Smart Ways to work with .dwg CAD

GeoTools-CADPower V 16.03 Update

Bengaluru, India ** CADPower V 16.03 Update has been released. What's New? More tools have been added to enhance your user experience within BricsCAD. Improvement: CP_CMDHELP (CADPower -> More Options -> Specific Command Help): GeoTools & CADPower are companion products... Read more →

CADPower-GeoTools V 16.02 Update

Bengaluru, India GeoTools & CADPower V 16.02 updates offers 5 new commands, 10 improvements and fixes. GeoTools V 16.02, What's New? GeoTools V16.02 significantly improves support for AutoCAD 2007, 2008 and 2009 versions. The startup errors encountered in these versions... Read more →

CADPower-GeoTools V 16.01 Update

Bengaluru, India We released GeoTools-CADPower V16 last week. During the life-cycle of this release, we promise to deliver a number of fixes and enhancements to ensure that you have a predictable user experience running our software under all environments and... Read more →

GeoTools-CADPower V16 Released

Benglauru, India The sixteenth edition of GeoTools & CADPower is now shipping and available for download on our website. The V16 upgrade of GeoTools & CADPower is FREE for all new and upgrade purchases of the V15 version made on... Read more →

GeoTools-CADPower Update 15.22 - The Last V15 update

Bengaluru, India It is that time of the year that we release the next numbered update of our productivity software, GeoTools & CADPower. V16 is just round the corner and this post announces the last update in the V15 life-cycle.... Read more →

New GeoTools Update Improves Google Earth Data Exchange, Support GML also

Bengaluru, India GeoTools V 15.20 Update GeoTools V 15.20 released today takes a significant leap forward in being able to provide bi-directional data exchange with Google Earth. This makes it possible for plain vanilla AutoCAD and BricsCAD users to import/export... Read more →

GeoTools-CADPower V 15.19 Update

Bengaluru, India CADPower is a general purpose productivity tool for .dwg CAD. GeoTools is a productivity software for geographic data users, benefitting mapping, surveying, facilities management and GIS-CAD users. Here is a roundup of new features added in V 15.19... Read more →

CADPower-GeoTools V 15.16 Update

Bengaluru, India ** CADPower V 15.16 CADPower is a general purpose productivity tool for .dwg CAD. Here is a roundup of new features added in the past few days. Bug fixes: CP_CGRID: (Menu: CADPower -> Draw -> Geometry -> Construction... Read more →

GeoTools-CADPower V15.15 Update

Bengaluru, India ** CADPower V 15.15 CADPower is a general purpose productivity tool for .dwg CAD. Here is a roundup of new features added. New command added: CP_JOINCOLLINEAR: (Menu: CADPower -> Miscellaneous -> CAD Procedures -> Join collinear lines &... Read more →

GeoTools-CADPower V 15.12 Update

Bengaluru, India ** CADPower V 15.12 CADPower is a general purpose productivity tool for .dwg CAD. Our constant interaction with .dwg CAD users across the globe gives us many new ideas to add into our software to improve its usefullness... Read more →

GeoTools & CADPower for BricsCAD V15 Available, Runs Classic Version also

Bengaluru (formerly Bangalore), India GeoTools & CADPower software have been updated and are compatible with BricsCAD V15 now. For BricsCAD users, this is a significant release. GeoTools & CADPower V15.10 are: Compatible with BricsCAD V15 released last week. Works on... Read more →

GeoTools & CADPower V 15.10 Update

Bengaluru (formerly Bangalore), India I am pleased to announce V 15.10 of GeoTools and CADPower for BricsCAD and AutoCAD. For BricsCAD users, this is a significant release. GeoTools & CADPower V15.10 are: Compatible with BricsCAD V15 released last week. Works... Read more →

CADPower-GeoTools V 15.08 Update

Bangalore, India ** CADPower V 15.08 CADPower is a general purpose productivity tool for .dwg CAD. Here is a roundup of new features added in the past few days. Bug fix: CP_TC: Menu: CADPower-> Text-> Creation-> Draw Quick Text (running... Read more →

GeoTools-CADPower Upgrade Offer for pre-V14 users

Bangalore, India GeoTools-CADPower SPECIAL offer: 'Migration plan for pre-V14 users' Four Dimension Technologies and Coordinate Systems are pleased to announce a special one-time limited period upgrade offer for ALL pre-V14 users of GeoTools and CADPower software. All GeoTools & CADPower... Read more →

CADPower Update: V 15.07: The BOM booms again

Bangalore, India ** CADPower V 15.07: Ever since CADPower V15 released the first ever 4-in-1 BOM/BOQ, Data Extraction, Tabulation and Syncronization tool for the .dwg platform (see earlier posts here and here), we have been flooded with numerous requests and... Read more →

CADPower-GeoTools Update: V 15.06a

Bangalore, India There is a new update of GeoTools and CADPower V 15.06a. Most significantly, the user manual which has been lagging behind the current version for some time now, has been updated to reflect all the commnds in the... Read more →

