CadCraft Studio 0.8
Each part of a project deserves the right tool. Here is where each of the eight apps in CadCraft Studio belongs, what it hands on, and to whom.
Eight separate open-source apps in CadCraft Studio. Not SuperCad Studio, the separate all-in-one product.
The designer, drafter, estimator, reviewer and engineer do different work. Each app has a deliberate job.
The drafting desk
2D drafting & 3D modeling
2D drafting and 3D solids, layers, blocks, dimensioned drawings and layouts. The 0.8 roadmap adds P&ID and discipline drawing tools.
Best when geometry and drafting conventions must be exact.
The building model
BIM review & editing
IFC building models, sections, quantities, clash checks, properties and coordination between disciplines. The Great Eight adds engineering checks and workflows that use the model's data.
Best when the job is a building whose elements carry relationships and properties.
The design room
3D modeling for design
Fast direct 3D modeling: push and pull, groups, components, massing, and presenting early ideas.
Best when you are exploring shape before detailed design.
The ground beneath it
Civil & site design
Survey and terrain surfaces, alignments, profiles, corridors, grading and pipe networks. The Great Eight adds drainage, geotechnical and site engineering.
Best when coordinates, grades and infrastructure drive the job.
The quantity desk
Quantity takeoff & estimating
Calibrated length, area and count takeoff from plans, with assemblies, pricing columns and quantity schedules you can export. Embodied carbon from model and takeoff quantities is built for 0.8.
Best when the question is how much, how many, or what it may cost.
The review table
Drawing review & markup
PDF markups, revision compare, comments, punch lists and tracked corrections across drawing sets.
Best when several people need to agree on what changes.
The fabrication hand-off
Steel & rebar detailing
Steel and rebar detailing, connections, schedules and shop drawings, with frame and calculation workflows beside the details.
Best when engineers and fabricators need exact connections and parts.
The product design desk
Parametric parts & assemblies
Constrained sketches, features, parametric parts, assemblies, joints, dimensioned drawings and GD&T. The Great Eight adds engineering calculations and manufacturing paths.
Best when the job is a manufactured object, a fixture or a mechanism.
A drawing, a model and a review package passing through the people responsible for each, recorded as separate screens in separate apps.
Start in CadCraft for technical drawings or CivilCraft for site plans, then take the set to MarkupCraft for a review cycle.
Use BimCraft for IFC models, coordination, schedules and element data. ModelCraft helps with the early concept.
Use PartCraft for a parametric part or assembly, and DetailCraft when the job is steel or rebar detailing.
Use TakeoffCraft with plans or supported model quantities, and check the source, the units and the assemblies.
CadCraft is open source, and Community has every app and every feature, for personal work and paid client work alike. An owned license is a permanent commercial license in your name, from $1, and it pays for the people building the Great Eight and what comes after it. It adds no features: nothing is held back from Community.
The Team Cloud Plan is a separate service. It will add team seats, cloud saving and sync.