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AutoCAD Reviews: 4.5/5 — Highly Rated
AutoCAD is a professional 2D and 3D CAD program used to design and create digital assets. The software offers drafting and design tools for 2D geometry and 3D models with solids, meshes objects, or surfaces. With AutoCAD, users can automate adding blocks, creating schedules, and comparing drawings ensuring better efficiency. AutoCAD also has a full suite of advanced features for both 2D drafting and 3D modeling. It also offers web and mobile application access for multiple device accessibility, cloud-storage connectivity, and access to the Autodesk app store if you’re looking for more specific extensions.
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Small Business
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Enterprise
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| Deployment | Cloud / SaaS / Web-Based, Desktop Mac, Desktop Windows, Mobile Android, Mobile iPad, Mobile iPhone |
| Support | 24/7 (Live rep), Chat, Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support |
| Training | Documentation |
| Languages | English |
The detail available for rendering and design is fantastic.
For pure engineering purposes, it lacks some ease of use for simpler parts that may simply need to be 3D printed or run in CFD or stress testing programs.
I've used AutoCAD for a few different examples to show during proposal talks and explanations as the detail available is impeccable.
Ability to model in 3d space. Easy generation of base views.
Constant crashing. Annotation stops snapping to end points.
Taking concept sketches and turning them into reality. Build drawings are done quicker than
I like that it loads quickly and had a simplified user interface with type in commands.
The user interface is overly simplified and you have to know the name of each type command to use the software effectively. It is not as easy to navigate as other programs.
AutoCAD is cheap, quick to install, saves space on your PC, and opens faster than any pther program I hhavr used.
Autocad Electrical has very few pros compared to other software on the market. I do like the PDF import
I do not like Autocad Electrical project structure Multiple files for a complete project. .aepx, .wdp, .dwg ...ect it is horrible if you are trying to use the software company wide multiple users. there are many tricks that you have to learn to make the software work together. when project get to big the software runs very slow.
Electrical drafting
The software its self is outstanding and don't have any complaints.
The licensing system. There registration and activation can't help you to active/register/Serial Number so you can use your software, you need to speak to customer care (who don't have a a phone number, have to wait for them to contact you). Customer care doesn't have to contact you the day you call they have given themselves a 24hr call back policy(some how they find that except able). So if you purchase the software don't expect to use it the same day or even the next (hope you don't mind spending hundreds or even thousands of dollars and not have direct contact with the help you need to use the software). If I could find a reliable drafting software that was an industry standard I would drop AutoCAD instantly even if I already paid for the subscription.
None they have now created problems by having such horrible customer service that I can't use the software after spending hundreds of dollars until they decide to call me!
I have used ACad since Rel 10. It was easy to learn and Release 14 was in my opinion the best AutoDesk ever produced. My employer just "upgraded" to 2014...and I am dismayed at how the program has become bloated, hard to learn, and unnecessarily complex.
The ribbon (changed, so I was told, because Microsoft introduced it).
I was able to do everything we needed in Rel 14; now I am having to spend hours learning how to use Rel 2014, and so far, I don't see what advantages it offers.
