CMS IntelliCAD CAD Software News Blog

Highlighted selection of polygon areas

November 11, 2024 - Azle, Texas, USA. CAD-MANUFACTURING SOLUTIONS INC. (AKA CMS) sneak peek of Graphics Highlighting of Polygons Area Calculations on the new CMS IntelliCAD 13.0

CMS IntelliCAD 13.0 users always get extended features for an unbeatable price, anywhere. We're extending the Polygons Area Calculations by combining math operations with graphics highlighted selections.  Vitor Neves, CMS President,  stated "Get ready to supercharge your polygon area calculations! CMS IntelliCAD 13 users, the next maintenance update (FREE!) brings a major upgrade to make your workflow increasingly smoother."

 

Internationalization Award – Portuguese Engineer Abroad

September 12, 2024 - Azle, Texas, USA. CAD-MANUFACTURING SOLUTIONS INC. (AKA CMS) announces Vitor Neves, CMS President and current ITC Chairman, the winner of the "Internationalization Award – Portuguese Engineer Abroad" by the Portuguese Order of Engineers, "Ordem dos Engenheiros (OE)", an accredited national association of engineers, in recognition of the work carried out outside Portugal and the contribution made to the prestige of Portuguese Engineering.



Official news posted here (PT language) >
The first edition of the Order of Engineers Awards aims to highlight excellent Engineers, promoting the role of Engineering in society, its progress and well-being, and increasing the international visibility of the profession.

New CMS IntelliCAD 13.0 CAD Software - Now Available

September 1, 2024 - Azle, Texas, USA. CAD-MANUFACTURING SOLUTIONS INC. (AKA CMS) announces a new CMS IntelliCAD 13.0, now available.

CMS IntelliCAD 13.0 is a major release that includes performance improvements and new features, including a new Options dialog which is highly compatible with other CAD applications, calculators for evaluating expressions and converting units of measurement, lookup tables and the ability to reset advanced blocks. When creating reports, extract data from external references, advanced blocks, attributes, and AEC entities; extract from .dgn, .ifc, .rvt, and .rfa files when supported; and filter data to meet conditions.

LISP is completely refactored to improve performance and increase compatibility with other CAD applications. Other new features include Flatshot, Solid Profile, Make Shape, Compile to SHX, and Make Linetype, and more.

For CMS IntelliCAD 13.0 PE PLUS licenses that include Spatial® Technology ACIS® modeler, use the following commands to work with surfaces: Network, Offset, Fillet, Extend, and Trim.

All CMS IntelliCAD support working with BIM files: use the IFC Validate, RVT to IFC conversion, and Corner Window commands; dimension AEC entities; manage layers for .ifc underlays; define styles for new elements such as roof slabs, dimensions, structural members, and more; and attach railings to stair segments.

For technical users, CMS IntelliCAD 13.0 uses ODA SDKs version 2024.12. IntelliCAD IcARX continues to be a pre-release version and is highly compatible with AutoCAD® Object ARX, allowing developers to build applications with a single code base that runs on both platforms.

Free trial available at https://intellicadms.com

New CMS IntelliCAD 12.1 - Spanish, French, and Portuguese interfaces now translated even better!

July 4, 2024 - Azle, Texas, USA. There's a new update available for CMS IntelliCAD 12.1, released by CAD-MANUFACTURING SOLUTIONS INC. (CMS).

Great news for Spanish, French, and Portuguese users! The interface for CMS IntelliCAD 12.1 has been significantly improved in these languages.

To use CMS IntelliCAD in your preferred language, simply update to the latest version (12.1) and then go to Options > Display within the program to select your desired language.

Get the latest build at the download section of https://intellicadms.com

 

Extended CMS IntelliCAD CAD training courses now Available

July 3, 2024 - Azle, Texas, USA. CAD-MANUFACTURING SOLUTIONS INC. (AKA CMS) has released new online training courses to help users learn more about CMS IntelliCAD CAD software.

 

On top of the free Basic course, we've added 3 new levels: Intermediate, 3D Drafting, and Advanced. These new courses include a total of 37 lessons with 44 videos. They're designed for users with a v12 license who want to brush up on their CMS IntelliCAD skills, and the best part? They're completely free for licensed users!

Not using CMS IntelliCAD? No problem! You can still access this valuable training content for a one-time, low fee. Learn the basics of using Autodesk AutoCAD and other .dwg file compatible CAD software, including other options like BricsCAD, ZWCAD, GstarCAD, progeCAD, nanoCAD, Draftsight, and more.

 

There's about 4 hours and 29 minutes of video material to review. Based on this, we estimate trainees will need roughly 29 hours of training total to develop these advanced skills.
Explore downloadable training courses - full table of contents available here.

 

The training videos offer helpful features like casting to Apple Airplay and Google Chromecast devices, as well as real-time captions and transcriptions.

Vitor Neves, President of CMS, is enthusiastic about the new courses: "We're thrilled to offer these 3 new online training courses! Anyone looking to sharpen their CAD software skills will find them incredibly valuable."

 Here's one free sample of the CMS IntelliCAD online CAD lessons available at https://intellicadms.com

Free availability of an entry-level CMS IntelliCAD training course

June 1, 2024 - Azle, Texas, USA. CAD-MANUFACTURING SOLUTIONS INC. (AKA CMS) announces the free availability of an entry-level CMS IntelliCAD training course.

13 main lessons containing 31 video files in total so that all users can get started with CMS IntelliCAD software are now available at the download section of https://intellicadms.com website.

Approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes of total video time containing additional exercises and tasks. It is expected that each trainee will require approximately 9 hours of training to acquire these basic level skills.
Training videos include the options to cast lessons on Apple Airplay, Google Chromecast devices, use real time captions and transcriptions.

