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Gable CAD, or Gable 4D Series, was a British architectural computer-aided design package initially developed in the early 1980s.

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Gable CAD was developed at the University of Sheffield in the mid-1980scite-ref-1[1] under the leadership of Professor Bryan Lawson.cite-ref-2[2] It was spun out into Gable CAD Systems Limited (incorporated in 1984)cite-ref-duedil-3-0[3] and retained links with the university until its demise in 1996 when a court order was made for compulsory winding up.cite-ref-4[4]

An early building information modeling application, Gable CAD was an advanced 2D and 3D design package with different modules, and was operated via a Windows-style interface and mouse running on UNIX. It was possible to create detailed 3D models and then generate 2D drawings or rendered visualisations from the data.cite-ref-5[5]

The assets of the company were acquired by Auxer in 1997 and aimed to complete the conversion of Gable CAD to Windows NTcite-ref-6[6] but this does not appear to have ever been released.

cite-note-11. ↑ citerefphiri1999Phiri, Michael (1999). Information technology in construction design. Thomas Telford. p. 57. ISBN 978-0727726735.

cite-note-22. ↑ "Programme Committee Members' Short Biographies". Creativity & Cognition 2005. Archived from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2012.

cite-note-duedil-33. ↑ "Gable Cad Systems Limited". DueDil. Retrieved 11 September 2018.

cite-note-44. ↑ "18 November 1996" (PDF). The London Gazette. Retrieved 16 March 2012.

cite-note-55. ↑ Hall, R.N.. "The Use of Gable OMS (Object Modelling System) in the Building Design Process Archived 2018-09-11 at the Wayback Machine" In Proceedings of the International Conference eCAADe: European Computer Aided Architectural Design Education, III1-III18. eCAADe: Conferences. Brussels, Belgium, 1983.

cite-note-66. ↑ "Auxer Industries Inc. announces the acquisition of Gable CAD Systems". The Free Library. Retrieved 16 March 2012.