Features and comparisons of cad+ and auto CAD

As a building designer with many years of experience, I have used many professional design software, such as Vectorworks, AutoCAD, etc., and now use the archicad--latest BIM software. So, how to evaluate the cad+? If you use Archicad this product to compare the cad+ (hereinafter referred to as "Zhong Wang Cad+"), the two are not comparable. Therefore, I will cad+ with the previous use of Vectorworks and AutoCAD two software to compare, so for the CAD software has a specific demand for users is reasonable, especially for individual users and small and medium-sized enterprises, but also more reference value.

Here, in 2012, the Hope Software in Guangzhou, China released the cad+, this version is considered to be AutoCAD Challenger, at the same time the price is lower, so the two products are more reasonable.

If you are AutoCAD users, the first time you open the cad+, you will obviously feel that the interface is very familiar with, ribbon, Tools Palette, command bar, model and layout space, etc., these display are very similar. This similarity is very meaningful for users who have used or are currently using AutoCAD, because there is no need for more learning, you can grasp the use of cad+ skills.

The user interface of cad+ is very similar to AutoCAD, even the users who used AutoCAD can hardly distinguish what is different, which is a huge advantage. On the other hand, the Cad+ Gesture Wizard and tab two features gave me a surprise, below, I will specifically introduce these two features, while explaining the main features of the cad+:

The Gesture Wizard of Cad+ can let the user use mouse action to invoke the corresponding CAD command. In this way, users can change the settings of the Mouse Wizard according to their personal usage, including turning the feature on or off. As shown in Figure 1 below, the user invokes the command for the new drawing with the mouse action.

Figure 1: Cad+ Mouse Wizard Settings dialog box

Another feature I find useful is tabs. With the cad+ open more than one drawing, the tab allows me to easily identify the graphics file I need, greatly saving time, especially in the case of a cross-reference between the drawings. The following Figure 2 shows a number of tabs, and clicking on any of the tabs can quickly enter the drawing. And this action in AutoCAD is not easy to implement, users often have to spend more operations to complete.

Figure 2: Cad+ selected video card features

In addition to the two important features mentioned above, there are two other important features in the cad+, which can improve the user's efficiency:

A unique memory optimization technology

In the case of complex design work, the new memory optimization technology in the cad+ allows users to reduce memory consumption by up to 50% compared with previous drawings. This is the reason why cad+ can run smoothly over 100MB drawings. In the release of memory accumulation, the cad+ performance of the same excellent, to ensure that users throughout the day without interruption work. This technique helps to improve the efficiency of the design in handling large and complex drawings.

Second, large raster image accurate display, smooth operation

In the survey and construction industry, the drawings with raster images are used more, and the performance requirements of CAD software are higher. If you use cad+ to insert raster images in a graphics file, you can see that each detail of the picture is displayed in the blink of an eye, thanks to the results of the image enhancement process. The larger the drawing, the stronger the contrast of the old and new versions. To my surprise, cad+ can even support more than 1GB raster image files.

Conclusion：

On the cad+, many famous professionals have been evaluated, including its characteristics, the relevance of AutoCAD, industry application and so on. This article is based on my own architectural design industry, combined with the use of AutoCAD experience, in view of the cad+ for me the most prominent functional characteristics to expand, I hope to give some reference to CAD users. Overall, although I used to use BIM to carry out architectural design, but I think cad+ is a very good professional design software. It and AutoCAD high similarity can effectively reduce the cost of use, especially for the small and medium-sized enterprises with budget cost pressure, perhaps BIM technology is not necessary. The most important, is the cad+ with AutoCAD to provide all the creation function and simple operation, while adding more practical and convenient functions, fully competent industry design work.

Author Introduction:

Glenn Cavill, a British architect who provides architectural services to the world, has a bachelor's degree in Computer aided design at Huddersfield University and has more than 10 years of experience in providing complete architectural services for personal development, interior design, and in particular for residential designs.