Low-Cost CAD Gets the Job Done - reviewing low-cost CAD applications for
$750 or less: CADopia 6 Professional Edition, CADVANCE LiTe V12 Release 2005,
General CADD Pro 4, PowerCAD Pro 6.0.0.3/Classic 6, Vdraft 2.21, Ron LaFon,
Cadalyst Management, January 1, 2006
Maximum
Mobility - PocketCAD 4.0 and PowerCAD CE are easy-to-use CAD
programs that can run on the HP iPAQ hx4700 pocket PC, Ron LaFon, Cadalyst
Management, July 15, 2005
Bargain Buys-7 CAD Packages to Stretch the Budget
- reviews of CAD programs that deliver
impressive capabilities for less than $600: AutoSketch 9, DataCAD 11,
General CADD v3.1, PowerCAD Professional 6, DesignCAD 3D MAX v15, IntelliCAD
5 Standard and Vdraft CAD System, Ron LaFon, Cadalyst, January 1, 2005
Updates
for 3D CAD, Collaboration Tools - reviews of AEC tools: Lamina 1.0,
ArchiCAD 9, Revit 7, Treo 650 Smartphone, Texxus, LaunchPad CadOperator,
ProjectWise V8 2004, Xdrive, Corecon 4.0 and PowerCAD SiteMaster/Leica DISTO
Plus, Deborah Snoonian, Architectural Record, December 2004
Mobile Computing Goes Afield - reviews of mobile software: PocketCAD, ZiPCAD, riteMail 2.0, POWERCAD CE 5.2 and Sigma Design's eZ, H. Edward Goldberg, Cadalyst, September 2003
Comparing Visual LISP to PowerCAD's FLISP - although FLISP provides excellent programming functions, its limitations make it more comparable to AutoLISP than Visual LISP, Bill Kramer, CADENCE, March 2003
PowerCAD Brings Workstation Power to the Pocket PC - the only software that provides true 3D file capability for the Pocket PC, PowerCAD also offers another useful feature called VoiceNOTE that allows audio notes to be part of the drawing, David Shier, Pocket PC Magazine, March 2003
6 CAD Options for Tight Budgets - fully capable CAD programs under $600 include PowerCAD Professional (formerly FelixCAD), TurboCAD Professional, SmartSketch 4, Visio Professional 2001, Vdraft 2.21 and DesignCAD, Ron LaFon and William Adams, Cadalyst, October, 2001
