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User Friendly and Stable CAD **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Stacey B. | Drafting Tech - Software Coordinator, Oil & Energy, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 13, 2023 **What do you like best about AutoCAD?** a big upside for me is the "out the box" features that are enough for wath i do. I can do solid modeling, cut sections from the model and if the model is updated teh views are also. **What do you dislike about AutoCAD?** I feel the downside is the subscription business model that they changed over to. we used to purchase a version of AutoCAD, in came on a disc and one could use it practically forever. it was a "perpetual license". one can still buy a version, load it electronically from the website, bu it is not a "perpetual license" therefore when the subscription monies stop, the access to the program stops. **Recommendations to others considering AutoCAD:** AutoCAD has come a long way and is probably the most recognized name in drafting/design software. but along the way they have gotten very expensive to use. and along the way other companies have developed alternate programs that are 1/8 the cost and just as capable **What problems is AutoCAD solving and how is that benefiting you?** the problems it solved pertained to multiple departments and multiple disciplines, and the coordinating the latest from each discipline. Say Structural, Piping, Instrumentation, electrical, engineering. AutoCAD has a referencing feature entitled EXTERNAL REFERENCES or XREFS. If any discipline needs anothers drawing for background, one would insert that drawing as an XREF. Now if the xref drawing is updated it is updated in all the locations that the drawing is xrefed. ### 2. Autocad Review **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Anshul C. | Assistant Manager, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 27, 2022 **What do you like best about AutoCAD?** It is very user friendly software and on d can learn it very easily. Shop drawings produced by using this software looks more aesthetically arrange and very clear to read. **What do you dislike about AutoCAD?** As of now the only drawback is we can not see the 3D elements which eventually help in resolving clash. But overall it gives more clean work when it comes to 2d drawings. **Recommendations to others considering AutoCAD:** If you are looking for 2d drawings prepration then you must go for this. **What problems is AutoCAD solving and how is that benefiting you?** We are producing 2D shop drawings of MEP service with annotations. It is als used to produce enlarge plan drawings with detailing. It is a 2D platform where drafting is possible. ### 3. Autocad - My daily workhorse **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Civil Engineering | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 28, 2022 **What do you like best about AutoCAD?** Once you have your workspace set up, you can get a heck of a lot done in a short amount of time. Designing your own production tools, while not trivially easy, reduces labor significantly. **What do you dislike about AutoCAD?** AutoCAD does crash occasionally, so save often! Also, if your boss isn't paying for it... be ready to shell out quite a bit for a license. **Recommendations to others considering AutoCAD:** AutoCAD doesn't have quite the same hotkeys as most other drafting softwares, but as a lightweight drafting tool it's very powerful. **What problems is AutoCAD solving and how is that benefiting you?** AutoCAD provides me with a consistent, reliable, predictable work environment for designing and editing my technical projects. While there is a bit of a learning curve, the controls are intuitive and snappy once the program is properly configured. ### 4. Best software for designing **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Architecture & Planning | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 08, 2022 **What do you like best about AutoCAD?** AutoCAD software is easy to use and any age group can understand the software and use as per their need. And also we can print the design/structure as per we need through AutoCAD. **What do you dislike about AutoCAD?** While using AutoCAD software sometimes Hatch command gets stuck at a point and totally hangs the software. **Recommendations to others considering AutoCAD:** Definitely you can use this software for your better efficiency and work experience. **What problems is AutoCAD solving and how is that benefiting you?** AutoCAD software saves time with 2D drawings as hand sketching takes time to complete and it's quite difficult to make corrections or changes in the drawing. That's why it's very useful. ### 5. Tool for creating 2D drawings and 3D models (to some extent) **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Shahed A. | B, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 01, 2021 **Describe the project or task AutoCAD helped with:** AutoCAD helped create 2D plan drawings, Typical drawings for standard components as per the catalogs, TOPO surveys, single-line drawings (SLD) for Electrical, Mechanical, and Plumbing disciplines. **What do you like best about AutoCAD?