Editing Caddie (CAD system)

{{Short description|Commercial computer-aided design (CAD) and drafting software application}}
{{Primary sources|date=September 2014}}
{{Infobox software
| name = Caddie
| logo = caddie (CAD software) logo.jpg
| logo size = 184px
| screenshot = 
| caption = 
| author = 
| developer = Advanced Computer Solutions Limited<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zL3rTMC8zi8C&q=%22Advanced+Computer+Solutions%22+%22caddie%22&pg=PA132 |title = Computer Aided Manufacturing|isbn = 9788131800720|last1 = Elanchezhian|first1 = C.|last2 = Shanmuga Sundar|first2 = G.|year = 2007}}</ref>
| released = 1986
| latest release version = 27
| latest release date = September 2021
| operating system = [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]
| platform =
| language =
| status =
| genre = [[Computer-aided design|CAD]]
| license = [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| website = [http://www.caddiesoftware.com/ www.caddiesoftware.com]
}}

'''Caddie''' is a mid-range [[Computer-aided design|computer-assisted draughting]] (CAD) software package for [[2D computer graphics|2D]] and [[3D computer graphics|3D]] design.  It is used primarily by [[architect]]s, but has tools for [[surveying|surveyor]]s and [[mechanical engineering|mechanical]], [[civil engineering|civil]] and [[construction engineering|construction]] engineers.  It was initially designed as an electronic [[drawing board]], using concepts and tools clearly related to a physical board.<ref>[http://www.revitup.co.za/main/page_10862.php A competitor of Caddie uses "electronic drawing board" as a slur]  {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009124522/http://www.revitup.co.za/main/page_10862.php |date=October 9, 2011 }}</ref>

Caddie requires a [[Universal Serial Bus|USB]] [[dongle]].<ref>{{cite web|title=An Overview of Caddie|url=http://www.xt.co.za/Caddie_Overview.htm|publisher=Express Talent|accessdate=21 June 2012}}</ref> or software activation. Without the dongle or activation, the program can be used as a viewer and plot station for any [[.dwg|DWG]] drawings, but it can't save drawings after the 14-day evaluation has expired.  Caddie works on [[Windows 7]], Windows 8, Windows 10 and Windows 11.<ref>{{cite web|title=System Requirements|url=http://caddiesoftware.com/caddiesoftware/hardware-requirements.html|work=Caddie Website|publisher=Caddie Software|accessdate=21 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120624083812/http://www.caddiesoftware.com/caddiesoftware/hardware-requirements.html|archive-date=2012-06-24|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Version history ==
Caddie was created by Anthony Spruyt, an architect from Pretoria, South Africa, in 1985 and was originally called Michael Angelo.<ref>{{cite web|title=As an Architect, Caddie Draws The Way I Think|url=http://www.caddiesoftware.com/pdf/caddie14webinfo.pdf|publisher=Advanced Computer Solutions (Europe) Limited|accessdate=21 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227100616/http://www.caddiesoftware.com/pdf/caddie14webinfo.pdf|archive-date=2012-02-27|url-status=dead}}</ref> The first release version was called Caddie and fit on a single 360 kB [[floppy disk]], and was designed for the [[IBM Personal Computer XT]].  Caddie was one of the first CAD tools that utilised microcomputers and did not require a [[mainframe computer]] with [[workstation]] access.  Version 1 of Caddie was released in 1986, for [[MS-DOS]].  The first version for [[Microsoft Windows]] ([[16-bit]]) was released in September 1993.  The [[32-bit]] Windows version was released in May 1997.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.caddie.co.za/history.html |title=BILLCAD - CADDIE - Caddie Computer Aided Design Software |website=www.caddie.co.za |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19981203075505/http://www.caddie.co.za/history.html |archive-date=3 December 1998 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Version 6 was available by 2000. In the same year, a lite version of Caddie was available, called Caddie Budget,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.caddie.co.uk/caddie.htm|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20000303154429/http://www.caddie.co.uk/caddie.htm|archive-date = 2000-03-03|title = Home}}</ref> with the non-lite version being called Caddie Professional.  Version 7 was available in 2001.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.caddie.co.uk/budget.htm|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20010630120314/http://www.caddie.co.uk/budget.htm|archive-date = 2001-06-30|title = Home}}</ref> Caddy Budget Architectural 7 retailed in the UK for £595 in 2003.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.caddie.co.uk/c7wbudget.pdf|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20030324170034/http://www.caddie.co.uk/c7wbudget.pdf|archive-date = 2003-03-24|title = Home}}</ref>  Version 9 was released in January 2003.<ref name="auto">{{cite web |url=http://www.caddie.co.uk/ |title=Caddie Software from Advanced Computer Solutions |website=www.caddie.co.uk |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030207141222/http://www.caddie.co.uk/ |archive-date=7 February 2003 |url-status=dead}}</ref>  Caddie initially used its own proprietary file format .DRW (binary) and an ASCII .CEX (Caddie Exchange format). Caddie could also import and export native AutoCad .DWG and .DXF file formats, but since version 10, Caddie rewrote its core kernels and now uses as native file format [[OpenDWG]].
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Version 10 was released in March 2005.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.caddiesoftware.com/ |title=Caddie Software |website=www.caddiesoftware.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050404231918/http://www.caddiesoftware.com/ |archive-date=4 April 2005 |url-status=dead}}</ref>  Version 11 was released in January 2007 and was the first version compatible with Windows Vista.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.caddiesoftware.com/ |title=Caddie Software |website=www.caddiesoftware.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927093747/http://www.caddiesoftware.com/ |archive-date=27 September 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Caddie 12 was released in September 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.caddiesoftware.com/ |title=Caddie Software |website=www.caddiesoftware.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080430133103/http://www.caddiesoftware.com/ |archive-date=30 April 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

