3D CAD 7 Professional - Plan & design buildings from initial rough sketches to the finished blueprints - CAD and architecture software

When I first used AutoCAD 2.5 on a 80286, I lacked an 80287 or Weitek. I also had no idea what I was doing. Sure enough, I was a kid armed with 1.2MB disks, but no real understanding of 2D CAD software. A few years later I actually was pretty proficient with AutoCAD 10 (having a mouse definitely helped). Since then, Ive used a number of CAD packages for Windows and Unix, and use FreeCAD for my personal use. While FreeCAD is fine (as was SketchUp when Google still owned it), I was curious what Ashampoos 3D CAD 7 Professional would bring to the table, as its a commercial product.

This tools is good for working out an initial house layout. It is not a professional drafting program. Do not expect to produce working drawings for building a house. It is also very buggy. If you are easily frustrated by buggy software you should probably stay away.

You have to relearn the standard to use this, not what I expected.

This product is marketed as an easy to use solution for some home project design. Not the case. Perhaps if you are an expert with other CAD programs this one would come easy to you. I literally spent 8 hours trying to lay out a simple room. Best I could do? Four walls. Could not even figure out how to put a door in the wall or add a window. Tossed it. Simple it is not. Pulled up my Visio and had the room laid out in 10 minutes to my satisfaction and it did everything this program claimed it would do. Lesson learned on my part. Use what you know.

This is same as Ashampoo 3D CAD Professional. When it launches, it displays the Ashampoo Branding. I am using a Surface Pro 6 tablet with the i5 chipset and installation was easy - and the activation code actually has instruction so you can tell the difference between numbers and letters that look similar. That was a really nice perk I wish more software would include.

I installed this on my workstation to work on building my dream home. I have started building this home in multiple softwares but havent found one that does EVERYTHING yet. Most of them only allow sketches or only let you put in finishing touches.

You need to already be expert level with this software prior to ordering. My husband has experience with three other builder type programs and we wanted a better one to finalize building plans on our planned gut/remodel of our home. Neither of us can get this thing to work... and what instructions there are do not match this program. Do not order this unless you already are using it at work and know how to run it.

Love the program. Just wish the training videos were updated to work properly no sound on videos

Once i took the time to go through all the help i was able to use this tool. I will say once you get the hand of it works great. They have lots of resources to help you.

Measurements are meters and not feet/inches; unable to change. It makes it difficult to do what I need it for.