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The IntelliCAD Technology Consortium (ITC) today announced the release of IntelliCAD 12.0.

IntelliCAD 12.0 is a major release that includes performance improvements and many new features. Create reports and report templates, extracting data to tables and .xls files. Create super hatches using images, textures, blocks, external references, and wipeouts. Dynamically display and customize the Quick Properties pane to modify often-used properties. Draw splines using control vertices and knot parameterization. Use the new Geometric Center snap. Create and edit legacy image tile menus. For tables, export them to .csv files, create and update them from extracted drawing data, remove cell formatting overrides, and specify cell border properties.

For users who use the Explorer, manage more visual style properties, manage more layout settings, and specify whether to freeze layers automatically in layouts that you create. For all Explorer elements, change the column order, visibility of columns, and restore the default display of columns.

Additional new commands include Project Geometry, Show CV and Hide CV, Layer Isolate VP Freeze, Global Edit Attributes, Rename Block, Change Block, Set Z All, Quick Trim, and Copy Multiple.

More enhancements include importing page setups from other drawings, choosing PDF presets when publishing or exporting to .pdf files, importing and exporting Facet Modeler Binary (.fmb) files, setting display settings for section planes, controlling whether entities on layers can be cut by section planes, and previewing modifications when using the Offset, Trim, and Extend commands and when editing hatches.

For IntelliCAD versions that support working with BIM files: customize AEC styles, attach roof and ceiling plane symbols to walls and reference them while interactively creating roof and ceiling planes, assign levels to AEC entities, import .ifc files with more options, and include .rvt and .ifc underlays when exporting to .ifc files.

For IntelliCAD versions that support editing and creation of .dgn files in their native format: choose from new options when converting to and from .dgn files; use the Explorer to work with layers, linetypes, dimension styles, blocks, and layouts; open DGN overlays from .dwg files; and use more options for the Rename, Layout, and Xref Manager commands.

For technical users, IntelliCAD 12.0 incorporates an updated .NET API and uses ODA SDKs version 2023.12. IntelliCAD IcAPI is a pre-release version for members and is highly compatible with AutoCAD® Object ARX, allowing ITC members to build applications with a single code base that runs on both platforms.

David Lorenzo, ITC President, stated, “IntelliCAD 12 is packed with improvements requested by and prioritized by ITC members. We also collaborated with specific members to incorporate their donated features. Our CAD and BIM technologies continue to grow alongside our members.”

IntelliCAD 12.0 is supported on Microsoft® Windows® 11, Windows 10, Windows 8, and Windows 7 64-bit versions. IntelliCAD Mobile Viewer versions are available for Windows desktop, Google® Android™, Apple® macOS® and iOS.

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 website (http://www.intellicad.org) or call 1-503-293-7655.

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Carlson Software has been a member of the ITC since 2007 and many of their products use the IntelliCAD engine. 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.

Come check out FRAMECAD at one of their upcoming shows during October to learn about how they use IntelliCAD in their steel frame design and build systems.

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  October 3-5, 2023
  Birmingham, UK
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  October 11-13, 2023
  Mexico City, Mexico
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  October 19-20, 2023
  São Paulo, Brazil

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.

Congratulations to ZWSOFT as it reaches the major milestone of 25 years!

Among ZWSOFT's many products over the years is ZWCAD, with an ongoing commitment to innovation, excellence, and powering architects, engineers, and designers in the AEC and manufacturing industries. ZWSOFT's products are used by over 900,000 users from more than 90 countries and districts. 

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With IntelliCAD Mobile Platform 1.7, you can switch between viewports, use entity snaps with the Dimension command, and customize the process of digitally signing binary files on Microsoft® Windows®. The release also includes additional 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.

Available for the ActCAD 2023 product suite based on the IntelliCAD 11.1 engine, ActCAD maintenance release 1432 is now available and includes numerous improvements and updated ODA libraries. To get the latest ActCAD 2023 Prime, Professional, Standard, and Map Drafter versions, ActCAD users can update using the ActCAD command CHECKFORUPDATES.

The most recent ActCAD versions are also available directly from the ActCAD website in the downloads area.

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Available in 64- and 32-bit, ActCAD is a native .dwg and .dxf CAD software program used for 2D drafting and 3D modeling. ActCAD is based on the IntelliCAD engine. To learn more about how ActCAD and the ITC work together, see the case study. To learn more about IntelliCAD's .dwg technology, go here.

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.

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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.

Hardware equipment and software from Carlson Software will be used to perform a geophysical survey at the Cahokia Mounds, located at modern-day St. Louis, Missouri, USA. The project includes use of Carlson's rovers (RTK BRx6+ and BRx7 GPS systems), GNSS receivers, and SurvPC software.

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Carlson Software has been a member of the ITC since 2007 and many of their products use the IntelliCAD engine. 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.

ZWCAD 2024 is now available and includes new features such as flexiblocks, quick properties, point cloud and .dgn file attachments, area tables, and key improvements in several other areas. 

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ZWCAD is developed by ZWSOFT and is a .dwg-compatible CAD solution with a familiar CAD interface and easy-to-use commands. 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. 

Carlson iCAD 2023 is available now! Carlson iCAD 2023 is 2D and 3D CAD modeling software that can open and save .dwg, .dgn, and .dxf files, print, convert Civil 3D objects, and perform all the drawing and editing operations you would expect in a CAD program. Based on IntelliCAD and including all the features in IntelliCAD 11, Carlson iCAD 2023 can be purchased as a low-cost perpetual license.

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Carlson Software has been a member of the ITC 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.