INTELLICAD VS AUTOCAD
INTELLICAD VS AUTOCAD
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I am starting an engineering company and I need a good CAD program. Autocad 2007 is out of my budget. Can anyone tell me how Intellicad compares to AutoCad? Are there any other options out there?





RE: INTELLICAD VS AUTOCAD
"Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects." — Will Rogers
RE: INTELLICAD VS AUTOCAD
Knp271, what are you planning to do? Do you need 3D, will you be importing data, do you need to export data, do you need CAM data all these will effect your choice.
Solid edge do free 2D but I have no idea how good it is, might be worth looking at.
http://www.solidapps.co.uk/
RE: INTELLICAD VS AUTOCAD
"Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects." — Will Rogers
RE: INTELLICAD VS AUTOCAD
my tip: Contact an ACAD- and Intellicad-dealer closed to you, ask for a 30day-test version, install and test by yourself.
Lothar
ADT 2004
ACAD 2002
RE: INTELLICAD VS AUTOCAD
Bottom line: Yes it's 10 times cheaper than AutoCAD but 100 times inferior!
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LT is not, however, a truly 3D software. But you can give z-dimensions to things and "fake it" for light-duty 3D functions.
Engineering is the practice of the art of science - Steve
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I would recommend AutoCAD LT vs. Intellicad or the lower cost alternatives based on our experience for strictly 2d work. Ironically we still need Intellicad to read .dxf files generated by an older flat pattern generating program that Autodesk products can't read. SolidWorks dwgeditor is essentially Intellicad licensed from Cadopia.
You might look at Alibre for low cost 3d (but its 2d is weak), but didn't meet our needs for production work. You can download AutoCAD LT 30 day trial version from Autodesk. Go to Cadopia.com for a eval version of Intellicad. Intellicad ranges from 250.00-450.00 for a single user license. LT lists for 899.00, but you may find discounted online for under 800.00. LT is well worth the difference in my opinion.
AutoCAD LT trial
Alibre trial
Intellicad trial
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Chris
SolidWorks 06 5.1/PDMWorks 06
AutoCAD 06
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