** Its user interface and ease of commands. All the commands in AutoCAD are self-explanatory and easy to use. Also, we can do the complex task as well utilizing the lisp functionality. We can create dynamic blocks as well that can be modified as per the drawing needs. We can also extract the data in a table format if the data is fed correctly. **What do you dislike about AutoCAD?** There is no intelligence to the drawings or models. The models are just 2D or 3D representations of geometry. There is no information to it, nor can we add any information. **Recommendations to others considering AutoCAD:** AutoCAD is a good tool to create Plan drawings. But if you want to assign some intelligence to your drawing/model, I would recommend using Revit. **What problems is AutoCAD solving and how is that benefiting you?** I am creating 2D plans, creating standard drawings of products as per the catalogs, creating dynamic blocks, and it helped to streamline the workflow and share the data across other platforms like Revit easily. ### 6. Still Relevant, If Old, Tech **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Evan C. | Design Technician, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 23, 2021 **Describe the project or task AutoCAD helped with:** My work is predominantly BIM-driven, which is the 3D successor to line drafting, so I don't use it every day. However, we often get imports for Civil surveys that arrive in a CAD format, which means I still occasionally need to use it, which reminds me that AutoCAD is a relevant tool. **What do you like best about AutoCAD?** Drawing in AutoCAD is relatively simple, and there are many ways to accomplish a task; the better you know the software, the more methods available to you to tackle a project. **What do you dislike about AutoCAD?** AutoCAD methodology is challenging to standardize. There are so many ways to approach a task that no two drafters will tackle it the same way. There are so many different commands available that many aspects of the software go completely unused when they could possibly be an add-on instead, rather than a typical feature. **Recommendations to others considering AutoCAD:** If you are producing Construction Documents for non-residential buildings, consider Revit first. It is where the industry is heading and is a more powerful tool that provides much more information with less work, though the workflow is stricter than AutoCAD. AutoCAD is still helpful to use for some smaller-scale projects or if you don't typically show 3D imagery of a project. **What problems is AutoCAD solving and how is that benefiting you?** I currently use AutoCAD to import Civil survey information, correct or reduce it, then import it into Revit. It is a clean workflow, though it'll be nicer if/when AutoDesk decides to make a better way to bring Civil3D exports into Revit. ### 7. Using AutoCAD in Structural Engineering Designs. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Paul A. | MD/CEO., Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 06, 2021 **Describe the project or task AutoCAD helped with:** This project, residential suite for Barrister Takema, locatec at Mkar, Gboko, Benue State, Nigeria. The project is a three-level building (ground floor, first floor, second floor, and roof). The roof structure is a steel lattice space typology. **What do you like best about AutoCAD?** Its user-friendliness, simplicity and it is a CAD-type software oriented to drawing and modeling in 2D and 3D. **What do you dislike about AutoCAD?** Its inability to export/import files by a whole team. In addition, work may lost because of the sudden breakdown of computers, viruses attacks, and hacking. Also, the time taking process to know how to operate or run the software with attendant costs. **What problems is AutoCAD solving and how is that benefiting you?** AutoCAD software helped me design, synthesize, analyze, and document the procedure. All these factors helped in drastically improving the productivity of my design that translated into fast design, lower designing cost, and shorter project completion time. ### 8. if you want to start your carrier in design domain then you must go with autocad anyone who want to **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ashwini J. | BIM Engineer, Information Technology and Services, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 12, 2021 **Describe the project or task AutoCAD helped with:** We are working as a BIM Engineer and and handling metro projects so with the help of AutoCAD we are preparing sheets **What do you like best about AutoCAD?** With the help of AutoCAD you can draw 2 d drafting with the ease such as preparing cable tray layouts laying of cables ,wiring diagrams the upside of AutoCAD which I have found is you wont to remember shortcut of commants as of another software **What do you dislike about AutoCAD?** While drafting in AutoCAD there are limited file formats to import and export which cause a problem while using more powerful tools and exporting program to an AutoCAD format **What problems is AutoCAD solving and how is that benefiting you?