Only four companies make all the AutoCAD-workalike programs out there: Bricsys of Belgium, Graebert of Germany, IntelliCAD Technical Consortium of USA, and NanoSoft of Russia. All the others that you may have heard of are based on code by either Graebert or the ITC. Two of them held conferences in the past few weeks to outline their plans for 2019. Let's see what's going to … [Read more...] about AutoCAD workalikes Bricsys and Graebert go corporate
IntelliCAD
IntelliCAD ships major update of dwg-compatible development platform
Over 1,200 new features including broader raster image support. The IntelliCAD Technology Consortium has released a new version of its CAD development platform. ITC technology is used by CAD vendors to create custom products based on the dwg design file standard popularized by Autodesk. IntelliCAD Version 8 includes support for the latest 2014 .dwg file format and … [Read more...] about IntelliCAD ships major update of dwg-compatible development platform
Bricsys aims to expand its low-cost CAD empire
New tools for mechanical design and product data management are coming. More than 700 third-party developers now build on the BricsCAD foundation. Despite what the makers of 3D CAD modeling software like to say, the .DWG data format popularized by Autodesk still rules every design discipline. Every MCAD vendor offers some sort of 2D toolset as well as compatibility with .DWG. … [Read more...] about Bricsys aims to expand its low-cost CAD empire
GstarCAD MC update adds iPhone support, GUI customization
The Beijing-based CAD developer continues to differentiate its DWG-compatible product line with novel touches. Gstarsoft has updated its CAD mobile viewer with support for iPhone and iPod Touch and new customization featuers for the user interface. The update comes only three weeks after the initial release of GstarCAD MC for iPad. GstarCAD says it was important to add … [Read more...] about GstarCAD MC update adds iPhone support, GUI customization
Is the European Commission investigating Autodesk?
Reading between the lines, it is clear somebody in Brussels thinks it is time to take a close look at Autodesk's near-monopoly on 2D design with AutoCAD. European market intelligence agency MLex is reporting today that European Commission regulators are looking into the competitive market for “specialist design software” and that Autodesk is “aware that the commission is … [Read more...] about Is the European Commission investigating Autodesk?