ActCAD Software Reviews

Overall, ActCAD delivers impressive performance and reliability, making it a solid choice for anyone seeking a cost-effective, powerful CAD solution.

ActCAD is a versatile and user-friendly CAD software that stands out for its affordability and powerful features, making it an excellent choice for professionals and students alike.

The software has an intuitive and familiar user interface, especially for users transitioning from AutoCAD. This eases the learning curve and enhances productivity right from the start. No Cons for ActCAD remains good

Best services.

I recently received support from Raju at ACTCAD, and I must say, the service was exceptional. Raju was prompt, professional, and incredibly knowledgeable. He quickly resolved my issue and went above and beyond to ensure I was satisfied with the solution. Highly recommend ACTCAD and their outstanding support team!

The initial wait time was slightly longer than expected
Limited availability during weekends
Some technical jargon might be hard to understand for non-technical users

My overall experience with ActCAD has been highly positive. The software offers a powerful set of tools for both 2D drafting and 3D modeling, all while maintaining a user-friendly interface that’s easy to navigate. Overall, ActCAD provides excellent value for its price, delivering professional-grade features without the steep learning curve or high cost of other CAD software.

ActCAD is a robust and cost-effective CAD software that excels in providing a comprehensive suite of tools for 2D drafting and 3D modeling. One of its standout features is its compatibility with the industry-standard DWG and DXF file formats, ensuring seamless collaboration with other CAD applications. ActCAD also offers a user-friendly interface, making it accessible to both beginners and experienced professionals.

One aspect that could be improved in ActCAD is by changing the theme of the Software. Expanding these capabilities would be greatly appreciated.

Price vs quality is good.
It's the cheapest software on the market for the moment and makes everything like AutoCAD or another CAD software.

Very intuitive software like AutoCAD, BricsCAD, GstarCAD.
All command are the same like in AutoCAD.

Don't accept plug in for rebar detailing software.

Very useful as a workable CAD program at a very reasonable price. I will be using it for many more years.

For many years I have used professional CAD program which I have also used to prepare my personal drawings (Car Wiring / model railway / house extension) With retirement, I needed a decent CAD program that I could purchase outright instead of paying an annual (expensive) licence fee.

ActCAD has met all my requirements & enabled me to continue updating my car wiring diagrams for Triumph TR7's which are distributed world wide under an open source licence.

The various tool bars and options are not always obvious and some homework is needed to master the program.

Great experience, been using on a daily basis for all our cad activities.
Since most user is 2D it works well for all schematic drawing.

Good software no major learning curve for new inductees.
Backed by solid IntelliCAD platform.
Looking forward for an AutocCAD Electrical alternative based on this platform.

No major cons, programming using python should be provided, helps in automating.

Solid, bug-free and very reasonably priced.

Full featured AutoCAD equivalent at a reasonable price. I needed support to move it to a newer computer and the support was excellent.

Nothing comes to mind.

Sincere gratitude & appreciation for your exceptional efforts in optimizing the software which has significantly eased my work flow, allowing me to complete tasks efficiently & effectively.
wishing you continued success and looking forward to further advancements from ActCAD in the future.

Thank you for the swift response and optimized version is efficient. Hope it will run smooth.
Thank you Udith for your truck load of patience.

The hatch functionality was malfunctioning, when attempting to apply hatch patterns to wall area or objects.

I think it is a great product, not much to complain about. So far the after sale support in Greece is excellent.

Not intense use, but periodical. The interface is almost identical to Autocad, fully compatible with Autocad files and great value for money. I like the license transfer feature (e.g. between home and office)

Sometimes (I don't remember details) doesn't respond the way I expect (not often and maybe it is my hardware's problem).

Excellent answer against AutoCAD's rising prices every year for their annual subscriptions! Go for it!

ActCAD perpetual subscription at a very good price is the best bet against AutoCAD's rising prices for yearly subscriptions.

Some minor teething problem which was negligible and got solved.

