Additions and improvements boost value of IntelliCAD technology
Portland, OR - March 1, 2007
- The IntelliCAD Technology Consortium (ITC) today announced the
release of its latest version of its cooperatively developed CAD
engine, IntelliCAD 6.3. The IntelliCAD engine reads and writes the DWG
data format - a binary file storage format for storing both graphics
and textual annotations - used commonly by architects, engineers,
designers, and virtually all CAD-related software applications.
IntelliCAD
6.3 uses the latest advances in the ODA DWGdirect 2.2 libraries, based
on the industry standard OpenDWG, which is widely supported by
commercial software vendors, and the engineering community.
IntelliCAD 6.3 utilizes the new ODA libraries to interpret the updated
DWG 2007 file format. IntelliCAD 6.3 will read, display, and write DWG
2007 files, which include 10 new entity types and over 80 new system
variables.
Although the focus of v6.3 development has centered on
DWG 2007 compatibility, other major enhancements can be found in this
release:
- A new color book editor provides the ability to effectively organize, create, and edit color books.
- Improved user interface for PDF export provides more flexible output options.
- Dozens of new events and a new ApplicationPreferences object were added to the COM API.
- A new Code Page Manager command allows you to convert drawings or set your code page language preferences when opening drawings.
- Multiple enhancements for raster image handling include:
- Improved user interface
- 4x increase in display performance for large images
- Lower memory footprint for large images
- Improved performance for drawings with a large number of images
- Better support for monochrome images
- New COM API for creating and manipulating image entities
In addition to the new features and DWG 2007 support, hundreds of repairs and minor improvements were added as well, including:
- Setup now supports Microsoftâ Windowsâ Vistaä
- Draworder enhancements for blocks and external references
- Viewport enhancements, including locking viewports and assigning a UCS for viewports
- Snapping
to model space entities from paper space; picking model space entities
from paper space for creating dimensions and other dimensioning
improvements
- The Paste command allows you to specify an insertion point
- Performance improvements with drawings containing large meshes
- Improved performance and reduced screen flicker when using dynamic zoom and pan
- The Tangent-Tangent-Tangent option is now available for circle creation
David
Lorenzo, Development Director, IntelliCAD Technology Consortium
commented, "Our extensive tests of the new DWGdirect libraries indicate
that the ODA has done a great job providing 2007 DWG support. We are
proud to release the newest update to IntelliCAD to our wide audience
of users."
About the IntelliCAD Technology
The IntelliCAD Technology
Consortium licenses the IntelliCAD technology to its Commercial
Members, who in turn provide end-user sales and support. Commercial
Members offer options such as VBA, Rendering, ACIS Solid Modeling,
Raster Image Display, etc., and their own applications. You may visit www.intellicad.org/members
for a complete list of Commercial Members authorized to provide
stand-alone versions of IntelliCAD and applications "Powered by
IntelliCAD Technology."
About the IntelliCAD Technology Consortium
The
IntelliCAD Technology Consortium is an independent organization of
commercial software developers that has been established specifically
for the development of the IntelliCAD technology. Commercial Members
have access to the IntelliCAD source code, documentation, developer
support, and more.
Contact Information
IntelliCAD Technology Consortium
10260 SW Greenburg Rd. Suite 400
Portland, OR 97223
United States
Tel: +1 503 293 7655
Email: press@intellicad.org