What Will You Do When Autodesk Abandons DWG?

The thought of Autodesk abandoning DWG never really occurred to me until I read Ralph Grabowski’s interview with Neil Peterson – President of the ODA (Open Design Alliance).  The ODA  is an organization of 1280 firms that support the development of the Teigha toolkit to allow members to read and write DWG files amongst others. […]

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Accessing Spatial Data in CAD Without AutoCAD Map

Spatial Manager Lets users access and manipulate spatial data on multiple platformsThe KMZ file output of parcels from SPM displayed in Google MapsAutoCAD Map is an extremely powerful tool supporting spatial projections, topology, thematic mapping and more. But it is expensive at $5245.  I was searching for a low cost alternative that  provides the most […]

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