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 Open Design Alliance readies new tools for 2020
The Open Design Alliance’s season of press releases is here and the quantity of information is greater than ever as the organization follows up on the several new directions they have taken to support interoperability and communication in the CAD industry. The organization has moved into new territory with its Visualize, Web SDK, and BIM (Building Information Modeling) APIs. … [Read more...] about The Open Design Alliance readies new tools for 2020
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
ODA releases independent SDK for Revit compatibility
Small developers now have access to the largest BIM user community without going through Autodesk. Open Design Alliance (ODA) today offers general availability of Teigha BIM, the first stand-alone software development kit (SDK) for working with Autodesk Revit files. Teigha is the software development library created by ODA, a membership organization that includes most … [Read more...] about ODA releases independent SDK for Revit compatibility
Open Design Alliance previews first independent translation of Revit models
Autodesk competitors see strong market demand for access to Revit data. The Open Design Alliance (ODA) today announced direct read/write support of the Autodesk Revit file format. Software developers who are members of the ODA now have access to the first software toolset for working with native Revit data independent of Autodesk. Speaking at the annual ODA Developers … [Read more...] about Open Design Alliance previews first independent translation of Revit models
ODA brings cloud-based rendering to CAD developers
Teigha Cloud offers an independent cloud platform to build web-based applications. The Open Design Alliance (ODA) has introduced a production release of Teigha Cloud, its framework for visualizing engineering data on the Web. This new platform offers CAD developers a new platform for developing Web-based CAD-related applications. Teigha Cloud allows engineering … [Read more...] about ODA brings cloud-based rendering to CAD developers
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