Electrical Cad Software

Selecting 3D Drafting Software

Whether you are looking to design your next home from scratch or are just considering redoing the interior design of your current home, 3D drafting software can help. Before purchasing any program you must know what your goals are, how much you can afford to spend on the project and how much time can be spent in learning a new computer program.

Inexpensive software, or freeware, will give you the ability to visualize design options before starting a project and can be used for remodeling a room or building a basic house. For more complicated projects, such as home drawing or home making, your cost for software that can handle the complexity will increase.

This type of software can be used for a variety of other purposes also. One method by which mechanical engineers create detailed instructions for parts manufacturing is through the use of drafting software. This drawing will show all dimensions necessary to produce a part in addition to assembly notes, a materials list and any other information needed during the manufacturing process.

The instructions are then fed into the machinery through the use of the CAD/CAM program. If you so desire, you may produce the part by hand, but that is become a rarity in today's computer age and is only used for certain processes a machine has difficulty completing.

Solidworks 3D Cad Design Software is a popular choice among consumers who have purchased this type of product. This is a solid modeler which uses a parametric feature based style allowing you to create both models and assemblies. One popular feature of this product is the ability to back track through the design process to add additional components, make changes or redo the sequence is which manufacturing is completed. Available for Windows this remains a popular brand of modeling software.

No matter which type of 3D Drafting software you choose to purchase, there are a few things you need to consider. First, which operating system does the software use? Make sure it will operate on your current system as many manufacturers do offer both Mac and Windows versions.

Also be sure that it is powerful enough to do the job you are requesting of it. If you just want to do a simple floor plan, a free program may work for you. Yet, if you are designing a whole building, you will want a software with a number of built in libraries and architectural symbols to simplify the job. Whichever one you choose, it will be a very helpful tool for your drafting needs.