Corel CorelCAD Education Edition

Corel CorelCAD Education Edition Review

Corel CorelCAD Education Edition Feature

• Be productive immediately in an environment filled with industry-standard features and tools.
• Communicate your ideas with precision using customizable 2D and 3D design tools.
• Innovative features like VoiceNotes let you add messages and instructions in your drawing, and CorelDRAW and Corel DESIGNER compatibility (Windows version only) enhance collaboration.
• Plus, CorelCAD is built for both Windows and Mac OS, so it delivers impressive speed and performance on the platform of your choice.

Get a native DWG, high-performance CAD solution—without the high price—with new CorelCAD. Open, work with and save files in DWG format for easy collaboration with colleagues, suppliers and partners.

Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite X4 [Old Version]

Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite X4 [Old Version] Review

Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite X4 [Old Version] Feature

• Includes Corel Designer X4, Corel Photo-Paint X4, Corel PowerTrace, Right Hemishpere Deep Exploration, Corel Capture X4, Barcode Wizard, Duplexing Wizard
• 3D CAD import--users do not need a CAD license to work with 3D CAD since the included Right Hemisphere Deep Exploration is an integrated 3D-to-2D conversion application letting users open 3D CAD files such as 3D DXF/DWG, SketchUp, or 3ds Max
• Improved support for AutoCAD DXF and AutoCAD DWG (R2.5 to 2008) ensures easy, error-free data conversion when these files are imported
• Corel PowerTRACE--technical graphics professionals can unlock legacy technical illustrations by quickly and easily tracing scanned data and converting it into an editable and scalable vector image
• Object Coordinates docker--draw, size, and rotate shapes and lines with precision using a live preview that facilitates the drawing and editing of objects

Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite X4 is the trusted choice for businesses that need to effectively communicate the strengths of their products and services through clear, informative technical illustrations or diagrams. From operation guides and parts catalogs, to schematics, wiring diagrams, assembly instructions, maintenance manuals and architectural presentations, this complete suite allows organizations of any size to create powerful technical graphics--fast!

Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite X4 is the trusted choice for businesses that need to effectively communicate the strengths of their products and services through clear, informative technical illustrations or diagrams.

Market-leading file compatibility
3D import with Right Hemisphere Deep Exploration technology lets you open and work with 3D design data and convert 3D files to 2D, without needing a CAD license. New and extended support for Microsoft Publisher, Microsoft Visio, Microsoft Office, PDF, CGM, SVG, AutoCAD DXF, AutoCAD DWG, PDF 1.7, PDF/A and JPEG 2000 creates seamless file compatibility and eliminates file conversion errors.

New and enhanced diagramming tools
Make wiring diagrams and flow charts easier to read and edit with enhanced connector lines, halos on curves and new arrowhead tools for improved accuracy.

Precise technical illustration tools
Accurately draw, resize and rotate shapes and lines with the help of the Object Coordinate docker and add missing detail and context when illustrating complex technical content with 2-Point Line, Dimension, Callout and Projected Drawing tools.

Professional photo-editing power
Work with photos, including raw files, from over 300 camera models and achieve professional-quality color and accuracy with the new Image Adjustment and enhanced Cutout labs.

Features

What's Included

• Corel DESIGNER X4--a precision vector drawing and layout application for technical illustrators
• Corel PHOTO-PAINT X4--an easy-to-use, professional image-editing program
• Corel PowerTRACE X4--an accurate bitmap-to-vector image tracing application
• Corel CAPTURE X4--a one-click screen capture utility
• Right Hemisphere Deep Exploration 5.5 CSE--a powerful application that transforms 3D designs into accurate 2D illustrations
• User Guides--for Corel DESIGNER X4 and Corel PHOTO-PAINT X4 (on CD and as a printed manual in the box)
• 4,000 standard drawing components, categorized in over 75 symbol libraries
• Tutorials--6 new Corel DESIGNER tutorials, 5 new Corel PHOTO-PAINT tutorials, tips & tricks

Quickly unlock and repurpose data in legacy blueprints with Corel PowerTRACE X4. Click to enlarge.

