Geographic Map Location and Image

CMS IntelliCAD supports Geographic Location and Geographic Maps. It's now able to set geographic location data to the drawing. Users can either choose a file to set the geographic location using data from a .kml (keyhole markup language) or .kmz (compressed KML) file. The first location mark defined in the selected file is used to place the red geographic marker in model space. Alternatively, choose to locate the geographic marker by specifying its latitude and longitude.

Geographic Map can either be set as Aerial, Road or Hybrid. Users will be then able to retrieve and insert a geographic map image rectangular frame from the internet using GEOMAPIMAGE command.

Geographic Map image resolution can also be set from coarse to very fine.

Tool Palettes

New Tool Palettes now comes with CMS IntelliCAD® 9.x PE and PE Plus software. Tool palettes feature provides a combined method for accessing tools. By merging toolbars and ribbons concepts, users can quickly access drawing, editing and exploring tools. Palettes categories can also be expanded or customized making it much easier to manage and custom. CMS IntelliCAD allow users to dock and auto-hide tool palettes.

Walls, Windows, Doors, Openings, Stairs, Railings, Slabs and Steel (2D and 3D shapes)

Additionally, only included in the CMS IntelliCAD PE PLUS tool palettes, users can draw an extended variety of AEC entities such as walls, doors, windows, stairs, railings and steel sections. Users can also reach the additional AEC entities at the DRAW Ribbon tab.

Raster Image Support

Sample file at image credits to USGS - "ASTER GDEM is a product of METI and NASA."

CMS IntelliCAD supports Raster Image insertion as underlay. Images are stored as a raster. Additionally other technical data defined geometrically as points matrix can also be stored as raster. As example, each point can store data about an elevation measurement or temperature that can be then translated in to visual data like a color graded image.

CMS IntelliCAD is impressively able to attach a huge number of data set file formats as listed below:

Photo-realistic 3-D Real time shading and Professional photo-realistic 3D Rendering and Lighting

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CMS IntelliCAD lets you easily create 3-D designs using the 3-D drawing tools. You can display hidden-line, shaded versions of your 3-D models or your existing 3-D libraries with a click of a button.

CMS IntelliCAD lets you easily create 3-D designs using the 3-D drawing tools. You can display hidden-line, shaded, or fully rendered versions of your 3-D models or your existing 3-D libraries with a click of a button. You can choose professional-quality, preset options for lighting, surface materials, and backgrounds. With IntelliCAD's sophisticated raytracing capabilities, you can produce photo-realistic 3-D renderings.

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Now providing even more advanced rendering tools, CMS IntelliCAD includes an additional rendering interface with ARTISAN, which makes creating high-quality photo-realistic images from your drawings quick and easy. With a few clicks, choose from a wide range of pre-set materials and lighting setups, and your drawing is rendered. Further customization is easy too, including creation of custom realistic materi­als.

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As you create three-dimensional entities, the program displays both wire-frame and surface models in wire-frame view, which makes it difficult to visualize your three dimensional models. To better visualize the model, you can remove all the lines that are hidden behind other entities or surfaces when seen from the current viewpoint. Shading goes a step further by removing hidden lines and then assigning flat colors to the visible surfaces, making them appear solid. Shaded images are useful when you want to quickly visualize your model as a solid entity, though they lack depth and definition.

Rendering provides an even more realistic image of your model, complete with light sources, shadows, surface material properties, and reflections, giving your model a photo-realistic look. As shown in the following illustrations, when you render a model, the program removes hidden lines and then shades the surfaces as though they were illuminated from imaginary light sources.

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