** As by using AutoCAD you can make easy drafting with the couple of time and it's easy to make changes in the drawing so I found it very useful as a electrical engineer ### 9. Essential Tool **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Architecture & Planning | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 04, 2022 **What do you like best about AutoCAD?** AutoCAD is very easy for new users to pick up. If problems arise when using AutoDesk had many helpful resources to assist **What do you dislike about AutoCAD?** AutoCAD 3D does not produce visuals to a high degree of realism **What problems is AutoCAD solving and how is that benefiting you?** AutoCAD is an essential design tool. I am able to produce very tidy drawings swiftly and accurately using its easy interface and quick commands. ### 10. The standard for 2d drafting **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Packaging and Containers | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 20, 2022 **What do you like best about AutoCAD?** Ease of use, intuitive keyboard commands and mouse interface. One of the originators of the 'ribbon'. **What do you dislike about AutoCAD?** 'View' windows are awkward, and Layer management can get frustrating/tedious. **Recommendations to others considering AutoCAD:** It's a requirement for industry and the price is going up. Find a distributor that can package it and shop around. **What problems is AutoCAD solving and how is that benefiting you?** Construction of plan-view manufacturing drawings and construction blueprints. ### 11. Essential Tool for drafting **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Mahmoud o. | Mechanical Engineer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 30, 2021 **Describe the project or task AutoCAD helped with:** Any design nowadays needs a tool, Autocad is one of the oldest and cheapest tools that helps engineers and draftsmen accomplishing that by using 2D &3D tools. AutoCad is being used in most projects if not all which indicated of its importance **What do you like best about AutoCAD?** The variation of tools, the easiness of understanding how this software works and operates. In addition, it is flexible containing a lot of features that help in drafting **What do you dislike about AutoCAD?** Unfortunately, this software isn't as good as the current softwares for example " Revit". A lot of companies tends to ask to provide projects using other softwares which help the clients visualise their projects better and more efficient than Autocad **What problems is AutoCAD solving and how is that benefiting you?** Drafting, designing, sketching 2D & 3D networks, objects,..etc. Also, having automated functionality helps in may it reasonably adequate for long term projects ### 12. Drafting through Autocad. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Akash J. | Assistant Manager, Construction, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 31, 2021 **Describe the project or task AutoCAD helped with:** Basically i used Autocad for 2D drawing. I am using Autocad since last 2 years and through Autocad i draw architectural drawing and MEP 2D drawing. Through Autocad software i draw permit sets which is 2D drawing of MEP services. **What do you like best about AutoCAD?** Autocad's interface is user friendly we can easily monitor or control. I like the best in Autocad is it's very helpful to draw 2D drawings and it's very accurate about it's dimensions and measurements. In the Autocad we can use short keys by .Pgp file which is very helpful and it gives the speed in work. **What do you dislike about AutoCAD?** If i am talking about dislike sometimes my file getting fetal which is so irritating because my work spoiled everytime. Autocad is getting slow because it's create so many backup files. 3D modelling is the very difficult task in Autocad. **What problems is AutoCAD solving and how is that benefiting you?** I am using Autocad in my organization for 2D drawings. Autocad is very simple software and in our organization Autocad used for multiple projects and multiple works like 2D drawing, MEP services fabrication. ### 13. Best 2D Drafting Software **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** ASHISH M. | Assistant Manager, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 10, 2021 **Describe the project or task AutoCAD helped with:** I am doing 2D Shop drawing using auto cad Software. It is a a a very good software to work on many things we can automize using autocad. We can set the annotation and dimensions as our requriment. **What do you like best about AutoCAD?** There are many tools are available which gives you the flexibility to work on 2D and 3D model as well as . Also Autocad is the best software to do surface modeling options. **What do you dislike about AutoCAD?** I have very good experience to work on autocad software there is nothing to dislike but it should improve inter face for the 3Dmodeling by making it more user freindly. **What problems is AutoCAD solving and how is that benefiting you?