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User:Digitalstar1/ActCAD ActCAD is a software application for computer-aided design (CAD) developed by ActCAD LLC, USA and ActCAD Engineering Solutions Pvt. Ltd. [6], India. The companies were established in 2014 by Murali Krishna Mutyala, a highly experienced mechanical engineer, user, and developer of CAD solutions. ActCAD draws its strengths from its founder directors Murali Krishna Mutyala and Pradeep Reddy who developed a 2D drafting product called PowerCAD Draft in 1992 in OMC Computers Ltd., Hyderabad, India. It was a native DXF software that was well received by the Indian industry.

IntelliCAD Technology Consortium[1] (ITC), formed in 1999, released the product IntelliCAD with native DWG and DXF formats. The product was based on Open Design Alliance[5] Teigha Libraries[4]. ActCAD Engineering Solutions became a commercial member of ITC and developed ActCAD based on IntelliCAD. ActCAD has incorporated significant improvements on IntelliCAD and continues to innovate.

ActCAD uses the proven IntelliCAD[1] engine, ACIS[2] 3D Kernel from 3D Spatial[3] and Teigha[4] libraries from ODA[5]. ActCAD uses the most recent releases of IntelliCAD to provide bug-free experience to its users.

ActCAD is headquartered in Redmond, the USA has its development centre in Hyderabad, India through organizations in its ecosystem, ActCAD Solutions Pvt. Ltd. [6] and Jytra Technology Solutions Pvt. Ltd. [7]

Products
The ActCAD software, available for Windows and is available in two editions:


 * ActCAD Standard provides familiar 2D CAD drafting functionality, native DWG read/write, and incorporates a full IRX API for customization and automation of repetitive tasks.
 * ActCAD Professional contains all the functionality of ActCAD Standard, and adds 3D Direct Modelling,

ActCAD Editions use the most recent release of IntelliCAD, giving the products native read and write capability of the DWG file format, made popular by Autodesk's AutoCAD. All ActCAD versions read and write AutoCAD DWG files directly, from R2 through AutoCAD 2017. ActCAD delivers all the commonly used functionality available in the latest releases of AutoCAD. The current version of ActCAD 2018, was released in October 2017 and is available in 18 language versions.

ActCAD Unique Advantages

 * ActCAD Users can easily migrate to ActCAD, from industry leading CAD systems, as the ActCAD interface (commands, icons, aliases) looks and feels very similar.
 * ActCAD supports all DWG, ASCII DXF, Binary DXF files from very old R2 to latest 2018 versions. DGN, PDF, Image files also can be opened and edited.
 * ActCAD has legal Technology Collaboration with IntelliCAD, 3D Spatial ACIS kernel, Murarisoft etc. to offer its products at economical price points.
 * ActCAD offers free Technical support to all users. No need to buy any Support Packs or AMC contracts. Support Forum and technical videos available.
 * ActCAD offers built-in PDF to DXF conversion and Image to DXF conversion.
 * ActCAD supports both Ribbon Style and Classic Menu interfaces. Express tools and Add-on Menu are available.
 * ActCAD has a comprehensive 5000 Block Symbol library that contains symbols for various engineering domains.
 * ActCAD offers Self-license transfer between user devices. This offers users great flexibility in using ActCAD at work, on the move and at home.

APIs and Customization
ActCAD offers considerable capability in customizing the application and automating repetitive tasks. In the case of non-compiled AutoCAD applications (e.g. LISP, Diesel, SDS and DCL), these programs can be loaded and executed directly in ActCAD.

ActCAD implements many Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) through its IRX functionality. In general, ActCAD provides APIs that are similar to AutoCAD ARX APIs but are not named exactly the same as in AutoCAD. ARX programs can be converted to IRX programs by modifying the API names appropriately.

Partners
ActCAD is focused on the development of the core CAD software platform and works with application development partners to bring to market solutions for the AEC (Architecture, Engineering and Construction), Civil, GIS and mechanical CAD markets.

GeoMir[8] based in Austria has integrated ActCAD into their Geodesy software.