GeoTools-CADPower Update: V 15.04, 15.03

Bangalore, India ** CADPower V 15.04 New command: CP_XD_RENAMEAPP: CADPower -> Extended Entity Data -> Rename XDATA application name attached to entities: The CP_XD_RENAMEAPP command is used to change the application name in XDATA that is already attached to entities.... Read more →

GeoTools-CADPower Price Revision

Bangalore, India Starting July 14 2014, we are revising the list prices of GeoTools & CADPower with a modest increase. The new prices better reflect the value that it brings to the user. The last time prices were revised was... Read more →

GeoTools-CADPower Version 15 Released

Bangalore, India The fifteenth version of GeoTools & CADPower is now shipping and available for download on our website. The V15 upgrade of GeoTools & CADPower is FREE for all new and upgrade purchases of the V14 version made on... Read more →

GeoTools-CADPower Update: V 14.29 & 14.30

Bangalore, India CADPower V14.29 Enhancement: The FR, ON, OF, LO and TH short-cut commands that are used to control layer settings now allow you to select multiple objects in the selection. Earlier, it was only possible to select one object... Read more →

GeoTools Now Imports GML Files Directly

Bangalore, India GeoTools V 14.27 released today, adds two new commands to import GML files into .dwg CAD. What are GML files? The Geography Markup Language (GML) is the XML grammar defined by the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) to express... Read more →

CADPower & GeoTools Update: V 14.25

Bangalore, India We released V 14.25 of CADPower and GeoTools today with a number of useful enhancements. What's New in CADPower V 14.25? New command added: CP_CMDLIST (CADPower -> More Options -> List GeoTools/CADPower commands) : The CP_CMDLIST command displays... Read more →

GeoTools-CADPower V 14.18 Update

Bangalore, India A new command has been added in GeoTools & CADPower V 14.18: GT_CMDSEARCH (GeoTools -> More Options -> Search GeoTools/CADPower commands): CP_CMDSEARCH (CADPower -> More Options -> Search GeoTools/CADPower commands): The GT/CP_CMDSEARCH allows a complete search of all... Read more →

GeoTools V 14.16 Adds New Module: Geological / Mining Tools

Bangalore, India The Geo in GeoTools has often been mis-understood. Users have searched and landed on our web-site expecting to see Geological, Geometrical, Geo-data related, GIS-related or Geographical (Mapping) tools. In various degrees, GeoTools software addressed something for all these... Read more →

GeoTools & CADPower Updated for BricsCAD V14

Bangalore, India Coordinate Systems announces the release of GeoTools V 14.15 & CADPower V 14.15, which have been updated for BricsCAD V14. GeoTools and CADPower now run on BricsCAD V14 and V13. You can download the latest versions here: GeoTools... Read more →

The GUID check in GeoTools-CADPower

Bangalore, India When a registered version of GeoTools or CADPower loads, it is common to see a startup message which looks like: Reading F:\projects\1111_cadpower\CADPowerUser14_EN_AC.rgs... Successfully read CADPower registration information... CADPower Version 14.13 [English], Registered to ACROPOLIS, GUID File could not... Read more →

GeoTools-CADPower Promotion Ends October 15, 2013

Bangalore, India The subject of this post says it all! The 99$ promotion is coming to an end on October 15, 2013. We thank all users who purchased GeoTools and CADPower licenses using the promotion prices. If you are still... Read more →

GeoTools-CADPower V 14.12 Update

Bangalore, India V 14.12 of GeoTools and CADPower released today fixes a small but significant issue that will help you better manage your toolbars. The problem: Until V 14.11, many GeoTools and CADPower toolbars used same names. This was ok... Read more →

GeoTools & CADPower V 14.11 Update

Bangalore, India GeoTools & CADPower V 14.11 Update hot-fix released today provides a solution to the GT_INSPHOTO and MI_READEXIF crashes. Direct download URLs: GeoTools for AutoCAD ** English: http://www.4d-technologies.com/geotools/download/geotools_en.exe ** German: http://www.4d-technologies.com/de/geotools/download/geotools_de.exe ** Spanish: http://www.4d-technologies.com/es/geotools/download/geotools_es.exe CADPower for AutoCAD ** English:... Read more →

CADPower V 14.10 - Updated Tutorials, Fixes, Enhancements & More...

Bangalore, India We are in the process of a major fine-tuning of the minute details of GeoTools & CADPower since the past 8-10 weeks. A number of maintenance releases since V 14.04 have been delivering these fixes and improvements to... Read more →

GeoTools/CADPower V 14.08 Update

Bangalore, India Starting with the 14.08 update of GeoTools/CADPower released now, we will release a number of maintenance patches over the next 8-12 weeks fixing many small but significant issues and improve usability and productivity. This is a major stream-lining... Read more →

GeoTools-CADPower Special Anniversary Promotion (99$ only)

Bangalore, India As we step into our 14th year in the CAD business, Four Dimension Technologies & Coordinate Systems announces a special anniversary promotion offer - $99 only/per license of GeoTools. Add $39 more and you get a CADPower license... Read more →

GeoTools & CADPower V14 Now Compatible With AutoCAD 2014

Bangalore, India Current promotion: GeoTools V14-99$, CADPower-39$. Read more.... We are pleased to announce V 14.03 of GeoTools and CADPower which are now compatible with AutoCAD 2014 (and vertical applications built on them). I wish to thank all our GeoTools... Read more →

