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A Proven Replacement for AutoCAD 2D/3D DWG Software

1. Drawing Software For Mac
2. Best Free 2d Drawing Software For Mac

CAD software refers to a type of software program used by engineers and designers to create 2D and 3D physical component models. These applications have an easy-to-use user interface, toolbars, and a large library of 3D models. Many tools also enable you to print on multiple pages. AutoCAD LT ® is a powerful 2D computer-aided design (CAD) software that architects, engineers, construction professionals, and designers rely on to: Design, draft, and document with precise 2D geometry. Access a comprehensive set of editing, design, and annotation tools. Work faster in an intuitive and customizable interface.

...with all the Familiar Icons and Menus

iCADMac is professional ‘AutoCAD’ like software without the monthly subscription. It supports an interface complete with an “AutoCAD® Like” icon menu and “AutoCAD® Like” commands. It has the same file formats, same menus, and commands and at a fraction of the price (a one-time investment instead of a monthly subscription like AutoCAD)...

Over 20,000 Blocks and Symbols

Includes over 20,000 Blocks and Symbols in the iCADLib block library manager.

Express Tools

Use a similar bonus toolset as AutoCAD. Offered FREE without subscription because, well, we're just like that!

Application Programming Interface (API) Support

Automate your tasks using industry standard API's, including AutoLISP, and SDS (like ADS).

PDF Import

Import PDF into iCADMac, along with Blocks, Layers, Linetypes, etc. All intelligence contained within the PDF is imported into your drawing.

PDF Plotting

Plot to PDF using iCADMac's plot interface. Use Color Tables (.ctb) or Style Tables (.stb) and Printer Configuration Parameter (.pcp) files from AutoCAD.

What is iCADMac?

To start, it is over $3000 less than AutoCAD...

• Affordable Price
• High compatibility with the DWG drawing file format
• PDF Import and Export
• Gradient Hatch
• Tables
• Raster and Image Management
• Image Clipping
• Polygonal Viewports
• Xref Manager
• Standard Interface
• Property Bar
• Additional Hatches
• Multilines
• Display on iPad™
• Rendering
• ACIS® Solids
• iCADLib - Advanced Blocks Libraries
• Traceparts

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iCADMac vs. AutoCAD

• iCADMac works with AutoCAD DWG files, without any type of conversion. edit every version of DWG: AutoCAD 2.5 through the latest!
• iCADMac's user interface is complete with 'AutoCAD Like' icon menus and commands.
• iCADMac supports AutoCAD file types: DWG, DXF, .MNU, .SCR, AutoLISP, SHX and TTF fonts, CTB and PCP for Plotting, Hatch Patterns, Linetypes, etc.
• iCADMac supports 3D ACIS Solid Modeling, 3D Surface commands such as revsurf, rulesurf, etc., iCADMac also has 3D Realistic Rendering built in allowing you to make true to life representations of your AutoCAD compatible DWG models. See further comparisons by selecting the button below...

