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EXDXF-Pro
Baby Universe Inc.
EXDXF-Pro is an ideal DXF convert plug-in for Adobe Illustrator (AI). I can solve data compatibility problems between CAD software and AI. Specific functions include an "Export function" that outputs DXF data from AI and an "Import function" that opens DXF files in AI. Recently, CAD software is offered by many manufacturers, and the software is developed to be compatible with other CAD software. In particular, the file format uses the "dxf" extension to ensure compatibility in the exchange of data between CAD software and to facilitate the exchange of data between designers. CAD software and AI also use this "DXF" for data compatibility. However, compatibility problems are not infrequent. EXDXF-Pro's "Export Function" can output data in R12 format (AC1009) as "DXF" in R12 format, which is a highly popular format.Starting Price: $99 USD per year -
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EnSuite ReVue
CADCAM
Share design data & invite anyone to evaluate, discuss, feedback & collaborate. Organize your design discussions for each design in one place, chronologically. Collaborate securely with complete visibility and accountability of your design evaluation & discussion. Securely evaluate, discuss, offer feedback & collaborate on design data. Offer rich feedback to your team, partner, or customer on the product designs at any time, from anywhere. The only place to share your designs with other stakeholders easily, quickly, securely. Retain complete visibility and accountability of your design discussions. Your team, partners, suppliers, and customers can view, evaluate, discuss, and collaborate with the 2D & 3D designs you share with them. A host of productivity tools makes it easy to work with design data. Discussion participants can share feedback using simple notes referencing relevant parts of the design.Starting Price: $1,995 one-time payment -
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ARES Touch
Graebert
ARES Touch is a comprehensive mobile CAD solution for iOS and Android devices, enabling users to create and modify DWG drawings on tablets and smartphones with a full suite of 2D drafting and annotation commands. Optimized for touch inputs, it allows field workers to access, annotate, and synchronize drawings in real time, ensuring they always work with the latest versions. Users can view, annotate, and modify DWG files on the go, making it ideal for technical surveys, on-site inspections, maintenance, project coordination, client meetings, and facility management. It supports synchronization with popular cloud storage services like Dropbox, Box, iCloud, Google Drive, and OneDrive, allowing offline access when needed. It offers a complete set of 2D drafting tools, including precise drawing aids such as the loupe, entity snap, tracking, and coordinate input. Additionally, ARES Touch enables users to annotate drawings with pictures taken from the device's camera and text legends.Starting Price: Free -
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ARES Kudo
Graebert
ARES Kudo is a cloud-based CAD solution that enables users to create and modify DWG or DXF files directly within an internet browser, eliminating the need for installations or updates. It offers a comprehensive set of 2D drafting and annotation tools, including layer management, hatches and gradients, dimensions and dimension styles, and the ability to print to PDF. Advanced features such as support for X-refs, raster images, tables, PDF import, DGN import, drawing comparison, and dynamic blocks are also included. The intuitive ribbon interface provides a familiar environment for users transitioning from other CAD platforms. ARES Kudo supports real-time collaboration through features like comments, markups, and view-only links, allowing for efficient feedback collection and project coordination. Integration with popular cloud storage services such as Google Drive, Box, Dropbox, OneDrive, and more ensures easy management and synchronization of CAD files across platforms.Starting Price: $200 per year -
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SkyCAD
SkyCAD
SkyCAD automates wire and component numbering, manages parts lists and BOMs, updates cross‑references, creates panel layout designs, and more. It features automated numbering, BOMs, and parts‑lists management, automated cross‑references, license sharing, and requires no training. With unique design‑reuse features such as design‑by‑systems and configuration management, the software ensures efficiency and consistency. It offers intuitive, user‑friendly tools for generating PLC and other component blocks automatically and can generate PLC drawings from an I/O list in Excel. The panel layout design is supported directly within the platform. SkyCAD supports European and American drawing styles. A rich tutorial library and responsive support forums empower users to get up to speed quickly. Standard (free) and advanced licenses are available, with the free license meeting the needs of many users and the advanced license providing additional features at a reasonable cost.Starting Price: $99 per month -
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Hurricane for AutoCAD
74Mph Solutions
Batch edit your AutoCAD drawings in 3 clicks (or less), Make simple, complex and/or dynamic changes to each drawing. Manage your files to process. Keep lists, save "project" directories. Share these lists and "user-scripts". Combine user scripts to accomplish complex editing tasks. (You can even store scripts specific to each project, and retrieve them easily.) AutoCAD Electrical ".WDP" project file compatibility - Double-click an AutoCAD Electrical .WDP (Project) file within Hurricanes file selector, to quickly load an entire AutoCAD Electrical project into the FileQueue. This means you can EASILY use AutoCAD to Batch Plot your files, Batch Purge, Batch Bind, batch script anything, maximizing your PC's power to perform redundant tasks fast! Add more time-saving batch script functionality to AutoCAD Electrical, Mechanical, and Architectural. Batch all drawings run in a single AutoCAD session (They don't "open-run-close, open-run-close...")Starting Price: $99.95 one-time payment -
