DesignCAD 3D Max27

CAD programs are a dime a dozen nowadays, but they usually come in packages that occupy lots of disk space, as well as heavy memory requirements.DesignCAD 3D Max is a professional software application designed to help users create 2D or 3D images, models, and animations.

A CAD application for the common user

The user interface may seem a bit overwhelming at a first glance, but this is only because the program comes packed with many dedicated parameters.The tool offers support for the following file formats: DCD, DC, DWG, DXF, JPG, BMP, TGA, PCX, PNG, WPG, EPS, and others.DesignCAD 3D Max gives you the possibility to undo or redo your actions, perform basic editing operations (cut, copy, paste, delete), and use an eraser.

Design 3D objects both manually and through value input

When it comes to designing 3D objects, you are allowed to specify the coordinates of the working pane, change the angle or orientation for viewing the model, create solid objects (e.g. box, sphere, cylinder, cone, tube, pyramid, ellipsoid), and set up the surface parameters.Additionally, you can perform various editing operations with 3D solid objects, such as merging, intersecting, slicing, isolating the common volume between two solids, and others.

Shading, lighting and texture manipulation

DesignCAD 3D Max lets you select between various predefined materials, configure the shade and light options, produce animated AVI files, perform commands only on the selected objects or the entire drawing, change the properties of an object (e.g. colors, layers, line styles), and calculate the distance between objects.Other important features worth mentioning are represented by the possibility to record macros and print or export the generated project to DWG, DXF, IGES, RIB, VRML, WPG, HPGL, or PDF file format.

A great CAD program for starters

All aspects considered, DesignCAD 3D Max offers many useful features for helping you create 2D and 3D designs in a clean environment, while not being a burden on your PCs memory.This makes it especially useful for those with older PCs, or new PCs that don't come with a powerful graphics card.