Ease of use and that it is geared towards architects, simple but powerful program.

Datacad é o programa mais fácil de aprender usando o tutorial dentro do manual do proprietário. Algumas das etapas não foram atualizadas e estão fora de ordem, mas se você ler toda a seção, torna-se inerente a ordem em que as tarefas devem ser realizadas. O desenho 3D é tão simples quanto o 2D. Aprendi a maior parte do programa em cerca de 6 semanas de uso em meio período.

This software is very user friendly and intuitive. The 3-D aspects are something I not only use to explain my designs in a graphic way to my clients, but I also design with it. When I was first exposed to DataCAD at my first office, it was not a long learning curve, yet at that time the 3-D elements were very basic. Since opening my own firm 22 years ago, I have stuck with DataCAD and am glad I have. I use the most current version and keep up on all the enhancements. The company listens to it's users and is always finding new ways to streamline production. They are also helpful when I have encountered something glitchy. So far, the glitches had been caused by my own computer...but they helped me anyway. I haven't had any issues with the program or my use of it for as long as I can remember. I feel so strongly about this software, that I have used to assist three high school students (who get mediocre class instruction in CAD at their high school) and have taught them how to use it well enough to design and model a fairly complicated house or prepare a basic set of working drawings for their senior projects, all outside of school in a couple of months with a total of maybe 40 hours instruction time. They love the software and feel it is easy to learn, and get the effects they want to achieve. There are so many elements of the software that streamline the design and drawing process such as smart walls, windows and doors, macros of all sorts, some that frame building walls, roofs, and floors, one that designs 3-d stairs...with every single possible element offered...one that designs roofs and connects them to one another, modeling software and rendering that is editable, a slug of symbols and templates and bitmaps (all editable), and an interface with other software products like sketchup and autocad products. I can import models and symbols that way...for free. It also creates PDFs that I can use to ship my final products to an offsite printing service or send to clients to review. The layering methods are so flexible and do not require caps or limits to just one color per layer. Dimensioning is so easy and flexible...I can't even describe all the cool things about DataCAD. The best thing to do is download a trial version and check it out.