Computer Aided Design Software

Siacad You Asked for IT ! 3D Drafting (CAD Software)Just when you thought you have paid up for your CAD software, an ultimatum arrives. Update by a certain date orcease to receive software support forever. Chances are you'll miss the deadline as the upgrade price is just toohigh. Of course, they tell you that you ought to upgrade as the new upgrade has hundreds of new features. None of which are vaguely useful to you. Worst of all, those simple improvements that you needed a few versions backnever materialised. Software Support?Introducing S IACAD , an add-on package that extends the life of your CAD engine. It works with most of thestandard CAD engines, across most of the software versions. It gives you a standard interface so that whateveryou have learnt in one CAD engine can be reused in another. It comes with a powerful layer management systemwhich allows you to organise your drawings effectively. Our "catalog viewer" enables you to easily manage, locate and use symbol / details libraries, text specifications and other related information directly in your CAD software. And it works seamlessly across your LAN infrastructure. As an S IACAD user, you have privileged direct ccess to our InfoBase Content Library. This is comprehensive and ever-growing library of CAD drawings, text specifications and electronic brochures of commonly used building products - useful information on products which you have asked for. S IACAD also includes a full range of CAD utilities which help you increase your productivity. It makes you wonder why such utilities aren't included in the standard CAD engine itself. Well, like all other aspects of S IACAD , we will continue to develop such utilities and deliver them to you.Because you asked for it! Standards The first step to achieving real productivity from your CAD system is to have a comprehensive Layer, Color, Linetype and Symbol Standard. S IACAD was first developed to manage the Singapore CP83 Standards. In fact, it'sthe most efficient solution to CP83. However, it's not limited to CP83. It can be easily customised to suit any other standard. SIACAD includes a complete set of functions for you to create and manage such standards.Build Layer Name: You can easily create any layer name with the correct attributes such as colors and linetype. Currently, it handles the CP83 standard but it can be easily modified to handle other standards.Layer Profile: Create as many "layer profiles" as required and apply them to your existing drawings. This will turn on only those layers required so that you can easily work with your drawings. For example, you can easily create profiles for ceiling layouts, structural plans etc. There is no need to painstakingly turn on or off individual layers.Sort Layer Names: Convert existing drawings so that they conform to your preferred layer, color and linetype standard. This works even for entities within blocks and you can apply the same "dictionary" to other drawings. Indispensable when you need to work with drawings done by others who do not conform to any such standards.Additions & Alterations: Create your drawing using standard layers. Then apply our A&A tool to selected layers and choose whether you want them to be in the "demolished", "existing" or "proposed" layers. This automatically creates the correct layers in the correct color and linetype. It even allows you to revert back to your original layers.CP83 Approved Symbols: The Singapore CP83 standards comes with a complete set of 650+ approved Standard Symbols for Architectural, Electrical, Mechanical and Landscape. Use our unique Catalog Viewer to search, select and insert these symbols into your drawing in the right layer and color. Manufacturers' Details and Specifications: Download our SIACAD InfoBase content library and make use of thousands of detail drawings, specifications and electronic brochures of building products. Use our search engine to locate your preferred product and insert them into the drawing..all in the right layer, color and scale. Automation Doing CAD drawings can be a real drag. Basically, you use lines, arcs, circles etc. to build up your drawing. In S IACAD , repetitive tasks like these are automated. This enables you to achieve productivity gains not possible from your plain CAD engine.Grid Lines: Instead of using a series of lines, circles, text and dimensions entities, you use our automatic grid line generator. Intelligence is built into this routine so that you won't make mistakes like having grid lines with confusing annotations such as "O" and "I"Columns: Specify the size required and automatically insert Rectangular, Circular, Elliptical, "T", "I", "H", "C" and "L" shaped columns into your drawing.Beams: Draw beams in "edge", "hidden" or "exposed" view. There is no need to manually draw lines, offset / trim them and then change the linestyle.Walls: Draw all kinds of walls such as structural, parapet, partition etc. with your preferred wall thickness and offset.Openings: Break openings in walls based on an offset distance from the edge of the wall or have the opening centralised.Doors: Insert single/double swing, single/double leaf doors or sliding doors into your walls. This command also breaks openings in walls and clean up the edges.Windows: Insert standard windows up to 8 panels or sliding windows into your walls. This command also breaks openings in walls and clean up the edges. Tools SIACAD users know what they want. Beyond just Standards and Automation, they have requested for tools to helpthem with their day to day CAD drafting. Some of these tools are so useful that it makes you wonder why they don'tcome standard with most CAD systems.Area Text: Pick any enclosed entity such as polylines, circles etc. and add or subtract their areasautomatically. Then paste the area into the drawing as a text entity.Text Case: Change existing text into uppercase, lowercase or mixed case.Align Text: Align selected text to a point using left, center or right justification.Replace Text: Replace phrases or words within text lines. Replace all text lines in the drawing or select only those you require.Text Bubble: Draw annotation text inside bubbles such as circle, elevation, section, etc. Create or edit our predefined bubbles to suit your needs.Running Numbers: Set a start number and an increment. Paste the text of these running numbers into your drawing. Excellent for car-parking lots, staircase runs etc.Get Object: Pick on an existing entity or symbol. This then sets the layer, color and linetype to that of the selected objects. Next it fires up the command that is used to create the entity or object. Search Catalog: Search for any symbol or detail drawing from the full range of Approved Symbols, Manufacturers' InfoBase and In-house details and specifications. Use Boolean AND to narrow down your search parameters or search by price range. Display the preview icons of the selection and insert the preferred symbol or detail into your drawing. User Customisation SIACAD is designed as an open system. You can easily customise it to suit your requirements. It is also veryeasy for system managers to create and maintain their own layer, color and symbol standards. These standards canbe hosted on a server and shared by all workstations.Get Layer Standards: Define the layer standards by editing our standard layer definitions. Select and use any standard you require.Catalog Manager: Create your own symbol / detail library using our powerful Catalog Manager. 

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