3Design Jewelry CAD Software vs. Autodesk Civil 3D

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
3Design Jewelry CAD Software
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
3Design is advanced CAD jewelry design software used for designing and manufacturing, from Gravotech - TYPE3 Software headquartered in Rilleux-la-Pape, France.N/A
Civil 3D
Score 9.3 out of 10
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Autodesk's Civil 3D is a computer aided design (CAD) application designed to support a variety of civil infrastructure projects including rail, roads and highways, land development, airports, drainage, storm and sanitary, and civil structures.
$335
per month
Pricing
3Design Jewelry CAD SoftwareAutodesk Civil 3D
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
3Design Jewelry CAD SoftwareCivil 3D
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsCan be licensed monthly ($305), Annually ($2,430), or every 3 years ($6,560).Available free for one year on a student license.
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User Ratings
3Design Jewelry CAD SoftwareAutodesk Civil 3D
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(1 ratings)
9.0
(8 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(1 ratings)
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Usability
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(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
5.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
3Design Jewelry CAD SoftwareAutodesk Civil 3D
Likelihood to Recommend
Gravotech - TYPE3 Software
If you want a CAD program for jewelry that is easier to use than Matrix, this is it. It has allowed me to have a custom jewelry business. I use it to design all of my custom jewelry jobs. If it can be cast, 3Design Jewelry CAD Software will work for you.
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Autodesk
Civil 3D is best suited for medium to large-scale projects, as it may be overkill for small projects. It is very efficient in design and drafting work, as well as creating reports. It also helps in creating surfaces using external data and building assemblies, as well as providing drainage for infrastructure projects. It can also provide outputs as DWG files to be directly used in the AutoCAD application.
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Pros
Gravotech - TYPE3 Software
  • The tools make it easy to do many specialized things.
  • It is easy to output STL files.
  • It has easy to use controls.
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Autodesk
  • We use this software for the optimal and advanced design of pipelines and complex structuring, or it can also be said that we use it mainly for a geotechnical model, due to its high definition of the large proportion of the works that are carried out through of this application, since the tasks that are used with Civil 3D require extreme patience, precision and a lot of time to develop a model in its entirety, but we managed to acquire all the necessary and strategic points, to establish and start the production of a prototype digitized in particular.
  • Easy to export to normal AutoCAD or collaborate with most Autodesk products.
  • Vehicle Turning Simulation and Stormwater analysis is great addition to the package. Ability to use the all familiar AutoCAD tools, as well as LISP and SCR to automate some processes is one of the greatest advantages of the software.
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Cons
Gravotech - TYPE3 Software
  • The renderings are terrible.
  • The program bogs down if you are doing something with more than 100 stones.
  • In my opinion, the support is next to nothing unless you pay for it.
  • In my experience, they always hassle you to upgrade.
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Autodesk
  • I think I need more experience in using Autodesk Civil 3D as it is a huge jump from the previous software that I had been using
  • Some functions could take less steps to complete
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Likelihood to Renew
Gravotech - TYPE3 Software
I will be upgrading very soon
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Autodesk
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Usability
Gravotech - TYPE3 Software
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Autodesk
It is one of the most standard Designing and drafting tools for infrastructure projects and is the go-to for including it with the Autodesk ecosystem. Its strong collaboration with GIS and Other tools helps us to create a software workflow as a digital twin platform as well. The Drawings and plans generated can be easily imported into other applications, allowing for full control over the workflow.
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Support Rating
Gravotech - TYPE3 Software
In my opinion, if you pay for the support, it is great. Otherwise, I feel like they always say the problem is user error and try to get you to purchase the support.
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Autodesk
They have a vast open community, which has helped us understand Autodesk Civil 3D from the beginning. They have provided many templates and tutorials videos to our team due to that we can learn every new feature from them. Autodesk Civil 3D has also helped us to interconnect all its software in an internal bridge, which helps us switch between software as we need.
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Alternatives Considered
Gravotech - TYPE3 Software
3Design Jewelry CAD Software had a class on how to use the program that was close to me. Matrix did not have any classes at all at the time. Matrix is also much more difficult to learn than 3Design Jewelry CAD Software. 3Design Jewelry CAD Software is a little less expensive than Matrix, but more expensive than all of the other programs that aren't as good.
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Autodesk
As mentioned before, using Civil3D got its own pros such as creating different profiles that are interactive such if you change any level, the profile will be updated automatically while in AutoCAD you will suffer by updating them manually. In addition, creating models that also are interactive and help in clash detection for different utilities in a project.
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Return on Investment
Gravotech - TYPE3 Software
  • 3Design Jewelry CAD Software has allowed me to have a custom jewelry business and I could not create custom jewelry without it!
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Autodesk
  • positive: saved us time on setting up sheets/sheet set manager
  • positive: saved time and effort on cutting profiles
  • positive: saved us money on printing, since it is easy to bind the dgns it creates
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ScreenShots

Civil 3D Screenshots

Screenshot of Civil 3D - Infrastructure Software from AutodeskScreenshot of Civil 3D - Rail Alignments