IntelliCAD versions

I did some very basic testing of several versions of IntelliCAD. Basic testing means that I installed the program and opened various existing r2004 format AutoCAD drawings. Doesn't sound like much, but it gave me a lot of information. Here are the results.

Product Single Seat price in USD Multiple discount price in USD (#) Network Licensed price in USD Notes
autodsys 149 629 (5) N/A Performed well
axCAD 199 139-179 (depends on # seats) N/A Crashed frequently. Not recommended.
BricsCAD 225 1010 (5) N/A Seems to have trouble with long path x-refs. Not recommended.
CADopia 249 1095 (5) N/A Cannot test demo due to lack of license. URL given to obtain demo license does not work
progeCAD 249 N/A 399 Performed well. Also available, a hardware locked version for 375
zwCAD ? ? ? Not recommended. No way to get prices without contacting "distributor" via email.

When this was initially posted, I received some feedback claiming that my testing was inadequate, etc.

Well, here is what I did.

  1. Went to the website and downloaded the demo.
  2. Installed it on a clean test machine.
  3. Opened some real world drawings, picked at random from the working folders at a real engineering company. Most include several xrefs. All open fine in AutoCAD 2006 with no errors.
  4. Performed various simple drawing and editing tasks.

I never claimed that this was the "test of all tests". It's simply a quick review to possibly head a new user in a certain direction.

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Submitted by rkmcswain on Tue, 10/03/2006 - 19:45

 

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