Very good. We recommend to other potential buyers to try this
There is good support from ActCAD team.

Easy to use. Good one.
I have been using this software for the last 3 months and it is easy to use and user friendly and guides you.

Sometimes it hangs while dimensioning. Otherwise no issues.

Not yet fully evolved and need to catch up with lot of development.
features like option file, borrowing, central deployment, export to XERF, Printing to PDF, etc need to be made robust.

1. Cheaper compared to other leading software.
2. Light weight on installation.
3. Indian product developed by Indian

1. Patch deployment is complicated. No publish option from central server.
2. When we type in text, we cannot see what actually we are typing i.e. we have to type blindly. The sentence is visible only when we escape from the text option.
3. getting closed abruptly and the work done is getting lost and time is wasted. File cannot be recovered.
4. Difficulty in exporting the CAD drg. to PDF

Very satisfied with application. Will require additional time in order to determine an overall opinion.

Stability and clarity of graphics. Some other companies' version of this software is quite blurred. UI is satisfactory as is features.

Help file could be a bit more detailed.
Haven't really had adequate time to discover many negatives.

All-in-all, I am very happy with ActCAD. I'd like to see you develop a civil engineering package with cogo, terrain modeling, street and utility profiles, etc. I used AutoDesk Civil 3D for many years before I had a computer crash and the program would no longer run. Today I can't afford to replace it. ActCAD has allowed me to do most of the civil drawing I need, but it would be nice to have those automated functions again for profiles, etc.

Works with AutoCAD.
Excellent pricing.
Many license options.
Look and feel of AutoCAD, fast learning curve.

It has some troubles working with large image files, particularly trying to add the images to the clipboard (program crashes).
Layerstates should be incorporated into the ribbon menu rather than being an external command. I use it often when working with land development plans. Having to type the command and then close the pop-up window before moving on the the next command is annoying.

Good and first, but left on a bad not. I really loved the software but just cannot get it to reinstall on my computer.

ActCad is a simply a Intellicad product that works essentially the same as other Intellicad products. It was easy to pick up and use since I have been a ACAD, Draftsight, user for years.

I had a problem with the hatching in version 10. I was instructed to uninstall the product and reinstall the software. I could never get the software to reinstall and after several attempts to go through the support system I decided to go with another vendor of Intellicad. It literally took weeks to get a response form support. I had two paid licenses and cannot get the software to reinstall. I always get the same response from support asking me to do the same thing. I finally just took the loss.

Pretty solid cad solution with the most main features supported. Few minor drawbacks. Would recommend it to others.

Almost full acad support of tools and commands. Competitive pricing. Some extra features which prove to be very efficient once you get used to them.

Sometimes something goes wrong and an error of "vectorization failed" appears. Only reboot of the software solves the error.
vlx programs not supported.

When I reflect on my overall use of the software I think it is great once you get into the swing of things.

The best thing I like about using this excellent software since I started using it was how easy it is to use whether or not you have used a similar product before.

Can do with a few more short cut processes. For example being able to click on or select line item prior to selecting the modify choose.

Very economical, user friendly, easy to use for ex AutoCad users. I can temporarily "move" the licence on another PC and go back to first PC if I need. For me is the best buy CAD software. Permanent licence.

Everything. I used AutoCad in my job, but the price is huge for normal monthly use and for commercial too. ActCAD is very economic CAD software with AutoCad commands. You can temporary "move" licence to other PC and go back to first PC.

Nothing particularly. The product is more than perfect for my use, but probably something could be found for improvement.

Need to improvise software in smooth functioning.

No comments.

Software hangs every now and then, after command its takes time to function. ctb and printer properties is not fixed all time needs to change for every file. for trail version we understand, but for license version it should function properly.

ActCAD is a lighter software, it helps in getting basic things done faster.

I liked the simplicity of interface and the size of the software itself, which helps us to run it in lower configuration PC too. It is 70% more or less like AutoCAD.

There are bugs which they are still working on. it hangs up.