2008: CAD Society Award Recipients All Have Historic Ties to Autodesk
The three recipients of the 2008 CAD Society awards all have a historic connection to Autodesk, but in very different ways. Current Autodesk CEO Carl Bass is honored for industry leadership; former...
View Article2008: Wide-Ranging Autodesk lawsuit boils down to three letters: D-W-G
In 2008 Autodesk filed a federal lawsuit against Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks, opening another front on its DWG litigation war. While several grievances were cited, the suit was really about Autodesk...
View ArticleThe Open Design Alliance prepares for the future
The industry consortium for CAD interoperability and collaboration prepares for a leadership change. By Kathleen Maher The Open Design Alliance was born of contention and it has grown through...
View ArticleRedway3D expands graphics options for software developers
The OpenGL SDK uses both GPU and CPU to create a full rendering middleware stack. Ray traced rendering is fast becoming a check-off item for all 3D software and quite a few companies are vying to...
View ArticleIMSI/Design releases paid version of TurboViewer for iPad/iPhone
Built using Teigha technology from the Open Design Alliance, IMSI/Design creates an Autodesk-free zone to view DWG 2D and 3D drawings. IMSI/Design has released TurboViewer Pro, a professional version...
View ArticleOpen Design Alliance adds new membership levels
The target audience is corporations that use ODA technology only for internal solutions, not to create products for commercial release. Open Design Alliance (ODA) today announced the addition of two...
View ArticleOpen Design Alliance relocates to Phoenix
Open Design Alliance (ODA) today announced it has moved its official business location to Phoenix, Arizona. The alliance says the consolidation will allow it to “further reduce administrative cost and...
View ArticleIMSI/Design TurboReview first to support 3D PDF on iPad
The company best known for TurboCAD is carving out a niche in mobile. Today IMSI/Design announces TurboReview for iPad, the latest in its growing line of AEC mobile viewing products and the first to...
View ArticleAres Commander update causes ripple effect
CorelCAD is also updated today and DraftSight will be shortly; both use Graebert’s Ares technology. A consistent market remains for 2D CAD. Graebert today announced the release of Ares Commander...
View ArticleODA adds Java as development platform for DWG compatibility
Support for AutoCAD 2013 DWG files is also included in the update. The Open Design Alliance (ODA) has updated its development platform for creating DWG compatible applications and import/export...
View ArticleBricsCAD update embraces 64-bit, 2013 DWG, and cloud collaboration
Latest update of an alternative design ecosystem to AutoCAD has more than 20 new and improved features. Bricsys has updated its .DWG-compatible engineering design software BricsCAD with improved...
View ArticleOpen Design Alliance to hold Developer Conference in Prague
The conference will be the first led by new president Neil Peterson, the long-time CTO. The Open Design Alliance (ODA) is rebooting its annual developers conference, with the first under the leadership...
View ArticleODA releases Teigha Cloud beta
Adding support for browser-based rendering and drawing editing is a major goal for the alliance. The Open Design Alliance (ODA) has released its first beta of a cloud framework for use by the...
View ArticleODA updates Teigha for Android
A variety of software products are coming to market on Android using Teigha code. Open Design Alliance (ODA) today releases support for the Android 5 mobile operating system in the latest release of...
View ArticleOpen Design Alliance to gather in Prague
Cloud, mobile, and 3D PDF technologies will be top issues in second annual conference. The Open Design Alliance (ODA) will hold its second annual conference for engineering software developers in...
View ArticleDesign technology innovation is alive and well at Open Design Alliance
What started as a consortium to reverse engineer the AutoCAD file format has matured into an essential developer for a variety of design technologies. Autodesk CEO Carl Bass once called the Open...
View ArticleODA announces Teigha PRC production release
Access to the PRC format allows software developers a way to create open-standard 3D PDF documents. Open Design Alliance (ODA) today announced the production release of Teigha PRC, a 3D PDF...
View Article60 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...
View ArticleODA 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...
View ArticleOpen 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...
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