What is AutoCAD?
AutoCAD is computer-aided design (CAD) software that is used for precise 2D and 3D drafting, design, and modeling with solids, surfaces, mesh objects, documentation features, and more. It includes features to automate tasks and increase productivity such as comparing drawings, counting, adding objects, and creating tables. It also comes with seven industry-specific toolsets for electrical design, plant design, architecture layout drawings, mechanical design, 3D mapping, adding scanned images, and converting raster images. AutoCAD enables users to create, edit, and annotate drawings via desktop, web, and mobile devices.
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89 Likeliness to Recommend
96 Plan to Renew
81 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
Emotional Footprint Overview
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+93 Net Emotional Footprint
The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.
How much do users love AutoCAD?
Pros
- Reliable
- Trustworthy
- Respectful
- Performance Enhancing
How to read the Emotional Footprint
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While purchasing decisions shouldn't be based on emotion, it's valuable to know what kind of emotional response the vendor you're considering elicits from their users.
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Digital Scanning
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AutoCAD Reviews
Fawwaz E.
- Role: Industry Specific Role
- Industry: Construction
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Mar 2025
The perfect software for almost all CAD levels
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates AutoCAD from other similar products?
It's the perfect starter software for drafting and drawings and its use is continuous. Also, it's unique feature puts it way above products.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
The user-interface is excellent. There's no cluttering whatsoever.
What do you dislike most about this product?
It's quite pricey to be honest.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Learn as early as possible because it has an ubiquitous nature about it in the engineering sector.
Pros
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
- Enables Productivity
Cons
- Under Delivered
Mahesh M.
- Role: Industry Specific Role
- Industry: Engineering
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Mar 2025
Best Design tool for 2D and Technical Drawings.
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates AutoCAD from other similar products?
Auto cad is best at 2d drawings and legacy works ease of using other features like importing pdf and extracting drawings, useful for all electrical, p&ID's and mechanical drawings
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Importing of data, pdf's comparing, legacy works, etc.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Mostly all good, a little aspect of using 3D is not that ease.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Good to use, ease of work, data import and data output is good and very ease of making drawings.
Pros
- Performance Enhancing
- Client's Interest First
- Friendly Negotiation
- Helps Innovate
Amine A.
- Role: Industry Specific Role
- Industry: Machinery
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Mar 2025
AutoCad 2D Software
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates AutoCAD from other similar products?
AutoCad is Literally the Golden Reference of 2D Software Most firms/industries use it as main 2D Tool for Draws
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
The interface is quite intuitive and easy to understand
What do you dislike most about this product?
It still randomly Crashes for unknown reasons
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
If you're in 2D industries you've no better choice than Autocad
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Efficient Service
- Caring
- Friendly Negotiation
Cons
- Commodity Features
