I have tried many software programs over the last few years. If you really want to appreciate ACADE, then try out DesignSpark Electrical. Manufacturers favor ePlan too much, but the ePlan Portal isn’t worth learning a whole new software suite while projects are stacking up. (Edit to say, a GOOD store with relevant and typical symbols to the industry) But, that is not likely to ever happen. Now, if Autodesk would introduce a store like ePlan Portal to download different symbols and footprints, then that would be YUGE. The nice thing too is that mechanical guys can help you with the commands as it is mostly the same as ACADM. It only works with/for you after you have setup your own template, library, numbering conventions. For example, drawing wires was not very apparent until I read the tutorials.ĪCADE is OK out of the box. Some things that should have been straight forward to do was more complicated than ACADE. What I gathered from the brief trial of ePlan is that it locks you into drawing in a specific way. I used ACADE and have tried ePlan as I too was wondering if the grass was greener elsewhere.
