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Article #110Re: Which AutoCad product has 3-D drawing function?
From: John Smith
Date: Sat, 01 Nov 2003 02:19
Date: Sat, 01 Nov 2003 02:19
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Thanks. I may look at the other programs you mentioned. For a business, it may not be a big deal to spend 5 grand to buy the software. However, for an individual, it is too much to spend that money. I used to use AutoCad 14, so I want to stick to theri similarproducts. "Smiley" <cadcoke3@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:885babfa.0310300608.58232430@posting.google.com... > "John Smith" <john@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<_dCdne-5I7m3Hz2iRVn-jw@comcast.com>... > > I need to make some patent drawings (perspective drawings). Which AutoCAD > > product is good for 3-D drawings? Mechanical? Inventor 7? etc. How much does > > it cost? Thanks. > > While plain AutoCAD can do this, it really is no longer billed by > Autodesk as a 3d program, and most of their attention to 3d is on the > Inventor program. It's been a while since I looked at their pricing, > but we are in the $5,000 range. > > However, there are plenty of lower cost (and simpler to use) > programs out there that may meet your needs. Check out TurboCAD, > Vectorworks, Intellicad (an AutoCAD clone), all of which are available > for under in the $500 to $1,000 range.
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