Corel CorelCAD 2019 Reviewer’s Guide
Contents
1 | Introducing CorelCAD 2019 ...........................................................2
2 | Customer profiles ..........................................................................4
3 | Key features ...................................................................................7
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Integrating CorelCAD 2019 into other graphics workflows
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Comparing CorelCAD 2019 to Light CAD applications
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Introducing CorelCAD™ 2019
CorelCAD™ 2019 delivers superior 2D drafting
and 3D design tools that let graphics
professionals enhance their visual communication with precision. It’s the smart, affordable
solution for drawing the detailed elements
required for technical design. CorelCAD
provides an enhanced UI for workflow
efficiency and native .DWG file support for
compatibility with all major CAD programs.
With optimization for Windows and macOS,
you can enjoy improved speed and impressive
performance on the platform of your choice.
Some enterprises that need a CAD application
have problems finding affordable software that
delivers the features that they need to get the
job done. While there are several budgetpriced alternatives, many lack critical tools or
use a format that impedes collaboration and
sharing. CorelCAD 2019 simplifies things by
offering an inexpensive, full-featured 2D CAD
application with 3D solid modeling and editing
tools.
The use of CAD files is becoming more
commonplace for a wide range of graphics
professionals, from technical illustrators to
designers in marketing departments — even
among 3D printing enthusiasts. As such,
businesses and hobbyists alike need a CAD
solution that is versatile enough to be used
effectively by a wide range of skillsets. What’s
more, the ability to open and repurpose CAD
content, such as .DWG files, has become a
requirement that saves organizations both time
and money.
supports opening and saving to AutoCAD 2018
.DWG, offering robust handling of file
attributes of non-supported AutoCAD features
and preserving functionality in .DWG files,
eliminating conversion and sharing issues.
For those who’ve worked with other popular
CAD tools, making the transition to CorelCAD
2019 is straightforward. CorelCAD incorporates
a range of intuitive tools, commands, and
familiar UI elements found in other CAD
software so any CAD designer can quickly get
to work with no learning curve.
Windows has traditionally been the operating
system adopted by the industry, but there are
pockets of dedicated macOS users. With that in
mind, CorelCAD is optimized for both
platforms — and at a fraction of the price of
other CAD software available for macOS. And
as mobile devices are revolutionizing how we
work, CorelCAD 2019 extends the desktop to
iOS and Android devices with the CorelCAD
Mobile subscription, which offers full 2D
drawing, editing, and annotation capabilities.
Or if you just need to view and add simple
annotations, you can use CorelCAD Mobile in
simple mode as a free companion app.
The native CorelCAD file format (.DWG)
ensures versatile fidelity with industry
standards and the most recent AutoCAD
application versions up to AutoCAD 2018. It
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Customer profiles
Architects, Engineers, and Construction (AEC) service providers
In the AEC sector, some CAD designers work
primarily in 2D, switching to 3D when their
workflow calls for it. Other CAD designers work
in 3D from start to finish. They work for small to
medium-sized firms and create a variety of
drawings, including 2D designs for drafting and
construction plans, elevations, floor plans, and
construction details. Their projects are just as
likely to be created from scratch as to be based
on legacy design components. The ability to
collaborate and exchange files with colleagues
and clients is critical to their workflow. And,
many architects prefer macOS or work in a
hybrid Windows PC and macOS environment.
And as mobile devices become more powerful,
the ability to work anywhere opens up a world
of possibilities for this sector.
CorelCAD 2019 offers a lightweight, standardscompliant 2D application that supports 3D
solid modeling. The ability to work in the .DWG
format, including opening and saving to the
latest AutoCAD .DWG files, eliminates any
conversion issues when exchanging files with
colleagues or reusing legacy files.
Collaboration is simplified and accelerated
through support for voice notations and
commenting in editable drawings. Plus, files
can be exported to CorelDRAW (CDR)*, Corel
DESIGNER (DES)*, and PDF, simplifying
information sharing with other departments in
their company, such as documentation or
marketing. What’s more, CorelCAD 2019 is
optimized for both Windows and macOS, so
users can work on the platform they prefer.
And CorelCAD Mobile is the perfect tool for
getting things done anywhere, anytime on iOS
and Android devices. Available as a
subscription, it works seamlessly with Windows
or macOS versions of CorelCAD and allows
users to design, edit, and annotate on the go.
The free app mode is ideal for quickly
presenting projects to clients and colleagues
wherever and whenever the need arises.
