In order to improve ease of use it is important that an application uses industry terminology rather than programming terminology. 46 Import From Other Modeling Systems With Intelligence.47 Cost of Ownership.47Įase of Use/Performance Ease of use is frequently reported as the number one desired characteristic of a CAD system, based on user feedback. 43 Drawing Production/Distribution.43 Engineering Application Links.
34 Part Numbers and Material Requisition. 30 Database Limits.31Ĭustomization and Configuration.
30 Support Infrastructure.30Ĭontents Model Limits. 24 3D Routing Capabilities.24 Drawing Production. 22 AutoCAD Compliance/Interoperability.22 Training Requirements. Vertical AutoCAD Applications.16 MDI Compliance.16 External Reference Editing.
Section 3 AutoCAD Compliance/Interoperability Installation and Configuration.12 Upward Compatibility. We do not expect that anyone should evaluate software solely based upon a white paper such as this, but rather might use this as a guideline toward developing an evaluation process that addresses the issues that are important to them. Therefore, it is not unusual that it would appear to be written from a position of bias towards CADWorx. It was compiled from research done by COADE employees in association with current CADWorx/former AutoPLANT users. Introduction This white paper was written based upon a comparison of CADWorx version 2002 and AutoPLANT version 2.01.
