

“We see Corel customers as not being ready or not willing to move to subscription, and we don’t want to force our customers,” Vossen continued. “CorelCAD is an affordable CAD solution that provides a lot of features in the 2D drafting and 3D CAD area,” he commented. According to Klaus Vossen, senior product manager for technical graphics at Corel, the relatively low price of the product ($699 for the full version and $199 for the upgrade) makes upfront purchase more easily achievable - even by the smaller companies that make up the bulk of CorelCAD’s market - and renders a low-cost subscription plan unnecessary. This “hybrid license” can be installed on up to three devices, in any combination of Windows and macOS.ĬorelCAD licenses are perpetual there is no subscription option at this time, although the company is looking into that possibility.

Rather than choose between one or the other, however, users can access both platforms through a single license. It also supports DXF, DWF, and PDF, as well as STL output for 3D printing.ĬorelCAD is built on Graebert’s ARES CAD engine, and unlike most offerings in the CAD marketplace, is available for both Windows and macOS. CorelCAD is fully DWG-compatible, and uses the format natively for opening and saving files. CorelCAD 2017 Comes to Windows, Mac, and Android 20 Oct, 2016 By: Cyrena Respini-IrwinĮarlier this week, Corel introduced CorelCAD 2017 - the sixth version of its 2D/3D CAD application for architects, engineers, and designers.
