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SOFTDESK RETAIL PRODUCTS' Drafix QuickCAD 3.01 is Drafix CAD Windows at one-quarter the price but with the programming language and most symbols stripped out. Softdesk says it set out to make QuickCAD easier and faster for beginners, and in large part, it achieves this goal.
QuickCAD is the first result of Softdesk Inc.'s acquisition of Foresight Resources Corp. earlier this year. The acquisition is significant because Softdesk is known as the largest developer of add-on software for Autodesk Inc.'s AutoCAD. It will be interesting to watch Softdesk use this CAD software to move from cooperating to competing with Autodesk.
As I worked with QuickCAD, I found it clearly an introduction to CAD. Customization is limited...