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Hi, I'm a construction engineer working with easy architectural design (45%), structural desgin (25%) and building permits for different projects (30%), for example renewal of the plumbing in 4-12 story apartment building (%= the time spent overall). I'm using basic AutoCAD in 2D, applied with domestic applications that makes the designing faster. 95% of the time I´m not in need of 3D desgin and as I'm not an architect I don't need to sell and market my designs by creating beautiful 3D pictures. But occasionally a customer would like to see their building in 3D with materials and colors. In these rare occasions I create different types of colored hatches to the 2D facades and that gives the customer a glimpse of what the building will look like, but of course it would be nicer to show a rendered 3D model. The same thing is with the bathrooms, that have to be "demolished" and renovated in apartment buildings, because of the renewal of the plumbing. In many occasions the residents would have liked to see how their bathroom would look like in 3D with different types and different colored tiling, sinks, toilet seats etc. What software would you use in situations like this for fast 3D modelling and good quality rendering based on your dwg-files? Of course it would be really nice to get an Autodesk Building Suite license and start using Revit or AutoCAD Architecture combined with 3Ds Max but I've watched numerous tutorials and tried the trial periods and found them really time consuming to learn and this wouldn't be reasonable because I rarely need 3D modelling. Hopefully someone has been in the same situation and come up with a great solution

Hello! I have been wanting to design my own cars digiraly for quite a while now but my problem is that I dont know what software to use. I have been drawing/ designing my own cars on paper but now I want to do it digitaly. I got AutoCad and some basic knowledge of how it works, but Im fearing that Cad isent the best and easyest way to design cars. Im willing to spend some money on bouth soft and hardware to being able to design cars digitaly. Therefor Im woundering what the best software to design 3d cars in. I would like a software thats bouth good and easy but if there are none of them Id rather go with good than easy. So what is the best software to design 3d cars in according to you? Sincerely, Rubberduck

I am newbee in this field.I want to learn Auto Cad Architectural for designining 3D building structure. Which software i should download which is available free on autodesk. I am using 4GB ram windows vista with 350gb space. Pl let me know if more info is required about my laptop. Which forum should i start to read and follow for practice.

Anybody Tell me which is better software among AUTOCAD,PRO-E, CATIA,solid work and SOLID EDGE etc and why? PRO-E and CATIA have got good future for me how i will decide it ?