DWG plays a strong role in modern CAD workflows. The year 2022 marks the 40th birthday of AutoCAD and its native format DWG. The format has shown a resiliency that goes far beyond its original role as the carrier for AutoCAD data. Today, a number of companies offer DWG as an output option or even as their native format. As a result, the format has grown as an industry … [Read more...] about DWG update: a new view of an old standby
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ODA updates its Drawings SDK and Visualize SDK
Open Design Alliance has been expanding its focus on DWG interoperability and adding additional formats and capabilities. This year, ODA has added support of sculpted solid functionality to its Drawings SDK. The Drawings SDK is ODA’s industry-standard toolkit for working with DWG data from any application on any platform. The new sculpted solid functionality supports the … [Read more...] about ODA updates its Drawings SDK and Visualize SDK
ODA makes good on promises
Advancing the capabilities of CAD. At its annual DevCon event held this year in Milan, the Open Design Alliance brought its membership up to date on the significant development the organization has been doing at its members' behest. Established in the '90s by a group of companies competing with Autodesk in the CAD field, the ODA’s charter was to create an open option of DWG, … [Read more...] about ODA makes good on promises
The AutoCAD workalike market in 2019
AutoCAD is targeted by many workalike software vendors precisely because it is the most successful general 2D/3D CAD program of all time. With four, six, eight, twelve million users of the 35-year-old software, entrepreneurs figure that there has to be a certain percentage of users who want something that costs less, even if it does less. AutoCAD is priced about 3× more to … [Read more...] about The AutoCAD workalike market in 2019
New releases tumble out of the ODA
The Open Design Alliance is a membership organization with a membership that includes well-known CAD companies such as Bentley Systems, Dassault, Graebert, Hexagon (Intergraph/ Bricsys), Onshape, and ZWCAD among many others. Its technology enables drawing file exchange and also the development of add-on products for CAD programs. With a solid base and a growing engineering … [Read more...] about New releases tumble out of the ODA
Open Design Alliance powers along beyond DWG
A report from Prague: The ODA finds new opportunities in APIs and visualization. The Open Design Alliance has transformed the CAD universe with the development of standardized formats for content exchange. This year they held their annual conference in Prague and CEO Neil Peterson unveiled his latest plans to bring the disparate worlds of CAD together. In the past, the Open … [Read more...] about Open Design Alliance powers along beyond DWG
A new mission for the Open Design Alliance
Having solved interoperability with AutoCAD files, ODA now aims to extend the value of the .dwg format. By Randall S. Newton What does a non-profit software development firm do when it succeeds beyond expectations? That question forms the background for this year’s Open Design Alliance Developers Conference, which concludes today in Prague. In his opening statement … [Read more...] about A new mission for the Open Design Alliance
ODA Teigha to introduce version history to .dwg
The Open Design Alliance returns to Prague for a third straight year to introduce new technology to its member companies. The Open Design Alliance (ODA) announced today it will return to Prague for the Teigha Developer Conference 2017, September 11-12. New versioning technology is scheduled to be unveiled to ODA members. “Our new version history support for .dwg files is … [Read more...] about ODA Teigha to introduce version history to .dwg
BricsCAD officially compatible with Intergraph CADWorx Plant
For tiny Bricsys the deal a big step forward in its battle to be taken seriously as a legitimate alternative to AutoCAD. CAD vendors Bricsys and Intergraph Process, Power & Marine today announced that the new release of Intergraph CADWorx Plant 2017 is compatible with both AutoCAD and BricsCAD. For Bricsys, a small software company based in Ghent, Belgium, this is a big … [Read more...] about BricsCAD officially compatible with Intergraph CADWorx Plant
Graebert Trinity solves tricky CAD licensing and usage issues
The only CAD developer with compatible solutions for desktop, mobile, and cloud deployments offers simplified subscription management. The developer of the second-largest installed base of 2D CAD software has introduced a new licensing and subscription scheme that solves how customers can use its triad of desktop, mobile, and cloud platforms on one subscription license. … [Read more...] about Graebert Trinity solves tricky CAD licensing and usage issues