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Portland, OR, USA, August 31, 2016 — The IntelliCAD Technology Consortium (ITC) today announced the release of IntelliCAD 8.2a.

IntelliCAD 8.2a is a maintenance release that contains over 125 improvements and fixes since the IntelliCAD 8.2 release on July 1, 2016.

Improvements in IntelliCAD 8.2a include various fixes for working .dgn files, external references, the user interface, and many more, as well as small additions such as new RIBBON and RIBBONCLOSE commands and a new FILTERS command.

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.

ActCAD Engineering Solutions, a member of the IntelliCAD Technology Consortium, announced the release of its new product ActCAD 2017 Classic available in both 64-bit and 32-bit versions. ActCAD 2017 Classic is lightweight 2D drafting and 3D modeling software based on the IntelliCAD engine and ACIS kernel, and it supports all .dwg and .dxf file versions from Release 2.5 to 2017. 

For more details about ActCAD 2017 Classic, see http://actcad.com/actcad-2017-classic-version-released-in-64-&-32-bit.php.

Carlson Software, a member of the IntelliCAD Technology Consortium, announced the release of Carlson 2017 which is based on IntelliCAD 8.2. New features include a new 3D Solids module, new commands, improved performance, native DGN with basic CAD functions, improved reporting, and much more.

For more details about Carlson 2017, see: http://www.carlsonsw.com/products/office-software/carlson-2017/.

ActCAD Engineering Solutions Private Limited, a commercial member of the IntelliCAD Technology Consortium, announced the release of new versions based on the most recent ITC IntelliCAD 8.2 engine:

• ActCAD 2017 Professional 64bit
• ActCAD 2017 Professional 32bit
• ActCAD 2017 Standard 64bit
• ActCAD 2017 Standard 32bit

What's new in ActCAD 2017:

• Latest ITC engine based on new ODA libraries. Drastic improvement in speed and performance
• Transparent and in-place MTEXT dialog box
• New Array dialog box
• New FIELD command
• Export 3D PDF feature
• Export .bmp from drawing
• Maximize Viewports
• Minimize Viewports
• New IMAGEFRAMEMODE option
• New TEXTTOFRONT command
• Improved performance when working with complex blocks, panning and zooming, exporting to .pdf files, and more.
• New keyboard shortcuts
• New command aliases
• And many more new commands

ActCAD is general purpose CAD software for civil, mechanical, architectural, electrical, structural, interior and exterior design consultants. ActCAD has several extra features and options built in to enhance user productivity. ActCAD offers Global Licensing with a Self-License Transfer option for unlimited installations between computers.

For more information about ActCAD and the latest releases, please visit http://www.actcad.com and http://actcad.com/news.php. 

Portland, OR, USA, July 1, 2016 — The IntelliCAD Technology Consortium (ITC) today announced the release of IntelliCAD 8.2.

IntelliCAD 8.2 is a major release that includes new support for exporting 3D .pdf files; more options added to existing features that export 2D .pdf files, export .bmp files, and attach underlays; new in-place multiline text editor; new support for maximizing and minimizing viewports; and various other new commands such as BCOUNT, IMAGEFRAMEMODE, FIELD, and TEXTTOFRONT. IntelliCAD 8.2 also includes improved performance when working with complex blocks, panning and zooming, exporting to .pdf files, and more.

IntelliCAD 8.2 is optionally available with the ability to open, save, create, and edit .dgn files in the native DGN format. IntelliCAD 8.2 also includes optional integration with Artisan Renderer to create photorealistic images of models quickly using a wide range of pre-set materials and lighting setups combined with the ability to create custom lights and realistic materials.

For IntelliCAD versions that include a ribbon, IntelliCAD 8.2 now includes ribbon panel expanders, ribbon versioning support, and the ability to customize the ribbon using the CUSTOMIZE command.

IntelliCAD 8.2 is supported on Microsoft® Windows® 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, and Windows Vista®, including 32-bit and 64-bit versions.

David Lorenzo, ITC President said, "This new release not only continues our commitment to improve performance and features for editing native .dwg files but provides optional native editing for .dgn files as well. A lot of work has gone into the core to allow native editing for different file formats within the same framework, and I am excited to see how the ITC and its members can leverage that in the future.”

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.

ActCAD Engineering Solutions Private Limited, a commercial member of the IntelliCAD Technology Consortium, announced the release of ActCAD 2016 Standard (32bit & 64bit) and ActCAD 2016 Professional (32bit & 64bit) which are based on IntelliCAD 8.1b engine.

ActCAD is general purpose CAD software for Civil, Mechanical, Architectural, Electrical, Structural, Interior and Exterior Design consultants. ActCAD is a 2D drafting & 3D modeling CAD software meant for engineers, architects and other technical consultants. ActCAD is native .dwg & .dxf CAD software used to create and edit drawings. ActCAD is based on the technologies from IntelliCAD Technology Consortium (ITC), DS Spatial and Wintopo. It uses the most recently released version of IntelliCAD to offer the best performance and features to its users. In addition, ActCAD includes many other tools like Block Libraries (in the domains of Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Architectural, Structural, P &IDs, etc.), batch file converter, units converter and many other productivity enhancement tools. ActCAD also has the capability to open the .dgn file format and save it to .dwg/dxf file formats. All .dwg/dxf versions from R2.5 to 2016 are supported.

For more information, visit: http://actcad.com/news.php