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Details

• iCADMac has high compatibility with the DWG drawing file format, from Version 2.5 up to the most recent AutoCAD® 2018.
• iCADMac supports PDF file conversion into DWG with Layers supported. iCADMac can export your drawings in the PDF format.
• iCADMac displays and creates Gradient Hatches
• iCADMac displays and creates tables.
• iCADMac displays and creates and edits DWG drawings with images, photos and raster images.
• iCADMac supports rectangular and polygonal clip on images.
• iCADMac supports polygonal layout viewports.
• iCADMac has Xref Manager which is a module for quick, easy management of external references.
• iCADMac has Standard Interface which is a friendly, familiar environment for AutoCAD® users.
• iCADMac has Property Bar which is a visual and intuitive interface to edit object properties.
• iCADMac has more than 300 additional hatch patterns.
• iCADMac displays and creates tables
• iCADMac has basic rendering functions with Light and Shading management. Advanced module will be available soon for for a small fee.
• iCADMac supports multiple line creation of up to 16 simultaneous tracks.
• Display and edit iCADMac drawings on iPad™, iPhone®, and iPod touch® in DWG and PDF formats.
• iCADMac creates a package containing the current drawing and its dependent files such as References, referenced images, referenced PDF files, font files, font mapping files, PrintStyle files, and Print Configuration files.
• The PDF format is widely used everywhere. If you receive a PDF file that you want to reference as you draw, you can attach it as an underlay and looks it transparent over the drawing entities.
• iCADMac proposes the basic rendering module with multiple Lights and Shadow support. The advanced Ray-tracing module with materials, reflection, transparency and smooth shadows will be available soon as an option module.
• Multiline objects can consist up to 16 parallel lines, called “elements”. Multilines allow quick creation of walls, roads, insulation etc. iCADMac offers a complete configuration mask specially designed to define various multiline styles.
• Revision clouds are used in drawings to indicate that certain areas require or contain revisions. You can create rectangular, elliptical and freehand Clouds to accentuate drawing areas. You can adjust the radius of the sequential arcs of Clouds.
• iCADMac reads and writes 3D solid objects with the ACIS Solid Modeling libraries (the same as AutoCAD®)Essential for those who deal with Industrial Design, Dies, complex architectural elements and generally for any application in which creating complex three-dimensional shapes quickly and easily.ACIS solids are available thanks to an agreement signed with Spatial, the supplier of technology for solid modelling to many of the most important CAD software companies in the world.iCADMac has implemented complete management of ACIS solids including viewing, printing, creating and editing.Exchange of CAD project data with other CAD software which uses ACIS Solids (such as AutoCAD®) is therefore a simple process!Creating complex three-dimensional shapes by using solid models is made easier in comparison with the more traditional techniques.
• More than 22.000 Blocks are ready to be used for Construction, Architectural, Furnishing, 3D Furnishing, Mechanics, Electrical, Electronics, Steel profiles and many others industries. Thanks to the Blocks Library Management module it is quick and easy to find a symbol you need. iCADLib can be also used to manage libraries of symbols or personal that already exist.
• iCADLib includes the access to Traceparts for progeCAD: Advanced integration with the progeCAD's Traceparts web portal for easy guided usage of more than 100 millions of blocks.Directly guided block insertion from the web to your drawings just in a snap.

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Introducing iCARE Subscription Services

iCARE is a 1 year subscription-based maintenance and support program. It offers a variety of benefits to help customers get the most out of their iCADMac software. iCARE cuts down upgrade costs and gives customers more value.For an annual fee, iCARE customers get convenient access to the following benefits:

• Software - You will receive all iCADMac Updates and All New Versions.
• Support - Free Technical assistance via the web with the new help desk service through ticket, email, live chat and remote support.

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Unprecedented File Compatibility

• iCADMac® uses DWG for it's design file format, natively without conversion. That means unrivaled compatibility with AutoCAD® Drawing files without need to convert the files first, and no risk for data loss, none.
• iCADMac enables you to export your drawing files in practically every DWG format ever produced. You can take a DWG all the way back to 1983 (if you don't mind the music!).
• Same with DXF, a standard used by thousands of CAD users to move designs from one CAD system to perform additional analysis or even to edit within a different CAD system.
• DWG files are probably the most convenient and reliable format for viewing drawings on the Apple iPad™

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iCADMac System Requirements

• Apple® Mac® Pro, MacBook® Pro, iMac®, Mac® mini, MacBook Air®, MacBook®
• Mac OS X v10.5.8 or later
• x86 Intel® processor
• 1 GB of RAM (2 GB recommended, you may even want more) The easiest way to make your iCADMac perform is to add more memory. It's the main factor for ensuring your drawings have the least amount of themselves put onto the hard disk to make room for whatever else the machine needs to store in their location... is mega memory!
• 2.0 GB free disk space for download and installation (3 GB recommended). If you decide against that extra ram, you probably should give yourself a little more room for those bigger drawings.
• All graphics cards on supported hardware
• 1,024 x 768 display with true color
• Mac OS X-compliant printer

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Are you dreaming about building a new home? Or renovating the same one you are living in? For both cases, you need a plan of how your home would look after the renovation. You will need a floor plan for this subject. So, what is a floor plan?

In interior architecture, a floor plan is a drawing that helps us make a plan of how our house would look like? The floor plan tells us about rooms, empty spaces, or other physical things in a particular yard’s house. The floor plan tells us about how we will arrange our rooms, our bathrooms, our TV lounge, and other essential things that have to be in the house.

The above is a basic example of a floor plan. In a floor plan, there are dimensions measured between the walls which tells us about room sizes and other spaces in the house. A floor plan also includes stairs, doors, sofas, kitchens, furniture, etc.

In general, floor plans are of two types: 2D floor plan and 3D floor plan.

A 2D floor plan is the easiest way of designing the home interior. In a 2D floor plan, the house is drawn so that we see it from above, and then the shapes are drawn in the same way.