* Windows version only
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3D Enthusiasts and DIY designers for 3D printing
3D enthusiasts and Do-It-Yourself (DIY)
designers for 3D printing are playing a critical
role as this technological revolution becomes
more mainstream in the manufacturing of
aerospace and automotive components,
healthcare devices, and wide range of
consumer products. They’re at the forefront of
realizing the unlimited potential and output
possibilities of 3D printing.
Sometimes the foundation of their 3D printing
projects is built using 2D vector graphics. They
start with 2D sketch because it’s easier, faster
and more intuitive than attempting to draw a
3D design from scratch. After exporting the 2D
design to .DWG, they use a 3D design
application to complete the transformation
from 2D to 3D. Other times, they work in 3D
right from the start by importing a 3D printing
file and inserting ready-made 3D objects in
their design. They then export it to print on a
3D printer or send it to a 3D printing output
service.
CorelCAD is part of a powerful range of Corel
products that provide all the specific tools
needed for a 3D printing project. The ability to
directly import CorelDRAW (CDR)* sketches
means users can move from the initial
sketching to the 3D design phase without any
disruption. Then, DIY designers turn to
CorelCAD 2019 for a simplified 2D-to-3D
conversion process, precise design tools, and
intuitive 3D-solid editing capabilities to
complete the project.
CorelCAD 2019 also gives these users the
power to leverage existing 3D models with STL
file importing capabilities. After bringing these
files compatible with 3D printing into CorelCAD
2019, they can insert 3D objects contained in
those files into a design and modify them
further.
They also seek the file compatibility CorelCAD
2019 offers with a range of common formats
integral to 3D printing projects.
* Windows version only
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Occasional 2D CAD users
CAD designers working for large enterprises in
the manufacturing sector design primarily in
3D, however, they still need 2D support. The
types of drawings they design include
assembly schematics and parts details, and
many of their legacy files are 2D CAD (.DWG),
which have to be maintained. A 2D draft will
often serve as the basis for a 3D design, and
they need to be able to repurpose 3D files to
add detail to 2D drawings. To share their work
with other departments, they publish CAD
drawings to a range of formats.
Graphic designers need an intuitive tool to edit
CAD files that supports all elements of .DWG
drawings, such as model spaces and layout
sheets. They work in marketing and technical
documentation departments, and the ability to
work with 2D CAD files allows them to reuse
design content in user guides, marketing
materials, and presentations.
CorelCAD addresses these needs by offering
an affordable, standards-compliant 2D CAD
application that complements 3D CAD
solutions. The ability to import drafts from
CorelDRAW (CDR), and export CAD drawings
to CorelDRAW and Corel DESIGNER file
formats* simplifies repurposing content,
ensuring that users can maintain and reuse
legacy content.
* Windows version only
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Key features
With native .DWG support and industrystandard CAD features, CorelCAD 2019 helps
users be more productive with intuitive 2Dand 3D-design tools and versatile file-format
compatibility. Optimized for Windows and
macOS, CorelCAD delivers impressive speed
and powerful performance on your preferred
platform.
CorelCAD 2019 offers new time-saving
productivity enhancements, a redesigned
layers workflow, new solid-modeling options,
and more security and peace of mind with
drawing-recovery and file-authentication
features.
New! Plugins Manager: The enhanced Plugins
command gives quick access to the new
Plugins Manager palette, where you can
manage third-party plugins for specific
industries, activities, or post-processing. After
you install a plugin, the palette acts as a hub for
plugin administration. In one central interface,
you can activate and update plugins and access
your account with the vendor, and view license
settings.
Enhanced!
critical to our users, CorelCAD 2019 introduces
a range of productivity features and workflow
improvements.
New options help you work more efficiently by
giving you the choice of using color or dashedline highlighting when selecting or previewing
objects. If you choose color highlighting, you
can specify the thickness and opacity when an
object is selected or hovered over, making
easier to distinguish between single and
compound objects. You can choose different
colors for previewed or selected objects,
ensuring that they always stand out against the
rest of the design, so you can work faster than
ever. You can also control whether highlighting
is always activated or only when a command is
active, and exclude certain command types
from highlighting.
CorelCAD 2019 lets you design with more
efficiency and precision thanks to new object
cycling. It’s sometimes difficult and timeconsuming to select a single object from a
group that’s close together or lie on top of one
another, but object cycling simplifies removes
the guesswork. Now you can use
Spacebar
making selections, so you can choose the one
you need faster than before.
Productivity:
to quickly cycle through objects while
Because time is so
Shift +
CorelCAD 2019 also makes it easier to edit
objects divided into separate hatch or gradient
areas that are associated with boundary
entities. By default, trimmed hatches and fills
maintain associativity with changed boundary
entities, even if they are split into different
areas. The new EditHatch command separates
divided hatches and fills into unique objects,
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