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Mech-Q
ASVIC
Are you looking for the best Engineering & Drafting CAD Software? Our solutions suit professionals like you that are involved in commercial, food & beverage, petrochemical, biotechnology, heavy industry, marine, mining, military, pharmaceutical, pulp & paper, energy generation or similar type of industry. If you require easy to use engineering software to get the job done right and quicly, then we have the solution you are looking for! We have software products for a wide range of engineering applications ranging from Mechanical software, Piping software, HVAC Ducting software and Structural Steel Detailing software. Each application is a set of powerful functions and utilities that makes your engineering design and drafting work easy and cost effective.Starting Price: $49 per user per month -
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Autodesk Advance Steel
GRAITEC
Advance Steel is a Dedicated Steel detailing package, the Software tool is a 3D modelling environment that then translates into a document management system. The 3D model consists of intelligent structural objects such as Beams, Plates, Bolts and Welds, with these combined together using the Parametric Connection tools that can be propagated within the model via connection copying tools, the model then becomes the hub for the creation of General Arrangements, Shop Assembly and Part drawings to allow for fabrication. These tools also extend into platework with ability to create complex folded plate details for flat pattern development drawings for shop use. Tools for creating steel frameworks from intelligent macros that allow for adjustments to the overall frame dimensions, section profile selection, this combined with the Parametric connection’s tools for standard connections types, with the ability to create custom connection details for bespoke situations. -
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QuoteCAD™ Manufacturing is the smartest choice for small businesses that require the basic and integrated functions of an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System. QuoteCAD™ Manufacturing provides out-of-the-box, base functions for business areas such as Manufacturing, Customer Relationship Management and Supplier Chain Management. Both economical, and user friendly, QuoteCAD™ Manufacturing has the lowest learning curve, and it does not require a high degree of customization as found in the majority of existing ERP solutions. Typical ERP implementation projects for enterprises can consumes months, requires a consulting team, and usually requires changes to existing business processes. QuoteCAD™ Manufacturing already fits the basic requirements for small businesses and requires minimal additional setup time.Starting Price: $749 one-time payment
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Ansys BladeModeler
ANSYS
Ansys BladeModeler software is a specialized, easy-to-use tool for the rapid 3D design of rotating machinery components. Ansys BladeModeler is used to design axial, mixed-flow and radial blade components in applications such as pumps, compressors, fans, blowers, turbines, expanders, turbochargers, inducers and more. Ansys BladeModeler is integrated with Ansys DesignModeler to deliver complete 3D geometry modeling capabilities and allow any number of geometric features, such as hub metal, blade fillets, and cut-offs and trims to be added. Blade designs can be combined with other non-bladed components, like housings, blade roots or complex 3D tip regions. These non-bladed components can be created directly or imported using CAD connections to all major CAD vendors without limits on the designs that can assembled and assessed. You can choose the level of geometric detail for your analysis. -
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PlusSpec
RubySketch
PlusSpec is the most powerful, affordable and easy to learn 3D BIM/Virtual Design Construction & Estimating software for the Design & Construction Industry. From Design & Sales to Estimating & Procurement, PlusSpec offers one integrated solution created to help you become more efficient & profitable. PlusSpec has been made for people who are low on time, and we’ve included the support you need so you can quickly master the software. The only BIM software you can actually design with. Immerse your clients in 3D and sell your designs. Create professional 2D drawings. Manage client budgets. Develop stronger relationships with stakeholders. PlusSpec will allow you to do more than just quantify. Quote Fast. End Error and Oversight. Visualize Risk & Complexity. Transform the way you Communicate. Deliver more than just a Paper Quote. Whether you are Designing & Drafting, or Estimating & Building (or both), specifying products is a key part of the process.Starting Price: $990 per year -
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Electra Cloud
Radica Software
Electra® Cloud offers impressive benefits that more than save time or eliminate tedious work, it leaves the engineer free to focus on the important parts of a design, the control scheme, operations and safety of the entire machine. For many companies, creating and managing technical drawings efficiently are often critical to become competitive with direct impacts on a company's bottom line. Surprisingly, many companies are still using inefficient and costly methods, resulting in higher cost, lower productivity and technical drawings that are only accessible to a few people in an organization. Cut the amount of time a electrical engineer spends on generating electrical designs, and they could spend more time working with customers. The fact is, technical drawing is an invaluable resource and should be accessible to everyone in an organization.Starting Price: $99.00/month -
