ZWCAD

ZWCAD

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23 May 2023 at 00:48 #646240
Swarf Maker
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Seeing as how we seem to be having a CAD heavy time on the forum at the moment, has anybody come across, or had experience of ZWCAD from ZWSoft?

I only came across it as a consequence of a customer requirement.

Seems to have a 2D bias but also has perpetual licenses for a mechanical engineering version. I don't have the time to dedicate to the free trial, but some of you may be tempted – although it may ignite the fuse for further Chinese product discussion!
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23 May 2023 at 00:48 #21427
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23 May 2023 at 16:22 #646295
Gary Wooding
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Since nobody has answered (yet), I haven't tried it and have no intension of doing so. I'll give my views based solely on ZWSoft's website.

It seems to have a very cumbersome user interface that provides very little to justify the prices I saw. The sketching environments for all the parametric CAD systems I've tried provide far superior facilities to the non-parametric sketching of ZWCAD. Once you've tried parametric CAD you'll never want anything else.

As I've mentioned in other posts, ALL CAD systems have a steep leaning curve, so don't waste your time on learning a non-parametric CAD system. YMMV
23 May 2023 at 16:44 #646300
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Curiosity got the better of me and I had a look at the prices, they are having a laugh.
23 May 2023 at 23:08 #646339
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Thanks Gary & Baz, you can see why I didn't waste time on it also! I was more curious as to whether anybody on the forum had been involved with it at any stage. In some ways it is an unusual product in today's market.
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