The ISD Group was founded in June 1977 by Günter Flassig and Ernst-Otto Georg in Dortmund, Germany.
In the 1980s ISD Group concentrated on the development of design and engineering software resulting in HiCAD. Today HiCAD is one of the top 5 CAD systems worldwide and the only one with true 2-D/3-D capabilities and integrated industry solutions.
From the start, HiCAD included a database component for the integrated management of non-geometric product properties. As the management and transparent access to product data turned out to be an increasingly important and not to be underestimated factor of the process chain, ISD Group reacted quickly: In 1996 HELiOS, the comprehensive PDM solution, was derived from HiCAD’s database component.
The software developer ISD Software und Systeme GmbH continues the growth course of the past years: In addition to the ten subsidiaries in Europe, the ISD Group has now founded a subsidiary in the USA.
Although the all-in-one software HiCAD offers solutions for many industries in one system, the company will initially focus on facade construction from the time of market entry in order to be available to customers as an expert in this area.
With a growing team, ISD Group USA will also be able to provide extensive support to customers in steel construction with technicians and sales people with expertise in this industry. They advise in order to offer the best possible HiCAD modules with the corresponding tools, assist with the implementation and offer extensive support.