AllyCAD

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AllyCAD
Developed by	Knowledge Base
Latest release	3.6 / 2007
OS	Microsoft Windows
Genre	CAD
License	Proprietary
Website	[1]

AllyCAD is a CAD software application for 2D design and drafting, developed and sold by Knowledge Base. It is used internationally and by more than 82% of the Civil Engineering sector in South Africa (where it is developed). AllyCAD is endorsed by the South African Institute of Civil Engineers and the Engineering Council of South Africa and incorporated into the Education Departments Engineering Graphics and Design curriculum across 95% of tertiary institutions in South Africa.

AllyCAD was originally developed by Paul Harper and was bought by Vincent Bester in February 1998. Vincent went on to develop The 'Civil Designer' civil engineeing infrastructure design suite of software integrating AllyCAD as the central CAD module. Elements of 'Stardust' and 'AllyCAD' were combined to form the Design Centre module, the Survey & Terrain and Roads modules came from Stardust, the Sewer and Storm modules were based on the original programs developed by Vincent. Since then the developer, 'Knowledge Base' [2] has further developed The Civil Designer suite of software and develops and distributes AllyCAD as a stand-alone CAD software package.

[edit] Versions

The current version is AllyCAD 3.6. There are four price versions of AllyCAD available. All four have complete functionality but the drawing size is restricted in the low-cost versions. The freeware version restricts file sizes to less than 150KB and can be freely downloaded [3]. Two other reduced price, AllCAD Micro and AllyCAD SME restrict the file size to 300KB and 900KB respectively. The full version, AllyCAD Pro, has no restrictions.