** For now, i am working on 2D shop drawing and preparing some 2D designs layouts using it. Autocad is very user friendly software to work on. ### 14. Best software for drafting and CAD Design **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Rajnish H. | Summer Intern, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 13, 2021 **Describe the project or task AutoCAD helped with:** AutoCAD has helped me in drafting house plans and mechanical models in college as well as in my internship. AutoCAD has also helped me in making 3D models of houses with the best precision. **What do you like best about AutoCAD?** The best features of AutoCAD that I like the most are the drawing tools needed in drafting. Tools like copy, array, and rotate help in doing the design in a short time. The other feature that I like is the views of a model or a drawing such that the model can be looked at from different directions. The orthogonal mode is beneficial while drawing floor plans and elevation of a house. The other feature that I like is the conversion of units which is too simple and doesn't require much skill. And the last feature that I like is the addition of components of house like tables, chairs, sofa and due to this feature we can add these components directly to a diagram without drawing it ourself. **What do you dislike about AutoCAD?** One thing i dislike about AutoCAD is the difficulty in making 3D models of house and mechanical models. There are many glitches while drawing a 3D model. My laptop gets laggy when the 3D version of AutoCAD is opened even after having sufficient hardware requirements. **Recommendations to others considering AutoCAD:** I highly recommend AutoCAD to every professional involved in Civil Engineering industry. If someone has issues in drawing and handling drafting charts, then AutoCAD will be the best bet for them. **What problems is AutoCAD solving and how is that benefiting you?** Autocad had solved many problems of mine, which I faced while I made drawings on charts and paper while in college and also in my internship. AutoCAD has many automated processes, which reduce the time taken to draw a floor plan or a model. When a drawing is made on paper, the paper gets damaged after a few months, and sometimes they get lost, but with AutoCAD, i can look at the diagrams made after many months without any issue. AutoCAD has also solved the problem of units in dimensions. ### 15. I have been working on autocad since one year. I have experienced that autocad is very accurate. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 04, 2021 **Describe the project or task AutoCAD helped with:** Currently I'm working in the HACI project and doing duct modelling and shop drawing using autocad. Earlier i have worked in various other projects. Currently I'm working on the project named Mesha High School where all the duct modelling nd shop drawing are being done with the help of AutoCad. **What do you like best about AutoCAD?** Accuracy of AutoCad is excellent. Easy to implement commands. After putting one command it automatically suggests next command which makes AutoCad more understandable. It makes easy understanding for the beginner who just started their work on Autocad. It provides 2D and 3D both which makes it very useful. **What do you dislike about AutoCAD?** For some commands we have to use multiple commands after that then after multiple commands we get one output which makes it time consuming. There are limited numbers of color patterns available while hatching. **What problems is AutoCAD solving and how is that benefiting you?** Using autocad i have solved various problems related to duct modelling and duct fabrication. It is very beneficial because it provides various suggestions at the time of modelling and fabrication. ### 16. Cad Gulf for drafting. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Mahaveer J. | Manager, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 25, 2021 **Describe the project or task AutoCAD helped with:** Autocad is basically used in our industry for making dies design to for cutting the sheets of cardboard. **What do you like best about AutoCAD?** Autocad interface is very easy to understand. Everyone can work on Autocad and its command and multiple features i like the most. **What do you dislike about AutoCAD?** Autocad get slow down after creation of lot of backup and extra files which is very irritating some time it getting fetal and work is gone. **Recommendations to others considering AutoCAD:** It's very easy to work on Autocad so please use it. **What problems is AutoCAD solving and how is that benefiting you?** We are used autocad for design of dies for cutting the sheets according to our requirement so its very easy to do with autocad. ### 17. Modelling in AutoCad **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Nikhil V. | Assistant Manager, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 08, 2021 **Describe the project or task AutoCAD helped with:** AutoCad is used to for drafting, structural designing and layouts, architectural layouts and floor plans. Basically it is used to create 2D and 3D models of all the services like (MEP, Architecture, Structure). **What do you like best about AutoCAD?** Autocad have a feature of layering so by this i can manage all the services with different layers. It have one more feature of creating a block. **What do you dislike about AutoCAD?