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Strata Design 3D CX
Strata
Design 3D CX gives you all the tools you need to complete professional 3D projects. Illustrators, product & package designers, display & interior designers – and other creative professionals – rely on Strata Design 3D CX to realize their vision. Easy to learn, hundreds of hours of video tutorials, and connections to Adobe® and other tools make getting up to speed – and integrating with your workflow – a breeze. Strata Design 3D eases the learning curve for 2D designers who are new to 3D. Quick start templates, libraries, predefined effects, backgrounds, environments and more allow designers to create complex scenes in minutes. With a user interface and tools that are familiar to today’s 2D designers, you invest your time learning 3D design concepts rather than a new design paradigm. For many, the thought of 3D modeling is a daunting task. Design 3D offers an extremely friendly modeling toolset and environment for manipulating your polygons, splines, and primitives into any 3D object.Starting Price: $595 one-time payment -
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LoopCAD
Avenir Software
LoopCAD is the premiere software for the fast creation of professional quality circuit layout drawings for radiant heating systems. The all-new LoopCAD 2021 offers advanced design features including integrated heating and cooling load calculations, detailed hydronic calculations, snowmelt design, 3D CAD views, and compatibility with OEM design methods and materials. And now the MJ8 Edition provides ACCA®-Approved Manual J® (8th Edition) calculations for residential heating and cooling loads. LoopCAD is the easiest, most powerful radiant heating design tool available. Creating floorplan drawings is very fast using the predefined rooms, doors, windows and other objects. Rooms can be resized by dragging the walls or corners, and they are easily docked together to create complex floor plans. The room shapes can be quickly edited to create very complex shapes, and you can also use the freehand drawing tools to create more complex shapes.Starting Price: $595 one-time payment -
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ANSYS SpaceClaim
ANSYS
Ansys SpaceClaim’s unique user interface, modeling technology and versatile tool set help you create and modify imported geometry — without the complexity associated with traditional CAD systems. When working with existing CAD models, you can de-feature and simplify geometry with automated, easy-to-learn tools. Ansys SpaceClaim is ideal for engineers who don’t have time for heavy CAD tools, but want and need to get 3D answers fast. SpaceClaim provides analysts with tools for accelerating geometry preparation for simulation. Whether de-featuring CAD models, extracting fluid domains, or simplifying a model to beam and shell elements, SpaceClaim removes geometry bottlenecks freeing analysts to focus on their simulations. With control of geometry, analysts can enable simulation-driven design, eliminate delays between design teams and analysts, and easily understand how design changes impact results. -
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RoadEng Civil Engineer
Softree Technical Systems
Faster, lighter, easier and specialized for the design of rural infrastructure, RoadEng significantly speeds up the corridor design process. Built from the ground up to work with surfaces, cross-sections, and alignments, RoadEng handles larger data sets in ways other civil design software cannot. No additional CAD software required. You don’t need to struggle with complicated and expensive CAD software. No need to learn and re-learn complicated software for complex highway interchanges and other things you don’t do. Geometric corridor design in a simple and intuitive user interface. Visualize your road design in 3D, plan, profile and section views simultaneously. Make a change to the project, dynamically watch all of the windows update. Minimize earthwork costs for roads, highways, and other corridor projects. Automatically balance your mass haul. Get the lowest cost vertical alignment. -
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iC3D
Creative Edge Software
iC3D allows you to create 3D digital prototypes fast and easy. Whether you create carton, glass, cans, flexibles or shrink-wraps, iC3D enables real-time visualization and validation throughout the design process from concept to production. No specialist programs, hardware, or outside assistance are required, just a single application using a simple Illustrator file or PDF for photorealistic results on-the-fly.Starting Price: $145/month -
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MeshWorks
DEP USA
Automated post-processing such as ‘hot-spot-extraction’ reduces several hours of post-processing time to a matter of minutes. Very effective design review is now possible with DEP MeshWorks with all the hot-spots unionized in one single model and facilitates subsequent design improvements to make ‘hot-spots’ go away. Weight optimization on the Yoke component of a construction equipment using DEP MeshWorks. With the patented Auto-parametrization technology the meshed models in DEP MeshWorks automatically become parametric CAE models enabling subsequent fast design changes. The Associative Modeler in DEP MeshWorks rapidly updates CAE models as CAD changes, dramatically reducing time for model updates. Morphing and scaling approach for generating standard and non standard percentile human Body FE models. -
