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Advanced 3D Modeling & Production Design

Insane power at an extraordinary price, ViaCAD Pro offers precision solid modeling and drafting toolsets, enabling advanced 3D prototyping, photorealistic rendering, and design for products and packaging.

Usability

ViaCAD Pro offers a seamless progression for CAD hobbyists and professionals looking to take their skills to the next level. The power of ViaCAD's precision solid modeling and drafting toolsets make it perfect for designing objects and parts, manufacturing, and prototyping projects. The addition of mesh-based modeling coupled with subdivision technology makes creating 3D conceptual drawings a snap. It also contains all the great features of ViaCAD 2D/3D, so working in the 2D space is incredibly intuitive and efficient.

ViaCAD Pro provides robust 3D modeling tools.

ViaCAD provides powerful solid modeling technology found in much higher end products. Additionally, ViaCAD Pro delivers surface modeling tools to expand design capabilities.

• Feature-based History Tree for editing
• Powerful 3D editing tools such as blending, chamfering, and shelling
• A complete design tool with extrusions, Booleans, surface modeling for more complex smooth surfaces
• Precise geometry suitable for 'concept to manufacturing'
• Associative surface modeling

Woodworking and Architectural tools

ViaCAD Pro includes tools to speed up woodworking designs. You can quickly create otherwise tedious joints such as Dado joints and miter joints. The furniture that you design might just be for your new house or office. The plans for those buildings can be created with ViaCAD Pro as well as 3D views.

• Woodworking Joints: rabbet, miter joints, and Dovetails
• Woodworking Dado joints including options for Through, Stopped or Blind
• Woodworking Tongue & Groove
• Architectural Wall tools
• Composite walls to show materials
• Parametric doors and windows
• Instant 3D walls, roofs, and floor slabs

Prototyping and Collaborating

ViaCAD Pro is a precise 3D modeling tool that can be used for manufacturing designs as well as 3D Printer prototypes.

ViaCAD is built with professional level technology providing speed, precision, and compatibility. Compatibility with AutoCAD(R) 2017 and other products means you can share your designs with others. Using ACIS(R)-based geometry means you are creating with the same technology used by others using software costing thousands of dollars.

• Includes 19 file formats to share your designs.
• Compatible with AutoCAD(R) 2013 DXF/DWG
• Includes STL export for 3D Printing
• KeyShot Live Linking
• SketchUp(TM) 2016

What's New in version 10

• 64 Bit PC & Mac
• New Rapid Render tools for woodworking
• Updated Modeling Kernel
• 3D Print Tools
• Magnet Tool
• SubD Mesh Tools
• Mesh Symmetry
• Pocket Hole Feature
• Updated Interop Kernel
• 3D PDF & Export
• Multithreaded Translators
• SketchUp(TM) 2016 Import & Export
• KeyShot Live Linking Support
• And dozens more!

3D Print Tools

ViaCAD now includes 3D printing tools to prepare and validate designs to make them 3D printer ready. The printing tools will check for common errors that will save you time and money. Tools include:

• 3D Print Check
• Surface Normals Check
• Overhang Analysis
• Wall Thickness
• Preview Slices
• Auto Position
• Support Structure
• Show Printer Volume
• Printer Definitions

We Have Your Back

ViaCAD products are designed to grow with our users. Files are always interoperable and we offer a discounted upgrade path and fun PowerPacks that push your software to new heights (without making you pay a monthly subscription fee). And with our tutorials, free technical support, and active forum, you'll always know a helping hand is close by. You can dip your toe or jump right in, our suite of computer aided design programs will always be right there along with you.

Easy to use, incredibly powerful 2D drafting and design software

World-class performance at an incredible value, ViaCAD 2D is the perfect choice for producing anything from simple sketches to production ready schematics, diagrams, or drawings.

Usability

Start designing in a snap with the best bang-for-your-buck 2D CAD program available. ViaCAD 2D is packed with unique tools to help you create precision drawings, layouts, schematics, and plans easily. Start with a sketch or draw from scratch; a comprehensive set of tools let you edit, modify, and add details to your drawing.