Dramatically increase productivity by actively drawing on the projected plane, removing the need to draw the object first and then project or squeeze it in additional steps. Click to enlarge.

Create and position objects accurately using gravity snapping and fully configurable dynamic guides that snap to direction and distance. Click to enlarge.

Access Technical Design Assets

New--3D CAD Import
Open and work with 3D designs (including AutoCAD 3D DWG and DXF, 3DS, VRML, U3D, SketchUp files and others) without needing a CAD license or having to navigate a complicated interface.

Optional: Additional native 3D CAD File Format Support
Upgrade to Deep Exploration CCE for direct access to over 80 3D file formats from major CAD systems such as CATIA, Inventor, Pro/ENGINEER, SolidWorks, Unigraphics NX and more. Find out more about this add-on tool.

Enhanced--AutoCAD DWG/DXF Support
Work with 2D CAD files from your suppliers or customers. Receive support for AutoCAD 2008 and versions dating back to 2.5, plus enjoy enhanced object, layer and hatch fills support.

New and enhanced--File Format Support
Easily collaborate with colleagues and clients thanks to seamless compatibility with commonly used file formats, including new support for Microsoft Visio 2007, PDF 1.7 and PDF/A, Microsoft Word 2007, Microsoft Publisher and JPEG 2000.

Computer Graphics Metafile (CGM) Support
Import and export to files of CGM Version 4 profiles, such as ActiveCGM, WebCGM, and ATA GREXCHANGE 2.4 and 2.6.

New--Corel PowerTRACE X4
Quickly unlock and repurpose data in legacy blueprints.

New--Welcome Screen
Quickly access recently used documents, templates, learning tools and inspiring illustration work.

New--Windows Vista Integration
Easily organize projects and search for files within a modern, more intuitive interface, and benefit from high-quality thumbnail previews that improve productivity and reduce searching time.

New--CorelDRAW ConceptShare
Share work and collaborate with colleagues and/or clients in real time.

Streamline Technical Illustrations

New--Object Coordinate Docker
Draw, size and rotate shapes and lines with enhanced precision and live screen preview.

Enhanced--Dimension Tools
Create custom dimensions and dimension styles with advanced control for clearly readable illustrations.

Enhanced--Arrowheads
Add precise arrowheads to connectors, callouts, dimension lines and any curve.

Projected Drawing Modes
Dramatically increase productivity by actively drawing on the projected plane, removing the need to draw the object first and then project or squeeze it in additional steps.

Hatch Fills
Use hatch patterns to represent different types of materials and to visualize cross sections in your drawing.

Enhanced--2-point Line Tool
Draw lines that are tangent or perpendicular to two objects, making it much easier to draw objects such as cylinders.

Callout Tools
Create Callouts to let your audience identify objects in a drawing. This one-click tool lets you create callouts including text, callout lines and halos around the whole callout, providing presets and customizable settings.

Gravity Snapping and Dynamic Guides
Create and position objects accurately using gravity snapping and fully configurable dynamic guides that snap to direction and distance.

New--Independent Page Layers
Experience greater layout control with the ability to vary the layer structure across multiple pages of a document.

New--Crop Tool
Crop drawing objects and groups, as well as imported images, at the same time to achieve perfect illustrations.

New--Smart Fill Tool
Use the Smart Fill tool to detect the edges of any enclosed object area, such as cross section areas, and create a closed path to fill the area (unlike conventional fill tools that fill only existing objects).

Identify connector lines more easily and add precision and clarity to diagrams. Click to enlarge.

Preview adjustments in real time with interactive controls and support for raw camera files from over 300 camera models. Click to enlarge.

Use new, interactive controls to quickly and easily straighten images. Click to enlarge.

Hotspotting
Manage a complex project and create interactive electronic technical manuals (IETMs) by assigning data to its objects.

Enhanced Line Styles
Illustrate stitch patterns and draw parallel lines with the help of enhanced line styles.

New--Interactive Tables
Align, resize or edit tables and table cells to provide a structured layout for text and graphics, plus import and visualize parts lists, bills of materials (BOMs) and other data.

