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DataCAD
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DataCAD is a computer-aided design and drafting (CADD) software for 2D and 3D architectural design and drafting, developed and sold by DATACAD.
DataCAD was one of the first PC-based CADD programs developed specifically for architects and is the only CADD software ever to be endorsed by the American Institute of Architects (ca. 1987) for direct distribution to its members. By 1988, DataCAD was in use by more than 12,000 firms in the United States and Canada. Currently, there are estimated to be more than 250,000 installations of DataCAD world wide. According to The 1997 AIA Firm Survey Report, DataCAD is used by 12% of AIA member firms, second only to AutoCAD with a 61% market share.
DataCAD runs exclusively on Microsoft Windows-based operating systems.
A lower-cost version, DataCAD LT (pronounced "el-tea"), was first introduced in 2001.
History
In the Spring of 1981, a student, Eric V. Smith, began developing a program he called Apple Draw on an Apple II at University of Virginia. After he graduated in 1983, Mr. Smith was hired by an architectural firm, Stuart Griffin Burgh and Associates, in Charlottesville, Virginia. At this firm he began porting the Apple Draw program to the Corvus Concept platform as DataCAD. In 1984, only one license of DataCAD was sold before it was ported to the IBM PC platform. DataCAD was developed exclusively for the MS-DOS operating system until May of 1998 when DataCAD 8 for Windows was released.
On April 2, 2004, Principal DataCAD Author, David A. Giesselman, Senior V.P. and C.T.O. of DATACAD LLC reached a 20 year milestone as a DataCAD software engineer.
The DataCAD Boston Users' Group (DBUG) was formed in December of 1987 by two architects, Evan Shu, FAIA and Rick Gleason, AIA. In November of 2004, DBUG reached a 17-year milestone and stands as one of the longest, continuously-running, CAD software users' groups in the United States. DBUG is a permanent committee of the Boston Society of Architects.
In October 1994, the first online forum (a.k.a. The DBUG Forum) dedicated to DataCAD users was established by Evan Shu, FAIA. The DBUG Forum is a listserv supported by subscribers world wide. A searchable archive of more than 70,000 messages is available (see External Links).
Version History
* DataCAD 11 - November 2003
* DataCAD 10 - October 2001
* DataCAD 9 - August 2000
* DataCAD 8 - May 1998
* DataCAD 7 - November 1995
* DataCAD 6 - November 1994
* DataCAD 5 - October 1993
* DataCAD 4 - August 1990
* DataCAD 3 - ca. 1986
* DataCAD 2 - ca. 1985
* DataCAD 1 - ca. 1984
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A lower-cost version, DataCAD LT (pronounced "el-tea"), was first introduced in 2001.
