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The Open Design Alliance (ODA; Phoenix, AZ) released version 2.6 of DWGdirect and DGNdirect, which are based on the ODA software development platform dedicated to delivering high-performing and open CAD technology.
DWGdirect 2.6 adds materials support to the rendering pipeline, includes a new DRX enabler for DWG files exported by Autodesk Inventor, and contains support for newly added DWG 2009 system variables. Also included is expanded support for C3Ddirect custom entity creation.
DGNdirect 2.6 contains advancements in a number of areas, including attribute linkage support, tags, and reference attachments. DGNdirect 2.6 was already available on Microsoft Windows operating systems and is now also available on HP-UX and Mac OS X.
Version 2.6 of the ODA software development platform is available immediately for download from ODA.
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