ODA Announces New Branding of Development Platform

Phoenix, AZ: The Open Design Alliance (ODA) today announced Teigha™ (pronounced tee-ga), a new brand name of its software development platform for CAD and other graphics applications.

Since its founding in 1998, the ODA has developed an increasingly powerful set of components used for the development of CAD and technical graphics applications. Originally focused on providing tools for working with .dwg files, the ODA platform has expanded over the years to include support for .dgn, .dwf, .pdf, and .svg files, and has also grown in depth and complexity to the point where it can now be used as a platform on which developers can build technical graphics applications, including CAD systems.

The ODA platform will begin using the new Teigha name starting mid April.

Arnold van der Weide, President of the ODA, stated, “Because of the growth of the development platform into more broad and extensive areas, it became increasingly clear that we needed a new name that could encompass a wider range of technology. Previously we were using DWGdirect, DGNdirect, etc., but each of these names was focused on a specific area, with no unifying concept to tie them all together.”

He added, “I’m excited to bring a new name to the ODA platform that will be able to accommodate the growing platform better and not so narrowly define its capabilities. ODA members use the platform as a core foundation on which they create CAD and technical graphics utilities, tools, and full-scale applications, beyond reading and writing .dwg and .dgn files.”