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 data.

Historically, ODA has focused on interoperability for CAD and BIM data, supporting formats such as .dwg, .dxf, .dgn, Autodesk Revit, Navisworks, and IFC, along with toolkits for visualization, modeling, and 3D PDF publishing. In recent years, the organization has expanded its efforts toward web technologies and mechanical design. The inWEB™ platform provides browser-based solutions for common data environments (CDE) and native DWG and DXF editing in a browser. MCAD SDK enables exchange of major 3D mechanical formats including Inventor, CATIA, SolidWorks, Creo, STEP, Parasolid, JT, and others.

All ODA SDKs are delivered as stand-alone solutions without reliance on native applications.