CAD Forum discussion (EN) : autocad alternative https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/ Mon, 25 May 2026 03:14:57 +0000 Sun, 29 Mar 2009 09:56:26 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=1846 <![CDATA[CAD Forum discussion (EN)]]> https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/ <![CDATA[autocad alternative : I am using AutoCAD since 1992....]]> https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=1846&PID=5110&title=autocad-alternative#5110 Author: LatCh
Subject: 1846
Posted: 29.Mar.2009 at 09:56

I am using AutoCAD since 1992. Our company has tried IntelliCad twice - first in 2001, returned back to AutoCAD and then in last year. Now we are back again on AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT.

IntelliCad is almost compatible and its environment is almost the same as in AutoCAD. The main problem was that it crashed quite often and that its DWG files were causing problems by our customers. They were complaining about printing problems, fatal errors, missing data. So our customers pushed us back to AutoCAD.
]]> Sun, 29 Mar 2009 09:56:26 +0000 https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=1846&PID=5110&title=autocad-alternative#5110 <![CDATA[autocad alternative : in fact, price makes us move....]]> https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=1846&PID=5108&title=autocad-alternative#5108 Author: dicksham
Subject: 1846
Posted: 29.Mar.2009 at 05:19

in fact, price makes us move. The prices of these alternatives are a little bit higher than microsoft windows, but lower than microsoft office. How about Microstation?
 
We know Star5 hotels are always better than Star3. But if we just use the room at night and the bed is comfortable enough to make us sleep, why do we need to pay trible. Making money is not easy today, especially this year. If autocad price won't drop, bosses would cut the software costs but keep good employees working.
 
"Intellicad is autocad-compatible". Can some professionals/ expert users prove it is wrong? Why don't Autodesk do something to beat them?


Edited by dicksham - 29.Mar.2009 at 05:32]]> Sun, 29 Mar 2009 05:19:32 +0000 https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=1846&PID=5108&title=autocad-alternative#5108 <![CDATA[autocad alternative : I use Civil 3D Autodesk software...]]> https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=1846&PID=5107&title=autocad-alternative#5107 Author: msplcdykee69
Subject: 1846
Posted: 29.Mar.2009 at 04:36

I use Civil 3D Autodesk software and for the company I had tried out diffrent alternatives to Autodesk software and I have found Microstation to be very good and also works great importing dwg's it costs much less and is very similar to Autodesk and it will take some getting use to, but I have to say with everything out there and if my company was to move away from autodesk software this is what i would recommend.]]> Sun, 29 Mar 2009 04:36:01 +0000 https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=1846&PID=5107&title=autocad-alternative#5107 <![CDATA[autocad alternative : Beside the frequent support requests...]]> https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=1846&PID=5102&title=autocad-alternative#5102 Author: Vladimir Michl
Subject: 1846
Posted: 27.Mar.2009 at 16:54

Beside the frequent support requests from our customers struggling with "strange things" when working on such DWG files, there is the Budweiser DWG-compatibility benchmark on www.xanadu.cz/budweiser (not yet updated to the current DWG2010 format).

And the incompatibilities are logical - DWG is an Autodesk file format which is not publicly documented so any "compatible" application can use just a reverse-engineered approximation of this format.
]]> Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:54:20 +0000 https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=1846&PID=5102&title=autocad-alternative#5102 <![CDATA[autocad alternative : thanks, vladimir, thanks for...]]> https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=1846&PID=5101&title=autocad-alternative#5101 Author: dicksham
Subject: 1846
Posted: 27.Mar.2009 at 16:42

thanks, vladimir,
 
thanks for your comment. but can you share any report to prove that these alternatives are actually not compatible.
 
i heard the comments from www.intellicad.net, which are opposite to yours.
]]> Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:42:16 +0000 https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=1846&PID=5101&title=autocad-alternative#5101 <![CDATA[autocad alternative : Such AutoCAD &#034;alternatives&#034;...]]> https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=1846&PID=5097&title=autocad-alternative#5097 Author: Vladimir Michl
Subject: 1846
Posted: 27.Mar.2009 at 11:43

Such AutoCAD "alternatives" (read "copies") exist for many years. Despite of this, they have never established well on the market. The main reasons are their unreliability and first of all incompatibility with DWG.
 
Yes, they do read/write files with the .DWG extension but they do not fully interpret all DWG objects and their forged DWG files cause lots of problems when processed in AutoCAD or other CAD applications.
]]> Fri, 27 Mar 2009 11:43:10 +0000 https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=1846&PID=5097&title=autocad-alternative#5097 <![CDATA[autocad alternative : autocad alternative is just 1/10...]]> https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=1846&PID=5095&title=autocad-alternative#5095 Author: dicksham
Subject: 1846
Posted: 27.Mar.2009 at 02:50

autocad alternative is just 1/10 cost of autocad, but with nearly 100% of the functions. 2nd, autocad dwg dominates in building service industry but the economy is not good today; companies need find ways to cut unnecessary costs. ]]> Fri, 27 Mar 2009 02:50:57 +0000 https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=1846&PID=5095&title=autocad-alternative#5095 <![CDATA[autocad alternative : dicksham wrote:personally,...]]> https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=1846&PID=5089&title=autocad-alternative#5089 Author: Arben.Allaraj
Subject: 1846
Posted: 26.Mar.2009 at 15:46

Originally posted by dicksham dicksham wrote:

personally, i haven't used autocad for a long time. currently, my friend asked me to recommend one good autocad alternative to him.

i think most of the alternative softwares are using the same kernel/technology (intellicad), but just their interfaces are a little bit different. Am i right? is CMS intellicad good to use? it seems to be the cheapest one, much cheaper than Progecad & Bricscad.

if there is no big difference in technology, should i choose the cheapest one? please advise

thanks in advance!
 
dickson sham


For what he will use it.?

]]> Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:46:51 +0000 https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=1846&PID=5089&title=autocad-alternative#5089 <![CDATA[autocad alternative : personally, i haven&#039;t used...]]> https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=1846&PID=5088&title=autocad-alternative#5088 Author: dicksham
Subject: 1846
Posted: 26.Mar.2009 at 13:44

personally, i haven't used autocad for a long time. currently, my friend asked me to recommend one good autocad alternative to him.

i think most of the alternative softwares are using the same kernel/technology (intellicad), but just their interfaces are a little bit different. Am i right? is CMS intellicad good to use? it seems to be the cheapest one, much cheaper than Progecad & Bricscad.

if there is no big difference in technology, should i choose the cheapest one? please advise

thanks in advance!
 
dickson sham
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