Price: $199.99

Professional 2D/3D CAD software that packs a Punch! but won’t break the bank

ViaCAD Pro places the full power of 3D designing right at your fingertips. ViaCAD Pro’s precision solid modeling and drafting toolsets make it perfect for those who do CAD design as part of their profession. The addition of mesh-based modeling coupled with subdivision technology makes creating 3D conceptual drawings a snap. It also contains 2D switching, so you can toggle back and forth between 2D and 3D views as needed.

ViaCAD Pro can help you design projects such as:

• Architectural drawings
• Remodeling plans
• Inventions and patent designs
• Prototyping with 3D printers
• Mechanical drawings
• Furniture design, woodworking, and cabinetry
• Jewelry making
• Musical instruments
• Graphics and technical illustrations
• Product and Packaging design
• 2D drafting, diagraming and schematic drawings
• Custom manufacturing from CAD to CNC

Compatibility and file sharing

ViaCAD software plays nice with others. ViaCAD is compatible with AutoCAD with up-to-date DWG import and export capabilities. So your team will be able to work together without forcing everyone to be on the same brand of CAD software.
ViaCAD is also compatible with over a dozen popular CAD and Graphics formats, so you’ll be able to deliver files that can be opened and edited by users of other popular design software. In our newest release (version 12) you can import PDF and Adobe Illustrator files, and be able to import/export SketchUp 2019 and Collada files.

• ViaCAD providescompatibilitywith AutoCAD DWG files
• DXF/DWG versions from R12 to 2019
• STL Import/Export for 3D printing
• SVG Import and Export
• 3MF Import & Export
• VMRL 2.0 Texture Support
• OBJ Texture Support
• Adobe Illustrator Import
• PDF Import
• SketchUp 2019 Import/Export
• Collada (DAE) Import/Export
• Complete support for Metric and Imperial units

We will help you learn

While ViaCAD is feature rich, we work hard at making it easy by including intuitive tools like our LogiCursor that makes CAD a snap by suggesting your next move as you draw.
Your purchase also includes access to our training tutorials, so you will not have to learn through trial and error. We are experts at creating CAD software and our tutorials will help you to become an expert user quickly.

Simple and flexible pricing

We offer ViaCAD Pro in two different pricing models to best suit your needs.

1. Permanent License – Download once and own it forever. Ideally suited for users who need a single license or users who feel they may not need to upgrade each year.
2. Annual Subscriptions – This is ideal for multiple user seats. With an active subscription, you will always be receiving the latest enhancements and new functionality.

Key Features

ViaCAD Pro makes advanced 3D and 2D design work seem easy

Get professional quality CAD design output without pulling your hair out. Our software includes a wide selection of tools so that the right tool for the task is just a mouse click away. ViaCAD Pro has 3D mesh modeling capability with subdivision technology to go from coarse to smooth surfaces. You (and your customers) will be blown away the photorealistic rendering of your finished designs.

• Design complex organic shapes with extensive NURB surface modeling tools
• Push/Pull Modeling allows 3D surfaces to be edited with your mouse and cursor
• Powerful 3D editing tools such as blending, chamfering, and shelling
• Architectural and woodworking tools such asrabbet, miter and dovetail joints
• Extensive2D drafting tools such as text, dimensions, 3D to 2D drawing, bill of materials
• Multiple Viewports provide 2, 3 even 4 views of your design and drawing between them
• Integrated Photo Realistic Rendering and support for Keyshot LiveLinking
• And much more!

Features Exclusive to ViaCAD Pro!

• Visualization: Photo Render Spotlight
• LightWorks Texture Integration with OBJ, 3MF, 3DS, and SketchUp
• High-Resolution Printing for Objects with Textures
• Skinning with Centerline Path
• New Wood Working Edge Features
• Stopped Chamfer
• Surface Laws

Intuitive Design and Editing Utilities

Drawing precisely is easy with ViaCAD! We have designed it to be user friendly and intuitive to work with.

1. The LogiCursor anticipates your next action and guides your cursor to potential point selections in the drawing.
2. The Gripper adds drag and drop capabilities to make editing designs easy breezy.
3. Customizable Grids add another level of ease by providing precision drag and drop in rectangular, polar (circular), and isometric layouts.

Precision Drafting and Annotations

ViaCAD Pro is also a robust design documentation tool with over 20 customizable dimension styles, including industry dimension formats.
Other great features to help you document and annotate your projects include:

• 26-dimension styles
• Import bitmaps for logos and reference images
• Spell check is provided for another level of accuracy
• Single click Fills and Hatch

Architectural Planning Tools

ViaCAD Pro includes all the professional level architectural tools you and your team need to draft, print, and collaborate on projects together.

• Architectural wall tools
• Composite walls to show materials
• Parametric doors and windows
• Instant 3D walls, roofs, and floor slabs
• Compatibilitywith AutoCAD DWG files
• ACIS-based geometry means you are creating with the same technology as software that costs thousands of dollars

Woodworking Tools

ViaCAD Pro includes tools to speed up your woodworking projects. You can quickly create otherwise tedious joints such as Dado joints and miter joints.

