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Operating System for
Structural Design
US $0.00 (Free) Available now; published December 2005

From the Abtract

Full-scale computer-aided design (CAD) systems are program shells similar to the operating systems (OS) of computers. This shell must be adapted for designing in specific fields.

Two necessary conditions are inherited from the OS: the ability to work with hierarchical structures, and access to independent application programs.

Building frames, foundations, floors, trusses, columns, beams, and other construction objects come out instead of folders and files. Appropriate information (object properties) may be linked to any object laying on any level of the hierarchical structure. Good practice is to store information with high level objects. Information about lower level objects may be recovered with the help of calculations.

When designing, objects from defined branches are loaded in memory for processing. Objects in memory usually have no hierarchical structure.

About the Author

Alexander A. Yampolsky is a design engineer with 20 years of professional practice, practicing in Tula, Russia.

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Table of Contents:

Abtract 
Operating System for Structural Design
Project Data
Operating System
Advantages
Practice
Conclusion

IntelliCAD:
The Un-AutoCAD
US $720.00 Available now; published November 2005

From the Executive Summary

The organization behind the IntelliCAD software is unique in the computer-aided design industry, consisting of a consortium to update the source code and provide some marketing support, and members who sell the software on a nonexclusive basis. The common goal is to create something that is DWG compatible named IntelliCAD.  

This research paper examines this unique arrangement for a software product conflicting by divergent goals:

     1.  To be compatible with AutoCAD, yet be different from AutoCAD.
     2.  To be a single source of IntelliCAD, yet provide differentiated products based on IntelliCAD.

Hence: IntelliCAD, the un-AutoCAD.

About upFront.reSearch

This research paper was prepared by upFront.reSearch, an imprint of upFront.eZine Publishing, Ltd. upFront.reSearch has previously prepared papers for Autodesk, Graphisoft, IMAGINiT Technologies, IMSI, and SolidWorks. Founder Ralph Grabowski has 20 years experience in the computer-aided design industry. He is the author of 80 books on CAD, the editor of two industry newsletters, publisher of upFront.eBooks, and manager of three WorldCAD Access weblogs.

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Table of Contents

Published 11 November 2005

Executive Summary
Key Findings
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1 — Structure of IntelliCAD Technical Consortium and Its Members
Purpose of ITC’s Structure
    IntelliCAD Sales
    Member Relations
    Code Fragmentation
Related Technologies
    ArchT
    Arms-Length Relationships
Future of ITC
    Short Term
    Intermediate Term
    Long Term
March, 2007

2 — IntelliCAD Market and Competitors
Market
    Low Prices Undefine Markets
    Banging Up Against the Competition
    The IntelliCAD Market
Competitors
    AutoCAD LT (Autodesk)
    TurboCAD (IMSI)
    PowerCAD (Graebert / GiveMePower)
    MicroStation PowerDraft (Bentley Systems)
    VDraft (SoftSource)

3 — Impact of OpenDWG
Open Design Alliance
    OpenDWG vs RealDWG
    Proprietary vs Open
Open Drawings — Not Yet
    The Partial, OpenDWG Solution
    Open Trumps Real
    The OpenDWG Problem
    OpenDWG for IntelliCAD
Open Design Alliance Members

4 — Future IntelliCAD Releases and Directions
Future Releases
    Release Philosophy
    IntelliCAD v6.2
    IntelliCAD v6.3
    IntelliCAD v7.0
Future Directions
    Windows 2007 aka Vista
    Does 64-bit CAD Make Sense for IntelliCAD?
    Other Operating Systems
    Other Platforms
Other Opportunities

Appendices

A — AutoCAD Compatibility
Shared Similarities
Commands and System Variables
    Command Name Differences
    Additional IntelliCAD Commands
    Additional IntelliCAD System Variables
    Commands Enhanced in IntelliCAD
    AutoCAD Commands Missing from IntelliCAD
Customizing and Programming IntelliCAD
    Reading and Writing DWG Files
    Folder Structure
IntelliCAD-AutoCAD Dictionary

B — Details of ITC-Member Relationship
ITC Staff
ITC Members
    Membership Growth and Revenues
    Commercial Members
    Candidate Commercial Members
    API Membership
ITC Membership List
    Commerical Members
    API Members

C — History of IntelliCAD

D — FTC Consent Order and Complaint
Text of the Consent Order
    Order
    Text of the Complaint

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