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 TAD stands for **The Architect's Desktop**. TAD stands for **The Architect's Desktop**.
  
-//If you are in a hurry, you can register and [[https://www.teamtad.com/regform.html|follow instructions here ]] 10 minutes later you would be using TAD//+//If you are in a hurry, you can register and [[https://www.teamtad.com/downloadtad.html|follow instructions here ]] 10 minutes later you would be using TAD//
  
 TAD is a unique kind of BIM, much different from conventional (IFC based) BIM that you may have seen elsewhere. It is small, extremely fast, and quite easy to use -- but, it works very differently. TAD is a unique kind of BIM, much different from conventional (IFC based) BIM that you may have seen elsewhere. It is small, extremely fast, and quite easy to use -- but, it works very differently.
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 **A bit of history** **A bit of history**
  
-TAD emerged in 1989 from India, and has continued to be an essential part of the evolution of CAD. It is  one of the very few Building Information Modeling (BIM) applications that has seen continual use since 1989. It is possibly one of the oldest, if not //the// oldest BIM software in the world today; albeit, it was used in a small number of architects' offices in India. We have now taken up the task of promoting it widely. +TAD emerged in 1989 from India, and has continued to be an essential part of the evolution of CAD. It is  one of the very few Building Information Modeling (BIM) //type of// applications that has seen continual use since 1989. //(Note: It is NOT like other conventional BIM software)// 
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 +It is possibly one of the oldest, if not //the// oldest BIM software in the world today; albeit, it was used in a small number of architects' offices in India. We have now taken up the task of promoting it widely. 
  
 There was a soft launch in India on Jan 26, 2017  (our republic day) but we never had budget for marketing. Whatever information you got on TAD on the Internet is solely due to others promoting it (//We are grateful of course//)  There was a soft launch in India on Jan 26, 2017  (our republic day) but we never had budget for marketing. Whatever information you got on TAD on the Internet is solely due to others promoting it (//We are grateful of course//) 
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 **TAD versions from 6.0.0.0 to 7.0.0.0 is free. //Versions from 7.x is free and open-source//** **TAD versions from 6.0.0.0 to 7.0.0.0 is free. //Versions from 7.x is free and open-source//**
  
-In order to use TAD, you need to register an account with us at our [[http://chat.tad.in.net | chatting system]]. Registration is always free for versions from 6.0.0.0 up to 7.0.0.0. +In order to use TAD, you need to register an account with us at [[registration|our community]]. Registration is always free for versions from 6.0.0.0 onward. 
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 +We are hoping large number of architects and other professionals in the AEC industry join us on our mission, and the pricing would be kept very low, if not free. 
  
-We are hoping large number of architects and other professionals in the AEC industry join us on our mission, and the pricing would be kept very low, if not free. After version 7.0.0.0 we plan to open-source TAD and/or its main component; //TAD Designer// The free version is being distributed to prepare the community to start the 7.0.0.1 open source version soon.+After version 7.0.0.0 we plan to open-source TAD and/or its main component; //TAD Designer// The free version is being distributed to prepare the community to start the 7.0.0.1 open source version soon.
  
 Currently, we have completely documented [[TAD Designer]], the desktop software component used for designing. Use the menu on the left to learn more. Please do not skip the initial steps and the concepts. Currently, we have completely documented [[TAD Designer]], the desktop software component used for designing. Use the menu on the left to learn more. Please do not skip the initial steps and the concepts.
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 **Unusual commands but //extremely simple// commands** **Unusual commands but //extremely simple// commands**
  
-The commands in TAD Designer are unusual, but they are extremely simple. Most senior architects would be able to pick up those commands over a day or so. The design that gets evolved in this modeling component is deliberately kept in a "raw" stage. We have deliberately kept aside things like dimensioning, etc -- as senior architects are not really involved with those. Drafting actions are anyway to be done using a CAD software -- TAD is NOT CAD and it works very well with any drafting software found in architects' offices.+The commands in TAD Designer are unusual, but they are extremely simple. Most senior architects would be able to pick up those commands over a day or so. The design that gets evolved in this modeling component is deliberately kept in a "raw" stage. We have deliberately kept aside things like marking dimensions, etc -- as senior architects are not really involved with those. Drafting actions are anyway to be done using a CAD software -- TAD is NOT CAD and it works very well with any drafting software found in architects' offices.
  
 **Context Sensitive online Help** **Context Sensitive online Help**
Press F1 inside the application to read context-sensitive help directly in the application itself
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