Leave a Review AutoQ3D CAD
Pretty intense, not for beginners
I bought this program for 30 bucks thinking it would be pretty fun to start building 3-D objects for my welding shop. It is a pretty amazing program. I still can't figure out how to draw a pipe in three dimension yet. I'm sure I'll get it but it's not going to be an easy learning program. Don't expect to pick it up right away. I've been messing with it for three days now and am thinking I need to read the owners manual. Over all, it looks like it has some extremely high potential!Show lessPetrofsilvers
Not worth the money!!!
I'm not a pro cad user but this app is very limited. I paid the $30 to design something rather simple however it was a waste of money. The app didn't allow me to design what I needed and the user interface was very difficult. The help menu was also limited and didn't offer much help at all. My advice, don't spend money on this app!!!Show lessmjdrumsloud
Over rated
Purchased this app, and put it through its paces, It all works as indicated, but at the price and with a few strange settings I was not happy with the lack of user friendliness of this product. I would recommend it, though at this very high price, there are other apps that work as well if not better and cost substantially less.Show less1;6?$0@&
Thumbs down
This app is an expensive piece of garbage that doesn't work. It is nothing like the description. Don't waste your time and money.Velatropa 24
Impossible to learn
This looks like an incredibly powerful app. However it is virtually impossible to learn. The documentation is enough to open the app and draw some basic shapes but that's about it. There is no information about how to use snaps or any of the vast array of menu features - or even what most of the menu options mean.
The developers have put an incredible amount of work into this app but they need to put a lot more work into the documentation before it could be regarded as anything more than a curiosity.Show lesschriscurnow
Good start. Needs some improvements
When I purchased this I was looking for an iPad equivalent to Google Sketchup. What can be said is that this is not just a 3D model viewer and comes with all the tools the app description says it does.
My complaint is that I have to manually change what plane I'm drawing in.MechanicalCentaur
At Last Draughting the old way.
Have never drawn in 3D except on paper. After watching the quick tutorials I was well away. Only just started but I'm very excited. You can do so much "for cheap!"The Arnster
Excellent
Amazing great 2D 3D design creation easy to use, take 5 mins to read Getting started web page and your ready, 5 stars.Iexplorer10
Best CAD app, no contest
I have been using AutoQ3D on my iPhone for almost a year and a half now. I use it to design scaled models of real buildings. I am able to design the model with the actual dimensions of the real building, and then use the scale function to make it the actual size I want the model to be. I then send the drawings to a laser cutter which cuts out the pieces to be assembled. I am able to build the structure in the app in 3D to see if all the parts are going to fit and look how I want them to look. I have played around with making 3D objects like those seen in the pictures and videos and have found the program to work as advertised, but it is not what I primarily use the app for.
I have never used any CAD programs before, or anything like them. There is kind of a steep learning curve to this app. It took me a while to figure out many if not most of the functions. After having used some desktop CAD programs since, my guess is that if you are familiar with CAD functions, this app will be fairly easy to figure out. If you don't know CAD, this will still be a lot easier to learn that a "full" CAD program, but difficult nonetheless. It is not a casual drawing program. Its a powerful tool for creating DXF files on an iPhone. I've created many models and drawings to prove it, but I had to invest the time in watching the videos and researching how "normal" CAD programs work. I've looked at other apps for the iPhone and experimented around with them but the functions are very limited, and subsequently are much cheaper. This app is the only one I found that allows you to create CAD drawings. Some drawings I've made consisted of tens of thousands of lines and triangles. Yes, it ran a little choppy at that point due to the limitations of the CPU. But still impressive given the size.
I wish there was more documentation for how to use the many functions. The videos are a great help, especially if you follow along. Most of what I learned was by playing around in the program and researching functions on the internet.
Customer service has been amazing. The team is responsive, enthusiastic, and quick. I am pretty sure two of the updated versions were due directly to problems I brought to their attention.
I've looked through the other reviews here and the poor ones seem to generally fall into two categories: One, they are unable to figure out how to use the program; and two, the functions are limited. My guess is for the first category those people don't realize how non-intuitive CAD programs are. The program works like a 'real' CAD program, but those are going to take some investment of time and frustration to learn. For the second category, I don't think they appreciate this is on an iPhone (or non-desktop computer). I have had several people remark how they can't believe my drawings were done on my phone. There are not nearly the number of functions on the app as a real CAD, but you will not find another app that has nearly the capability of this one.
Bottom line is this is the best CAD app in iTunes, hands down. It is my most expensive app, but also my favorite and most valuable. I've spent hundreds of hours using it and say its well worth the money.Show lessCacheJunction
NOT Intuitive, poor value
I wish that I could actually say something nice about this application. Unfortunately, after hours of trying, I have not been able to do a single thing with it!
If what you're trying to produce as only straight lines and corners then I think this might be useful for you. However the capabilities are overstated. If you have anything else that you're trying to do, like the fillets that I'm trying to add to edges of a box, just forget about trying to use this application. I've come at the problem four different ways and all have failed.
Note also that there are no boolean operations.
In fairness,I did not contact the author.Show lesssnorkfire
