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AutoCAD for Fire Suppresion
January 14, 2020

AutoCAD for Fire Suppresion

Austin Tuck | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with AutoCAD

AutoCAD is being used currently by our in house design team. Whether it be through BIM coordination, uploading models to our project management software or working through models as a group, AutoCAD has a primary function for our design team to complete the design for a Fire Suppression System.
  • All encompassing tool for designers to see and dissect models.
  • Is useful for Civil, Mechanical and Electrical systems.
  • It requires good training to get used to the tools.
  • Most problems cannot be solved through online help, but must schedule a time to meet with customer service.
  • Construction details have never been clearer for designers.
  • Client approvals have gone smoother.
The main difference is that AutoCAD is a general computer-aided design and drafting software used to create precise 2D and 3D drawings, and Revit is software for BIM with tools to create intelligent 3D models of buildings, which can then be used to produce construction documentation. Truth be told, there is not many things to compare AutoCAD tool as it has set the standard of model detailing and processing.
Any time we have had to get on the phone with AutoCAD support they have been able to get the job done and get us moving back to our normal functions.

Do you think AutoCAD delivers good value for the price?

Not sure

Are you happy with AutoCAD's feature set?

Yes

Did AutoCAD live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of AutoCAD go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy AutoCAD again?

Yes

Our company has started using Procore as a project management tool and we are having issues with Procore reading our PDFs we are creating from our AutoCAD drawings. Using the OCR requirement that Procore requires, we have created the PDFs through the publish command and also through Bluebeam and it works perfectly with AutoCAD to deliver timely information to the guys in the field.