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Just three days after Monday's release of IntelliCAD 8.4a to ITC members, ActCAD LLC released ActCAD 2018 based on that new IntelliCAD engine. It's a great example of how the ITC works directly with its members, streamlining development and integration so the latest CAD technology gets to end users as fast as possible.

• ActCAD 2018 is available in Professional and Standard editions, both 32-bit and 64-bit. 
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• IntelliCAD is a cooperative CAD platform and development framework.
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New ActCAD 2018 (version 84220) and ActCAD 2017 (version 1102) maintenance versions are available from ActCAD LLC, member of the ITC. ActCAD users can upgrade to the latest improvements and fixes using the CHECKFORUPDATES command. New ActCAD users can download the latest ActCAD version directly from the ActCAD website in the downloads area. 

ActCAD 2018 and ActCAD 2017 are based on the IntelliCAD engine and are available in Professional and Standard editions and 32-bit and 64-bit.

For more details about the maintenance releases, see:

• ActCAD 2018 news release
• ActCAD 2017 news release

October is the month for FRAMECAD training in Dubai, UAE. Join them in one or all of three sessions to learn basic, intermediate, and advanced techniques for using FRAMECAD Structure and Detailer to build steel gauge buildings.

FRAMECAD software is based on the IntelliCAD engine.

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Just added to the Carlson Software product lineup: iCAD 2017, based on the IntelliCAD engine.

For almost a decade, IntelliCAD has come built-in to Carlson Software products. But the all-new iCAD 2017 allows new and existing Carlson customers to purchase a low cost perpetual license for 2D and 3D CAD modeling that also includes Carlson-specific drafting and annotation commands built-in.

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When deciding on a BIM tool for your company, you might want to check out a report by Wise Guy Reports that ranks BIM software vendors. ITC member, 4M S.A., and its BIM offerings rank high in the report. 

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Coming to a city near you is FRAMECAD, a rapid steel framing design and build system based on IntelliCAD. Check out what the IntelliCAD engine can power at one of these expos:

• Canada Vancouver BC, September 29, 2017
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• Chile October 4-7, 2017
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• Peru October 10-11, 2017
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• United Kingdom London, October 11-12, 2017
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• United States Las Vegas, NV, October 18-20, 2017
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For details about how FRAMECAD and IntelliCAD work together, check out the Success Story.

Engineers and designers in the Philippines who want to learn CAD can join a free progeCAD training series held in Cebu. There are two sessions available:

• Session 1, September 28, 2017
• Session 2, October 5, 2017

Training is hosted by Architechnologies Inc., a distributor of progeCAD which is based on the IntelliCAD engine. For more details about the free training, see ProgeSOFT News.

Ready for working with 2D and 3D CAD in the cloud? Cloud-based CMS IntelliCAD 8.4 Premium Edition was just released by CAD-Manufacturing Systems. Based on the IntelliCAD 8.4 engine, cloud-based CMS IntelliCAD 8.4 Premium Edition streams and runs locally on any 64-bit Windows system without performance degradation or the need for special browsers. And all of the features found in CMS IntelliCAD 8.4 are available in the cloud-based version. 

See more details and download a free trial at the CMS blog.

Maintenance releases for ActCAD 2018 (version 84215) and ActCAD 2017 (version 1095), both based on the IntelliCAD engine, are now available.

Along with improvements and fixes, both maintenance releases include support for version 2018 .dwg and .dxf files.

ActCAD users can update to the latest version using the CHECKFORUPDATES command. New users can download the latest ActCAD version directly from the ActCAD website in the downloads area. 

For more details about these latest ActCAD maintenance releases, see the following:

• ActCAD 2018 news release
• ActCAD 2017 news release

Carlson Software will be at the following tradeshows in Europe this fall. Come check out IntelliCAD in action as part of the many Carlson solutions that excel in the civil and hydrology, construction, GIS, land surveying, and mining industries. 

• The Netherlands
  Geobuzz 2017
  21-22 November, 2017
  ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
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• Germany
  INTERGEO
  26-28 September, 2017
  Berlin, Germany
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