** Autocad does not have align feature so it is difficult to aligh to objects . Autocad is not so user friendly as compared to Revit. **What problems is AutoCAD solving and how is that benefiting you?** I use autocad to model all the services(MEP). So that i can generate 3D model of them and use that model for coordination purpose. ### 18. Design Documents 2D Drafting with AUTOCAD **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Kishor Kumar L. | M, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 25, 2021 **Describe the project or task AutoCAD helped with:** Autocad help with 2D drafting. We can create the design and construction documents with the use of Autocad. It is the essential software in BIM ( Building Information Modeling ) industry. Currently, in the market, Autocad provides Autocad fabrication which will use for 3D modeling, and we can produce the LOD ( level of Detail ) 400 model with the help of Autocad Fabrication. **What do you like best about AutoCAD?** Autocad provides the most straightforward interface for users. It gives 100% accuracy and quality output in design and construction documents. Short keys can use Autocad commands. **What do you dislike about AutoCAD?** Autocad only uses for 2D drawings, and it is also not working on parametric families like Revit. **Recommendations to others considering AutoCAD:** Autocad 2D drawings outputs are better than other software like Sketchup. **What problems is AutoCAD solving and how is that benefiting you?** We are creating the design documents, construction drawings, Mechanical equipment parts drawings, etc. ### 19. architects **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Design | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 22, 2021 **Describe the project or task AutoCAD helped with:** Auto CAD is a good option for using 2D geometry drawings. Auto CAD improves my work efficiency in architectural drawings. **What do you like best about AutoCAD?** AUTO CAD can Speed up architectural design and drafting with an amazing toolset. **What do you dislike about AutoCAD?** Auto Cad is not suitable for 3D geometry. Other similar software gives better results. **What problems is AutoCAD solving and how is that benefiting you?** There is no doubt about how good Auto CAD is. Its design and documentation work is excellent. ### 20. Excellent drafting software **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Sarah E. | Faculty Assistant, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 28, 2021 **Describe the project or task AutoCAD helped with:** I use AutoCAD to create accurate architectural drawings and illustrations. **What do you like best about AutoCAD?** Easy to access any commend. Ability to create layers to organize the drawing. High accuracy level with a very effective snapping system. **What do you dislike about AutoCAD?** 3D modeling is not that easy and intuitive as in the 2D drafting. **What problems is AutoCAD solving and how is that benefiting you?** I use AutoCAD to Create architectural drawings, illustrations, and diagrams that represent the design. I have realized that AutoCAD creates accurate and precise drawings very quickly. ### 21. Review for autocad **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Construction | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 01, 2021 **Describe the project or task AutoCAD helped with:** It helped me while I was doing 2-D shop drawings of various trades and we can make 3-d object of various sizes **What do you like best about AutoCAD?** In tha autocad what I most like it's user interface , and its speed when we do shop drawings and background prepration **What do you dislike about AutoCAD?** We can not do clash check like revit interference check **Recommendations to others considering AutoCAD:** I will recommend autocad for various purpose like modelling and coordination and 2d drawings preperation **What problems is AutoCAD solving and how is that benefiting you?** My sheet prepration of 2D drawings and modelling while we do in the cad fabrication is so easy in autocad compare to other BIM software ### 22. One of the fundamental software **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Defense & Space | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 19, 2021 **Describe the project or task AutoCAD helped with:** Keeping Records of component drawings in conventional way. **What do you like best about AutoCAD?** Easy to keep records for complicated drawings. Easy to comunicate with industry veterans **What do you dislike about AutoCAD?** No flexibility to modify component design when compared with Solidworks or Fusion 360. **Recommendations to others considering AutoCAD:** It is useful if planning to join to indian industries. Enough job vaccancy for AUTOCAD persons. **What problems is AutoCAD solving and how is that benefiting you?** Not easy to modify the design as compared with solidworks. For 2D or simple drawing its fine. But useful when it comes for industry usage. They want to keep records in AUTOCAD Design. 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