ITC Press, on Fri, Oct 02, 2015 @ 08:19 AM
CAD-MANUFACTURING SOLUTIONS, INC. (CMS), member of the IntelliCAD Technology Consortium, announced the release of CMS IntelliCAD 8.1 Premium CAD software.
CMS IntelliCAD 8.1 now includes support for Microsoft Windows 10, multi-core processing when opening and regenerating files, and much more.
For more information, visit https://www.intellicadms.com/component/k2/item/2-new-cms-intellicad-8-1-cad-software.
ITC Press, on Thu, Sep 03, 2015 @ 04:13 PM
Portland, OR, USA, September 3, 2015 — The IntelliCAD Technology Consortium (ITC) today announced the release of IntelliCAD 8.1a.
IntelliCAD 8.1a is a maintenance release that contains over 100 improvements and fixes since the IntelliCAD 8.1 release in July 2015, which included support for Microsoft® Windows® 10 and many new features such as multi-core processing, support for opening and saving .dwg files version 2015, and developing end-user applications with Microsoft .NET 4.5.
Improvements in IntelliCAD 8.1a can be found in the ribbon interface, working with hatches, entity modification, and many additional areas.
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.
ITC Press, on Fri, Jun 13, 2014 @ 04:39 PM
Portland, OR, USA, June 13, 2014 — The IntelliCAD Technology Consortium (ITC) today announced the release of IntelliCAD 8.0.
Available in both 64-bit and 32-bit versions, IntelliCAD 8.0 opens, saves, and creates .dwg files, including the latest 2014 file format. New features include layer states, layer filters with search, layer transparency and viewport freeze, .cui custom menu files, quick select, 3D orbit, additional grid capabilities, Collada (.dae) file import, MrSID MG4 compressed raster image support, and more.
In addition to core computer-aided-design (CAD) features, IntelliCAD is a development platform on which member companies develop custom applications. IntelliCAD 8.0 includes several API enhancements including updates to Open Design Alliance (ODA) Teigha® version 3.9.1 and support for VBA 7.1. ITC members also now have access to source code for advanced rendering and image processing components.
Victor Neves, President of CAD Manufacturing Solutions, Inc. (CMS), an ITM member company, stated, “We're extremely excited about the IntelliCAD 8 release. This is a major release that will provide the most advanced and updated native 2014 .dwg file support compatibility to our manufacturing customer base, plus extreme software stability. It also includes a significant number of productive, advanced user interface features.” He added, “It's simply the best ever. Period!”
Robert Berry, Business Development Director of the IntelliCAD Technology Consortium said, “This new version of IntelliCAD represents an exponential improvement over earlier versions. We have over 1200 new features and fixes making this by far the best IntelliCAD version released to date. IntelliCAD is now more than ever a safe and reliable CAD development platform for our members and their end-users.”
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.
Robert Berry, on Fri, Apr 11, 2014 @ 10:22 AM
The following IntelliCAD end-user tip and trick is a 2-D construction technique that manipulates the top, front and end views with a series of rotations and non-uniform scaling factors so that the resulting geometry can be combined to give the appearance of a 3-D isometric drawing.
If you are interested in purchasing IntelliCAD you can locate an appropriate IntelliCAD technology consortium member via the following website members.IntelliCAD.org/members.
If you're interested in becoming a member of the consortium please contact us via twitter @IntelliCAD or via email ITCsales@IntelliCAD.org
Robert Berry, on Wed, Feb 19, 2014 @ 09:23 AM
One of the most powerful features of the IntelliCAD development platform is the ability to create custom entities (also known as custom objects). Developers can define the behavior of custom entities which can greatly improve the user’s experience, enhancing productivity.
How can custom entities improve your user’s CAD experience? Let’s use the example of drawing a floor plan to explain. When drafting a floor plan using primitives (lines, arcs, circles) a user will combine these primitives to make a door shape or block that can be used throughout the drawing. If a new door size is required then the shapes have to be redrawn from scratch. Lines are used to draw walls and must be manually trimmed; if a wall’s angle is changed all the door shapes have to be manually realigned with the wall lines.
However, an application developer can define custom entities for walls, doors and windows. Since you define the behavior of these entity types you can define their name, how they are inserted, how they scale, are mirrored, their properties and how they interact with other entities — either primitives or additional custom entities. You can create the door object with properties such as width and height (common terminology for doors), and define the behavior of how doors will work when those properties change and how they relate to the environment.
