Carlson, INFRASOFT, Nanosoft Join ODA as 'Founding' Members
 PHOENIX,
AZ, Nov 12, 2008 – The Open Design Alliance (ODA) announces three
organizations joining the ODA as new Founding Members:
Carlson Software,
Inc., INFRASOFT,
and Nanosoft Limited.
The ODA is a member-based non-profit organization that relies on its
membership as a foundation for continued growth and sustainability. The rise
in the number of Founding Members is the largest increase in ODA history
within a six month period.
ODA Founding Membership receives interest from specialized organizations
that require full access to the ODA DWGdirect and DGNdirect software
libraries, which provide read, write, and render capabilities for DWG and
DGN file formats. Founding Membership is the highest level of membership
offered by the ODA, providing benefits that include access to ODA source
code on all available platforms, unlimited commercial distribution of the
ODA’s software libraries, premium support, and the ability to elect
representatives to the ODA Board of Directors.
When asked about his company’s new ODA membership, Dave Carlson,
Executive Vice President of Development at Carlson Software, commented,
“With full access to the ODA software libraries, our membership allows us to
develop new applications and offer our customers more choices. We look
forward to an active role as members in the ODA organization.”
Arnold van der Weide, President of the ODA, added, “The CAD/CAM industry
continues to shift in ways that increase the demand for open component
technology that can read, write, and render CAD file formats. With ODA
technology, new members find that they can quickly benefit from the
opportunity to deliver robust engineering solutions. We enthusiastically
welcome Carlson Software, INFRASOFT, and Nanosoft Limited with their project
nanoCAD, as Founding Members and look to our ongoing relationships with each
ODA member as an indicator of solid partnerships that work.”
Membership in the ODA is open to all organizations. More details about
membership and ODA libraries and services can be found at
http://www.opendesign.com.
About the Open Design Alliance
The Open Design Alliance is a non-profit consortium of over 1,500 members
committed to promoting open, industry-standard formats for the exchange of
CAD data and CAD legacy data. The ODA software development platform supports
both DWG and DGN files and provides users with the tools to create a wide
range of applications, including custom data access and editing utilities,
visualization tools, and even full-scale CAD systems. The Open Design
Alliance also maintains the OpenDWG® library and publishes the OpenDWG file
specification.
OpenDWG, DWGdirect, and DGNdirect are either trademarks or registered
trademarks of the Open Design Alliance. Any other trademarks are the
property of their respective owners.
For more information visit at
http://www.opendesign.com/
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