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This page lists applications and utilities that have been developed by third parties for use with MicroGDS. For MicroGDS applications provided by ourselves, see the Free Stuff page.

We provide this page as a service to developers and customers. If you are interested in any of the applications described here, please contact the appropriate supplier. Informatix Software International Limited cannot process any enquiries or make any assurances about the information contained on this page.


Add Coordinates
Batch Print
CadFreeze
CadHatch
CadRbar
Change Case
Check Vertices
Convert Views
Draw Window Extent
Fly Through
Hotkeys
IAT Rename Objects
IAT Set Edit
InAdire Tools
Instance Reinstate
Layer Builder
Measure Areas
MicroSAM
PreElement
Print List
Rename Layers
Rename Objects
Repair Dimensions
Rotate About Hook
Sequential Numbers
Setup Workstation
Spot Heights
Styles Manager
Swing Facilities
Toolbars
Zoom


Add Coordinates
We use this to add setting-out coordinates to our siteplan drawings. The program creates a link between a point on your drawing and a known grid coordinate. You then add other coordinates by giving screen hits. Will also position a graphic at a given coordinate.

Requirements
MicroGDS 10.0 or later

Supplier
Scott Brownrigg

Batch Print
Open a number of MicroGDS print layouts and print them. Multiple layouts can be selected with the shift and control keys in the usual windows way. You may save a list of files and open it later for printing sets of drawings.

Requirements
MicroGDS 10.0 or later

Supplier
Scott Brownrigg
 
CadFreeze
A customer-specific program to design cold-stores and freezer rooms.
Requirements
Compact, Plus or Pro v6.1 or later

Supplier
InAdire Teknik AB
 
CadHatch
For drawing insulation symbols. Uniform thickness and wedge-shaped insulation are supported.

The following types of insulation are available: mineral wool, glass wool, foamed/expanded plastic, woodwool and cork.
Requirements
Compact, Plus or Pro v6.1 or later

Supplier
InAdire Teknik AB
 
CadRbar
An application to draw and schedule reinforcement bars to Swedish standards. All values of shaped bars are saved in an external database.

May also be adjusted to suit different national standards.
Requirements
Compact, Plus or Pro v6.1 or later

Supplier
InAdire Teknik AB
 
Change Case
This is similar to the Format > Change Case command in Word, and allows you to reformat existing text to be Sentence case, Lower case, Upper case, Title case or Toggle the existing case.
Requirements
MicroGDS 10.0.1 or later

Supplier
Scott Brownrigg

Check Vertices
Check vertices one by one or display them all. Useful for sorting out graphics used for presentation drawings and 3D models.
Requirements
MicroGDS 10.0 or later

Supplier
Scott Brownrigg

Convert Saved Views
Convert multiple saved view files made with our Eye Point application used with older versions of MicroGDS. The view will be saved as a v10 named view in the current window.
Requirements
MicroGDS 10.0 or later

Supplier
Scott Brownrigg

Draw Window Extent
Draws a rectangle at the extent of the current view.

Requirements
MicroGDS 10.0 or later

Supplier
Scott Brownrigg

Fly Through
Create animated sequences from your MicroGDS models. Define the eye and look at points by drawing a path line or lines. Outputs batches of graphic files which can be combined into AVI files etc by third party programs such as Adobe® Premiere®.

Requirements
MicroGDS 10.0 or later

Supplier
Scott Brownrigg
 
Hotkeys
Allows customisation of up to 50 keys to activate MicroGDS commands.

Selected customisation keys/commands can be printed out for constant and easy reference.

No programming skills required - it is highly intuitive and user friendly.

User can have multiple sets of customised commands, switching from one set to the next using simple keystrokes.

Standard MicroGDS hotkeys and Windows function keys have been kept intact.

Requirements
Pro Win95 only

Supplier
Planet Asia
IAT Rename Objects
IAT Rename Objects is a utility that helps you rename all selected objects. You can replace all instances of the specified substring in the object name with instances of the new substring.

You can:
search the for every occurrence in the full objects name
restrict the search to selected facets only
search last facet only. It doesn’t matter how many facets the object name has, only last facet will be affected
match case and/or match whole facet only
search only those objects which have a specified substring in the object name
search only those objects which have a specified substring in a specified facet of the object name

You can also 'Test' your renaming and show the result in a dialog before you perform the operation in MicroGDS.

