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title: Blog (17)
description: Explore the latest insights and trends in digital transformation, IT solutions, and engineering software. The ISD Group blog shares expertise on software development, DevOps, cloud, and more. (17)
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          - [Steel Engineering](https://www.isdgroup.com/en/industries/steel-engineering/)
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    - Structural Engineering 
          - [Metal Engineering](https://www.isdgroup.com/en/industries/metal-engineering/)
          - [Steel Engineering](https://www.isdgroup.com/en/industries/steel-engineering/)
          - [Industrial Facades](https://www.isdgroup.com/en/industries/industrial-facades/)
          - [Element Facades](https://www.isdgroup.com/en/industries/element-facades/)
          - [Rear-ventilated Facades](https://www.isdgroup.com/en/industries/rear-ventilated-facades/)
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    - Product Design 
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          - [Apparatus and Vessel Construction](https://www.isdgroup.com/en/industries/apparatus-and-vessel-construction/)
          - [Sheet Metal Processing](https://www.isdgroup.com/en/industries/sheet-metal-processing/)
          - [Vehicle and Trailer Construction](https://www.isdgroup.com/en/industries/vehicle-and-trailer-construction/)
          - [Object Design](https://www.isdgroup.com/en/industries/object-design/)
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          - [PLM Product Lifecycle Management](https://www.isdgroup.com/en/products/plm-product-lifecycle-management/)
          - [PDM Introduction](https://www.isdgroup.com/en/products/pdm-introduction/)
- [Training](https://www.isdgroup.com/en/cad-pdm-training/)
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# BLOG

## Filter:

Product

- [CAD-Software HiCAD](https://blog.isdgroup.com/en/tag/hicad)
- [PDM-Software HELiOS](https://blog.isdgroup.com/en/tag/helios)
- [SERViCE](https://blog.isdgroup.com/en/tag/service)

Branche

Engineering design

- [Special Machine construction](https://blog.isdgroup.com/en/tag/special-machine-construction)
- [Conveyor Technology](https://blog.isdgroup.com/en/tag/Conveyor-Technology)
- [Steel Engineering](https://blog.isdgroup.com/en/tag/Steel-Engineering)
- [Plant design](https://blog.isdgroup.com/en/tag/plant-design)
- [Equipment and vessel engineering](https://blog.isdgroup.com/en/tag/Equipment-and-vessel-engineering)
- [Greenhouse Construction](https://blog.isdgroup.com/en/tag/greenhouse-construction)

Structual Engineering

- [Metalworking](https://blog.isdgroup.com/en/tag/metalworking)
- [Roof and wall cladding](https://blog.isdgroup.com/en/tag/roof-and-wall-cladding)
- [Facade cladding](https://blog.isdgroup.com/en/tag/facade-cladding)
- [Facade engineering](https://blog.isdgroup.com/en/tag/facade-engineering)

Product design

- [Product design](https://blog.isdgroup.com/en/tag/product-design)
- [Equipment and vessel engineering](https://blog.isdgroup.com/en/tag/equipment-and-vessel-engineering)
- [Sheet metal processing](https://blog.isdgroup.com/en/tag/sheet-metal-processing)
- [Vehicle and trailer construction](https://blog.isdgroup.com/en/tag/vehicle-and-trailer-construction)
- [Object design](https://blog.isdgroup.com/en/tag/product-design)

Knowledge Blog

- [Customer Experience and Community](https://blog.isdgroup.com/en/tag/customer-experience-and-community)
- [Trends and Innovation](https://blog.isdgroup.com/en/tag/trends-and-innovation)
- [Costs and Investment Planning](https://blog.isdgroup.com/en/tag/costs-and-investment-planning)
- [Digitization and Integration](https://blog.isdgroup.com/en/tag/digitization-and-integration)
- [Data and Project Management](https://blog.isdgroup.com/en/tag/data-and-project-management)
- [Design Tips and Everyday Questions](https://blog.isdgroup.com/en/tag/design_tips_and_everyday_questions)

## [![](https://blog.isdgroup.com/hs-fs/hubfs/hicad_cad_metallbau_rood-ag-1.png?width=520&height=293&name=hicad_cad_metallbau_rood-ag-1.png) CAD-Software HiCAD, Metalworking Planning precision throughout thanks to HiCAD Rood Metallbauplanung AG is a planning office for modern steel, metal and glass constructions and various building shells. It was founded in 2013 by Rochus Odermatt in Stans, Switzerland. Services such as submission planning, expertise and implementation planning are part of the range of tasks of.. read more](https://blog.isdgroup.com/en/planning-precision-throughout-thanks-to-hicad)

## [![HiCAD: Proactive sheet metal functions for various facades](https://blog.isdgroup.com/hs-fs/hubfs/anwenderbericht_bild_680x454_horst_idl.jpeg?width=520&height=293&name=anwenderbericht_bild_680x454_horst_idl.jpeg) CAD-Software HiCAD, Sheet metal processing, Design Tips and Everyday Questions HiCAD: Proactive sheet metal functions for various facades Founded in 1956 as a metalworking shop in the cellar of an apartment house, the Horst IDL Metallbau GmbH gradually advanced to a versatile enterprise serving the entire Tyrolean region and covering an impressive range of tasks relating to facades, buildings and gardens, such as complex steel.. read more](https://blog.isdgroup.com/en/proactive-sheet-metal-functions-for-various-facades)

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