Native DWG, no conversion
Open, edit and save DWG and DXF directly. Files go back to clients exactly as they expect them.
2D drafting
ACTCAD Standard
Everything a drafting desk needs for day-to-day 2D work on DWG files, on a license you buy once.
- Perpetual license
- Support included
- No subscription
Why this edition
Built for the drawing office.
ACTCAD Standard is professional 2D drafting on native DWG with the IntelliCAD 14.1 engine, sold on a one-time perpetual license with support included.
Paid once, yours for good
A perpetual license. It does not stop working because a renewal lapsed.
7,000 symbols included
Mechanical, electrical, architectural and civil blocks ready on day one, and you can add your own.
Support, not a support tier
Email, phone and remote sessions with CAD engineers, included with the license.
In the box
What you get
Every item below is in ACTCAD Standard as shipped — nothing is an add-on, and nothing expires with a subscription.
Built for
- Drafting teams working to client DWG standards
- Firms replacing a subscription seat
- Anyone who does not need 3D solid modeling
- All regular 2D drafting commands
- Latest IntelliCAD 14.1 engine
- Native DWG and DXF read and write
- 3D mesh and wireframe modeling
- ACIS 3D modeling viewer
- ACTCAD PDF printer, and PDF to DWG conversion
- Block library of 7,000+ symbols, extensible with your own
- Create and edit tables
- LISP, SDS and script support for existing customizations
- Layer, layout and sheet management
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 |
Try ACTCAD Standard on your own drawings.
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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