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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) 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.  
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 +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//) 
  
 Some more interesting background on TAD is here: http://sf.sabufrancis.com/2013/02/the-story-of-tad.html Some more interesting background on TAD is here: http://sf.sabufrancis.com/2013/02/the-story-of-tad.html
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 TAD  assists in designing right from early-stage of designing onward. It helps you arrive at final designs from hazy early design concepts. It is possibly the only BIM software that starts out by arranging //spaces// in a design. TAD  assists in designing right from early-stage of designing onward. It helps you arrive at final designs from hazy early design concepts. It is possibly the only BIM software that starts out by arranging //spaces// in a design.
  
-Besides offering extensive analysis capabilities, TAD also facilitates the programming of such objective analysis routines. +If you want to jump ahead: **Here are some important, nay, //[[critical linguistic concepts]]// that TAD preserves** That by itself, is a very powerful reason why this project must exist and thrive.
  
-These routines (we call them //probes// or //addons// or //extensions//) help architects to be directed in the correct direction and streamline their design process. Probes work extremely fast. They can also be written quite easily, each probe serving one or a few set of specific outcomes. We are hopeful that soon a vast set of such analytics would be available for architects all over the world.+Besides offering extensive analysis capabilities, TAD also facilitates the programming of such objective analysis routines.  You can script them inside TAD. We are in the process of giving an online IDE for such scripting.   
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 +These scripts (we call them //probes// or //addons// or //extensions//) help architects to be directed in the correct direction and streamline their design process. Probes work extremely fast. They can also be written quite easily, each probe serving one or a few set of specific outcomes. We are hopeful that soon a vast set of such analytics would be available for architects all over the world. 
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 +The scripting language is called ARDELA (ARchitectural DEsign LAnguage) and it is extremely easy. It is based on the AI language; Prolog.
  
 **TAD as //The Architect's Desktop//** **TAD as //The Architect's Desktop//**
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 TAD (The Architect's Desktop), technically speaking, is a //platform//. It has many components. One major use of the TAD platform is of course to help design better architecture using //TAD Designer/Lite// TAD (The Architect's Desktop), technically speaking, is a //platform//. It has many components. One major use of the TAD platform is of course to help design better architecture using //TAD Designer/Lite//
  
-Another component in the same platform can then be also used to make applications (aka "probes", or "addons" or "extensions") that use the same architectural data for various usages. Yet another would handle file-management, version control, etc. +Another component in the same platform can then be also used to make applications (scripted in ARDELA) that use the same architectural data for various usages.  Even virtual architecture, but let me not confuse now.
  
 We are still a bit away from the entire TAD and this documentation currently concentrates on the designing component inside TAD. We are still a bit away from the entire TAD and this documentation currently concentrates on the designing component inside TAD.
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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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