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PadCAD Lite app for iPhone and iPad


4.6 ( 3776 ratings )
Utilities Productivity
Developer: Plugworks
Free
Current version: 1.9.4, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 14 Dec 2011
App size: 15.45 Mb

PadCAD Lite is an easy to use free CAD application designed for small to medium sized projects such as home additions, remodeling projects, cabinetry work, and site surveys. With PadCAD Lite anyone can produce clean, clear CAD drawings. If you want to save or export your drawings to a professional CAD application like AutoCAD, you can upgrade PadCAD Lite and export your drawings in several popular formats, including PDF or DXF files. PadCAD Lite is designed with ease of use, speed and mobility in mind and is NOT a full blown CAD application. Its the prefect starting point for your drafting projects. PadCAD Lite is ideal for general contractors, carpenters, architectural firms, appraisers and real-estate professionals. PadCAD Lite has a very shallow learning curve, and no previous CAD experience is necessary. A comprehensive set of instructions are provided with the app.

Please Note: PadCAD Lite is free for evaluation purposes and can’t save your drawings. You may lose your drawings if you exit the app. To save your drawings, you must upgrade the app. The cost for an upgrade is $14.99 (usd). Once upgraded, PadCAD Lite will allow you to export your drawings as image files, PDF files or DXF files.

Main Features :

1) Intuitive finger-based drawing and editing: Draw walls with your finger, then adjust them by dragging or stretching them.

2) Fine-tune controls: For greater precision, every element can be fine-tuned with numeric values.

3) Unlimited Undo and Redo: You can Undo all the way back to the beginning of your session or Redo to your current state.

4) Take Pictures: From within the app you can use your iPads built in camera to take a photos and associate them with your CAD drawing. You can also use your iPads built in microphone to create and include audio annotations in your drawings.

5) Intuitive Zoom & Pan: Use two fingers to zoom in and out of your drawing, just like you would with any other picture on the iPad. You may also pan the drawing simply by dragging your finger. The drawing area is larger than the iPad screen which allows you to export projects as large as 170 x 128.

Note: PadCAD Lite is a free version of the PadCAD app. It is functionally identical to PadCAD, except for the fact that you cant export or save your drawings. Once upgraded, PadCAD Lite and PadCAD are identical. If youre ready to dive right in, go ahead and get PadCAD. If you want to try before you buy, get PadCAD Lite. You can always upgrade later.

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Pros and cons of PadCAD Lite app for iPhone and iPad

PadCAD Lite app good for

Works great for what I need it to do. Like the fact that there is now the app for the PC and that they save your drawings on their server as well!
Its great its the only cad app I can figure out. But it needs to make round objects. Thats the only reason I gave it four stars.
Just started using last week for general surveys and quick sketches for prospective clients. If this would calculate area for closed shapes beyond those made with the square tool, this would be 5 stars for me.
I enjoy designing my pipe dream of a cabin in the woods on my I pad after dinner, but it doesnt have stairs or corner tubs or counters or plumbing or fire places or............
Good for the quick drawing and dimensions. Just started but seems like a great mobile cad app
Works well for what it says it does, but still has a way to go. Good start.

Some bad moments

It is not possible to save your work! Closing the App results in data loss.
While some of the adaptation of CAD for the touch environment is good, this App still needs a lot of work to be more than a simple sketch tool. Despite the glitches encountered, its fine for designing the floor plan of a shed, but not much more.
The app is great. One thing that would be an awesome addition is the option to make round shapes for tables or other things also.
Its just for buisnesses. Now i understand. Look at "room planner" it has 3d mode. Can this have 3d mode too, pleeeeeaaaaseee!!!!
Sounds wont stop even on silent. Deleted almost instantaneously despite this seeming like a neat app. No way to disable sounds in app preferences. I would give this app zero stars, but thats not allowed.
This app is definitely not set up for use with a small touch screen. Its hard to draw walls when you cant find the correct starting spot, and while you are drawing walls it will not scroll, so zooming in is not an option. Also, for some reason the walls will just randomly stop without lifting your finger, and you cant change the wall once it has been created. This app was very frustrating. I would not recommend it.

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