For further information see IAT ToolBox on www.inadire.se

Requirements
Compact, Plus or Pro version 8.0.2 or later

Supplier
InAdire Teknik AB
IAT Set Edit
IAT Set Edit is a utility that helps you to restrict editing to particular objects or primitives in a document. MicroGDS assigns a link number to every primitive, object, and layer in a document. Link numbers are used to uniquely identify an item. With this utility you can restrict editing to a unique primitive or objects. For objects this means that you can restrict editing to a unique object even if several objects share the same name.

You can:
restrict editing to a unique combination of objects by clicking on those objects
restrict editing to a unique combination of primitives by clicking on those primitives
restrict editing to currently selected objects
restrict editing to currently selected primitives
exclude a unique primitive or object from being edited

For further information see IAT ToolBox on www.inadire.se

Requirements
Compact, Plus or Pro version 8.0.2 or later

Supplier
InAdire Teknik AB
InAdire Tools
These tools add new features to MicroGDS' standard commands and some new commands have been added. All tools are developed on requests from MicroGDS users.
Requirements
Compact, Plus or Pro v6.1 or later

Supplier
InAdire Teknik AB
 
Instance Reinstate
Objects inserted as instances and then converted to plain objects by 'burning in' can be reinstated as instance objects.



Requirements
MicroGDS 10.0 or later

Supplier
Scott Brownrigg
Layer Builder
Create a standard set of layers from a series of templates. For example you may use a standard set of layers for a general arrangement plan, this saves typing them in each time. An optional suffix may be added. Sample template provided.



Requirements
MicroGDS 10.0 or later

Supplier
Scott Brownrigg
Measure Areas
Useful for measuring siteplan areas. Calculates results in hectares and acres for site plans, or metres and feet for building plans.

Requirements
MicroGDS 10.0 or later

Supplier
Scott Brownrigg

PreElement
Design of precast concrete.
Requirements
Compact, Plus or Pro v6.1 or later

Supplier
InAdire Teknik AB
 
Print List
Output details of the phases in the current window to a new Notepad file which can then be printed out.

Requirements
MicroGDS 10.0 or later

Supplier
Scott Brownrigg

Rename Layers
Rename editable layers in the current view by adding a prefix, adding a suffix or changing part of the name. Simple to use and very useful.

Requirements
MicroGDS 10.0 or later

Supplier
Scott Brownrigg

Rename Objects
Rename selected objects by adding a prefix, adding a suffix or changing part of the name. Simple to use and very useful.

Requirements
MicroGDS 10.0 or later

Supplier
Scott Brownrigg

Repair Dimensions
Repairs dimensions which have lost their association by repairing the link numbers in the text block. Simply click on the dimension text, and then click on the dimension line. It reads the link number of the line that you hit and corrects the link numbers in the dimension text.

Requirements
MicroGDS 10.0 or later

Supplier
Scott Brownrigg

Rotate About Hook
Rotate selected objects about their hook point. Rotate all selected objects by an angle or align them to the set axes.

Requirements
MicroGDS 10.0 or later

Supplier
Scott Brownrigg
 
Sequential Numbers
This will create a sequential set of door or window number graphics, allowing the user to specify a prefix. It will also renumber existing text blocks.

Requirements
MicroGDS 10.0 or later

Supplier
Scott Brownrigg

Setup Workstation
A simple way of ensuring that all the MicroGDS preferences are correctly set on a workstation. Set one workstation the way that you want it, then use this program to save the settings to a file. On your other workstations use the program to copy the settings from this file and replicate your preferred settings.


Requirements
MicroGDS 10.0 or later

Supplier
Scott Brownrigg
Spot Height Generator
Creates spot heights for use with the Informatix Site Modeller. You may choose from levels or contours on a survey drawing or input from an xyz file.




Requirements
MicroGDS 10.0 or later

Supplier
Scott Brownrigg
Styles Manager
This helps to manage styles in a MicroGDS document. Remove unused styles, update using a mapping table and copy external styles into the current document.




Requirements
MicroGDS 10.0 or later

Supplier
Scott Brownrigg
Toolbars
This creates a set of toolbars with flyouts. All the most commonly used commands are included in one row of buttons. All the most commonly used commands fit onto one line of toolbars at a resolution of 1280x1024, plus one for the status bar.

Requirements
MicroGDS 10.0 or later

Supplier
Scott Brownrigg
 
Zoom
This provides a simple way of adjusting the extent of the current window to match an exact size for printing. Simple but very useful!

Requirements
MicroGDS 10.0 or later

Supplier
Scott Brownrigg


 
Les applications françaises
Swing Facilities - Gestion de Patrimoine
Le logiciel graphique et alphanumérique sous Windows destiné aux personnes s'occupant de la gestion des actifs immobilisés de l'entreprise.