For example, doors need to be not only inserted into a wall but also need to create break lines on the wall itself. Then when the door is moved, the wall needs to rebuild and create a new hole in the new position. The custom door entity can be defined to allow the swing to flip, not to mention changing the width or height of the door itself. When the door is copied and pasted does it stick within the wall or is a freestanding door allowed within the drawing? Is it possible to allow regular CAD editing commands (move, copy, trim, extend, stretch) to interact with the custom door entity? Also the developer can define what the custom entity will look like in different views: 2D plan, elevation and 3D view.
What is important to note here is that custom objects allow the programmer to not only define the appearance, properties and associated data of the object but also to define its behavior in relation to its environment and likewise the environment in relation to the object. This ability to create behavior and use terminology that is familiar to the target user greatly improves user productivity. The complexity of a custom object really is up to the programmer but they should consider:
• How the entity is saved in the .dwg file
• How the graphics and geometry are displayed in both the viewports and 2D/3D world environments
• The names of properties and the behavior when those properties change
• How the entity works with various snap modes
• How many grip points will be available and how they behave
• How the entity intersects with the other entities in the drawing
• What happens when the entity is exploded or viewed in other programs
• What relationships the entity may have with other entities in the drawing
• How the entity displays and behaves when your application is not present
Developers define the behavior of their custom entities in application extension DLLs, but you can also define some basic behavior for your entities when your application DLL is not present. Developers can define proxy graphics and determine if some basic editing (like copy or move) can be done without their application. However, in the case of a door entity it would be impossible for it to resize properly when the properties where changed or to automatically update walls if the underlying application was missing. The proxy functionality only allows your .dwg files that contain custom entities to have some basic behavior when loaded in other CAD applications. Then again, if you choose to force the user to purchase your application you can disable all proxy functionality so the custom entities are useless without your underlying application.
To get the full behavior of a custom entity, the underlying application DLL needs to be loaded within IntelliCAD prior to opening a drawing that contains custom entities. This can be done either manually [via the APPLOAD command] or automatically when the IntelliCAD program starts [by dropping the IRX file into the IntelliCAD program folder].
The IntelliCAD API provides a simple sample application that demonstrates the power of custom entities. The API installation files are usually shipped with the IntelliCAD program but can also be found on the IntelliCAD beta forum. The following movie shows how to load, install, and experiment with the sample custom entity application included within the IntelliCAD API:
The sample discussed here is included in the API samples and documentation. Although the source code is available to build the application from scratch, the IRX DLL release version is also prebuilt and waiting for you to load it.
If you are a developer interested in using the IntelliCAD platform please contact Robert Berry via Skype at Robert.Berry.ITC and apply for access to our beta forum so that you can test the software for yourself.
Robert Berry, on Mon, Jan 13, 2014 @ 11:57 PM
The concept of BIM technology has been around since the 1960s. Over the past 20 years 3-D modeling has been actively used in the automotive and aviation industries to model cars, ships and airplanes. However it has been only relatively recently that the AEC building industry has been "revolutionized" by information modeling technology.
Previously, architects and engineers used CAD as an electronic drafting board to create their plans, but these drawings were essentially "non-intelligent" containing only the geometry of lines, arcs and text. Over the past several years there have been many new software offerings that have attempted to change the fundamental methodology of how architectural drawings are created by trying to build intelligence into a model which is then used to generate construction documents. Some of this software is intriguing but actually many architects and engineers still need, and often prefer, the traditional 2D lines and arcs to complete certain custom areas of the drawing.
CAD Projekt is a leading Interior Design company based in Poland that delivers a joint solution in their IntelliCAD offering. Their users experience the best of both worlds in that they can use all of the traditional 2D and 3D CAD tools but still benefit from integrated BIM technology that can be imported via the IFC file format.
CAD Projekt chose IntelliCAD over other CAD platforms its open source, reliability, familiar user-friendly interface and its full compatibility with the .dwg file format. As a Commercial member of the ITC, CAD Projekt has unlimited distribution rights for an extremely low royalty rate, allowing them to supply their worldwide customer base with the full IntelliCAD program alongside their own software at no additional charge. Furthermore, access to the IntelliCAD source code accelerates development and allows them to tightly integrate their own software to ensure better performance and reliability.
CAD Projekt says their success would have been impossible to achieve without their partnership with the ITC. They say the knowledge and experience of the ITC’s international development team ensures the highest quality solutions and allows them to direct all their efforts towards their own vertical applications.
“Becoming a part of ITC was not only a great economical and programming solution, but also an important turn in our understanding of globalization. We feel that together we can create much better solutions to serve our customers,” says Mr. Adam Sterczala, Economical Director and co-founder of CAD Projekt K&A.