The latest version of Caddie is version 29, released on 6 October 2029. There are four versions of the product, namely Caddie Professional (the full version), Caddie Budget (the lite version), Caddie Vio (for photo-realistic [[rendering (computer graphics)|rendering]], based on Lightworks,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lightworkdesign.com/news_archive/2008 |title=Industry news for 3D visualisation and rendering &#124; Lightworks |access-date=2019-01-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141209045541/https://www.lightworkdesign.com/news_archive/2008 |archive-date=2014-12-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref>) and Caddie Educational, which is licensed to students even though it has all the functionality of Caddie Professional.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://caddiesoftware.com/caddiesoftware/products.html |title=Caddie Products |access-date=2010-05-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100806201521/http://www.caddiesoftware.com/caddiesoftware/products.html |archive-date=2010-08-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Functionality ==
Caddie Professional and Caddie Educational contain the following applications:

Caddie - the main drawing application with tools for creation and editing of common entities such as lines, arcs, construction lines, splines, ellipses, images, blocks, ole objects<ref>[[Object Linking and Embedding]]</ref> etc.

AEC - the smart tools for creation and editing of 2D and 3D Architectural, Engineering And Construction intelligent objects such as walls, windows, doors, openings, slabs, roofs, trusses etc. These intelligent objects have different representations depending on the view.

DTM - the digital terrain modelling tools for creation of [[Triangular irregular network|TIN]] models from points or [[Contour line|contours]]. The application includes tools for creation and manipulation of live long and cross sections as well as [[cut and fill]] volumes for site development.

Arch applications - country specific applications with additional tools for the creation and editing of Architectural objects, relating to specific regions. For example, the SA Arch module contains tools for doing live SANS 204 Energy efficiency calculations<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sabs.co.za/webstore/SetaPDF/Demos/Encryptor/genpreview.php?stdsid=1400025022&pid=12487|title = Sabs - Thank You}}</ref> now required when submitting building plans in South Africa.

3D - tools for the creation and manipulation of general purpose 3D primitives. In addition this module has many of the tools required for controlling different 3D views and user coordinate systems.

