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
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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
60 days to build a CAD product for free
The Open Design Alliance is offering a free trial of its Teigha development platform. If you have ever thought about writing your own CAD software, now it the time. The Open Design Alliance (ODA) is making available a free trial version of Teigha, its development platform for engineering applications. Teigha is the evolution of the software libraries originally … [Read more...] about 60 days to build a CAD product for free
Datakit plug-ins bring Rhino and DWG to Open Cascade
The plug-ins are for developers; more than 100 vendors use Open Cascade technology. Datakit has released two new plug-ins that allow import of 3DM (Rhino) files and DXF/DWG (AutoCAD) files into all applications based on the open-source Open Cascade 3D CAD technology. Both plug-ins allow end users to transfer data from either Rhino or any program that writes DWG files to … [Read more...] about Datakit plug-ins bring Rhino and DWG to Open Cascade