Ask Yourself: Do You Feel You Need to Pay/Subscribe for Your CAD Software?

So you're an engineer, designer, architect, ... what ever. So you use CAD, for daily work in drafting your production drawing. You need to ask few questions, before you come to the BIG QUESTION, listed as the title above. However, having more than 10 years of CAD experience on my end, seeing so many people using CAD (learning from the beginning - college, up to professionals), they don't use even 50% of the features even in just 2D CAD application. So, let's just go to the questions you need to ask your self.

1. Do you use LISP inside your CAD application?
2. Do you use Object Creation Commands, Layer Commands, Blocks and related Commands, Hatch and related Commands, Dimension and related Commands, Editing Commands, Tables and related Commands, Plotting/Printing Commands?
3. Do you use 2D, 3D or both as your CAD environment?

Answer to 1st Question.

• YES. You may not need a paid CAD Application
• NO. You definitely don't need a paid CAD Application

Answer to 2nd Question.

• YES. You may not need a paid CAD Application
• NO. You definitely don't need for a paid CAD Application. You're a reviewer

Answer to 3rd Question.

• 2D Only. You may not need a paid CAD Application
• 3D Only or Both. You need a paid CAD Application

You may know what your requirements are from the answers. However, some of you may feel that you already get used to operate a popular 2D/3D CAD Software (well some of you and even companies are using illegal licenses that may lead them to a legal lawsuit, what so ever), without even knowing that you might not need to use the legal/illegal licenses with all those investments and risks. THERE ARE FREE CAD SOFTWARE AVAILABLE FOR YOU TO DOWNLOAD FROM THE WEB. And the most important thing is, you will be out of trouble if a software vendor is trying to accuse you or your company of using their software, because you're not. And you could finish your work, the way you want it.