Welcome to CADInfo

Our company is the proud maker of CADminer™, the premier data mining software dedicated to
computer-aided design (CAD).

Data mining refers to the process of extracting data from a large database, and producing such data
into a cognizable product (information) to help in making business decisions. Thus, data mining is an
important and relatively new component for business intelligence. In general, businesses are currently
using data mining technologies in the areas of (1) market management, (2) risk management, and (3)
fraud management. For example, retailers can learn about customer purchasing patterns through data
mining, and then target their marketing efforts accordingly. Or, insurance companies can utilize
extracted, previously unknown information to forecast risk.

The data mining tools that are currently available on the market focus on extracting data from natural
language databases. This makes sense, as language is the primary vehicle by which information is
stored and conveyed. Yet natural language is not the only way by which to communicate information.
Another method, and indeed the fundamental method throughout a variety of disciplines, is the
visualization of information through drawings. CADminer™ is the first data mining technology dedicated
to this encompassing language of CAD.

CADminer™, not unlike like other data mining tools, is concerned with the acquisition and
implementation of valuable information. However, the art of data mining involves a process of
uncovering previously unknown information beginning with the assimilation of data sources.
CADminer™ is less of a process for attempted knowledge discovery (i.e., you may find something,
you may not) and more of an intelligent automation tool for delivering CAD and other [external CAD]
data into an end product— clean, precise and actionable information. (See Table 1-1 below).

Traditional retrieval and reporting of CAD data is achieved through time consuming and costly means.
Often, CAD users have to open their drawings and query their databases using limited reporting
functions— or, of course, rely on others to do so. Across a variety of industries, many labor hours and
dollars are spent grappling with the reporting, analysis and utilization of such data. CADminer™ works
by reading and extracting data from CAD drawings based on user-created search criteria, and then
reporting the data into one of many standard file formats. This has the effect of creating and
maintaining elaborate information, which directly increases a firm's business performance. Moreover,
as with any information technology, it is important to point out the product's performance: CADminer™
has extremely high performance, able to extract precise data from quite literally a hundred drawings
in minutes.

The value of CADminer™ will necessarily depend on the specific needs of an individual or firm.
CADminer™ can be used in any organization or field of business which, directly or indirectly, uses
CAD drawings— or, more appropriately, uses the information contained in CAD drawings. This broad
market definition is directly attributable to the program's vast capabilities across many sectors
such as engineering, architecture, manufacturing, design, construction, facilities management,
education, corporate IT systems, marketing, real estate, and government. A complete list would be
truly extensive, if indeed achievable.