If you are interested in using IntelliCAD as your CAD development platform then please contact me via Skype at Robert.Berry.ITC and I will do my best to work with you to establish if IntelliCAD does in fact meet your development requirements.
This movie gives a presentation specifically about the CAD Decor Pro product...
ITC Press, on Fri, Nov 08, 2013 @ 06:30 AM
Portland, OR, USA, November 8, 2013 — The IntelliCAD Technology Consortium (ITC) today announced the release of IntelliCAD 7.2d.
IntelliCAD 7.2d is a maintenance release that contains over 300 improvements and fixes since the IntelliCAD 7.2c release in July 2013. In addition to fixes, improvements can be found in the areas of performance, working with 2013 .dwg files, selection and dragging, text, and printing.
ITC Development Director David Lorenzo stated, “As the IntelliCAD 7 user base continues to grow, we continue to work closely with ITC members to provide timely IntelliCAD 7.2 updates. IntelliCAD 7.2d contains several months of accumulated enhancements, fixes, and member-delivered patches.”
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.
ITC Press, on Wed, May 01, 2013 @ 01:31 PM
Portland, OR, USA, May 1, 2013 — The IntelliCAD Technology Consortium (ITC) today announced the release of IntelliCAD 7.2b.
IntelliCAD 7.2b is a maintenance release that contains improvements and fixes to areas required by ITC members and their end users. The ITC development team works directly with ITC members to implement improvements as quickly as possible as more solutions based on IntelliCAD 7 reach more end users in a variety of software environments.
IntelliCAD 7.2b contains more than 450 improvements and fixes since the IntelliCAD 7.2a release in December 2012 and includes performance enhancements and improvements to the user interface, printing, text, dimensions, entity snapping and tracking, and more.
ITC Chairman Ladd Nelson with Carlson Software commented, "Carlson users are embracing the new IntelliCAD platform, and the maintenance updates from the consortium show continuous progress to our user requests. On behalf of the ITC Board of Directors, we are excited to see IntelliCAD development continue to accelerate as more products are released by ITC members on the new platform."
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 licenses the IntelliCAD technology to its commercial members, who in turn market and sell applications based on IntelliCAD to their end users. The IntelliCAD Technology Consortium is an independent organization of software developers established specifically for the development of the IntelliCAD technology. 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.
ITC Press, on Mon, Jun 25, 2012 @ 11:04 AM
Portland, OR, USA, June 22, 2012 — The IntelliCAD Technology Consortium (ITC) today announced the release of IntelliCAD 7.2.
IntelliCAD 7.2 contains many new features and improvements to areas required by members and their users since the IntelliCAD 7.1a maintenance release in January 2012.
IntelliCAD 7.2 achieves new benchmarks in performance with support for OpenGL that enhances dynamic pan, zoom, redraw, and rotation, especially for large files, but also internal improvements for large drawing files, including editing, dynamic dragging, gripping, display, and snaps.
With over 600 fixes since the 7.1 release, IntelliCAD 7.2 additionally includes many new features: .NET application support, find and replace text, import .dgn files, insert underlays, work with Collada (.dae) and MrSID (.sid) files, and receive alerts in a new Notification Manager. New entity snap features include: entity snap tracking, Parallel Snap, From Point, Temporary Tracking Point, and Midpoint Between 2 Points.
Enhanced existing features include selecting by filter (including proxies), managing layers at the command line, clipping layout viewports, and more.
IntelliCAD 7.2 integrates the most currently available Open Design Alliance Teigha® version 3.5.1.
David Lorenzo, ITC Development Director commented, “The new architecture of the IntelliCAD 7 series is proving its merit as more ITC members adopt and integrate it with their own vertical solutions. Brought by members to CAD industry users, forward-moving IntelliCAD 7.2 delivers value and expertise with added features, increased performance, and fixes."
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/.
ITC Press, on Wed, Feb 01, 2012 @ 06:23 AM
Portland, OR, USA, January 31, 2012 — The IntelliCAD Technology Consortium (ITC) today announced the release of IntelliCAD 7.1a.
IntelliCAD 7.1a is a maintenance release that contains over 250 fixes and performance improvements to areas required by members and their users since the IntelliCAD 7.1 release in November 2011.
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 licenses the IntelliCAD technology to its commercial members, who in turn market and sell applications based on IntelliCAD to their end users. The IntelliCAD Technology Consortium is an independent organization of software developers established specifically for the development of the IntelliCAD technology. 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.
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