The Open Design Alliance is a nonprofit organization of over 1,200 members in 50 countries which develops Teigha, a software development platform used to create engineering applications including CAD. The main idea is to make core graphics technology accessible to software developers allowing them to focus on application development.
The ODA is developing Teigha for two main file formats:
- Teigha for .dwg files is a development platform available using C++, .NET, and ActiveX that is used with .dwg, and .dxf files and other graphics files (old names: OpenDWG and DWGdirect).
- Teigha for .dgn files is a development platform available using C++ that is used with .dgn files and other graphics files (old name: DGNdirect).
- Teigha for Architecture is a development platform available using C++ that is used in conjunction with Teigha for .dwg files to additionally support custom architecture objects.
Read more about Open Design Alliance: History, Members of The Alliance (not Exhaustive)
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