Planifier - Accès simple aux informations: outil de création CAO; simulations graphiques et alphanumériques (déménagement)

Aménager - Concept contenu/contenant: rëcupération DXF/DWG qualification des objets; simulation 3D

Gérer - Aide a l'organisation: sorties de rapports, analyses et synthéses; liaison directe avec les applications Windows

Créer et récupérer vos plans très simplement: implanter avec les bibliotèques de symboles - architecture, réseau électrique, climatisation, plomberie, mobilier, environnement

Optimiser les surfaces

Maîtrise ses aménagements/déménagements

Gérer les informations: repartir les coûts d'exploitation; suivre les ressources en hommes, en surfaces; budgétiser les travaux; etablir des rapports sur la maintenance du matériel (extincteur); créer des inventaires automatisés; connaître précisément ses immobilisations



Requirements
Compact, Plus or Pro

Supplier
Swing
Deutsche Applikationen
MicroSAM Architekturapplikation
Syntron MicroSAM ist die Architekturapplikation fuer komplexe Zeichnungsobjekte in MicroGDS. Speziell fuer die Planung im Hochbau konzipiert, bietet MicroSAM die folgenden Funktionalitaeten:

Erzeugen von Fenstern, Tueren, Treppen: Typ, Groesse und Aufbau der Objekte werden in einem Dialogfenster detailliert bestimmt und anschliessend in der MicroGDS Zeichnung positioniert. Bereits erzeugte Objekte in MicroSAM koennen in einem eigenen Verzeichnis abgespeichert und wie Bibliotheksobjekte immer wieder verwendet werden.

Erzeugen von Daechern: in den unterschiedlichsten dreidimensionalen Dachformen, wie Walmdach, Satteldach, Pultdach oder kombinierte Dachformen. Es ermoeglicht zudem die detaillierte Ausbildung von Dachrinne, Traufe und Ortgang sowie das Erstellen der Sparrenlage in 3D.

2D- und 3D-Bibliothek: Die 2D-Bibliothek bietet ca. 2000 Objekten fuer die Bereiche Innenausbau, Landschafts-architektur, Stahlbau, Heizung-, Lueftung-, Sanitaerplanung sowie technische Symbole. Die 3D-Bibliothek besteht aus 200 Objekten fuer den Innenausbau.

DIN-Bemassung: ermoeglicht einfaches und schnelles Bemassen von Zeichnungen ohne Nachbearbeitung. Die Bemassung kann auch assoziativ geschaltet werden.

DIN-Flaechenberechnung: zur Ermittlung der Raumflaechen nach DIN 277. Die berechneten Flaechen werden in einer separaten Datei als Tabelle ausgegeben und koennen auch fuer die Erstellung eines Bauantrages herangezogen werden.

Neben dem MicroSAM Komplettpaket koennen auch einzelne Module daraus erworben werden.

Weitere Informationen: www.syntron.ch

Requirements
Compact, Plus or Pro

Supplier
Syntron


Contact details for InAdire Teknik AB
InAdire Teknik AB
Hertig Johans gata 8
S-541 30 Skövde
Sweden
Tel: +46 500 46 78 00
Fax: +46 500 48 74 75
Email: info@inadire.se
Web: www.inadire.se


Contact details for Planet Asia
Planet Asia Co. Pte Ltd
Block 20, #09-15
Ayer Rajah Crescent
Technopreneur Centre
Singapore 139964
Tel: +65 6 872 2522
Fax: +65 6 872 5655
Email: postmaster@planasia.com


Contact details for Scott Brownrigg
Paul Collins
Scott Brownrigg
St Catherine's Court
46-48 Portsmouth Road
Guildford
Surrey GU2 4DU
UK Tel: +44 (0)1483 568686
Fax: +44 (0)1483 575830
Email: microgds@scottbrownrigg.com
Web: www.scottbrownrigg.com/microgds/


Contact details for Swing
Swing
23, rue Edouard Nieuport
92150 SURESNES
Tel: +33 1 46 971 212
Fax: +33 1 41 380 367
Email: c.guibert@swingfacilities.com
Web: www.swingfacilities.com


Contact details for Syntron
Syntron Informatik AG
Rikonerstrasse 22
8307 Effretikon
Switzerland
Tel: +41 52 223 0966
Fax: +41 52 223 0967
Email:   b.jenzer@syntron.ch
Web: www.microgds.net