Possibly the best 2D draughting system available on the Apple Platform, from Engineered Software

WHAT THE USERS ARE SAYING..........

"I'd have to say this is the best upgrade to PC, ever. There are some nice interface changes, and visual feedback in Wildtools has improved again.
The first biggest improvement is speed. I think it was PC5 where the available hardware and software combined created a very fluid feel to the program, which dropped off with OSX and although there were incremental improvements I could not get that fluid feel back. PC8 has taken a big step forward and is back to being fluid and much more immersive to work in.

On a laptop, you can use 2-finger scrolling to pan the drawing without choppiness, in general it is just very fast in regular drawing mode-I have not found a need for the fast drawing mode which turns off hatches, etc. The speed also means you can import a full sheet pdf, and put it on a lower layer for reference, something that used to make the program extremely slow. The second huge improvement is the dwg translator. It works so well on importing files that I almost never turn on a PC with Autocadd to see what the original file looked like. Importing a new dwg is now a 1 minute process." CJH

“The speed of PC8 is fantastic. So fast that the computer fades away, and I become completely
immersed in the drawing. There is just no delay in tools, snapping, scrolling and zooming. PC8 is
in my mind the best upgrade yet and really takes PowerCADD to a new level”—Clayton Hayes

“Speed! Now it is possible to open large drawings and work! PowerCADD now comes back to
the speed that we had in PowerCADD 2000 version but with much more functionality and a great
new appeal of drawing on screen.”—Paolo Rossi

“Tool response is instantaneous. Computer-intensive task speeds are greatly improved. Massive
obsessive detailing is possible.”—Frank Sandoval

“SPEED SPEED SPEED. PC2000 was in many eyes the best PowerCADD incarnation. Not to
dismiss new features, of course, but speed was king! So now we have the speed back.”—Matthew Deering

“Speed! Ease of use. Tool power. Flexibility. PC8 does some processor-heavy tasks far faster
than the previous version.  It is even faster than PC2000.”—John Cruet

BTW, I still LOVE PowerCADD - after having to use VectorCAD for some 3D drawings I will never switch. Cheers,
Ralph Valmont.

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3 Essential things to know about PowerCADD 8...

• IT IS INTEL ONLY!! WILL NOT RUN ON PPC !!
• DWG IS UP TO DATE (as off 12-5-08) AND VASTLY IMPROVED
• PC7 AND PC8 FILES CAN BE TRANSPARENTLY MIXED NO NEED TO SAVE BACK!

Why Intel only?

During testing and development PC8 was benchmarked against PPC and Intel machines. There was a huge variation in performance across the board on PPC bases. No pattern to suggest what was going on could be resolved. To fix this situation would have meant huge amounts of time to what in the end may not have been a satisfactory result. So a decision was made to make 8 Intel only. Looking forward and putting all future efforts into the Intel solution. Don't worry if you have PC7 and a PPC it will be maintained for some time to come to allow for a transition period.

PowerCADD V8 maximizes the Intel engine Mac. It maximizes the speed of the Intel Mac main processor engines that you chose and the ‘turbo charging’ graphics processors that you chose. The experience will be more of a sit back tightly in your seat and an eye popping experience of speed and comfort. It will be like when you first hit the accelerator pedal of your new powerful V8 vehicle and said ‘Wow!’ or ‘Right ON!’. You will express the same sentiment when you fire up PowerCADD V8 for the first time. However, you will NOT have to learn how to drive all over again. The real feel will come when you realize the details of the improvements and the elegance with which the details have been crafted. It will be much like when you get to run your hand over the well crafted ‘new leather’ and feel the ‘double stitching’.

Will it take a day or two to discover all those ‘new details’; those ‘details’ that you and your friends have always lusted for? Yes it will. But just like with any new vehicle, they will become common place.

The manual is excellent and all new features are flagged.

More importantly, however, is the need for speed.

PowerCADD V8 offers two modes of screen speed, each faster than any model of PowerCADD that came before. There is the ‘regular’ drawing mode that will allow you to see all the scenery of your drawings just below the ‘blur’ stage. Then there is the turbo-charged Fast Draw mode, sometimes known as the PDQ mode, where all the scenery will just flash before your eyes. And ... Yes, you will be looking in the rear view mirror and listening for the highway patrol.

So fasten your seat belts, and let us introduce you to PowerCADD V8. Have fun!!! As usual we have put a PDF together of all the new features click away and dive in.

Extend the reach of your PowerCADD with a fantastic range of plug ins.

A fabulous set of tools from Italy. They provide some unique solutions. Including Photo Survey. Flattening drawings traced from a photograph into an x-y format.

Topography Tools

Architectural Extensions

Download a demo version here.