Some other unique features at this price point include texture mapping, rendering and animation modules that support the solids entities. The help files included with DesignCAD Pro are compact and to the point, offering a heavy emphasis on graphics. I found a brief tour through the help resources made the adjustment to DesignCAD Pro go a lot smoother than would have otherwise been the case. The lessons.pdf file supplied with the downloadable version of DesignCAD Pro was well done and had a generous amount of screen captures and icon references to cement in the concepts. These resources would not be sufficient for someone trying to learn CAD for the first time, but they are adequate to cross train a patient AutoCAD veteran.
Product support is conducted via the Web, and a phone number was also supplied.
Technical Data DesignCAD Pro runs on the standard Windows platforms and was well behaved on both my laptop and NT workstation. Performance slowed only as a function of file size and is comparable to that of AutoCAD LT in all areas other than zoom performance. This is not a specific criticism of DesignCAD Pro but rather a general statement about lower-cost CAD applications. If your needs are for a low-cost package to coexist with your presently installed seats of AutoCAD, then the interface differences and file translation issues may rule this program out. All rights reserved.