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Summary: In The Road To CAD
Review: I was interested in switching to the Computer for my design needs, but I was sure that I needed a way around AutoCAD R14 to start. But at the same time wanted to have the compatibility.
Quickcad 8 was the answer, It lets me play around with a simple interface (1 of 3 actually, depending on your skill level). Got myself started with the included and simple 2 minute tutorials and I was on my way.
With a little patience, it took me about 3 weeks to get comfortable and go about my business of interior design smoothly. If your looking at drawbacks, well, 1) I can't load 3D designs created by the more sophisticated Autodesk software, and 2) I have to load the *.dwg autocad symbol libraries one by one and save them in Quickcad format *.cad, for later use.
Overall, it's a great tool for those of us who want to keep it simple.
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Summary: It's good for what I do.
Review: I've read many reviews that seem to have issues with Autodesk or Autocad. IMHO, for less than $50 what do you expect? If you don't purchase the full versions, don't expect this stripped down one to do as much it's big brother. If you're looking for a small footprint application that will help you with design and drawings, this is the application for you. It does have a pretty steep learning curve so be patient. I just purchased the application, went through the 2 minute tutorials, and have already designed and created my next wood shop project.
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Summary: quickcad is too good to be true
Review: I've used quickcad since it was a dos program called Drafix in the 80's. It grew into a windows application and at one time was a $700 program and then was bought by autodesk, improved vastly and price cut so that anyone could afford it. I used it for generating geometry that goes into a CAM program for CNC milling. I also use it for 2D that I import into Rhino for 3D work. It is very efficient and simple, but has many capabilities.
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Summary: Extremely Good Design
Review: QuickCAD 8 is an amazing program. It has easy to use functions and its compatability with Autocad is incredible. It takes very little time for the program to load, and once it does the program is just awsome. Great features include its Windows like interface and that it doesn't take up much memory on your computer.
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Summary: Yuk
Review: The tutorials and help information are so bad with this software that it is useless. I gave up and went back to hand drafting for my construction/renovation business. Instead of saving me time it was a waste of time and money.
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Summary: Autodesk Quick CAD 8
Review: This software appears to be suitable only for drawing floor plans, with doors, desks, washrooms, etc. The illustrations of a derailer on the carton and of mechanical and electronic components in the 59 page Getting Started manual are misleading (dishonest may be more to the point). There are no symbols for spur, helical, bevel, or worm gears; there is only a symbol for a bolt. There are no symbols for a transistor, capacitor, coil, or any other electrical component. Both the Getting Started manual and the on screen Help instructions are poorly written - they are often incomplete, vague, and ambiguous. Telephone help consists of listening to
"Your call is important to us." over and over. Do not buy unless you want to lay out a floor plan for a home or office.
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Summary: Terrible help file
Review: Was trying to use the alignment feature with this program, which is NOT very intuitive, so I checked out the help file under aligning entities. Well, guess what? The text under entity alignment has NOTHING to do with the function!!
Seems like there was no quality checking on this program before Autodesk put it on the market. Must need the quick $$$.
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