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SEE Electrical
Ige-xao
All features and commands in SEE Electrical are designed specifically for electrical engineering. Its intuitive interface means that you can be productive very quickly with minimal training. Creating wiring diagrams has never been so simple! SEE Electrical can be purchased in three levels – Basic, Standard and Advanced. Each offers a range of services at a different price point so that you can select the level that suits your needs. It is simple to progress from one level to another, as you can work on project data across all levels simultaneously. With SEE Electrical you can open as many windows as you want and you are able to work across several projects at once. Thanks to the integrated Microsoft ActiveX® interface you can also combine documents from other Windows applications directly into your project structure.Starting Price: $396 per year -
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HydroMan
Paro Software
We aim to be the #1 of design software solutions in the world of hydraulics. We create hydraulic design software products and services that are easy to use, efficient, and of the highest quality, leaving 100% of our customers satisfied with the design of their hydraulic system. HydroMan is a complete 3D hydraulic manifold design software package for the rapid design of complex hydraulic manifolds, and is equally effective for simpler designs. HydroMan is well-organized, efficient and extremely easy to use. With HydroMan, you can quickly and easily produce an error-free manifold design. HydroMan is intended for the 3D design of your hydraulic manifold. It is a dedicated, stand-alone software solution with all the tools to help you to draw a flawless hydraulic manifold, however complex or simple the manifold. Design your hydraulic manifold in no time. You do not need training or extensive knowledge of CAD-type software to use HydroMan.Starting Price: $325 per user, per month -
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ODOP:Spring
SpringDesignSoftware
More than a Spring Calculator. ODOP:Spring is a spring design application of the problem-independent Open Design Optimization Platform (ODOP) software. It finds solutions for demanding spring application requirements in mechanical engineering and machine design. Most coil spring calculators require users to manually input values – such as wire diameter, coil diameter, free length and number of coils – and then repeatedly re-analyze until an acceptable solution is reached. ODOP’s ability to invert formula relationships removes that guesswork. Spring design equations are backsolved to meet constraints placed on the problem variables. Need to identify the lightest-possible material weight? Ensure a long spring life and low risk of failure? Our helical coil spring design software can find the constrained extreme of any variable, whether independent or dependent. -
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GRAITEC Advance CAD
GRAITEC
Ribbon tabs, quick access toolbar manager, "customize" dialog box to change menus, toolbars, keyboard shortcuts, and aliases. Autocomplete of commands that are started with some typed characters , for heavy command line users. General options for settings can be customized (display, paths/files, user preferences, crosshairs, profiles). Publish command to plot several layouts to DWF/PDF or to Plotter named in page setup. Modify 2D drawing objects and 3D 3D solids. Three-dimensional meshes made of polygons. GRAITEC has built up an extensive BIM technology portfolio encompassing ground-breaking, innovative developments, delivering exceptional business, process, technology and service solutions worldwide. GRAITEC has also expanded on its exceptional relationship with Autodesk and is a Platinum Partner in Europe and Autodesk Gold Partner in the US & Canada, making us one of the largest partners in the world. -
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Ansys Motor-CAD
Ansys
Ansys Motor-CAD is a dedicated electric machine design tool for fast multiphysics simulation across the full torque-speed operating range. Motor-CAD enables design engineers to evaluate motor topologies and concepts across the full operating range, to produce designs that are optimized for performance, efficiency and size. Motor-CAD software’s four integrated modules—EMag, Therm, Lab, Mech—enable multiphysics calculations to be performed quickly and iteratively, so users can get from concept to final design in less time. Fast calculations and streamlined data input processes leave time for Motor-CAD users to explore more motor topologies and fully assess the impact of advanced loss effects in the initial stages of an electromechanical design. The release includes powerful new features for design optimization, multi-physics analysis and system modelling for electric motors. Fast multiphysics simulation across a full torque-speed operating range. -
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Alibre Workshop
Alibre
Alibre Workshop is a combination of two tools - Alibre Atom3D and MeshCAM Pro for Alibre. Using the two together, you can design and refine 3D models or 2D drawings and then create toolpaths for your mill. The last step - walking to the mill and pressing go - is all that's left. Create relief images in your favorite image editor or find them online. Machine them directly to create stunning pieces, no CAD required. Signs, terrain, art - so many possibilities. -
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BobCAD-CAM
BobCAD-CAM
