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Open Design Alliance

Open Design Alliance (ODA) is a nonprofit organization that develops software development kits (SDKs) for engineering applications. Its libraries are used by software developers in the CAD, CAM, CAE, AEC, manufacturing, geospatial, and mechanical design industries to build applications that create, read, edit, visualize, and exchange complex engineering…

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Member organizations of the ODA

AVEVABricsysDassault SystèmesNemetschekGraphisoft
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Software development kitsCADCAMCAEAEC
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AutodeskSTLOBJ
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Open Standards

MacOSLinuxBuildingSMART
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Developer
Open Design Alliance
License
Proprietary (sources available to members)
Stable release
26.8 / September 5, 2025; 11 months ago (2025-09-05)
Type
Runtime library

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Open Standards

ODA products and supported file formats

  • .rvt .rvt?action=edit&redlink=1
  • .rfa .rfa?action=edit&redlink=1
  • .prc PRC (file format)

History

Member organizations of the ODA

ODA developers in Ukraine

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Open Design Alliance

Nodes70
Edges69
Triples75
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.028571
Components1

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Open Design Alliance

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related to 1998-2014 · 16
Open Design Alliance → AutoCAD, Autodesk, Autodesk's, AUTODIRECT, DWG, DWGdirect, February, In, In April, MarComp, Matt Richards, On November, OpenDWG, OpenDWG Alliance, The Alliance, TrustedDWG
related to Founding members · 12
Open Design Alliance → CorporationBeijing Glory PKPM TechnologyBentley, GamesEsriGlodonGraebert GmbHGRAITEC INNOVATION SASGstarsoftHaofang, Hoteam SoftwareShenzhen ZhiHuiRuiTu Information, LtdCSoft DevelopmentEntIT Software LLCEpic, McNeel And AssociatesSafe SoftwareShandong, SAAccusoft CorporationAdvanced Computer SolutionsAndor, SystemsBlueCielo ECM SolutionsSoftwareCentral South, TechHiltiHylandIMSI/DesignIntelliCADIntrasecITI TranscenDataMIDAS Information TechnologyOnshapeOraclePhotronRelativityRobert, TechnologySiemensStabiplanTrimbleUNIFI LabsWatchtower Bible, The, Tract SocietyZWCAD Software, UniversityChongqing Chinabyte Network Co
related to inWEB™ · 5
Open Design Alliance → BIM, CAD, It, ODA, SDKs
related to Annual ODA conference · 4
Open Design Alliance → Anyone, ODA, September, The
Developer · 1
Open Design Alliance → Open Design Alliance
License · 1
Open Design Alliance → Proprietary (sources available to members)
Stable release · 1
Open Design Alliance → 26.8 / September 5, 2025; 11 months ago (2025-09-05)
Type · 1
Open Design Alliance → Runtime library
Website · 1
Open Design Alliance → opendesign.com
related to Member organizations of the ODA · 1
Open Design Alliance → The

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oda sdk open development data design files ifc dwg autodesk 3d step bim mechanical alliance toolkit formats provides cad exchange

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Open Design AllianceDeveloperOpen Design Alliance1.00infobox
Open Design AllianceLicenseProprietary (sources available to members)1.00infobox
Open Design AllianceStable release26.8 / September 5, 2025; 11 months ago (2025-09-05)1.00infobox
Open Design AllianceTypeRuntime library1.00infobox
Open Design AllianceWebsiteopendesign.com1.00infobox
.dwginstance ofsupporting formats0.80text
.dxfinstance ofsupporting formats0.80text
.dgninstance ofsupporting formats0.80text
Autodesk Revitinstance ofsupporting formats0.80text
Navisworksinstance ofsupporting formats0.80text
and IFCinstance ofsupporting formats0.80text
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