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Design CAD is an authorized distributor for the SIACAD
version IntelliCAD, but only for sales in Australia and New Zealand. Stocks
of IntelliCAD are held in Adelaide, ready for immediate delivery.
Here are some important things to consider if you wish to
purchase a copy of IntelliCAD from us.
Single copies of IntelliCAD cost $A350.00.
We do not deliver by download from the Internet and deliver on CD-ROM
with a registration card and
activation code in the package. The price
includes GST and delivery charges. Delivery is by Australia Post Express
Post service (to New Zealand by air freight). The installation CD-ROM comes complete with a 600 page
IntelliCAD manual in
PDF form (and a complete tutorial on how to use IntelliCAD). Please note
that the above price does not include a printed manual.
We can however provide a high quality printed manual for
$A35.00 extra over and above the $350.00. [We aim to become a carbon neutral company and try
wherever possible to cut down on the use of paper and other resources.].
We have written a comprehensive set of notes on
installing IntelliCAD. Here is the link:
http://www.icad.net.au/intellicad/install_cad/install_cad6.htm
We offer discounts for multiple
copies of IntelliCAD - 10% for 2, 15% for three, 20% for 4-10.
Our version of IntelliCAD offers a unique toolbar
which gathers together a number of valuable speed drafting tools - XREF
manager, image handler, a sophisticated layer manager for quickly
isolating entities, turning multiple layers off in a single click etc, a
revision cloud, simplified dimension manager, etc. We also are able to
offer SIACAD - a well integrated architectural front end for IntelliCAD.
 There are many different flavours of IntelliCAD available from
vendors. Some are available from the Internet
and are supplied as a download (minus a manual); some can be ordered and
shipped with/without a manual and most offer some sort of bonus in the
form of a block library or bonus toolbar.
We only sell the standard version of IntelliCAD.
The term standard has unfortunate connotations. IntelliCAD standard is a
2D and 3D wire frame modeller and is suitable for the vast bulk of
CAD drafting commonly carried out in Australia.
There is
a common misconception that AutoCAD LT and IntelliCAD are strictly 2D
drafting tools. This is incorrect.
We do not supply IntelliCAD Professional. This
so-called 'Professional' version of IntelliCAD simply adds rendering of
3D models and solid modelling to IntelliCAD. We believe that there are
better alternatives if that is what you want to do.
We are not able to offer a floating server licence
pricing model for IntelliCAD. We are aware of one vendor of IntelliCAD
who offers this facility, but have not had any experience with it.
There are no annual upgrade charges for IntelliCAD.
When a new version of IntelliCAD is released, we offer substantial
discounts to existing clients, but you get to keep your old IntelliCAD licence.
As Autodesk release each new version
of AutoCAD, they change the format of the drawing file structure. Since
IntelliCAD uses the OpenDWG standard, it (IntelliCAD) will
usually lag slightly behind AutoCAD. It will not necessarily open the very latest
version of AutoCAD DWG files. Experience has shown that the OpenDWG consortium is able to
provide IntelliCAD with tools to read/write to new AutoCAD
version files quite soon after the release of the new AutoCAD version,
however there can be no guarrantee that this will occur.
Note that unlike AutoCAD, IntelliCAD can write DWG files
all the way back to very early versions of AutoCAD - to version 2.5 if
you wish! This means that you can communicate with all clients, no
matter what version of AutoCAD they are using.
Ex stock Adelaide. Delivery by Australia Post Express service.
Simply email us (info@designcad.com.au), quoting a purchase order, Company Name, ABN, quantity required, delivery details, etc. We will contact you and
confirm the order and ship. An invoice with our direct deposit details
will be included with the package. Payment by credit card can be
effected via the PayPal system. For single copies of IntelliCAD to
individuals, please indicate to whom the invoice should be made out and
a delivery address where someone will be available to sign for delivery
of the package.
Microsoft Windows 98/2000/XP. We prefer
Windows XP Pro, although the program works well enough with Windows XP Home
edition.
IntelliCAD does not run on Macintosh
computers.
We recommend and test IntelliCAD on
computers with the Pentium series of processors, but see no reason the
program will not run effectively on computers powered by AMD
processors. We recommend Pentium P4 and above.
256MB main memory or higher.
We recommend 80 Gigabytes or more.
We like dual layer CD/DVD burners,
but all that is required is a CD-ROM drive. DVD burners enable easy backup of large amounts of drawing data.
We have a preference for 'stand
alone' plug in graphics cards such as those manufactured by nVidia
rather than those 'on board' as part of the motherboard, but on-board
graphic cards work well enough. If you are buying a new CAD workstation,
try and specify
a card which will support two monitors.
We recommend a minimum of 17 inch LCD
monitor.
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