New--Text Formatting
Preview text formatting changes before applying them to increase the accuracy of text size, style and positioning. The new Character and Paragraph formatting dockers provide a full preview onscreen to help streamline changes to text.

Unicode Support and Double-byte Formatting
Exchange files effortlessly by ensuring that text is displayed correctly, regardless of the language or operating system in which the file was created.

Create Precise Technical Diagrams

Enhanced--Support for Microsoft Visio Files
Import and work with the latest versions of Microsoft Visio files, making it easier to collaborate with colleagues and clients, enhance existing diagrams and integrate them into technical illustrations.

Enhanced--Connector Lines
Automatically adjust connector line paths to avoid other objects using Smart Drawing technology.

New--Halos on Curves
Identify connector lines more easily and add precision and clarity to diagrams.

Edit Technical Images

New--Raw Camera File Support
Preview adjustments in real time with interactive controls and support for raw camera files from over 300 camera models.

New--Image Adjustment Lab
Achieve professional-quality color and tone correction.

New--Straighten Image
Use new, interactive controls to quickly and easily straighten images.

Enhanced--Tone Curve Adjustments
Adjust images with more precision, reducing the number of iterations required.

Enhanced--Cutout Lab
Gain control, improve accuracy and simplify the image-cutting process for complex cutout tasks.

Gain control, improve accuracy and simplify the image-cutting process for complex cutout tasks. Click to enlarge.

Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite X4 includes Right Hemisphere Deep Exploration 5.5 CSE, a powerful application that transforms 3D CAD models into accurate 2D graphics. Click to enlarge.

3D CAD

Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite X4 includes Right Hemisphere Deep Exploration 5.5 CSE, a powerful application that transforms 3D CAD models into accurate 2D graphics.

To double your 3D CAD editing abilities and benefit from increased file format support, upgrade to Deep Exploration 5.5 CCE. See below for more information.

With Deep Exploration 5.5 CSE (included with Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite), you can:

• access 3D designs from AutoCAD DWG and DXF, 3DS, VRML, U3D, SketchUp and other formats
• modify 3D models and views to accommodate the needs of a technical illustration (e.g., by applying cross sections and exploding models to create disassembly views)
• quickly transform 3D CAD models into accurate 2D vector illustrations and insert directly into Corel DESIGNER X4
• create renderings from 3D designs to output directly to Corel PHOTO-PAINT for professional retouching and integration in technical documents and presentations

With Deep Exploration 5.5 CCE* (upgrade option) you receive:

• additional native 3D CAD file format support--get support for over 80 3D CAD file formats, including CATIA, Inventor, Pro/ENGINEER, SolidWorks, Unigraphics NX and more
• 3D PDF publishing abilities
• more 3D CAD tools to optimize 3D files for display and manipulation, such as Polygon reduction tools, small parts removal and more

*Note: Deep Exploration CCE is an upgrade that requires additional purchase.

Industry Workflows

Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite is used across many different industries, providing cost-effective tools to help businesses communicate the strengths of their products and services through clear technical illustrations and diagrams.

• Discrete manufacturing
• Transportation (Automotive & Aerospace)
• High-Tech & Telecommunications
• Architecture, Engineering & Construction (AEC)
• Energy, Oil & Gas
• Apparel

Whether you¿re creating clear and informative technical illustrations or diagrams, Corel DESIGNER® Technical Suite X4 is the trusted choice for businesses of all sizes that need to effectively communicate the strengths of their products and services. Trusted by companies renowned for technical excellence worldwide, this comprehensive suite leverages the award-winning graphics power of CorelDRAW® to deliver precision illustration tools, bitmap-to-vector tracing, professional photo-editing, and industry-leading file compatibility - including 3D CAD - unmatched by any other technical graphics package. Offering an optimized workflow, multi-language support and easy network deployment, Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite X4 is an essential tool for any business that needs to create powerful technical graphics - fast!

