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Summary: QuickCAD has been discontinued by Autodesk
Review: Autodesk has announced that as of 9/30/04 it will no longer support QuickCAD. Not only that but version 8 is 3 years old. I bought it less than a week ago and the build date was 2001.
That is the only reason I give it one star. QuickCAD is actually a very good value. It is almost exactly the same as Autodesk's Autosketch software which costs more than twice as much. Autodesk also has a very active user's forum for QuickCAD/Autosketch which will answer almost any question you might have.
I still haven't decided whether to keep QuickCAD or return it and buy Autosketch. I think QCAD will serve my needs but as long as I am buying my first CAD package for home I wonder if it is smart to buy into a dead end program.
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Summary: Autosketch or QuickCAD - by Autodesk
Review: Both QuickCAD and Autosketch are Autodesk products. What makes Autosketch worth more than QuickCAD? The Autodesk web site does not compare the two. I have downloaded the manuals for both. They are almost identical, page for page. There is one exception. The Autosketch manual has a chapter (Chap 15) titled "3D Effects". QuickCAD does not. The 3D effects are "extrusion" and "isometric". In addition, I am told that Autosketch can be used with one or two file formats that QuickCAD cannot. The additional file types in Autosketch are; Import: SKD and CAD and Export: DWF. I hope this saves you some research time. You have to decide for yourself which to buy.
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Summary: 12 year Autocad user
Review: Having used Autocad for 12 years I just love this little program for it's ease of use. I use it along with Autocad to import small 8.5"x11" sections to print out on a laser printer much easier and faster them on the plotter. I have had know problem importing ACAD drawings from consultants into this program even when I couldn't open them in our Autocad program..
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Summary: An Electrical Engineers View Of QuickCad
Review: I am an electrical engineer who generates 2D cad drawings when not writing computer control systems code or managing a project. As such, I always find I am rusty with the command line commands in AutoCad after being away from it for weeks to months. I have developed a dislike of AutoCad as a result. After having for years struggled to reclimb the learning curve with both the DOS and Windows versions of AutoCad I went in search of a cad product that would be user friendly, without the need for remembering the command line commands, and use a Windows tool bar interface with click and drag.I have found the AutoDesk product QuickCad makes excellent professional quality electrical and P&ID drawings. However, when attempting to save a QuickCad file as a DWG file, several things get lost in the translation.
Specifically, text size does not translate to Autocad as it was created in QuickCad. If one can live without the need to translate QuickCad files into AutoCad files, this is a very good cad package at a great price.
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Summary: How are you supposed to learn?
Review: I am upset I bought this, there is no instruction available for learning it. The Getting Started book does NOT give enough information to get started. The user guide (300 pages available only on the CD or as download) is not written for a beginner. Autodesk says after the getting started book you can start drawing; well I have read the book cover to cover and I am not able to make the settings for a floorplan or draw a line for one wall. I have spent hours trial and error without success (and this after taking an intro to CAD class in interior design). Autodesk is misleading at best, and they have no customer support, not even an email listed on their website. I wasted my money!
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Summary: Good value
Review: I ended up buying this program for work. I was able to immediately sit down and begin working on floor plans, with a little experimentation. I ran into a few stability issues, but they are few and far between. "Buggy" would be an overstatement. I found the symbol libraries very useful. It is also very easy to create your own library by re-organizing the current symbols and/or creating your own. In short, it may not have the power of the big, expensive products, but it is an excellent product for its price range.
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Summary: Good value
Review: I ended up buying this program for work. I was able to immediately sit down and begin working on floor plans, with a little experimentation. I ran into a few stability issues, but they are few and far between. "Buggy" would be an overstatement. I found the symbol libraries very useful. It is also very easy to create your own library by re-organizing the current symbols and/or creating your own. In short, it may not have the power of the big, expensive products, but it is an excellent product for its price range.
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Summary: Nice Looking Box? "You can't judge a book by it's cover"
Review: I had to disable my Norton Software before Quickcad would even start up.I found out later that Autodesk provides a fix on their website for this. Next, after getting the program to finally run, it would give me a "floating point error" and shut down in the middle of my drawing. This has happened several times already. There were other unexplainable program lockups also. All I can say good about QuickCad so far , is the package the software came in looks nice. The help manual provides little information for those who aren't already familiar with Autocad. The website support was little help and this is a part of the email they sent me; "Safety Net is a pay-per-incident technical support program for Autodesk desktop products available to customers in the US and Canada. For US $65.00 per incident, you may call 800-225-6531 from 6 am to 5 pm, Pacific Time, Monday through Friday to receive direct technical support from Autodesk. We accept all major credit cards." So if you have problems with Autodesk products expect to pay for help. Why would I want to pay $65 for help in fixing a $44 dollar program? My suggestion is to save your money and don't buy this product.
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Summary: Autodesk has a history
Review: I have purchased several products from Autodesk in the past. I got Generic Cadd before Autodesk aquired it and it was an excellent product, so when they came out with Ceneric Cadd 3D, I bought this faulty, buggy, useless program. They promised for almost two years that they were fixing it, then they dropped the product and ended all support. Meanwhile I bought Autodesk 3D concepts for windows...this program could not even be used to draw the example drawings that came with it! They also ended all support of this when they couldn't make it work. When they were beta testing Generic Cadd 7.0 an they discovered it was too powerful and would compete with Autocad they dropped it and ended all support. since this time they have released and dropped a couple more products which I did not buy. SAVE YOUR MONEY if you are not going to spend the money and invest the time to learn Autocad, ...
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Summary: An Excellent Program for the Novice and Professional
Review: I searched all over the web to find a CAD program to fit my small budget and to expand my CAD skills. Finally, I struck gold when I found the QuickCad program. At first the program seemed a bit overwhelming and I was wondering, "Where do I start?", but after studying the tutorials, I felt quite comfortable with the program. I love the drag and drop features and the several architectural libraries. This program makes hatching, adding layers and textures a breeze. So far, I have designed my fantasy bedroom and den to my dream house. What I really like about the program is that my drawings look quite professional, despite the fact that I have'nt had a CAD course in a few years. Granted this may not be the huge AutoCad program one would expect but for the money you get more than what you pay for. Novices and professionals alike will enjoy this program.
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