Articles and Press Releases

The IntelliCAD Technology Consortium Obtains Judgment Against CADopia

April 19, 2010 - Portland, Oregon, The IntelliCAD Technology Consortium (ITC) has successfully obtained a judgment against CADopia, Inc. for approximately $100,000 in past due membership fees and legal costs, plus a court injunction prohibiting CADopia from illegally using the IntelliCAD source code and Trademarks.  The IntelliCAD Technology Consortium was forced into this action due to the continued sale and promotion of CADopia software, after CADopia, Inc. was legally terminated from the ITC for nonpayment of membership fees.  CADopia's membership fees fell into arrears in 2008.

Bricsys Membership in ITC has Been Terminated

Portland, OR., USA, February 10, 2010- The IntelliCAD Technology Consortium (ITC) announced today that the Bricsys membership in the ITC has been terminated and that it has received a letter from Bricsys CEO Erik de Keyser stating that the BricscadTM 10 source code does not contain any IntelliCAD® software.  Bricsys joined the ITC in 2002 (as BricsCad NV) and Mr. de Keyser served as Vice President of the ITC in 2003 and Chairman of the Board of the ITC from 2004 to 2006.

The ITC is a technical software consortium where member companies have access to the IntelliCAD source code. When a member company leaves the ITC, the member company follows an established procedure to ensure that the intellectual property of the ITC is protected. The ITC will be taking steps to ensure that its intellectual property has not been improperly used by Bricsys. The ITC has invested over 10 years in the development of IntelliCAD, and recently announced the Beta2 release of IntelliCAD 7, a significant upgrade of the IntelliCAD base source code.

IntelliCAD 7 Beta2 Release: Work Smarter and Faster with a Brand New Architecture

Latest version of popular IntelliCAD® CAD platform incorporates a new software architecture for improved compatibility, better performance and more power for custom application development.

Portland, OR., USA, February 10, 2010 - The IntelliCAD Technology Consortium (ITC) today announced a Beta2 release for ITC members of the all-new IntelliCAD 7 CAD software incorporating a new software architecture designed to optimize the core data import/export and application programming functions critical to users of the IntelliCAD CAD platform. The IntelliCAD 7 architecture uses the Open Design Alliance (ODA) platform, previously known as DWGdirect, as its internal database for improved handling of .dwg files. For companies building custom applications, IntelliCAD 7 also offers the powerful DRX object oriented application programming language (API) developed by the Open Design Alliance (ODA) with custom IRX extensions specific to the IntelliCAD platform.

Bricsnet CEO Named to Board of Directors of IntelliCAD Technology Consortium

Announces Plan to Integrate Proprietary Open-Source CAD Platform Into Company's Flagship Integrated Workplace Management System

San Francisco - February 1, 2010 - Bricsnet, a leading provider of solutions for real estate, project and integrated workplace management, announced today that its Chairman and CEO, Hector Rodriguez, has been named to the Board of Directors of Portland-based IntelliCAD® Technology Consortium. Bricsnet also announced plans to integrate IntelliCAD technology into its flagship Integrated Workplace Management System, Bricsnet Enterprise, this year.

The IntelliCAD Technology Consortium Files Breach of Contract and Trademark Infringement Lawsuit Against CADopia

Portland, OR -November 9, 2009 - The IntelliCAD Technology Consortium (ITC) announced today that it filed a complaint on November 5, 2009, in the United States District Court for the District of Oregon against CADopia LLC, alleging, among other things, breach of contract and trademark infringement, unfair competition, and deceptive trade practices.

Founded in 1999, the ITC is an organization of like minded software development companies that focus on the development of a computer aided design ("CAD") platform designed to be integrated into member applications for use by engineers, surveyors, architects, designers, and drafters. Members of the ITC pay an annual fee for a license to distribute the IntelliCAD software as part of their product offering. As a result, the IntelliCAD mark has become very well-known in the CAD industry and has strong goodwill associated with it.

IntelliCAD Technology Consortium Members Leverage IntelliCAD® 6.6

Consortium members report excellent customer response to high performance and stability of the new IntelliCAD 6.6 release

Portland, Oregon - October 20, 2009 - The IntelliCAD Technology Consortium (ITC) (http://www.intellicad.org/) announced today the release of IntelliCAD 6.6, supporting newly released ITC member products with advanced graphics technology and quality enhancements.

Topics: IntelliCAD DWG Civil/Survey Members CAD/CAM

4M releases IDEA Architectural v.10 on IntelliCAD v6.6

September 01, 2009 - Auburn, Maine - 4M's new major release IDEA Architectural v.10 has just been launched in the US market and redefines the IntelliCAD software based BIM industry standards.

Topics: IntelliCAD BIM Architecture Members CAD/CAM

CMS IntelliCAD Provides Easy to Use Document Management

June 17, 2009 - Little Rock, Arkansas, Plano, Texas -  CAD Manufacturing Solutions, the developers of CMS IntelliCAD CAD software and Motive Systems, the developer of M-Files document management software, today announced the availability of CMS Vault by M-Files, a powerful document management solution that is now included with CMS IntelliCAD.

CMS Vault by M-Files is based on the popular M-Files document management software and provides the ability to organize and manage CAD drawings created with CMS IntelliCAD, as well as all other office and business documents. CMS Vault features include fast search, secure user access permissions, check-in / check-out and version management.

The IntelliCAD Technology Consortium Announces New Leadership

May 26, 2009 | Portland, OR

Topics: IntelliCAD Architecture Civil/Survey CAD/CAM

The IntelliCAD Technology Consortium Announces IntelliCAD® World Meeting 2008

Come to Athens to meet the development team and see the new IntelliCAD.

Topics: Events