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Key Cad Complete Feature

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TurboCAD Mac Designer v5 2D

TurboCAD Mac Designer v5 2D Review

TurboCAD Mac Designer v5 2D Feature

• TurboCAD Mac Designer 2D delivers drafting and design tools that effortlessly translate ideas into reality. Created with the simple user interface every Mac user demands, it s easy to produce anything from simple sketches to standards compliant, production ready drawings. Get started right away with 500 pre-drawn floor plans or import an existing CAD file in one of the many supported file formats,

TurboCAD Mac Designer 2D delivers drafting and design tools that effortlessly translate ideas into reality. Created with the simple user interface every Mac user demands it s easy to produce anything from simple sketches to standards pliant production ready drawings. Get started right away with 500 pre-drawn floor plans or import an existing CAD file in one of the many supported file formats including AutoCAD DWG/DXF. With intuitive design tools snaps alignments aids 7000 pre-drawn symbols customizable keyboard shortcuts automated user tips and online help even novice designers can quickly create precision designs. Perfect for beginners hobbyists and students.Perfect For:Architects Engineers Hobbyists Contractors Builders Designers Illustrators Students Educators Graphics Designers.System Requirements: G4. 256 MB of RAM. 200 MB Free on Hard Disk. DVD-ROM Drive. Macintosh OS X (10.4 or greater) 32 MB Accelerated video card with OpenGL support. Leopard and Snow Leopard patible. Remended: G5. Mac OS X 10.4.5+ or later PPC/Intel. 512 MB RAM. 250 MB Free Hard Drive Space. 1 GB Allocated Virtual Memory. Inter connection and service to access some online content. Format: MAC 10.1.1 OR LATER Genre: PRODUCTIVITY Age: 730526360103 UPC: 730526360103 Manufacturer No: 00TC2M50CC01

AutoCAD 2012 -- Includes a 1 year Autodesk Subscription

AutoCAD 2012 -- Includes a 1 year Autodesk Subscription Review

AutoCAD 2012 -- Includes a 1 year Autodesk Subscription Feature

• Quickly document and stay connected to 3D models from almost any source
• Explore design ideas with flexible 3D modeling toolsWith AutoCAD, you have the power to create almost any form you can imagine.
• Access the benefits of direct modeling with Autodesk Inventor FusionShipping with AutoCAD 2012, Autodesk Inventor Fusion software adds to the 3D conceptual design capabilities of AutoCAD and sets a new standard for professional 3D modeling ease of use.
• Slash revision time with parametric drawing Slash your design revision time with parametric drawing. When persistent relationships between objects are defined parallel lines remain parallel and concentric circles remain centered automatically
• Make renovations easier with point cloud support.Bring your 3D scans to life, streamlining time-consuming renovation and restoration projects.
• Access the benefits of direct modeling with Autodesk Inventor Fusion
• AutoCAD 2012 software, one of the world's leading 2D and 3D CAD design tools
• Explore design ideas with flexible 3D modeling tools; document arrayed objects faster than ever before
• Includes one year of Autodesk Subscription which gives you a wide range of maintenance and support services designed to help you minimize costs, increase productivity, and make the most of your investment in Autodesk software.
• Quickly document--and stay connected to--3D models from almost any source
• Slash revision time with parametric drawing; make renovations easier with point cloud support

AutoCAD 2012

Design and shape the world around you with the powerful, flexible features in AutoCAD 2012 software, one of the world's leading 2D and 3D CAD design tools. Maximize your productivity with updated tools for conceptual design, model documentation, and reality capture.

Design and Documentation

Autodesk has been bringing efficiencies to your design process for more than 28 years. Used by millions of people globally, AutoCAD software is a world-leading design and documentation solution. Offering robust 3D free-form design tools and powerful drafting and documentation capabilities, AutoCAD drives design innovation for companies of all sizes in almost all industries.

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Explore Your Design Ideas

Create the previously unimaginable. AutoCAD gives you the flexibility you need to explore design ideas in both 2D and 3D. A powerful set of intuitive tools helps you visualize and shape your ideas, bringing innovative concepts to life.

Autodesk Inventor Fusion: An easy-to-use tool for direct modeling, helping you flexibly edit and validate models from almost any source.

