DigiCad 3D

DigiCad 3D is an advanced CAD drawing application made for architectural surveys, photogrammetry and mapping. It's capable of importing and exporting projects to images as well as DWG, DXF, XYZ and CXF file types.

Wrapped up in a seemingly outdated, yet user-friendly interface, the program puts several drawing tools at your disposal, such as arrow, tablet, segment, polygons, circles, arches, text, marker, and calculator.

As far as customization is concerned, you can select the marker type, line and fill patterns, color, and thickness. It's also possible to enter the Z coordinate value and polygon hatching parameters, configure font settings, insert vertices and markers, change the viewing mode (e.g. sheet view, zoom), and set constraints, such as snap to points, Z coordinate or grid.

Objects can be converted to polygons or segments, and re-arranged by sending them to the back or bringing them to the front. You can change the layer, scale the selected image, or obtain an image from the selection with the preferred resolution.

When it comes to object transformation, DigiCad 3D lets you insert origin and destination attachment points, turn a selection of points into the origin or destination, specify the coordinates of the origin and destination points, add a selection to the destination, create the origin or destination mesh, transform a selected image using a point or mesh, rotate or modify an image, as well as apply optical correction.

Projects can be saved as DigiCad 3D project files (DGC format) and later resumed. As previously mentioned, they can be exported to image files (EMF or BMP), DWG or DXF (supported by AutoCAD and others), or XYZ. In case of XYZ, you can indicate the field contents and design format.

We haven't come across any stability issues in our tests, thanks to the fact that the application didn't hang, crash or prompt error messages. Surprisingly, it left a small footprint on system resources, so it didn't hamper the PC's performance.

Its interface could use a facelift. Otherwise, DigiCad 3D comes loaded with advanced and approachable options to help you work with architectural surveys, photogrammetry and mapping projects.