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ITC President David Lorenzo will be the keynote speaker at Carlson Software's "Go West" user conference April 20-22, 2020 in Portland, OR. The conference offers more than 60 educational sessions crossing a variety of industries, products, and workflows.

Carlson conference manager Jim Reinbold says:

We’re always excited to have the opportunity to connect with our users and hear what’s been going on in their world, and learn what they need our products to do."

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Thinking of attending? Be sure to check out how Carlson Software incorporates the IntelliCAD engine into their product lines. Interested in how Carlson Software benefits from their ITC membership? Read the success story >>

IntelliCAD users typically get product support where they purchased their product, and now they have an additional support option. CAD Manufacturing Systems (CMS) has extended free product support to all IntelliCAD users.

• Go to the CMS forum >>
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CMS is a member of the ITC and produces several products based on IntelliCAD. To learn how CMS and ITC work together to bring CAD to the marketplace, get the success story. 

MicroSurvey CAD 2020 delivers new curve detection lot closure, curve label creation, arc-aligned text editing, smartpoly curve labels, and more, including new features based on the IntelliCAD engine such as .dwg 2018 file compatibility, BIM model integration, section and elevation lines, digital signatures, etc.

MicroSurvey CAD is an all-in-one CAD and calculations package for survey drafting and calculation workflows. It includes COGO, point tools for gridline-based projects, traverse input and adjustment, misclosure reporting, common data collector support, 3D surface representation and computation, corridor design, point cloud management, and more.

MicrosSurvey CAD 2020 is based on the IntelliCAD 9.2 engine.

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Many thanks go to ITC member ACCA Software who hosted this year's IntelliCAD World 2019. ITC employees, members, and CAD professionals gathered at ACCA headquarters in Bagnoli Irpino, Italy to exchange ideas, share strategies, and discuss future trends. From coordination and transportation to an exclusive tour of historical sites, it's clear that ACCA does everything with flawless care and enthusiasm.

ACCA specializes in BIM solutions that include architecture, engineering, and construction components and are especially designed for users who want freedom of collaboration and full data availability. Several of their products are based on IntelliCAD. For more details about ACCA Software, go to: https://www.accasoftware.com/en/.

Additional thanks go to each ITC member who presented their solutions based on IntelliCAD and ideas for the future:

• Carlson
• FRAMECAD
• MiTek Wrightsoft
• MicroSurvey
• And of course, ACCA

The IntelliCAD Technology Consortium thanks all ITC members for their collaboration and for advancing CAD technology based on an open platform, for the additional benefit of generations to come.

Developers who are taking an initial look at various CAD platforms can find it helpful to see user interfaces and what they're capable of. One option for finding out more about IntelliCAD is to take a look at the Using IntelliCAD guide available at lulu.com for a small $5.00 fee.

Using IntelliCAD describes how to use IntelliCAD to draw in 2D and 3D, view drawings, dimension entities, work with layers, insert blocks and external references, add custom programs, and everything else you expect from a CAD program.

• For the IntelliCAD 9.2 guides, see the Professional and Standard versions.
• For previous versions, go here for a complete list.

ITC members of course receive source files and output for the IntelliCAD user guides and other documentation as part of their ITC membership. ITC member products are the best place to get IntelliCAD documentation.

Questions? Contact the ITC.

The all new ActCAD 2020 BIM is for users who want to draw architectural elements and work with BIM data. You can draw walls, windows, doors, roofs, steel, section and elevation lines, etc. And you can work with ADT objects, .ifc files, and .rvt/rfa files in a variety of ways. To get details including introduction videos, see ActCAD 2020 BIM.

ActCAD 2020 BIM has years of experience based on both ITC IntelliCAD and ODA BIM technologies. ActCAD 2020 BIM is based on the IntelliCAD 9.2 engine and the BIM technology available through the ITC BIM special interest group. Check it out here:

• IntelliCAD BIM technology >>
• IntelliCAD 9.2 release >>

FRAMECAD will be in Kenya and France for tradeshows the first week of November 2019. In the area? Check out how FRAMECAD uses IntelliCAD in their design and build systems for cold-formed steel construction.

Nairobi, Kenya at Big 5 Construct Kenya
November 5 to 7, 2019
Booth 1A55
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Paris, France at BATIMAT
November 4 to 8, 2019
Booth K163 in Hall 6
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ActCAD 2020 Standard and Professional versions are now available at actcad.com. 

Version 2020 contains new features based on IntelliCAD 9.2 including support for importing and exporting STEP and IGES file formats, publishing to .dwf/.dwfx, removing duplicate or overlapped entities using the Overkill command, support of right-to-left fonts, filtering selection sets using the new Selection Filter pane, and much more.

For more information about ActCAD 2020:

• ActCAD 2020 Professional
• ActCAD 2020 Standard

ActCAD is a member of the ITC and has several products based on IntelliCAD. The ActCAD 2020 releases are the latest of ActCAD's products to be available based on the IntelliCAD 9.2 engine. IntelliCAD 9.2 was released earlier in August. More details >>

New CMS IntelliCAD 9.2 PE and PE Plus versions include additional features such as import and export IGES and STEP format files, enhancements to publishing, Overkill command, right-to-left fonts, and much more. 

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CMS IntelliCAD is designed for CAD users such as architects, engineers, designers or anyone who wants a fast, efficient, and powerful CAD program on their desktop or in the cloud. This latest release of CMS IntelliCAD is based on the IntelliCAD 9.2 engine, which was released to ITC members in August 2019. For more details about how CMS and the ITC work together, see the success story. 

Just a week after the ITC released IntelliCAD version 9.2 to ITC members, ITC member ActCAD incorporated the new release into its Act IntelliCAD product.

Now available, Act IntelliCAD 9.2 is a native .dwg and .dxf CAD software program used for 2D drafting and 3D modeling, and it's packed with new 9.2 features such as publishing to .dwf/.dwfx, removing duplicate or overlapped entities using the Overkill command, support of right-to-left fonts, filtering selection sets using the new Selection Filter pane, and much more.

Act IntelliCAD includes an easy-to-use interface, perpetual licensing, support for various file formats, and a complete set of features and tools. More details >>