3D Free-Form Design: Use robust surface, mesh, and solid modeling tools in AutoCAD software to investigate and refine your ideas.

Point Cloud Support: Bring your 3D scans to life, streamlining time-consuming renovation and restoration projects.

Powerful Visualization Tools: Add impact to your designs.

3D Navigation Tools: Quickly and intuitively walk or fly through a model.

AutoCAD delivers the flexibility and power needed to help bring your design ideas to life.

Accelerate Documentation

Speed projects from concept to completion with the powerful documentation tools in AutoCAD. Import 3D models directly into AutoCAD and instantly create intelligent 2D views. Minimize repetitive tasks and accelerate your workflow. No matter your project's size or scope, you can meet the challenge with AutoCAD software.

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AutoCAD offers a broad toolset that helps you drive efficiencies throughout the drafting and documentation process, no matter what industry you are in.

Model Documentation: Automatically generate intelligent documentation for AutoCAD, Autodesk Inventor software, and other models. You can import and document designs from a wide variety of software applications including SolidWorks, Pro/ENGINEER, CATIA, Rhinoceros, and NX.

Parametric Drawing: Define relationships between objects, minimizing the time needed to edit or rework drawings.

Associative Array: Easily create arrayed objects, like windows on a building or trusses on a bridge. Plus, you can now array objects in 3D or along a specified path.

Sheet Sets: Organize and manage your drawing sheets efficiently.

Dynamic Blocks: Save time when using standard, repetitive components.

Multifunction Grips: Maximize productivity with context-aware, object-specific menus.

Don't settle for second best. Rely on the drafting and documentation tools in AutoCAD to exceed expectations.

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Communicate Seamlessly

Share critical design data securely, efficiently, and accurately with AutoCAD (or online with AutoCAD WS web and mobile service). Native support for DWG, one of the world's most widely used design data formats, helps you keep everyone informed at all times. With presentation-ready graphics, rendering tools, and robust plotting and 3D printing capabilities, AutoCAD helps to bring clarity and impact to all of your design communications.

AutoCAD WS: Enables you to stay connected to your designs over the web or from your mobile device.

Native DWG Support: Demand native DWG support, not a conversion or a translation.

PDF Import/Export: Share and reuse designs easily. Import PDF files as an underlay within your workspace.

Autodesk Exchange: With connected access to tips and tutorials, getting started videos, and help content, Autodesk Exchange brings the content you need directly to your AutoCAD workspace.

Photorealistic Rendering: Create stunning, visually rich images.

3D Printing: Connect online to service providers or print from AutoCAD to a local machine.

AutoCAD is communication at its best.

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Customize in Ways You Never Thought Possible

Your job is unique. Your software should be as well. With deep APIs, thousands of available add-ons, and a broad developer community, AutoCAD software can be customized for your particular requirements. Whether you simply want to arrange tools to match how you work or tailor the software for your industry, AutoCAD is flexible enough to fit your needs--perfectly.

Simplified Migration Tools: New and enhanced tools make it easier to migrate your custom settings.

Customizable User Interface: Get the tools you want, at your fingertips.

Programming Interface: Create specialized design and drafting applications.

Partner Products and Services: Extend AutoCAD software to suit all your needs.

Don't choose between flexibility and power. With AutoCAD, you can have both.

Top 10 Reasons to Buy or Upgrade AutoCAD 2012 Software

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1. Quickly document--and stay connected to--3D models from almost any source

Save time by automatically generating intelligent documentation for AutoCAD, Autodesk Inventor, and other models. Associative connections with Inventor help ensure drawing views, edge display, and location are instantly updated when an engineering change is made. And since you can import models from a wide variety of applications (including Pro/ENGINEER, CATIA, Solidworks, NX, and Rhinoceros), you can streamline almost any documentation workflow.

RESULT: Meet customer expectations by using the most complete documentation tools available.

2. Explore design ideas with flexible 3D modeling tools

With AutoCAD, you have the power to create almost any form you can imagine. Simply push/pull faces, edges, and vertices to model complex shapes, add smooth surfaces, and much more. With tools for surface, solid, and mesh modeling, AutoCAD 2012 provides the utmost flexibility and control when designing in 3D.

