consortium member page:
ITC Press, on Mon, Jan 29, 2018 @ 02:13 AM
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?
ITC Press, on Wed, Jan 03, 2018 @ 07:20 AM
When purchasing Carlson Software, customers decide on their CAD engine: use built-in IntelliCAD at no extra cost or purchase AutoCAD, sold separately. Carlson programs include Survey, Civil, Hydrology, Mining, GIS, Point Cloud, Field, Natural Regrade, Construction, GeoTech, CADnet, and Trench.
The latest version of Carlson Software programs, Carlson 2018, was released last fall and is built on the IntelliCAD 8.3 engine. It includes new commands such as mleader, selection filters, gradient coloring and etransmit. While stability improvements were the main focus, the new version also has performance improvements such as selection, snapping, multithreaded open and regen.
Learn about Carlson and IntelliCAD working together >>
ITC Press, on Fri, Nov 17, 2017 @ 10:48 AM
Entrepreneurial solutions from entrepreneurs. It was the morning of the last day at IntelliCAD World when four ITC members presented their IntelliCAD solutions and highlights of why they were members of the consortium.
Carlson Software has been in the CAD business since the 80s and delivers products in the civil, mining, GIS, construction, survey, data collection, and machine control markets. In Auckland, we saw a demo of working with 3D contours: overburden, elevations, fence diagrams, ground, strata.
When Carlson joined the ITC in 2007, in under a year they released their same software that ran with Autodesk® AutoCAD® to run with IntelliCAD too. Now Carlson's products come with IntelliCAD built-in at no extra cost, and users decide whether to purchase a seat of AutoCAD. The ability to choose matters.
We also learned that Carlson is a big contributor to LandXML, where they contributed a free 3D LandXML viewer and upgrade tools. LandXML is an open data standard used within the land development industry. Open standards also matter.
Wrightsoft has also been in the CAD business since the 80s when it started out with no venture capital. Seeing a need back then for better heating, ventilation, and air conditioning design, they continue to deliver HVAC planning, design, sales, and installation software for the desktop and now for tablet and mobile.
Wrightsoft has solutions based on their own CAD editor and another line that's based on IntelliCAD, which we saw in action: load meters, diameters and sizes, data extraction, and automatic calculations on-the-go when you change anything in a room or building.
And then there's BIM. With Wrightsoft and IntelliCAD, you can auto-trace a BIM .rvt file to automatically generate smart objects and make calculations. It's a great example of what members are doing with the beta version libraries for reading and writing BIM .rvt files.
Wrightsoft has also changed the way HVAC gets done. They were an original partner with the Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA) to define HVAC standards that continue to be used today. Market disruption matters. Standards matter.
MicroSurvey has been in business for 30 years. They joined the ITC in 2005 and ported their code base to IntelliCAD 6. They build vertical solutions on top of IntelliCAD for survey design and mapping, mining, and the public safety sector.
At IntelliCAD World we saw a demo of IMS Map360 that runs with IntelliCAD. It can import data from manual measurements (think tape measures which are still very common), survey equipment, laser scanners, terrestrial (tripods), and cameras mounted on vehicles, drones, and backpacks. Output includes sketches and reports that are often used during court hearings to prove facts. There's heavy use of point clouds (even animated), architectural objects, trajectory rods (cones of uncertainty), and Trimble SketchUp symbols.
With all of this technology, the design for public safety products has to be simple and easy to use. Their end-users aren't CAD from the CAD world and shouldn't need to be in order to get all the precision of CAD. Good design matters.
Mark Taylor, FRAMECAD
FRAMECAD has been in business since 1987 and joined the ITC in 2011. They develop the FRAMECAD System — software and hardware that designs and builds efficient, strong, and durable steel framed buildings.
A few days before at the start of the conference, we were at the FRAMECAD site to see a live demo of the IntelliCAD-based software at work. And then the machine was at work, taking in steel and outputting braces for a wall, all within a couple of minutes.
Back at the conference, we learned that BIM is really important for FRAMECAD moving forward: reading in drawings that contain all the data they need in a "fast, easy, friendly" way. But it's more than that: BIM has the power to move from planning and drawing in a silo to planning and drawing in collaboration. And collaboration is key from the FRAMECAD perspective to build faster and with fewer mistakes when all the various players show up to the construction site. Collaboration matters.
ITC Press, on Fri, Sep 22, 2017 @ 04:44 AM
Just added to the Carlson Software product lineup: iCAD 2017, based on the IntelliCAD engine.
For almost a decade, IntelliCAD has come built-in to Carlson Software products. But the all-new iCAD 2017 allows new and existing Carlson customers to purchase a low cost perpetual license for 2D and 3D CAD modeling that also includes Carlson-specific drafting and annotation commands built-in.