AutoCAD vs Autodesk Tinkercad

Likelihood to Recommend

I have used a large number of CAD and other drawing packages like TurboCAD, CorelCAD, Draftsight, Inkscape and CorelDRAW to name a few. Although there are a number of free and cheaper options, AutoCAD is the industry standard or benchmark, user friendly GUI (Graphical User Interface), online help is usually easy to get.

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Employee in Other

Design Company, 1-10 employees

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I have found that Autodesk Tinkercad is best for creating simple 3D models for printing. I use it to add text or modifications to 3D models of artifacts for my museum, including labels and support structures for artifacts to stand on. I also use it to create promotional materials, like 3D models of artifacts with our logo on them, which we can print and pass out at events. I would not use Autodesk Tinkercad for more complex 3D modeling or editing 3D models. It's really designed for basic creation and modification, and in those areas it is extremely useful!

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Program Manager in Information Technology

Museums & Institutions Company, 1-10 employees

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Pros

The tools are easy to use and the learning curve is fairly minimal to be able to create blueprints.
The 3D application is very fun to use and it is nice to be able to see your product instead of having to imagine what it will look like.
The speed and accuracy in which students can create plans is a huge bonus. Students can plan their industrial art projects out and use their own set of plans to build them.

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Mark Perry

Teacher

Prairie Spirit School DivisionEducation Management, 1001-5000 employees

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Tinkercad is a great baseline CAD program. This program is easy to implement and train people in.
After on a short period of time my students are able to create complex forms using Tinkercads pre-generated shapes and holes.
The Tinkercad provided projects aid in pushing the learning experience even further and reinforce the ideas that I train on and help my students explore the program before designing their own complex sculptural forms.

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Melissa Hill

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Old Dominion UniversityHigher Education, 1001-5000 employees

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Cons

It needs more help in 3D world, eventually some parametric support
Better connection with Revit or Inventor
Dynamic blocks could get some updates
Parameters can be more developed; excel capabilities could be added
Sheet set could be more evolved to support a workflow involving data management

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radu stancescu

IT

MitekConstruction, 1001-5000 employees

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ADVANCED CADD TOOLS
ADVANCED SLICING TOOLS
AIMED TOWARD CHILDREN IN SOME ASPECTS
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE INTEGRATED TRAINING IN THE PROGRAM ITSELF

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Engineer in Engineering

Military Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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Pricing Details

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Free Trial

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Starting Price

$210 per month

AutoCAD Editions & Modules

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Single-User License	$210.00¹

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Likelihood to Renew

AutoCAD 8.2

Based on 3 answers

Because rarely we [would] rather wait for a whole year to update, sometimes the new updates don't bring many new features and we are still ok with the current version. Also the change of interface is always something that takes time for every partner in the company to get comfortable with. So those are the main reasons we may want to keep the same version.

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Nelson David Sanchez Villasmil

Gerente de proyectos de Arquitectura ( Contrato fijo )

Stoneleaf Construction LLCConstruction, 51-200 employees

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No score

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Usability

AutoCAD 8.0

Based on 3 answers

Is an extremely usefull and accurate software , yo certainly can do almost every task requiered to document a project drawings and specifications , the only is that to be confortable with it you need a little of practice and to be familiarized with the commands and the core functioning to get expected results.

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Nelson David Sanchez Villasmil

Gerente de proyectos de Arquitectura ( Contrato fijo )

Stoneleaf Construction LLCConstruction, 51-200 employees

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Support Rating

AutoCAD 7.1

Based on 27 answers

AutoCAD has the issue of crashing or slowing down the design procedure once a heavy design that includes several disciplines or multiple families/blocks is involved. Customer services gets the feedback from the crash reports but this issue seems like it has never been addressed in the software updates past several years.

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Brij Purohit

Technology Design Engineer

P2S Inc.Construction, 51-200 employees

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Implementation Rating

AutoCAD 8.0

Based on 3 answers

the implementation was realy easy , to set up our workstation we pay for the licenses we are about to use , there was a little bit of delay to get the payment processed to receive the serial but after that the install runs without any problem , so you can fell secure there will be not issue with the implementation.

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Nelson David Sanchez Villasmil

Gerente de proyectos de Arquitectura ( Contrato fijo )

Stoneleaf Construction LLCConstruction, 51-200 employees

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No answers yet

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Alternatives Considered

AutoCAD & Revit are both sold from the same company Autodesk. Revit comes from the point of view of providing powerful tools to create a three-dimensional model where you can extract two-dimensional drawings. AutoCAD, on the other hand, focuses more on providing powerful tools to generate two-dimensional drawings and on the side also offers tools to create a three-dimensional model.

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Paul Li

Senior Associate

Stir ArchitectureArchitecture & Planning, 11-50 employees

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PTC Creo is a more professional software and is great and I used it for many years at my old job, but tinkercad is great for younger students in my opinion and it is nice that it can be accessed online and as a teacher it seems easier to manage. It also has more kid friendly built in tutorials and I think is easier to pick up and learn. Many teachers I think would be overwhelmed by Creo and it also has more of a cost than tinker

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Karee Smith

Stem teacher

Minnehaha AcademhEducation Management, 201-500 employees

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Return on Investment

AutoCAD is generally a "good ROI" for us and others in our field as it lets us interact cleanly.
AutoCAD is expensive, and the hardware requirements make it more so. As a result, we have had to limit our users of the product.

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Verified User

Executive in Corporate

Telecommunications Company, 11-50 employees

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Autodesk Tinkercad has enabled us to engage our customers further by offering enrichment programs for their children which will help to inspire them into STEM careers

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Nathan Morimitsu

Social Media and Marketing Adminstrator

H2 Manufacturing SolutionsAviation & Aerospace, 1-10 employees

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Free Trial

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Entry-level set up fee?

Starting Price

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Additional Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

Starting Price

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