The Advantages Of Using QCad
Seeing rants and raves about the various drafting suites out there is pretty common, the only thing more common than seeing this is to see praise for AutoCAD and the other select popular suites. What isn’t so common though is seeing praise for a suite that isn’t used in just about every design firm in the world and one that doesn’t have hundreds of tutorials and articles plastered all over the web. What I’m talking about is QCad and exactly how great of a tool it is. While finding a great tool in the drafting world isn’t too hard, often times these tools cost thousands of dollars and their advantages are heavily weighed down by their price. QCad isn’t one of these tools that cost thousands of dollars to get performance. There are a lot of different reasons why QCad is becoming more popular, but a few ring true to everyone.
It’s hard not to talk about drafting and drafting software without talking price. It is one of the most expensive sectors of the software world and all too often people simply can’t afford to purchase these high level tools. QCad on the other hand is completely free for the community edition and the professional edition is a mere thirty-three dollars. This alone warrants a purchase because rarely such a powerful and robust drafting tool is sold so cheap. However there is another key attribute that makes QCad such a desirable tool. It runs on almost any platform. From Linux to Windows it isn’t a tool that chains you to a specific platform and because of that it is one of the few incredibly good Linux drafting tools. If anyone is looking for a good 2D Linux CAD suite then QCad is worth looking into. QCad has resolved two of the most major issues in the drafting community, both price and platform dependency.
There is a lot more to drafting software than price and platform dependency however. While they are extremely important and without them the rest is rather insignificant, there is other attributes that make QCad so great. To start it is a very solid 2D drafting solution. It doesn’t crash or corrupt data like a lot of the other less than stellar options. It supports hundreds of fonts and format and it won’t leave you out in the cold when you bring home a file from work. It can load just about anything any other program can export and because of this feature it’s highly dependable. Another great feature of QCad is its parts library. For a small fee there are literally thousands of mechanical and electrical parts that are pre-drafted and ready to put into any current project. This features speeds up almost all development and keeps the end user from having to re-draft common and tiresome objects. QCad does a whole lot of things right and beyond the superficial things is a great drafting program.
If you’re looking for a good Linux CAD program or simply need something that runs on Linux, there is no reason to settle for some of the less than great programs out there. QCad is an awesome drafting program and does just about everything you can think of. It goes beyond what you would expect of a mid-tier product and offers it at a rock bottom price. This is one instance of a product where the price doesn’t reflect the quality, which is a rarity in the drafting world. QCad deserves a lot of praise and while it’s rare it’s definitely out there hidden among the praise for the multi-thousand dollar standards.
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