<s>
Archimedes	B-Device
–	O
"	O
The	O
Open	O
CAD	B-Application
"	O
–	O
(	O
also	O
called	O
Arquimedes	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
computer-aided	B-Application
design	I-Application
(	O
CAD	B-Application
)	O
program	O
developed	O
with	O
direct	O
input	O
from	O
architects	O
and	O
architecture	O
firms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
this	O
design	O
philosophy	O
,	O
the	O
developers	O
hope	O
to	O
create	O
software	O
better	O
suited	O
for	O
architecture	O
than	O
the	O
currently	O
widely	O
used	O
AutoCAD	B-Algorithm
,	O
and	O
other	O
available	O
CAD	B-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	O
is	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
released	O
under	O
the	O
Eclipse	B-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
Archimedes	B-Device
uses	O
its	O
own	O
XML-based	O
open	O
format	O
,	O
which	O
resembles	O
SVG	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
does	O
not	O
yet	O
include	O
support	O
for	O
other	O
CAD	B-Application
formats	O
,	O
but	O
DXF	O
support	O
is	O
planned	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Archimedes	B-Device
is	O
written	O
in	O
Java	B-Language
,	O
and	O
the	O
latest	O
version	O
runs	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
Linux/Unix	O
based	O
systems	O
,	O
and	O
might	O
run	O
on	O
platforms	O
that	O
are	O
supported	O
by	O
LWJGL	B-Language
and	O
a	O
Java	B-Language
Virtual	O
machine	O
on	O
version	O
1.5.0	O
or	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Archimedes	B-Device
Project	O
started	O
as	O
a	O
collaboration	O
between	O
a	O
group	O
of	O
programmers	O
and	O
architecture	O
students	O
at	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
São	O
Paulo	O
,	O
in	O
Brazil	O
,	O
in	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
is	O
currently	O
being	O
worked	O
on	O
as	O
free	B-Application
and	I-Application
open	I-Application
source	I-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Archimedes	B-Device
was	O
registered	O
as	O
a	O
SourceForge.net	B-Application
project	O
on	O
July	O
12	O
,	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
migration	O
to	O
the	O
Eclipse	B-Application
Rich	B-Architecture
Client	I-Architecture
Platform	I-Architecture
in	O
versions	O
0.5x	O
has	O
greatly	O
improved	O
the	O
user	O
interface	O
model	O
and	O
stability	O
,	O
but	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
functionality	O
from	O
the	O
last	O
pre-RCP	O
version	O
is	O
still	O
being	O
transferred	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
0.58.0	O
moved	O
this	O
process	O
a	O
step	O
closer	O
by	O
adding	O
trimming	O
,	O
leader	O
,	O
svg	B-Application
and	O
pdf	B-Application
exporting	O
.	O
</s>
