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Is AutoCAD one of the best tools for all engineering works?

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Question added by Imran Ahmed , Manager-Planning & Delay Analyst , Nesma United Industries (NUI) Saudi Arabia
Date Posted: 2016/08/23
asif mahmood
by asif mahmood , Electrical Design Engineer , Ministry of Defense

Microstation is more user friendly than Autocad. It is more helpfull for all design works from different engineering networks. It is easy to use because less use of work of keyboard for all type of command for drafting works. You dont need to select the command every time for drafting.

I have been using this tool for last 3 years and I found this more easy and fast than Autocad. 

Amante Torres
by Amante Torres , Piping inspector , Zamil offshore services co.

no doubt that the autocad is the best engineering tools..it makes the job more easy..all the details you need will be given to you..its just one click away...

Hussein Elsaid Elsabbagh
by Hussein Elsaid Elsabbagh , Mechanical Maintenance Engineer , NISR for Batteries and Chemical Industries and Batteries

yes, is very important programs specially in using 2D for most engineering works.

Elke Woofter
by Elke Woofter , Project Assistant , American Technical Associates

It all depends what you are using this CAD program for...

CATIA is by far supierior, however not every one is into modleing machinery, cars or aircraft... it is also a very difficult program. Desoto has brought out SolidWorks which is much easier to handle ... Autodesk brought out Inventor very similar to SolidWorks ...

Microstation has been the flagship of Cad for quite some time and is easier to use than AutoCad ... goverment agencies, large pharmasutical companies using this program.

Is AutoCAD the best? ... NO, I have worked with better/supierior programs

 

Nelio Beleo
by Nelio Beleo , Civil Inspector , Petrojet

Yes, it is widely used for making drafts, construction drawings, shop drawings, design drawings in a detailed manner. Also through observations, constructions always use auto cad for their drawings.

iur Rahman
by iur Rahman , Junior RF Engineer , WELKIN TELECOM INFRA(BD)PVT LTD

Yes, beacuse it is one of the best engineering tools i have seen ever . I widely used to making drafts, construction drawings, shop drawings, design drawings by AUTOCAD. Also through observations, constructions always use auto cad for their drawings.

AutoCAD is a perfect tool for designing, but when dealing with analysis and measurements I think there is many other programs can do that  more efficiently. Here is a list of most important programs that may help you: 

1. Autodesk Product Design Suite

2. MATLAB

3. CATIA

4. ZW3D

5. MechDesigner

6. PTC Creo

7. BricsCAD

8. Solid Edge

9. Rhino

10. SolidFace

11. TopSolid Design

12. Geomagic Design

13. SpaceClaim 3D Modeling Software

14. TurboCAD Designer

15. ANSYS DesignSpace

16. Patran

17. Simulia

18. COMSOL Multiphysics

19. ANSYS Fluent

20. MapleSim

21. The Engineering ToolBox

22. Femap

23. Linear Technology Design Simulation and Device Models

24. KeyCreator Direct CAD

25. FreePCB

26. Power Supply WebDesigner

27. KOMPAS-3D

28. WEBENCH Design Center

29. TinyCAD

30. CircuitLab

31. DraftSight CAD Software

32. Engineering Power Tools Plus Edition

33. INOVATE

34. RecurDyn Professional

35. SOLIDWORKS Industrial Designer

36. QCAD

37. Shark FX v9

38. EAGLE PCB Design Software

39. PCSCHEMATIC Automation

40. XCircuit

Shakir Hussain
by Shakir Hussain , Project Site Engineer , M ASLAM $ CO

no i dont think it is the best one.

fahad ateraky
by fahad ateraky , Site Manager , Stoke Newington School

Autocad is a designing tool no more

julius cesar dumaplin
by julius cesar dumaplin , QA/QC Engineer , Flora Boring Excavating Contracting LLc

Yes, Autocad features cover all engineering aspects, like coordinates, plans, modeling and other.

Abdulla Mamun
by Abdulla Mamun , Procurement Engineer , Wipro Limited

AutoCAD is helpful for designing of all engineering networks,It gives an idea of how to implement and work on site with the help of AutoCAD design.

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