Real 3D, not a viewer
ACIS solid and surface modeling, mesh editing, and 2D geometry converted to 3D with a click.
2D drafting + 3D modeling
ACTCAD Premium
The full suite — everything in Standard plus solid, surface and mesh modeling, rendering and point clouds.
- Perpetual license
- Support included
- No subscription
Why this edition
When 2D is not the whole job.
ACTCAD Premium adds ACIS 3D solid modeling, photo-realistic rendering, point cloud import and 3D PDF export to the complete 2D drafting toolset, on a one-time perpetual license.
Photo-realistic rendering
Render and shade in real time, so a client sees the result rather than the wireframe.
Point clouds and survey data
Import scanned point cloud data and work against it alongside your drawing.
Data in and out
Extract block attributes and hole coordinates to CSV, export 3D PDFs, audit and convert drawings.
In the box
What you get
Every item below is in ACTCAD Premium as shipped — nothing is an add-on, and nothing expires with a subscription.
Built for
- Design teams producing both drawings and models
- Engineering firms handing over 3D deliverables
- Anyone quoted a five-figure subscription for the same capability
- Everything in ACTCAD Standard
- ACIS 3D solid and surface modeling
- Photo-realistic 3D rendering with real-time shading
- Point cloud data import
- 3D PDF export
- Convert 2D geometry to 3D, lines to walls in a click
- One-click block attribute extraction to CSV
- Capture CAD points and hole coordinates to CSV
- Export text to CSV or table, and tables back to CSV
- Interactive drawing auditor and converter
Editions compared
Full comparison
Which one do you need?
| Capability | Standard | Premium | Map Drafter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full 2D drafting toolset | |||
| Native DWG / DXF read and write | |||
| IntelliCAD 14.1 engine | |||
| PDF printer and PDF to DWG | |||
| 7,000+ block symbol library | |||
| 3D mesh and wireframe modeling | — | ||
| ACIS 3D solid modeling | Viewer only | — | |
| Photo-realistic rendering | — | — | |
| Point cloud import | — | — | |
| 3D PDF export | — | — | |
| 2D to 3D conversion | — | — | |
| Block attribute extraction to CSV | — | — | |
| Cartography and map creation | — | — | |
| Perpetual license, free support |
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Before you install
System requirements
A Windows desktop application. If your machine runs current CAD software, it will run this comfortably.
- Operating system
- Windows 10/11
- Processor
- Quad Core CPU (64-bit)
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Disk space
- 10 GB Hard Disk
- Graphics
- OpenGL 2.0 and above
- Drivers
- Updated Graphics Drivers
- Display
- HD monitor for the best drawing display
Questions
All answers
Asked before buying.
Some ACAD LISP programs are not working properly in ActCAD
Most of the LISP commands are supported in ActCAD. However, there are a few limitations on VISUAL LISP Some of the Visual LISP commands are not supported by ActCAD. Check the code thoroughly and compare with ActCAD Help Developer Reference.
How to increase Entity Selection Pickbox Size and Entity Snap Aperture?
Below are the steps to achieve this result in ActCAD 2016 Software.
1. Select any entity inside ActCAD.
2. In that condition, go to Tools->Drawing Settings -> Coordinate Input Tab
3. Then you will notice two options at the bottom for Entity Selection Pickbox, increase the size at the pickbox dropdown list.
4. Similarly you can increase the Entity Snap Aperture, by increasing the Aperture size.
How do I know the version number that I have installed ?
Open ActCAD.
Help menu -> About ActCAD
The dialog box shows the exact number of installed version
Where is print information stored ?
Stored in the system registry :
- ''Save changes to Layout'' check box value
- ''Use Setting from'' check box value
- Header and Footer
Stored in the drawing:
- Print Area
- Fit print area to size of page
- Scale
- Print origin
- Use Line Weight
- Printer
- Paper Landscape/Portrait
- Units
- Upside down set
Stored in CTB files :
- Pen colors related to color table
- Lineweight related to color table
- Linetype
How to Insert Blocks from ActCAD Block Library ?
Double Click on the block that you want to insert into a drawing & specify the insertion point
Copy and Paste does not work. I cannot copy the drawing in another drawing ?
The reason could be that the drawing from which entities are being copied was closed.
-- Make sure the file from which the entities were copied is still open.
-- If it is closed: open the file of the drawing of origin, select entities to be copied from the Edit menu and choose "Copy" or "Copy with Base Point."
-- Open or move into the destination drawing without closing the drawing of origin, Edit menu and choose Paste or Paste to Original Coordinate".
NOTE:
The right way to copy is to always use the command "Copy" from the Edit menu