RESULT: Develop conceptual designs more easily in 3D with easy-to-use tools.

3. Access the benefits of direct modeling with Autodesk Inventor Fusion

Shipping with AutoCAD 2012, Autodesk Inventor Fusion software adds to the 3D conceptual design capabilities of AutoCAD and sets a new standard for professional 3D modeling ease of use. It enables you to import, flexibly edit, and validate models from almost any source, providing the accessibility of direct modeling in the native DWG format.

RESULT: Elevate your product designs with a new modeling standard.

4. Slash revision time with parametric drawing

Dramatically slash your design revision time with parametric drawing. When persistent relationships between objects are defined, parallel lines remain parallel and concentric circles remain centered, all automatically. And now you can infer constraints in real time as you draw, virtually eliminating the need to manually define all of your object relationships. Including both geometric and dimensional constraints, AutoCAD 2012 can assist with those time-consuming revision requests.

RESULT: Drawing revisions are now much easier.

5. Make renovations easier with point cloud support

Bring your 3D scans to life, streamlining time-consuming renovation and restoration projects. With support for up to two billion points-- and an enhanced point cloud engine--the point cloud capabilities in AutoCAD 2012 help you more quickly import scanned objects, snap to points, and develop designs using your 3D scans.

RESULT: Save time by bringing as-built conditions into your AutoCAD workspace.

6. Document arrayed objects faster than ever before

Save valuable rework time by establishing and maintaining a set of relationships between arrayed objects, like windows on a building or trusses on a bridge. With AutoCAD 2012, you can array objects along a specified path (rather than having only rectangular or polar options), saving even more time when creating conceptual designs or finished documentation. And now you can also array objects in 3D space, helping to increase speed and flexibility in your design workflows.

RESULT: More speed, more flexibility.

7. Attach PDF files as an underlay

A top customer wish-list request, the ability to import and underlay PDF files is now provided in AutoCAD 2012. Simply import a PDF file to an AutoCAD drawing in the familiar way you import DWG, DWF, DGN, and image files. You can even snap to key points on PDF geometry using familiar object snaps, making reuse of old designs that much easier.

RESULT: Improve collaboration and save time by reusing existing PDF-based design data.

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8. Work with designs more easily using multifunctional grips

More easily edit objects with direct manipulation of grips. Now the power of multifunctional grips has been extended to more AutoCAD objects, including lines, arcs, elliptical arcs, dimensions, and mleaders, as well as 3D faces, edges, and vertices.

RESULT: The most useful editing tools are always at your fingertips.

9. Work with hatches more flexibly than ever before

The hatching capabilities in AutoCAD software are now easier, more flexible, and more reliable than ever. With tools for direct manipulation of hatches, live previews, improved handling of dense hatches, improvements to boundary detection, and the ability to send all hatches to the back, AutoCAD 2012 software helps you save valuable time documenting designs.

RESULT: Save time with more flexible, more reliable hatch tools.

10. Document and communicate more clearly using transparency options

Objects and layers have always had a certain set of properties, including color, linetype, and lineweight. In AutoCAD 2012, objects and layers get another property to help you control the visual appearance of your drawings: transparency. You can set transparency by layer, by block, or individually for an object. Now your drawings can look more exactly how you want them to look, helping you keep organized and better communicate design details.

RESULT: Greater clarity. Greater productivity.

AutoCAD 2012 software offers new and expanded workflows for model documentation, reality capture, and 3D conceptual design to help you maximize productivity. Explore your design ideas with powerful surface modeling tools. Quickly create documents from a variety of modeling formats, helping to reduce manual documentation workarounds. Capture and import as-built information to jumpstart your design process. Plus, you’ll find a wide range of timesaving enhancements to the features you use most. AutoCAD 2012 delivers the powerful tools you need to streamline 3D design workflows, helping drive your projects to completion more quickly than ever before.

