progeCADReviews of progecad.us

No problem moving from AutoCAD to Procad

This is a great CAD product. It's easy to use and works very similar to AutoCad commands. All I need is a drafting software with no subscription. I like it very much.

Unstable for Professional Engineering I purchased progeCAD based on the "Nothing to learn for AutoCAD users" marketing promise, but the reality is a significant loss in productivity due to critical engine bugs and database instabilities. Key Technical Failures: Database Corruption via Character Parsing: Using the inch symbol (") in Visibility States breaks block functionality and permanently corrupts the DWG table. There is no input validation or error messaging. Failed Block Redefinition (Ghost Definitions): The software retains "ghost" data in memory. Even after PURGE, AUDIT, and application restarts, inserting a new block with the same name restores parameters from the deleted block (mixing geometries and units). Annotative Scaling Bugs: Annotative blocks fail to scale correctly when inserted between drawings with different units (e.g., mm to meters), ignoring the viewport's annotative scale. Hatch Regression: It is impossible to have a Hatch that is simultaneously Associative (linked to polyline) and Annotative (scale-aware). Forcing a choice between these two is unacceptable in professional CAD. Missing Productivity Tools: Lack of essential commands like MOVEBAK (for network file management), TESTBLOCK (to validate dynamics inside BEDIT), and full support for Geometric Constraints. Conclusion: I am spending more time as an "unpaid beta tester" troubleshooting database-level bugs than performing actual engineering design. The software is currently unreliable for professional Fire Protection (NFPA) workflows. -------------------- UPDATE (March 27, 2026): Rating downgraded to 1/5 I am downgrading my rating (from 2 to 1) because the company’s official reply below is untrue. They claim they "found no requests," yet I have an active communication thread with Salvatore Pagani from their technical team under Ticket #XYG-485-52691. The lack of internal communication is alarming, but the technical response is worse: Misleading Support: Instead of addressing the database corruption and parsing errors I meticulously documented (such as the " character breaking visibility states), Salvatore sent me a basic video tutorial on how to create a dynamic block. As an engineering firm, we don't need basic tutorials; we need a CAD engine that actually works. Ghost Data Persistence: I have proven that progeCAD retains "ghost" data in memory even after deep purges and restarts. This makes professional Fire Protection (NFPA) documentation unreliable. Inaccurate Public Reply: Telling a verified customer with an active ticket that "no requests were found" is an attempt to discredit a professional report. Stop the administrative excuses and the "basic tutorials." Address the parsing bugs and the annotative scaling failures I have already submitted. Our productivity depends on professional tools, not marketing videos. ---------------- Update (March 28, 2026): New Critical Issue - XREF Management (Ticket #CPC-621-27334) Since my last update, I have discovered even more regressions that break the professional workflow. I have opened a second formal ticket regarding External References (XREFs): XREF Notification Failure: The software fails to notify when an attached architectural XREF has been updated by another user. In a professional engineering firm, this leads to dangerous coordination errors. Broken Path Management: There is no way to switch an XREF to a "Relative Path" once it is attached. You are forced to detach and re-attach False Marketing: The "Nothing to learn" slogan is a facade. These are not "features to learn"; these are industry-standard CAD functionalities that are simply missing or non-functional in progeCAD 2026.

Aloha My AutoCAD 12 expired. I have used this software since the 1990's, maybe 30 years. It is excellent, but it has gotten expensive even with the lease payments. So I needed to do an architecture project with only pdf's of my plans. I was pleasantly surprised to find that progeCAD could translate them into object-oriented CAD. ProgeCAD has all of the AutoCAD commands I needed, although it took some time to find them. I completed my work and was so impressed with its performance that I now know it is my favorite CAD. It is a struggle to learn CAD, and the command button ribbons in progeCAD make it much easier to learn or, in my case, relearn. I would recommend ProgeCAD to anyone who needs to get a job done right.

very similar to Autocad

Love the software and ease of use. I love that the program is so similar to AutoCAD. There are quite a few bugs though, which AutoCAD do not have. More importantly, I wish there was an online account I could link my purchase to, rather than being dependent on a past email

What I like most is with ProgeCAD I can set it up so that I have a very close work environment to my many years of using AutoCAD. I don't have to struggle with getting re-acclimated which slows down work tremendously. However, I did have a very difficult time getting the program to install and work properly. Support was great at helping me with that.

Good price and a viable alternative to AutoCAD