Vitor Neves, CMS , INC. President stated: “we’re excited to be now providing a full set and extensive CMS IntelliCAD training courses, now available online at our website. Basic level is provided for free to all registered users. Additionally, and for s symbolic fee, we'll be also providing 3 extra training courses; an Intermediate, a 3D Drafting and an Advanced level”.

 

New CMS ETOOLBOX® Mobile CAD Viewer for Android®

May 3, 2024 - Azle, Texas, USA. CAD-MANUFACTURING SOLUTIONS INC. (AKA CMS) announces the new CMS ETOOLBOX® Mobile CAD Viewer, version 1.7, now available for Google® Android® devices.

With ETOOLBOX® Mobile CAD Viewer, based on the latest IntelliCAD Mobile Platform technology. User interface improvements include the ability to drag and drop files from your desktop to the drawing window, sort and filter files when opening them, use full-screen mode, and more improvements and fixes.

ETOOLBOX® Mobile CAD Viewer supports .dwg, .dxf, .dgn, .dwf, .dae, .sat, and various image files; architecture, civil, and mechanical objects; and underlays) that runs on thousands of different Google® Android® 13 , or later, mobile devices.

ETOOLBOX® Mobile CAD Viewer 1.7 app is availably at the Google Play store here >

New CMS IntelliCAD 12.1 - now available

February 5, 2022 - Azle, Texas, USA. CAD-MANUFACTURING SOLUTIONS INC. (AKA CMS) announces a new CMS IntelliCAD 12.1, now available.

CMS IntelliCAD 12.1 is a major release that includes performance improvements and new features, including the focal point of the release: advanced blocks. Advanced blocks can be created and edited using parameters, actions, and visibility states. Advanced blocks are not compatible with Dynamic Blocks.

Also available is the Edit Attributes (Single) command with an enhanced attribute editor. Users can also drag and drop .dwg files to add them as blocks to tool palettes, resize model space viewports, toggle the display of the printable area boundary in paper space, and load and save print stamp setting (.pss) files.

For CMS IntelliCAD PE PLUS that support IFC BIM files: specify the IFC4 or IFC4x3 schema when exporting to .ifc files, and set display properties for AEC styles.

For technical users, CMS IntelliCAD 12.1 uses ODA SDKs version 2023.12 SP1. IntelliCAD IcAPI is a pre-release version for members and is highly compatible with AutoCAD® Object ARX, allowing ITC members to build applications with a single code base that runs on both platforms.

Free trial available at https://intellicadms.com

New ETOOLBOX® Mobile CAD viewer available for Windows® systems

December 27, 2023 - Azle, Texas, USA. CAD-MANUFACTURING SOLUTIONS INC. (AKA CMS) announces the new CMS ETOOLBOX® Mobile CAD Viewer, version 1.7, now available for Microsoft® Windows® systems.

With ETOOLBOX® Mobile CAD Viewer, based on the latest IntelliCAD Mobile Platform technology, users can now view Spatial Corp. ACIS® (.sat) files and also mechanical objects. User interface improvements include the ability to drag and drop files from your desktop to the drawing window, sort and filter files when opening them, use full-screen mode, and more improvements and fixes.

ETOOLBOX® Mobile CAD Viewer supports .dwg, .dxf, .dgn, .dwf, .dae, .sat, and various image files; architecture, civil, and mechanical objects; and underlays) that runs on thousands of different Microsoft® Windows® desktop and mobile devices.

ETOOLBOX® Mobile CAD Viewer installer file is availably at the download section of https://intellicadms.com and anyone can get a free ETOOLBOX® Mobile CAD Viewer license at the store section of our website.

 

New CMS IntelliCAD 12.0 - now available

November 27, 2023 - Azle, Texas, USA. CAD-MANUFACTURING SOLUTIONS INC. (AKA CMS) announces a new CMS IntelliCAD 12.0, now available.

CMS IntelliCAD 12.0 is a major release that includes performance improvements and new features. Create reports and report templates, extracting data to tables and .xls files. Create super hatches using images, textures, blocks, external references, and wipeouts. Dynamically display and customize the Quick Properties pane to modify often-used properties. Draw splines using control vertices and knot parameterization. Use the new Geometric Center snap. Create and edit legacy image tile menus. For tables, export them to .csv files, create and update them from extracted drawing data, remove cell formatting overrides, and specify cell border properties.

For users who use the Explorer, manage more visual style properties, manage more layout settings, and specify whether to freeze layers automatically in layouts that you create. For all Explorer elements, change the column order, visibility of columns, and restore the default display of columns.

Additional new commands include Project Geometry, Show CV and Hide CV, Layer Isolate VP Freeze, Global Edit Attributes, Rename Block, Change Block, Set Z All, Quick Trim, and Copy Multiple.

More enhancements include importing page setups from other drawings, choosing PDF presets when publishing or exporting to .pdf files, importing and exporting Facet Modeler Binary (.fmb) files, setting display settings for section planes, controlling whether entities on layers can be cut by section planes, and previewing modifications when using the Offset, Trim, and Extend commands and when editing hatches.

For CMS IntelliCAD versions that support working with BIM files: customize AEC styles, attach roof and ceiling plane symbols to walls and reference them while interactively creating roof and ceiling planes, assign levels to AEC entities, import .ifc files with more options, and include .rvt and .ifc underlays when exporting to .ifc files.

For technical users, CMS IntelliCAD 12.0 incorporates an updated .NET API and uses ODA SDKs version 2023.12.
IntelliCAD IcAPI is a pre-release version for members and is highly compatible with AutoCAD® Object ARX, allowing ITC members to build applications with a single code base that runs on both platforms.

Free trial available at https://intellicadms.com