CorelCAD

CorelCAD Review

CorelCAD Feature

• Be productive immediately in an environment filled with industry-standard features and tools.
• Communicate your ideas with precision using customizable 2D and 3D design tools.
• Innovative features like VoiceNotes let you add messages and instructions in your drawing, and CorelDRAW and Corel DESIGNER compatibility (Windows version only) enhance collaboration.
• Plus, CorelCAD is built for both Windows and Mac OS, so it delivers impressive speed and performance on the platform of your choice.

Get a native DWG, high-performance CAD solution—without the high price—with new CorelCAD. Open, work with and save files in DWG format for easy collaboration with colleagues, suppliers and partners.

Punch! ViaCAD 2D-3D v6 PC [Download]

Punch! ViaCAD 2D-3D v6 PC [Download] Review

Punch! ViaCAD 2D-3D v6 PC [Download] Feature

• 3D Modeling Update, The underlying modeling kernel was updated providing improvements to blending, chamfering, shelling, booleans, and direct face editing.
• 2D architectural tools provide fast drafting tools for creating walls, windows, & doors. Features include: Automatic healing with neighboring walls, Auto-dimensions, Attach doors, windows, & custom symbols, Support for custom wall styles
• Significant boosts in visualization including: 200X Faster Hidden Line, 6X Faster Dynamic Repaints, 2X Faster Static Repaints, Level of Detail for even faster performance
• 3Dconnexion Support - The SpaceNavigator device drivers are now recognized by ViaCAD. This includes support for Mac OSX (Universal Binary), Windows XP, and Vista. Use the SpaceNavigator to dynamically zoom, rotate, and pan views into your data models.
• Multiple Viewports provide a graphical user interface to display the same drawing in multiple views. Each view may have a different orientation, which provides the ability to see an object simultaneously in an isometric, side, front, and top views.

ViaCAD 2D/3D combines unprecedented ease of use with an extensive collection of 2D/3D modeling tools perfect for furniture, jewelry, mechanical, or architectural design tasks. With over 80 minutes of training videos plus compatibility with AutoCAD, ViaCAD is the must have swiss army knife of CAD.

Home Designer Essentials 2012 [Download]

Home Designer Essentials 2012 [Download] Review

Home Designer Essentials 2012 [Download] Feature

• Creating your dream home has never been so easy. Visualize what your home design project will look before you build or remodel with 3D models and Virtual Tours.
• Visualize your next remodeling project before you begin and save time and money. Move a wall, change a color, add a room, redesign a kitchen and estimate the costs ? all before you remodel.
• Experiment with your interior design ideas using 3D models, virtual tours and advanced design tools. It?s easy to make your decorating ideas come to life.

Home Designer Essentials by Chief Architect Software is our entry level DIY home software product that can help you with the basics to design, remodel, interior design or landscaping project. Visualize everything in 3D before you start your project. The House Wizard and over 500 viewable sample plans will help you get started quickly and easily. Try Home Designer today!

AutoCAD 2011 Fundamentals - Training Course [Download]

AutoCAD 2011 Fundamentals - Training Course [Download] Review

AutoCAD 2011 Fundamentals - Training Course [Download] Feature

• Reduce learning time by 80%. Learn from a professional trainer from your own desk.
• Visual training method, offering users increased retention and accelerated learning.
• Breaks even the most complex applications down into simplistic steps
• Ideal for users who prefer to learn visually
• Easy to follow step-by-step lessons, ideal for all

AutoCAD is an industry standard design and documentation software program that is easy to learn, but complex to master. In this video training CD, expert author Brian Benton guides you through the fundamentals of AutoCAD 2011 and teaches you everything you need to know to be on your way to becoming an fully functioning AutoCAD user. Starting with the basics what AutoCAD can do, Brian quickly brings you up to speed on the interface, and then dives right into applying the basics, and ends each important chapter with a project that reviews everything you have learned in each section. Using this hands on approach allows you to more quickly absorb and apply the material being communicated, increasing your retention and understanding of AutoCAD 2011. By the completion of this 10 hour tutorial, you will be familiar and comfortable with AutoCAD, and capable of drawing, decorating and annotating an AutoCAD project. Also included are work files to allow you to work along side the author, and further understand what he is showing you, step by step.