• Joints including rabbet, miter, and dovetails
• Dado joints including options for through, stopped or blind
• Edge treatments including cove, round, bullnose, Dupont, waterfall, Ogee, and custom
• Tongue & Groove

3D Modeling Tools

ViaCAD provides powerful solid modeling technology found in many higher-end products. Additionally, ViaCAD Pro delivers surface modeling tools to expand design capabilities.

• Feature-based History Tree for editing
• A complete design tool with extrusions, Booleans, surface modeling for more complex smooth surfaces
• Precise geometry suitable for ‘concept to manufacturing’
• Associative surface modeling

3D Printing Tools

ViaCAD Pro includes 3D printing tools to prepare and validate your designs to make them 3D printer ready.

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  3D Print Check

Checks for print viability, displaying warnings or errors to the user.

• Surface Normals Check

Facet normals define the inside and outside areas of a part. If facet normals are pointing the wrong way, the 3D printer may have problems creating the part. This will check for problems and we have several commands that can help you fix it.

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  Overhang Analysis

This will help you visually inspect modeling areas that may require structural support for 3D printing. Meshes, surfaces, and solids facets normals are compared to the work plane direction. Angles that are less or equal to 45 degrees are highlighted as red.

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  Wall Thickness Analysis

This tool provides a means to visually inspect modeling areas that may be too thin for 3D printing. Meshes, surfaces, and solids facets are examined using ray intersections.

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  Preview Slices

This interface will help you to slice models given a direction and thickness. The dialog box allows for animation through the slices and single-stepping. Use to verify that a part has closed, non-overlapping sections, a requirement for 3D printing.

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  Auto Position

The Auto Position tool translates the model to the positive x, y coordinate system at z=0.

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  Support Structure

Manually adds geometry to support material as it is created by the 3D printer. Support structures controls, include Attach Radius, Midpoint Radius, Base Radius, Base Thickness, and Drag base and midpoints to modify structure location.

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  Show Printer Volume

Toggles the boundary of the default 3D Printer. The volume is defined within the Printer Definitions dialog box.

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  Printer Definitions

Sets key parameters of the 3D printer, including length, width, and height of the volume accessible by the printer. The parameters in the Printer Definitions dialog box are used for commands such as 3D Print Check and Auto Position.

New Features

3D Design Advancements

• Split Mesh

This tool will divide a mesh into two portions based on a cutting plane. Split Mesh is an ideal tool for those working with facetted data along with 3D printing manufacturing processes.

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  Mesh Booleans

This advancement provides a means to add or remove material from a mesh body. Previous versions only allowed Boolean operations on ACIS based solids. Now with the introduction of mesh Booleans, you can add/remove material imported from STL, OBJ, 3DS, and SketchUp.

• Wrap

Our new Wrap tool will help you place text, company logos, or complex 2D patterns onto 3D surfaces. The results are perfect for imprinting, embossing, or engraving.

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  PhotoRender SpotLight

This new visualization tool creates a soft shadow directly under a group of objects. This is an alternate to the default PhotoRendering method that uses a distant light offset.

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  Weight and Volume Tables

Whether you’re designing an aircraft, automobile, or picnic table, weight is key control parameter in a design.Tracking the weight of materials is a key control parameter in design. V12 introduces a new Bill of Material (BOM) attribute specific for creating a summed weight table.

Drafting and Annotation Updates

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  Best Fit Line and Best Fit Circle

Great for tracing precise curves over rough sketches. This tool will “best fit” a line or circle from a sample collection of points.

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  Angular Tolerance Updates

The Angular Tolerance interface has been updated to dynamically provide input from the Inspector dialog box.

Usability Improvements

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  Save Layers with View

Now you have the ability to save layers associated with view orientations.

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  Repeat Previous Command

This “right click” feature will save you lots of time by maintaining a list of last-used drawing commands. Select an item in the list to quickly change the current tool.

Interoperability Updates

Now you can work with file types from these other programs:

• PDF Import
• Adobe Illustrator Import
• SketchUp 2019 Import/Export
• Collada (DAE) Import/Export

Minimum System Requirements:

• Operating System: Mac OS X (All)
• Processor: 64-bit
• Memory: 4GB
• Storage: 8GB available space
• Additional Requirements: Macintosh: Recommended Requirements: Macintosh OSX 10.11-10.14¹, x64 Intel Mac, 8 GB of hard disk space, 4 GB RAM or greater, Mouse Pointing Device (wheel button recommended), DVD-ROM Drive. Internet connection required². ¹ Program compatibility is not guaranteed for later operating systems. ²User is responsible for all Internet access fees and phone charges.

Date First Available ‏ : ‎ August 20, 2020
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Encore Software, LLC
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08GBVSFBR

Extensive 2D drafting tools (text, dimensions, 3D to 2D drawing generation tools, bill of materials, etc.)
Powerful 3D tools such as mesh, surface, and solid modeling, blending, chamfering, and shelling
Compatible with over a dozen popular CAD and Graphics formats, to deliver files that can be opened and edited.
3D advancement tools
Price: $199.99