BobCAD-CAM Computer-Aided Design (CAD) software delivers advanced design power with an intuitive, modern interface that makes creating and editing simple & complex parts easier and more efficient than ever. Using the new ribbon bar interface makes finding features easy, even if you’re a first time user. The BobCAD-CAM design software provides one of the largest selections of professional drawing and modeling tools for a shop environment. Utilize 100s of easy-to-use geometry creating and editing tools to develop sophisticated part models quickly and efficiently. A wide range of powerful wireframe, surface, and solid model design tools deliver the performance you need to design everything from simple flat patterns to complex 3D models with intricate details. The BobCAD-CAM design software is easy enough for the new and occasional users, yet powerful enough to meet the needs of the advanced designer. -
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Envision evCreator
Canvas GFX
Envision evCreator is a powerful graphics application* combining 2D drawing and image editing with 3D model handling for creating technical illustrations, product visualizations, animations, charts, text and more. The evCreator handles the preparation of every visual asset you need to add to your instructional content - as well as the creation of end-to-end documents. Envision evCreator gives technical creatives the autonomy to work with 2D graphics, images and 3D CAD models in a single, intuitive application. No more switching between different apps for different uses, and no more delays caused by reliance on engineering teams for 3D model screenshots. 2D drawing, 3D CAD, and vector graphics in a single, easy to use application: - Image editing - 3D CAD visualization - Flow charts and process diagrams - Animation with text to speech - Smart annotation & dimension tools - Charts, tables, symbols - Export to JPG, PNG, PDF, MP4, and more -
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Canvas Envision
Canvas GFX
From a powerful creator app to hosted solutions and deep integrations with manufacturing tech stacks, Canvas Envision delivers interactive instructional experiences that minimize errors and delays. The Envision platform is an End-to-end solution for creating, managing, and consuming interactive digital work instructions. Cloud collaboration and document viewing. Available hosted or in your private cloud. Document viewers will be able to easily access and consume digital instructional content containing precise 2D graphics, narrated animations, and fully interactive embedded 3D models. Interactive digital instructions are proven to drive faster time to task completion, and reduce error count. - Create end-to-end digital work instruction documents - Leverage 2D drawing, image editing, and 3D visualization - Create 3D model animations with text-to-speech narration - Collaborate with teams on document creation - Deliver fully interactive instructional experiences -
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ESSDi CAD
ESSDi Infotech Corporation
ESSDi CAD/CAM is predominantly used in Garment and Textile, Made-ups, and Leather manufacturing. It also shares its potential tools in the Shipping, Aeronautics, Automobile, and Furniture industries. First Apparel CAD Developer in South Asian Continent. ESSDi IC innovates newer technology to various industries to ease their day-to-day affairs to have a clear and perfect focus on their business to increase profit margin by well large. ESSDi IC's technology is all cost-effective at carrier no further expenditure. Mostly, it will be a life investment or form an asset. Thiru.L.B.Thiyagarajan, the founder of ESSDi Infotech Corporation had crossed all impediments with his innovative and creative knowledge towards this project. To get his passion come through he was carrying his intellectual Child, ESSDi CAD with limited resources generated through job work and selling the CAD system, to sustain in market for the past two decades. -
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ThinkDesign
DPTLab
The full product version with all the features developed so far, a unique powerful solution, covering all the design process for a total design experience. ThinkDesign Professional allows the removal of the barriers to the communication in the various stages of the product definition since it is possible to make changes without losing the work done in other departments. In fact, thanks to the benefits of solid modeling, to the flexibility of the models of free-shape surfaces and to the extraordinary editing tool of GSM, modifications can be made with great creativity and precision to any type of shape, no matter if native or imported ones, while maintaining the full associativity and in a much shorter time than with the traditional approaches. In order to meet customers' needs, DPT makes available the ThinkDesign Drafting solution, which allows you to maintain the traditional 2D design approach, re-use your legacy data archive with a modern, user-friendly and Windows standard tool. -
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Eyeshot
devdept
Eyeshot is a CAD control based on the Microsoft NET Framework. It allows developers to add CAD functionalities to WinForms and WPF applications in a snap. Eyeshot provides tools for building geometry from scratch, for analyzing it with finite element method and to generate toolpaths on it. Geometry can also be imported or exported using CAD exchange file formats. Combine multiple data sources, input devices and CAD entity types as has never been possible before. Import your dataset from file or from Visual Studio project resources or from database. Allow end-users to interact using keyboard, mouse, 3D mouse or fingers. Select between Mesh, Solid and Nurbs surface modeling technologies to unleash your creativity. Eyeshot is the only 100% NET CAD component on the market. With 60+ source code samples (in both C# and VB NET and for both WinForms and WPF platforms) it’s also the easiest to learn.Starting Price: €700 one-time payment