Mech - automated tools for the creation of commonly drawn mechanical objects such as nuts and bolts, machining and geometrical tolerancing symbols, steel beams and angles, gears, sheet metal developments and welding symbols. The 3D application is where the tools for the optional Vio photo realistic rendering add-on will be found as well as export tools to [[PovRay]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.povray.org/|title=POV-Ray - The Persistence of Vision Raytracer|website=www.povray.org}}</ref>

Survey - an array of tools developed specifically for working with complex [[Construction surveying|construction surveys]], unusually equally applicable to southern and northern hemispheres. It includes functionality for spot heights, [[Polar coordinate system|polar coordinates]], coordinate joins, [[Track transition curve|transition curves]], [[Interpolation|height interpolation]], [[helmert transformation]]s, as well as full [[GPS]] integration using multiple different [[coordinate system]]s.

Civil - tools for the creation of common symbols used on GA drawings, long sections, turning circles pipe layouts etc. as well as tools for sewer, stormwater and electrical layouts.

Steel - tools for standard [[British Standards|BS]] steel sections, bracing, angles and beams. Automatic creation of handrails, catladders, steel stairs, fences and steel trusses including input of data from [[Prokon]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.prokon.com/structural/introduction-to-prokon-structural-analysis-and-design |title=PROKON Structural Analysis and Design |access-date=2012-04-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505061030/http://prokon.com/structural/introduction-to-prokon-structural-analysis-and-design |archive-date=2012-05-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Company history ==
Caddie was originally developed in [[South Africa]] in 1985, and it quickly established a significant presence in its home market. The product's position in South Africa began to erode in the 1990s following the lifting of [[Disinvestment from South Africa|economic sanctions against South Africa]], as other CAD packages entered that market. A Microsoft Windows version of Caddie was not released until 1993.

In 1998, Caddie was acquired by the South African software development company Billcad Holdings. By this time, Caddie had about 11 000 users.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.caddie.co.za/default1.htm |title=BILLCAD - CADDIE - Caddie Computer Aided Design Software |website=www.caddie.co.za |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19981206052916/http://www.caddie.co.za/default1.htm |archive-date=6 December 1998 |url-status=dead}}</ref>  In 1999, Billcad became Planit Technology.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.moneyweb.co.za/mw/view/mw/en/page305985?oid=45933&sn=Daily%20news%20detail|title = Die belastingvoordele wat aftreebeleggings vir jou inhou|date = 5 July 2019}}</ref>  In early 2001, Planit Technologies went into [[liquidation]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greengazette.co.za/pages/2007/09/Legal%20Notices/20070914%20-%20Legal%20Notice%20No%2030277%20of%2014-Sep-2007,%20Volume%20507,%20A,%20102.pdf|title=Legal Notice No 30277 of 14-Sep-2007, Volume 507, A, 102|date=2007-09-14|access-date=2023-08-09}}</ref>

By March 2002, the British company Advanced Computer Solutions (ACS) bought all the rights from the South African holders and also acquired the Caddie operation within South Africa.<ref name="auto"/>  ACS was previously Caddie's British [[distribution (business)|distributor]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.caddie.co.uk/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000303105143/http://www.caddie.co.uk/|archive-date=2000-03-03|title=Caddie Software from Advanced Computer Solutions Limited}}</ref> ACS has offices in South Africa and the United Kingdom.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://caddiesoftware.com/caddiesoftware/company/office-locations.html |title=Contacts |access-date=2010-08-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100806201509/http://www.caddiesoftware.com/caddiesoftware/company/office-locations.html |archive-date=2010-08-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Comparison of CAD editors for CAE]]
* [[AutoCAD]]
*[[IntelliCAD]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.caddiesoftware.com Caddie Software website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/19981203075505/http://www.caddie.co.za/history.html Early history of Caddie]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20240718051142/http://www.interbuild.com/ExhibitorLibrary/283/Caddie_Testimonial_Allister_Godfrey_2.pdf An Architect's view of using Caddie]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090615062613/http://www.architect-net.co.uk/ Caddie UK User Group]

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