The other great thing about IronCAD is the tech support. I was also working on a product that was patent pending so trusting them with my designs was not an option. I looked at them out of curiosity and did not think they compared to versatility of solid modeling and none of them had the Tri-Ball.

In the 7-yrs of use, I saw online CNC bloggers advertise other CAD software, some of which are free, and the most popular one being we based. Innovate has allowed me to do everything I could imagine for rendering designs to do CNC work as well as making a newly patented product. So technically, my first experience with creating a CAD model was with IronCAD. Prior to this, I was given a copy of Solid Works to try and was completely lost as to where to start. Overall: I purchased IronCAD Innovate as a package with my Tormach PCNC1100 CNC Mill 7-yrs ago. Example: 'LOAD Button: Click this button to load. Most entries simply describe the labels that are already readily-visible on a given dialogue box. It actually complicates CAD library management. The single-project-file structure isn't particularly valuable (S/W has the Pack-and-Go feature). It was a bit galling to see the heavily-discounted price offers right after I paid a higher price, and I now see that you tricked your new users into buying a soon-to-be-obsolete version.īeing barred from having an account in the forum simply because I chose to purchase a perpetual license and no maintenance plan was quite a slap in the face. Having the file format change right after I purchased the software and NOT BE BACKWARD-COMPATIBLE was almost a death blow to my continuation as an IronCAD user since it prevents me from adding seats without complications or extra expense of upgrading. Not being able to export to sldasm or sldprt with the translator was an unexpected and stunning deficiency considering the price I paid for the Translator. The parametric architecture is fractured and disjointed.ĭimensioning in the 2D drawing module is too erratic to be usable.ĭimensions in the 3D module hide by default and it's hit-or-miss as to which object to activate to show a placed dimension. I started a bug list but then stopped because there were so many. Cons: It was quite expensive, considering the lack of maturity in the product.

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