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Stacey B.

Drafting Tech - Software Coordinator

Oil & Energy

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

9/13/2023

"User Friendly and Stable CAD"

4.5/5

What do you like best about AutoCAD?

a big upside for me is the "out the box" features that are enough for wath i do. I can do solid modeling, cut sections from the model and if the model is updated teh views are also. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AutoCAD?

I feel the downside is the subscription business model that they changed over to. we used to purchase a version of AutoCAD, in came on a disc and one could use it practically forever. it was a "perpetual license". one can still buy a version, load it electronically from the website, bu it is not a "perpetual license" therefore when the subscription monies stop, the access to the program stops. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering AutoCAD:

AutoCAD has come a long way and is probably the most recognized name in drafting/design software. but along the way they have gotten very expensive to use. and along the way other companies have developed alternate programs that are 1/8 the cost and just as capable Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is AutoCAD solving and how is that benefiting you?

the problems it solved pertained to multiple departments and multiple disciplines, and the coordinating the latest from each discipline. Say Structural, Piping, Instrumentation, electrical, engineering. AutoCAD has a referencing feature entitled EXTERNAL REFERENCES or XREFS. If any discipline needs anothers drawing for background, one would insert that drawing as an XREF. Now if the xref drawing is updated it is updated in all the locations that the drawing is xrefed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.