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If you're investigating CAD platforms, you might find it helpful to take a look at the Using IntelliCAD guide for the IntelliCAD 13.0 Professional or Standard version.

Using IntelliCAD describes what's available in the IntelliCAD engine and details 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.

The guides are available for a small fee here.

ITC members receive source files and output for the IntelliCAD user guides and other documentation as part of their ITC membership. If you're an end user looking for IntelliCAD documentation, contact the ITC member where you purchased IntelliCAD.

It took just a week for DotSoft to release all DotSoft CAD add-on products to include support for the new IntelliCAD 13.0 release:

• ToolPac: CAD Productivity Tools
• XL2CAD: Excel to CAD Connectivity, eliminating OLE problems
• WD2CAD: Word to CAD Connectivity, eliminating OLE problems
• MapWorks: Civil/Survey, Mapping & GIS Tools

Existing DotSoft users should contact DotSoft directly to obtain discounted upgrades to their existing versions.

DotSoft is a member of the IntelliCAD Technology Consortium. For details about the IntelliCAD platform, go here.

CAD-Manufacturing Solutions (CMS) recently released a free course for entry-level CAD users. Learn about coordinates and input, drawing and modifying entities, snapping, selection sets, and more. The free course has 13 lessons with just under 2 hours of recorded content. CMS also has additional advanced courses with over 6 hours of lessons, free for users of CMS IntelliCAD 12.1.

New to CMS? Just sign up for a free account, and then get the course in the Download area of their website.

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CMS IntelliCAD is based on the IntelliCAD engine. To learn how you can use IntelliCAD as your native .dwg platform, go here. To see the CMS and IntelliCAD success story, go here.

Headed to Hillhead 2024, June 25 to 27 in the UK? Hillhead showcases the latest products and live equipment demos for the quarry, construction, and recycling industries, and you can check out Carlson Software's suite of products while you're there. You can also see IntelliCAD in action—many Carlson products use the IntelliCAD engine.

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Carlson Software has been a member of the ITC since 2007. To find out how Carlson Software and the ITC work together, see the success story. To find out more about IntelliCAD's .dwg technology, go here.

ZWCAD 2025 is now available and includes enhancements such as 3D gizmos, additional visual styles, STEP import, point cloud improvements, and much more. ZWCAD also continues to be available with a perpetual license and no subscription for stand-alone and network licenses. 

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ZWCAD is developed by ZWSOFT and is a .dwg-compatible CAD solution with a familiar CAD interface and easy-to-use commands. ZWSOFT has been an ITC member since 2002, and its products are used by over 900,000 users from more than 90 countries and districts. 

New features in progeCAD 2025 Professional include a generative AI drawing translator, advanced (dynamic) blocks, new express commands, tables, data extraction, new AEC and BIM features, image georeferencing, rubber sheeting, and many more enhancements. progeCAD 2025 continues to be available with a perpetual license with no annual fee.

• See what's new and get a free trial >>
• Learn about progeCAD 2025 >>

progeCAD 2025 is 2D/3D DWG/DXF-native CAD software based on the IntelliCAD 12.1 engine. Its AEC, MCAD, and general CAD users benefit from native .dwg compatibility, a perpetual software license, and robust features for working with CAD drawings.

To learn more about IntelliCAD's .dwg technology, go here. For details about how progeSOFT and the ITC work together, see the success story.

Attending EUBIM 2024 in Valencia, Spain May 22-25? While there, you can see ACCA presenting on current BIM topics and participate in their workshops.

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Learn more about BIM products from ACCA >>

ACCA delivers software designed for architectural design, structural engineering, analyzing and calculating, energy performance analysis, quantitative studies, site health and safety, and maintenance and management of BIM processes.

ACCA is a member of the IntelliCAD Technology Consortium and delivers several BIM and technical products based on the IntelliCAD engine. To learn more about IntelliCAD's BIM technology, go here.

This May, come check out FRAMECAD at one of their upcoming shows in Australia, the UK, Ireland, and the US. When you stop by, you can see IntelliCAD in action and learn how FRAMECAD uses IntelliCAD in their steel frame design and build systems.

• Sydney Build >>
  May 1-2, 2024
  Sydney, Australia
• The Offsite Show >>
  May 7-9, 2024
  London, England
• Focus on Framing >>
  May 14, 2024
  Birmingham, England
• MMC Ireland National Conference >>
  May 22-23, 2024
  Kilkenny, Ireland
• CFSEI Expo >>
  May 20-22 2024
  Tuscon, AZ USA

FRAMECAD uses IntelliCAD in its end-to-end steel frame design and manufacturing system for rapid construction of buildings. To learn how FRAMECAD benefits from ITC membership, read the success story. To find out more about IntelliCAD's BIM technology, go here.

Brand new in 2024, ActCAD Nesting is a complete drafting and nesting software package that supports regular and true shape nestings suitable for the sheet metal, textile, fashion, leather, and footwear industries. Its advanced nesting algorithm has been optimized for several years and allows for features such as cutter diameters, preferential hole filling, turbo mode, sequencing, and more.

ActCAD Nesting natively works in .dwg and .dxf file formats while also working with many other file formats.  

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• Download a trial >> 

Headed to the Carlson Software User Conference April 22-24, 2024 in Spokane, Washington, US? Check out IntelliCAD while you're there! Carlson Software delivers a suite of products, several of which include IntelliCAD.

Go West 2024 will host educational and training sessions that cover a variety of industries, products, and workflows for civil, field, surveying, construction, mining, photogrammetry, and 3D precision. 

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• Carlson Software products >> 

Find out how Carlson Software and the ITC work together in this success story. To learn how IntelliCAD helps developers and their products use .dwg seamlessly, go here.