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<blockquote data-quote="Brad Weber" data-source="post: 56202" data-attributes="member: 114">Re: AutoCAD AlternativeThat is true and in terms of importing and exporting AutoCAD files into other CAD programs then if you are once and a while importing floor plans, sections, etc. from other parties and simply want to display them, then that is one thing.&nbsp; But if you routinely receive updated backgrounds and/or want to manipulate layers, plot styles, line weights, etc., then that may be a very different situation.I went through an experience where the company I was with, who worked extensively with Architects and Engineers, used a CAD program other than AutoCAD and we found that the effort associated with importing and exporting AutoCAD files combined with the related clean up of the the less than perfect translations easily justified purchasing AutoCAD and PCs to run it for every designer and consultant in the company.&nbsp; However, that might not be the case if the interaction is less frequent or less involved.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Brad Weber, post: 56202, member: 114"] Re: AutoCAD Alternative That is true and in terms of importing and exporting AutoCAD files into other CAD programs then if you are once and a while importing floor plans, sections, etc. from other parties and simply want to display them, then that is one thing. But if you routinely receive updated backgrounds and/or want to manipulate layers, plot styles, line weights, etc., then that may be a very different situation. I went through an experience where the company I was with, who worked extensively with Architects and Engineers, used a CAD program other than AutoCAD and we found that the effort associated with importing and exporting AutoCAD files combined with the related clean up of the the less than perfect translations easily justified purchasing AutoCAD and PCs to run it for every designer and consultant in the company. However, that might not be the case if the interaction is less frequent or less involved. [/QUOTE]

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