AutoCAD Reviews & Product Details

Everything is user friendly and straight forward. AutoCAD is a mandatory tool for any Technical person. Its very easy to use and draw things faster

limited to2D. 3D in AutoCAD is not powerful. Also its formats are universal.

Designing blast patterns in an underground coal mine

The whole process from installation to trouble shooting has be effortless with the instruction provided

The sales push for some of the cloud based services

3d design of piping systems

I've been using AutoCAD on and off for 20 years. The software is the best for precise layouts and mockups

The user interface hasn't aged as well given the modern software paradigms that are out there

We use AutoCAD to create mockups for small roadway projects in-house that don't need a professional engineering consultant. We save a lot of money by not utilizing expensive consultants for small projects that don't get the benefit of scale.

The best feature which I liked in AutoCAD 2017 is you can import your PDF file in the current drawing as an object

I used this software from quite a long period of time and every new version is advanced and improved. So, there is nothing specific that I dislike about AutoCAD

I mainly use it for teaching purpose.

The AutoCAD is very versatile and offers a number of drawing features thus making the drawing on your mind come to a true representation on the software. It is available in a bunch of different countries and languages baking it available to people from a diverse set of background easily. It also supports a bunch of different APIs for customization. A bunch of different softwares permit export as AutoCAD drawing files.

The localization of the software is available throughout the software as an entire package in only some countries. In a few others, the localization is limited to the support document alone. The AutoCAD permits export as a third party extension such as pdf. A bunch of different softwares permit export as AutoCAD drawing however the exported files accuracy is distorted. The mobile app version AutoCAD 360 only allows a 2D editing.

Designing the power system components. The business is predominantly based on making and selecting the best design feature of the products. Most drawings are done on AutoCAD.

I like the flexibility the software has incorporate third party tools.

AutoCAD can be a little heavy with RAM and sometimes loses functionality with extended use.

It helps speed up existing processes that would have a tendency of bottlenecking.

Very powerful design software with loads of options to make accurate drawings.

It is very complicated and takes ongoing practice to master.

Fashioning infrastructure drawings. The ability to visualize your design.

Widely used product with good cross platform compatibility.

Can be sluggish and crash periodically, even on high end PC.

Generating design drawings.

Ease of design. Not a lot of parameters to set. Just start designing

Not enough customization I would like to be able to add more macros to automate the steps.

2-D elevation view layouts

AutoCAD is suitable for both 2D and 3D drawing and is incredibly versatile, allowing you to customize almost every aspect of the design process. You can create and edit DWG files quickly and, now that AutoCAD is available on Mac, work across platforms too....

AutoCAD is a very complex design tool that requires proper training and instruction to get the most out of. and requires a very powerful hardware...

I use Autocad to designe and edit electric scheme...

Does not crash if multiple projects open

Wish it had more commonly used electrical symbols

Easy to creat functional diagrams

There are so many ways to create blueprints quickly and accurately.

The learning curve can be steep if not given hands-on training.

Blueprints are able to be shared quickly between customers/management/fabricators.

Once you learn it, there's little it can't do. Very functional for what it does, and - once you learn the general systems - somewhat intuitive.

It's difficult to learn, and it seems like there could be better systems in place for learning the more complex functions. The basic stuff is easy to learn, but it's one of those software programs where it's really easy to get yourself to the point that you know just enough to get yourself in trouble.

It's what we use for 95% of our drafting - it's generally the industry-wide most used tool, so it makes it easy to work across companies.

Its possibly the best software for beginners to start their journey into the Design world. One of the easiest to learn and most widely used software in the industry. The new analysis feature, though basic, is an added bonus for the software. Best software for 2D drawings.

The analysis feature is not fully developed and not as good as the one that SolidWorks provides. That, and average solid 3D modelling options are the main probles I have with AutoCAD.

A ton of drawings, right from projects in College, during internships in automobile field, oil and gas, floor plans for friends wedding - the whole lot.

I like how intuitive AutoCAD is. I didn't know any CAD before, but it was very easy to pick up. This was particularly helpful as a student because I had to learn AutoCAD on my own and with a short deadline so that I could use CAD as soon as possible in my project

AutoCAD's incompatibility with making solid bodies that are fit for 3D printing and .STL files. The software works great for modeling the aesthetics of a product design but not so much in its functionality. I had to look around a lot on the internet to find plugins that would allow me to import STL files which I found to be very inconvenient given that STL files are pretty typical in 3D modeling.

Designing a physical casing for an Arduino-based smartwatch. Using AutoCAD helped me visualize a lot of things in terms of aesthetics and viewing pre-existing designs from other products before moving to SolidWorks to actually construct the design (because it had to be 3D printed, Solidworks was much more convenient in terms of its capabilities with solid parts and .STL files.