Drawing precisely is easy with ViaCAD. The LogiCursor(TM) guides your cursor to potential point selections in the drawing; anticipating your next action. Editing is just as easy with the Gripper; adding drag and drop capabilities to simple and more complex edits. Customizable grids add another level of ease to drawing and editing. The grids provide precision drag and drop in rectangular, polar (circular), and isometric layouts.

Includes over 275 drawing and editing tools

Create precision drawings with tools that you would expect and some that will surprise you. Each drawing tool has multiple options for creating objects in your designs. Powerful tools such as rectangular and polar (circular) arrays help you create more precise and complicated patterns. A complete toolkit of trimming options is available to help you make modifications. The included ‘Region Trim' will do in one click, what most programs take dozens of steps to achieve.

• Points, Lines, Arcs, Circles, Ellipses, Splines
• Drawing tools provide multiple methods for creating.
• Copy/Move, Scale, Rotate, Mirror, stretch
• Rectangular array with X and Y controls
• Polar array with customizable angles and spacing
• Trimming tools include Trim, Extend, and Break.
• Customizable Fillet and Chamfer
• And much more!

Precision Drafting and Annotations

ViaCAD 2D is a robust design documentation tool with over 20 customizable dimension styles including industry dimension formats. Import a 3D model and the Auto 3D to 2D feature will create multiple 2D views to document 3D models created in other software.

• Automatically converts an imported 3D model to 2D views
• 26 dimension styles
• Import bitmaps for logos and reference images
• Spell Check is provided for another level of accuracy
• Single click Fills and Hatch

Architectural

Create scaled building drawings and room layouts with ViaCAD. Custom walls are drawn using thickness for different components allowing you to present the real-world wall sizes and what materials make up the walls.

• Walls are automatically trimmed at intersections
• Custom wall components allow you differentiate interior and exterior walls visually
• Insert intelligent doors and windows with ‘drag and drop' placement.
• Instant architectural detailing with automatic dimensioning or customize your own labels for doors and windows with callouts.

What New in v10

• Updated ACIS Modeling Kernel
• Updated interoperability Components (IGES, STEP, SAT)
• Updated DWG Kernel for 2017 Files
• ViaCAD updated to 64 bit application
• Repair and Close Profiles
• Updated Bill of Materials
• Recall Backups from File menu (access file backups easier
• Gripper Updates
• Lasso Select
• New Draw View for Easy Scaled Printing
• Zoom and Pan within Draw View
• Customize Right Button

We Have Your Back

Easy, Versatile 2D CAD Solution

DesignCAD is an easy-to-learn and use 2D CAD program. Access hundreds of 2D drafting and design tools through an intuitive interface to quickly and easily produce accurately scaled, precision designs. It's perfect for architectural drawings, engineering layouts, and more.

Get Started in CAD with DesignCAD

DesignCAD is a versatile and easy-to-use 2D CAD program. Access hundreds of 2D drafting and design tools through an intuitive interface to quickly and easily produce accurately scaled, precision designs! It’s perfect for:

Architectural Drawings – Draw professional-quality floorplans, elevations, and plot plans with ease.
Engineering Layouts – Double-precision accuracy allows the highest degree of tolerance and design control.
Shop Drawings – Entering specific values for dimensions, diameter and radius allows you to draw accurate mechanical parts.
Home Projects – Create do-it-yourself landscaping designs and indoor/outdoor home improvements.
Other CAD Needs – Create electronic schematics, plats, mapping, flow charts and more.
Easy to Use

DesignCAD offers simple operations, intuitive drawing tools, editing commands, and extensive online help to make it easy for you to quickly get started using CAD.

Fast, Powerful Commands

Drawing shortcuts, horizontal and vertical cursor mode, and cursor step size enable you to make faster and more accurate drawings. Shortcut keys and dynamic toolbars can make commonly used commands a snap!

Full Featured 2D Drafting

You can draw virtually anything with DesignCAD’s sophisticated 2D drawing and editing features, advanced geometric construction capability, complete layer management, extensive text manipulation functions, dimensioning and annotation features.

Perfect for:
Architects
Engineers
Illustrators
Builders
Contractors

Hobbyists
Educators
Students