The 2D floor plan shows us the rooms, free spaces, kitchen, TV lounge, drawing room, and other furniture stuff, but we see it from above. The plan is drawn either by hand or with the help of computer software like CAD.

3D floor plans are more advanced than the 2D floor plan because they show you the floor plan in three dimensions from above. The 3D floor plan makes it easy to understand the layouts and dimensions of our house, room, walls, and other things because the design looks like an actual figure or house put in front of you.

The 3D floor plan also shows us the same things as furniture, stairs, walls, and rooms, but we see them in three dimensions. The 3D floor plan can also be drawn by hand or with the help of computer software.

The Difference Between 2D and 3D Floor Plan

• The 2D floor plan shows you the design in x and y dimensions; meanwhile, the 3D floor plan shows you dimensions in x, y, and z. You can simply see your design from different angles in a 3D floor plan compared to a 2D floor plan.
• 2D floor plans are cheaper to make and can be quickly drawn by hand than 3D floor plans.
• The 3D floor plan shows you your design in 360-degree, shows you your result in high-quality real-time images, but in 2D floor plans, we just see the design from above.
• You can see the measurement of each room in a 2D floor plan, but you can’t see any measurement in a 3D floor plan.
• In a 3D floor plan, you check what furniture or showpiece looks good in what room, but this cannot be done in the 2D floor plan.

EdrawMax

All-in-One Diagram Software

• Superior file compatibility: Import and export drawings to various file formats, such as Visio
• Cross-platform supported (Windows, Mac, Linux, Web)

A 2D floor plan provides you the dimensions, layouts, and measurements of each wall in your home design. You can see your design from above in a 2D floor plan which makes it easy to understand all the measurements of the house. You can also see furniture, pools, lawn, garden, etc., in a 2D floor plan.

You can create a 2D floor plan in the following way:

• First, draw the exterior walls of your house. Initially, it can be a rectangle or in a square shape.
• Check the measurement of each side of the wall.
• Put doors and windows on the exterior walls.
• Insert your desired rooms and kitchen inside the exterior walls.
• Put the doors and walls on the inside rooms and decide where these doors and windows would open.
• If you want to include the first and second floor, then also include the stairs, check the measurement, and then decide the length and breadth of each room.
• For the first and second floors, repeat the above first four steps.
• Draw furniture and other stuff inside the room where they should be.

Want to know more details? Watch the video below ↓

Making a 2D floor plan by hand is a time-consuming task, and you need architecture to design it for you. This makes your work time and recourse expensive. At the same time, if you do the same work with the computer, then you don’t need architecture, and you can save your time.

Drawing Software For Mac

There are many computer softwares and web-based applications available to create your 2D floor plan. We will talk about the most accessible computer software, which is EdrawMax.

EdrawMax is an application to make any diagram, but now we will talk about the floor planning diagram. EdrawMax is the easiest to use. You don’t need any demo for using the software. It is just a matter of drag, drop, and drawing with a scale from your mouse.

Main Features

• The software is cross-platform, which means you can download it on Windows, Mac, Linux and Web.
• EdrawMax is entirely free to use.
• Auto-calculate the area of the space (the symbol) in floor plans.
• The best thing about EdrawMax is you can download or share your drawings in formats like PDF, Visio, Word, Excel, PPT, PNG, JPG, SVG, and HTML.
• You can import other 2D plans from Visio files and can draw over them, or you can use the free and editable templates provided by the software and renew them.
• You simply use your mouse to draw floor plans for your home.
• EdrawMax provides you the option to copy-paste a floor plan to create the first or second floor.
• The software provides you a way to print your 2D plan with imperial or metric measurements.
• You can also see your 2D floor plan from the vertical axis.
• EdrawMax provides built-in floor plan symbols like doors, windows, furniture to make your drawing easiest to analyze.

2D Floor Plan with Dimensions

You can see in this home 2D plan with dimensions, and this is what a 2D plan looks like. The plan is showing you the length and breadth of everything in the plan. See how furniture is arranged. The doors and walls and their opening. This is a very detailed template. You can quickly analyze the arrangement of every room in the house plan.

2D School Layout

See the 2d shcool layout plan above. How classrooms are arranged not only classroom but every room is arranged with a measurement. You can make the same plan in EdrawMax, too.

Best Free 2d Drawing Software For Mac

So, now you have the best, efficient, and easy-to-use free tool for making your floor plans. EdrawMax simply saves you a lot of time and resources. The software is for anyone from a simple person to an architect. Anyone can design a 2D floor plan for their dream house with efficiency!

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