Designcad 3D Max

by IMSI Design

Product Details

Product Manual [3.35mb PDF]

• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00006JJP5
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 21, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #19,629 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars non intuitive and confusing, December 30, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Designcad 3D Max (CD-ROM)

The program is powerful, but the interface is very confusing. I've been struggling with it all day now, and i still can't get it to behave predictably. Figuring out where drawing elements are going to end up (in 3D mode) is very, very tricky. I've been through the tutorials, but i'm still deeply in trial and error mode. Frustrating.

You have to keep telling it to redraw the images, otherwise you wind up with leftovers on the drawing surface.

BTW, i've been a professional software developer for almost 20 years (DOS, UNIX, Windows, Pocket PC) and i'm an electrical engineer -- not a novice at this stuff!

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very useful and easy to learn, June 4, 2004

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Tom (Washington, D.C.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Designcad 3D Max (CD-ROM)

I had never used any CAD program before, but I was able to pick this one up in just two or three days. I have found the 3D mode very intuitive to use, and have had no real problems with it. One annoyance is that you have to keep refreshing whenever you delete something---otherwise, objects that were obscured by the deleted object are not redrawn. However, this is a minor problem, and might even be beneficial if you have a slow computer. I cannot compare this program to any other, since it is the only one I have used. But, so far it has been easy to do whatever I need. I would recommend this program based on its low price, flexibility, and ease of use.

10 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars many uses, January 28, 2003

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Jordan (Dallas, OR USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Designcad 3D Max (CD-ROM)

the software was very useful and gave me ease in using it and creating many different drawings and sketches.