AllPlan

Irrespective of whether you are an architect or an engineer, one of the most important skills to have is the ability to visualize the final product. While it is true that things become clearer with time, as you start working on your blueprint, you still need to find a method of sharing your idea with clients and the members of your team. This is where a CAD application can make all the difference in the world.

AllPlan is a feature-rich, cross-platform application that enables you to draw any mechanism, object and the large-scale blueprint you visualize with precision and within a versatile medium.

The idea behind the program is to let you create anything from very tiny objects, such as a folding door's mechanism to complex structures, such as a residential neighborhood for example. For starters, you can take advantage of the numerous geometric shapes available or, if you are feeling creative, you can start to draw your own.

In the eventuality that you are having troubles aligning the objects precisely, then you should keep in mind that you can enable the grid. Moreover, you can use the lock coordinate function to bind down a fixed point or the axis you are building your design around.

Considering that the program addresses engineers and architects primarily, it does not come as a surprise that it comes with several handy utensils. Depending on your projects, you can access the measurement tools, system angle, measure the coordinates or use the calculator.

You can make sure that your idea of the design matches the blueprints by exploring it with various view modes, such as QuickSketch, Old-New-Comparison or Hidden Line Image, for instance.

A noteworthy feature of the application is that it enables you create your design with layers. More exactly, you can use layers to add visible, frozen objects or hidden elements, depending on the application. You can create blueprints with high precision.

Moreover, you should know that the program enables you to customize the format, pen, type of line and color for each of the elements you are adding into your schematics.

In the eventuality that you are looking for a user-friendly and versatile environment to lay down various architectural or engineering ideas, then perhaps AllPlan might come in handy.