ViaCAD 2D v8 – 2D drafting software that thinks as you draw

With intuitive, easy-to-use tools at your fingertips, ViaCAD 2D delivers all the power you need to create professional-grade 2D CAD drawings, regardless of experience. A simple interface combined with video tutorials, interactive prompts, and other unique features, ViaCAD makes 2D design fast and easy.
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Why ViaCAD™ is right for you.

With intuitive, easy-to-use tools at your fingertips, ViaCAD 2D delivers all the power you need to create professional-grade drawings, regardless of experience. A simple interface combined with video tutorials, interactive prompts, and other unique features, ViaCAD makes 2D design fast and easy.

Precise Drafting

ViaCAD™ 2D is a powerful yet easy to use design, drafting, and technical illustration tool. ViaCAD 2D has a comprehensive set of drafting and annotation tools making it the perfect choice for producing anything from simple sketches to fully dimensioned, standards compliant, production ready drawings.

ViaCAD™ has more powerful features and tools than many CAD packages costing much more.

250+ Tools For Easy Designing
ViaCAD™ integrates powerful tools for all types of projects...architectural, mechanical, hobbyist, planners — even school projects can be created and edited easily.

The Simple Design Solution For Everyone Novice or pro, anyone can create precision drawings quickly and easily!

250+ Tools For Easy Designing

LogiCursor™ Thinks As You Draw

LogiCursor™ technology suggests your next move, as you draw.Simple interface with LogiCursor™ technology aids in visually anticipating your moves, partnering with you in the design process.

LogiCursor™ automatically identifies and snaps to locations of centers, endpoints, midpoints, tangents, and many more, as you draw! Labels for locations appear on the fly allowing precision alignment in real time.

Even if you know little or nothing about CAD drawing, the ViaCAD™ toolset is simple to use. LogiCursor™ technology anticipates your move and shows you a suggested action to complete it. You’ll quickly be creating professional quality drawings

LogiCursor™ Thinks As You Draw

Effortless Cross-Platforming & Compatibility

Share your files among Mac and PC ViaCAD™ users. Import and export options for popular drafting and drawing formats such as AutoCAD®, DWG, Adobe® Illustrator®, and Punch! Home Design® .POB object files. (See the compatibility chart for the complete list.)

Novice or Pro, ViaCAD is perfect choice for all kinds of projects.

Novice or Pro, ViaCAD is perfect choice for all kinds of projects.

Thousands of uses

All You Need is an Idea...

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You can start with a sketch, or draw from scratch. A comprehensive tool set lets you edit, modify, and add details to your drawing.

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Use the 2D tool set to sketch an outline of your idea.

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Make rapid modifications with pushing, pulling, and stretching tools.

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Add key measurements and locations to your drawing. ViaCAD™ 2D supports mechanical and architectural standards.

System Requirements:
Windows®: Recommended Requirements: Microsoft© Windows® XP Home/Pro SP3, Windows Vista® SP2, Windows® 7, Intel® Pentium® or AMD® Athlon™ class processor, 4 GB of hard disk space, 1 GB of RAM, Video card, Mouse Pointing Device (wheel button recommended), DVD-ROM Drive. Macintosh®: Recommended Requirements: Macintosh® OS 10.5 or higher, Intel® Mac®, 4 GB of hard disk space, 1GB RAM or greater, Mouse Pointing Device (wheel button recommended), DVD-ROM Drive.
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© 2011 Encore Software, Inc. All rights reserved. Punch! Software, the Punch! Software logo, ViaCad, Design Unlimited, LogiCursor, The Gripper, and PrecisionPoint are trademarks or registered trademarks of Encore Software, Inc. ACIS is a registered trademark of Spatial Inc. Portions of this software are copyrighted by Spatial Inc. Microsoft Windows, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Internet Explorer and/or other Microsoft products referenced are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Macintosh and the Mac logo are trademarks of Apple, Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. All other marks are the property of their respective owners. USE OF THIS PRODUCT IS SUBJECT TO CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS AND LIMITATIONS OF WARRANTY UNDER THE LICENSE AGREEMENT CONTAINED HEREIN. YOUR INSTALLATION AND/OR USE OF THIS PRODUCT CONSTITUTES YOUR AGREEMENT TO ITS TERMS.
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