GeoTools & CADPower 14.01 for BricsCAD 64-bit Versions

Bangalore, India GeoTools / CADPower 14.01 update for BricsCAD is now available on our web for download. This is compatible with 64-bit versions of BricsCAD V 13.2 released yesterday. GeoTools V 14.01 for BricsCAD CADPower V14.01 for BricsCAD Discover BricsCAD,... Read more →

GeoTools & CADPower V14 Released

Bangalore, India GeoTools & CADPower V14 released today!! The fourteenth numbered upgrade since 1999, GeoTools and CADPower V14 are now shipping and available for download on our website. The V14 upgrade of GeoTools & CADPower is FREE for all purchases... Read more →

GeoTools V14 - What's New!

Bangalore, India What's New in GeoTools V14 The new Geographic menu in GeoTools adds a number of geographic functions. GT_COORDTRAN: This provides Coordinate Conversion from one system to another, on the lines of what is possible in software like AutoCAD... Read more →

Insert a GeoTagged photo using GeoTools V14

Bangalore, India GT_INSPHOTO Important note: If you need more information about this command or detect a malfunction in this command, please email me immediately : rakesh.rao(at)4d-technologies.com Yet another new command in GeoTools V14 in the GeoTools->Geographic menu (GT_INSPHOTO) allows a... Read more →

DWG2KML - Export CAD data to Google KML files (GeoTools V14)

Bangalore, India GT_DWG2KML Important note: If you need more information about this command or detect a malfunction in this command, please email me immediately : rakesh.rao(at)thedesignsense.com GeoTools V14 introduces a new command called GT_DWG2KML to convert CAD data to Google... Read more →

GeoTools & CADPower V14 Releasing Soon

Bangalore, India GeoTools V14 and CADPower V14 will be releasing very soon. There are a few things different with V14. Firstly, this is a numbered major release that is not timed with the next release of AutoCAD. In other words,... Read more →

Category Based Licensing for CADPower & GeoTools

Bangalore, India Starting with the V 13.12 update released today, it is now possible to purchase a license for each category of GeoTools or CADPower tools individually. Category-based licensing allows you to selectively pay for only the tools categories you... Read more →

GeoTools-CADPower Winter Promotion

Bangalore, India I am not sure how winter is shaping up in your part of the world - with global warming and climate screw-up, it is still quite warm in Bangalore!! But, we have some really cool yearly promotion offer... Read more →

GeoTools-CADPower V 13.11 Update

Bangalore, India GeoTools and CADPower V 13.11 Update is now on the web: Here are some of the major and minor changes: *** CP_WORKSPACE command (CADPower -> More Options -> Workspace Setup): This command was not working correctly. It has... Read more →

GeoTools / CADPower V 13.07 Update

Bangalore, India ** New command added: CP_ATTREORDER (CADPower -> Block Tools -> Attribute-related -> Re-order attributes in a block): The CP_ATTREORDER command is used to reorder attributes in a block. This command offers functionality that is similar to the BATTMAN... Read more →

Searching Through The Maze of GeoTools / CADPower commands

Bangalore, India Trying to search and locate a GeoTools/CADPower command can be a challenge, especially since each product has so many of them arranged in ribbons, cascading pull-down menus and tool-bars. Veteran GeoTools user Andy Bills pointed out in this... Read more →

CAD Data Conversion Tools in GeoTools/CADPower

Bangalore, India One of the important tool categories in GeoTools / CADPower is conversion tools, which allows you to convert CAD data from one format to another. Conversion can be of two kinds - from one file format to another... Read more →

GeoTools & CADPower V 13.06 : Update - (GT_XD2OD)

Bangalore, India V 13.06 of GeoTools/CADPower released yesterday packs a number of useful enhancements, fixes and a completely new command. ** New command added: GT_XD2OD (GeoTools -> AutoCAD Map Tools -> Convert Xdata to Object Data [generic tool]) : The... Read more →

GeoTools & CADPower : What's New Since V10

Bangalore, India Many of our existing users of GeoTools are still on Version 10 and very happy and contented with it. Some of them want to upgrade to the latest V13 platform but do not know what the new features... Read more →

Two New Commands : CP_POLYGETZ and GT_POLYINSVX

Bangalore, India We have added two new commands, one each in GeoTools and CADPower. In many ways, these two are related to each other but the purpose for which they might be put into use warranted that they go into... Read more →

CADPower Tip of the Week : Divide an ELLIPSE Into Equal Parts Polyline

Bangalore, India Current promotion: GeoTools V14-99$ and CADPower-39$. Read more.... It appears that many posts that result in a 'Tip of the Week' come from user requests in Austria (see another here). Vienna-based CADPower user Alexander Schratt asked if we... Read more →

GeoTools / CADPower : What's New in V13

Bangalore, India It has been over 3 months since we released the V13 versions of GeoTools and CADPower. And a number of new features, fixes and improvements have been added since then. Here is a list of them: CADPower: V... Read more →