Autodesk joins Open Design Alliance — with a catch
Autodesk announced today it is becoming a member of the Open Design Alliance, the non-profit consortium a previous Autodesk CEO characterized as “the arms merchant to my enemies.” But there […]
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Open Geospatial Consortium and Open Design Alliance create strategic partnership
Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC), an international consortium driving the creation and adoption of open geospatial standards, and Open Design Alliance (ODA), a leading provider of CAD and BIM interoperability solutions, […]
ODA conference goes virtual
Open Design Alliance (ODA) is moving its annual CAD development conference to the Web. ODA DevCon 2020 Virtual Edition will be September 8, 9 and 10. The conference usually meets in […]
Structural updates highlight IntelliCAD 10.0
The IntelliCAD Technology Consortium (ITC) announced the release of IntelliCAD 10.0, which it says is a “major update” with many new features. David Lorenzo, ITC President, stated, “IntelliCAD 10 is […]
New free IFC architectural viewer from Open Design Alliance
A new free viewer for IFC architectural data is now available for general use from the Open Design Alliance. IFC is short for Industry Foundation Classes. It is an open […]
ODA adds real-time shadow support to Visualize SDK
The real-time graphics rendering capabilities of many engineering software products will get a big boost thanks to the newest Open Design Alliance (ODA) software update. The non-profit consortium announces the […]
ODA releases developer tools to access Naviswork data
Software developers can now add the ability to import Autodesk Navisworks files into their software, thanks to a new software development kit (SDK) from the Open Design Alliance (ODA). Navisworks […]
ODA offers patent troll insurance to CAD firms
The Open Design Alliance (ODA) has joined LOT Network, a non-profit community of companies that builds a protective barrier for its members against patent assertion entities (PAEs or “patent trolls”). […]
ODA Drawings SDK update supports ReCap files for point cloud use
The latest update to Drawings SDK from the Open Design Alliance adds support for Autodesk ReCap files, a common standard format for embedding point cloud data into CAD drawings and […]
Open Design Alliance is the DWG thought leader
The Open Design Alliance is making the .dwg format relevant to the 21st Century. Two long-time CAD journalists sit down with ODA CEO Neil Peterson at the annual development conference […]