A good and cheap 3D 2D BIM CAD program like AutoCAD?

How to choose a good and cheap CAD and BIM program for a hobbyist and professional?

Is it possible to combine a low price with the full functionality and modernity of CAD software?

In this post, we give you a positive answer. Regardless of whether you are a designer in the architectural and construction industry, a surveyor performing inventory measurements, construction site services, creating maps for design purposes, a specialist dealing with landscape architecture or performing works in the field of drainage, a constructor of machines and steel elements, a designer of custom-made furniture, custom-made kitchens, engineering or master's students, who polishes their skills in the field of creating projects, deepens their Knowing if you are a DIY enthusiast and if designing is your hobby. So whether you're a hobbyist or a professional, it's cheap programs CAD2D 3D, CAD BIM from the ActCAD and TrueCAD families will be what you need.

The price of the TrueCAD perpetual license is only PLN 699, while the cheapest version of ActCAD (Standard) costs about PLN 900. ActCAD and TrueCAD is a CAD software with a Polish language version, English and several other language versions.

What you can see right from the start is that the price of the new ActCAD software is several times lower than the price of AutoCAD, ZwCAD or BricsCAD.

This fact surprises customers, all the more so when they find out for themselves that they are dealing with the latest and most modern solutions on the market.

ActCAD is a modern software that works with Microsoft Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10, 11 in the 64-bit version.

Our CAD software is based on the latest solutions IntelliCAD 11 , and the latest ODA libraries that support almost all existing CAD file formats on the market.

ActCAD is a different solution than AutoCAD - one of Autodesk's products, but fully compatible and compatible with the file formats supported by this application.

All versions of our CAD software are based on a uniform interface, modeled after other leading CAD solutions. Therefore, switching from other design software is intuitive and extremely easy. In addition, for a quick change or when you want to quickly learn about new functions, you can use our database of instructional videos.  Our video tutorial database is available to customers directly from ActCAD. The advantage of our software over AutoCAD, ZwCAD or GstarCAD software is that we provide a lot of additional tools and cool add-ons completely free of charge, such as:

- PDF to DWG converters,

- using geolocation and georeferencing in projects,

- loading geodetic digital maps from database files,

- loading hybrid maps directly into the program,

- Cadian format converters

- free table and description creators,

- converters of graphic files to DXF format,

- import of data from text files,

- Import of point clouds increase the interoperability of our software with competitors' solutions.

At first glance, you can see that the functionality of ActCAD software is superior in many aspects to the functionality of ZwCAD Standard and Professional, or GstarCAD Standard and Professional, AutoCAD LT and the full version of Autodesk software.

We provide our customers with free technical support for 1 year after the purchase of the application and free updates of the purchased software version also for 1 year. All licenses offered are of a eternal – this means that the user buys a license that works always, without the need to buy monthly or annual subscriptions. Our cost-effective 3D, CAD 2D and CAD BIM programs are based on a perpetual license available in many license options, i.e. ESD, NET, LIVE or USB.

We have tried to present a comprehensive answer to the question posed: Is it possible to combine the low price of CAD software with high functionality in the field of drawing creation and which CAD program to choose?

Simple migration and learning materials for 2D CAD and 3D CAD

Migrating and learning our software is a simple and easy process if a few basic rules are met.

The first rule is the so-called "familiar" interface. This means that the program has an interface similar to other solutions used in the design industry.

The so-called GUI interface is various interface tools such as menus, bars, command line, ribbon, tool palette, properties window, which allow you to work in a way known from other design programs. It is also the graphic appearance of icons and icon symbols, which does not have any fancy quirks and allows for unambiguous interpretation of functions and commands based on the already possessed knowledge of working with other CAD software.

The second feature of easy migration is the syntax of commands, which have a very similar or almost identical form as in other leading products, which allows easy switching and quick work of people used to working with CAD software using commands in the command line.

The third principle is the availability of materials for learning and working with CAD software, making it easier to learn how to use the program, learn new functions and their syntax. It is also an opportunity to learn new drawing commands not found in other 2D CAD programs, or to learn the options and process of modeling in 3D CAD. ActCAD provides full and unlimited access to a database of instructional videos prepared for the needs of learning and working with ActCAD software. For our customers, access to the complete database of instructional videos is possible directly from the start page of the ActCAD/TrueCAD software. And a limited database of instructional videos on YouTube is available to anyone interested in learning.

Our clients have the opportunity to influence the content added and create new videos based on their suggestions.

Learning 2D drawing, wireframe modeling or modeling solids, adding descriptions in addition to instructional videos can also start by reading the manual in pdf format.

Finally, you can use the help of ActCAD technical support, which will help you configure the product or, as we wrote, create an instructional video based on the customer's needs or suggestions.