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Advantages: Helpful Auto wizard, wide range of tools, easy to get started
Disadvantages: Difficult to create masterpieces, requires a lot of practise

...Content libraries on the AutoSketch 9 package like the well known ClipArt feature on most of Microsoft's Office applications, will provide you with the simple option of dragging and dropping the existing animations, text etc in the libraries. Thus making your CAD experience just a little bit simpler. The content libraries hold pre-drawn pictures and text which come in a DWG format, which ultimately means that you can seamlessly create and share industry ...
...metadata (data about data). AutoSketch 9 was a software package initially created for professionals in occupations such as architecture, engineering, contracting, illustrating and designing. Now, at the present time with the increasing popularity and demand of hands-on computer applications (like AutoSketch 9), more and more average consumers are involuntarily being transformed in to pure hobbyists of such programs. Not that there is anything wrong ... Read review

Advantages: Most flexibile cross disipline CAD package Available
Disadvantages: Very open ended so can be daunting to new users without formal training

...Based on the basic AutoCAD engine, the Mechanical Power Pack and Mechanical Desktop products can enhance design and analysis of part creation using feature based, parametric design methods, which become second nature in no time. Product support is excellent, for a fee, but if you are using this product commercially then support and training are worth their weight in gold. ... Read review

Advantages: Powerful and relatively cheap
Disadvantages: None

...tons of different versions of AutoCAD to choose from. AutoCAD LT97 is purely the version that I’m using at the moment and for your typical tech. drawing office duties, I can’t think of a better package for the price. I have worked with numerous versions myself (starting with release 11) and I have also encountered release 14 and AutoCAD 2000. Both r14 and 2000 supersede 97 but you’ll only really need to use these if you’re pretty involved with 3D/Modelling/MOSS ...
...this, and the more current, AutoCAD versions. Here goes; A Reduced Memory Footprint Polylines and hatches are now recognised as single objects and as such, your files will be smaller. Also, the time it takes to generate hatches will be reduced. There’s also a new graphics subsystem (now HEIDI rather than ADI) which gives you the following advantages; - The elimination of the memory intensive refresh file - The auto configuring of the display ... Read review

Advantages: the best product on the market
Disadvantages: poor raster image support

...there are newer version of autocad out up to autocad 2006 but with all package when they first come will cost you thousands of pounds and do practically the same thing but just have a few tweaked features. the only downside to this package is when you work with raster images instead of the picture printing out in the quality it is taken you may have to tweak it in the printers settings but this is no problem once you have found te settings. no ...
...such as plans howeveer when working on large 3d models i recommend that you have a fairly decent graphics card which will allow you to work alot more smoothly. the help facility in cad is excellent if you are strugglingthe remember how to use a command such as draw a circle type the command in press f1 and a detail proceedurewill gide you through the process. the time it take to master this package is no time i went from never using it to starting ... Read review

Advantages: its a great value for a software like this
Disadvantages: very hard to follow for a beginner

this is a brilliant software to have with lots of intresting information the maps are great and come very usefull when needed exspecially if you travel a lot the bad point it is very hard to follow and understand at first but you will pick up on it as you go alone the graphics are also very good too very easy to install that i found very good as most software is very compecated to install so this made a really big change its cad as inproved performance ... Read review