ZWSOFT and GstarSOFT of China became successful on the back of IntelliCAD, creating me-too CAD software that looked a lot like AutoCAD. That was just the base, their warmup act.
Last year, ZWSOFT bought VX of Florida, USA, and turned it into ZW3D, their 3D solid modeler and CAM [computer aided manufacturing] software. The company is busy updating the program a couple of times a year.
And this week GstarSOFT released their first CAD program for iPads, GstarCAD MC, where "MC" is short for mobile client. Written in-house, it creates and edits CAD drawings, as illustrated below.
You can download GstarCAD MC free from the iTunes store here.
(The catch is that the program uses the OCF format, so you have to use the latest version of the company's GstarCAD for Windows to convert DWG files to and from OCF; sync drawing files with iTunes. Download a demo version of the desktop CAD system with OCF translator here.)
upFront.eZine will feature an interview with Huang Meiyu (vice president and oversea business director) in our September 2 issue.
Only very, very basic tools and features.
And not user friendly, why a tap and again a tap and drag to draw a line or a rectangle.
Only a tap and drag is enough.
Posted by: Eric Pousse - iPocket Draw | Aug 23, 2011 at 11:04 AM
What's the difference between GstarCAD MC and AutoCAD WS?
Posted by: Rogerio Nodari | Aug 23, 2011 at 05:41 PM
It is great to have this application on iPad! Viewing and editing drawing on site come into reality.
Posted by: Jessica Qiu | Aug 23, 2011 at 06:33 PM