Autocad 2010 how much does it cost

Are you aware of other competing products currently on the market for less, that are roughly comparable with AutoCAD ? Your best bet is to go with new and current, get on a subscription, use it in "classic" mode, but teach yourself the new interface in your spare time I hope my info was useful, but if by some odd chance it actually solved your issue, feel free to mark your post as "Accept as Solution". Message 11 of Message 12 of Even the local reseller couldn't give me the info I was looking for.

I am a 1-man shop and all these "productivity" enhancements really don't translate into actual savings when you factor in the learning curve, lost productivity while learning etc.

Its a non-plus. Ease of use and intuitive tools are where its at for me. I don't do large commercial projects so there isn't much in the way of collaboration except with my structural engineer and he doesn't care what I use. I also don't have to be using the latest and greatest but my version is getting to be a bit TOO old! Right now I'm doing my research for what to move to when I do upgrade.

I am also thinking that maybe LT would be best since I have other programs for any 3d work. No matter what I do it has to be legal and upfront but sometimes getting the straight answers is harder than it should be!

Thank you everyone for your responses. They have been helpful. Message 13 of I too, am basically a one-man shop, was three, had to layoff two and can relate to the yearly learning curve for new bells and whistles that don't do any good; however, there are some improvements that are very helpful.

The trick is to quickly figure out what to ignore or turn off, and what to spend a few hours learning in order to get a few days of benefit. C3D has been improved massively since I first bought C3D This year they finally went to true 64 bit so I can use all of my RAM.

They also put in an intersection wizard last year that looks great, but I did not need it so I will wait for to arrive before I learn it. As for the Ribbon and other miscellaneous BS, turn it off or ignore it until there is free time for training. With the economy being what it is, I have been doing a lot of free seminars, webinars, and tutorials lately as well as increasing my marketing activities by 10 fold.

One other item to consider is the operating systems that eventually need to be upgraded due to hackers, viruses, etc. Old versions of software won't run on new operating systems. It is not because of LT, but my old QuickBooks I can't even reload it on new XP Pro 32 bit machine since Intuit won't provide the needed patches any more! Now I have to purchase multiple copies of QuickBooks if I have some much as a hard drive crash and Norton Ghost screws me again.

Message 14 of Before you spend another dime on software, find another reseller. That is the very first info he should have offered. I work for one of the big companies. We used to be mid-sized, and on the smaller end of that before then.

I don't subscribe to the idea of having "bigger contracts" means getting more money at the end of the day. The numbers just don't work that way. Yes, bigger contracts bring in more money. But you also spend more money - a LOT more. More people, more computers, more regulatory restrictions, more everything. While there are some discounts on license costs either in volume for conventional licensing, or through token-using pay as you go the operating costs are huge, and the margins aren't what some seem to think.

As for users being perfectly happy with AutoCAD Or Win 8. Even if you're happy with the state of affairs I can guarantee there are others who are not. This is a standalone new price, a yearly subscription is USD. My point is that Autocad is NOT worth the price. Yes you are right. When I was working in Chicago for a huge firm architects they paid around What I ment is that bigger firms can manage running costs more eficently having people that do only that than small firms which are all-in-one person.

If they don't, then maybe autocad is worth the price but anyone else's opinion really doesn't matter. Of course it would be nice if autocad was half or quarter the current retail price and I am not here to defend Autodesk's pricing. If you look at it on a yearly basis, a subscription cost about a dollar per hour. I am not sure whay your firm charges. It may be worth noting that equivalent CAD software such as Bentley all have similar pricing structures.

AutoCAD, in Euros, in Europe, on the Website, annual subscription only, you can't buy it at your listed price anymore: is that old pricing for perpetual that's dead and gone now? You can't bill for that?

Even a small firm can bill that to a job or jobs as an expense or billing hour. And yes, that's more that North America pays: just like goodies in Japan and Southeast Asia cost significantly less than the rest of us can buy.

World Trade is wierd that way, cater to the local market, profit from outside markets. Wish it wasn't that way either.

In Slovenia a project like this starts from Eur and can go up to about Eur. Sadly the marked is forcing architects to sell their knowledge for so cheap. At the end of the day, you need to look at your total workflow process and determine which software will give you the results you need. I believe I understand his situation. I never used to upgrade because all the latest and greatest features was not something we needed.

While the pricing comparison is That smartphone in your pocket costs a couple of hundred bucks, yet has vastly more capability that a minicomputer built in that would have cost tens of thousands back then. AutoCAD, while pricy in , cost substantially less than the hardware needed to run it.

Software is the same downward cost path as well. Real cost to produce the software is minimal thanks to limited improvements and features, and the per-unit cost of distribution is non-existant. That reality is probably a factor in Autodesk going rental only for software. Well, that, and the EU courts ruling that the First Sale doctrine applies to software. Can't have people reselling their R14 licenses after all.

I agree completely with that statement. And often a very workable result is possible with minimal to no cost upfront or recurring. That ruling was several years ago.

And as has been said elsewhere, 'Adobe moved their software to the cloud, and money fell out'. Here, it may even be worth paying for a monthly licence at first. However, there are some upsides to the subscription model, too. One such advantage is that subscription gets you access to the latest version of AutoCAD as soon as it comes out. In fact, if you previously bought perpetual licenses for each new version of AutoCAD, the subscription model could actually save you money.

Are volume discounts available? Need to use AutoCAD across multiple machines? Try a multi-user license. If several employees within your business use AutoCAD, then the prospect of paying out thousands for individual licenses can be somewhat daunting.

Multi-user licenses are available, too, and can offer you serious cost savings when compared to buying licenses one-by-one.

Multi-user licenses or network licenses , as the name suggests, allow you to run AutoCAD from multiple machines within your organization.

When you purchase a network license, you choose how many machines you wish to buy access for. As an example, if you purchased 10 licenses, you could run AutoCAD on 10 machines at any one time.

However, you are free to install the software on more machines for ease of access. If, for example, you had 10 desktop machines and 10 laptops, you could install the software on all these machines. This would allow a user to switch from their desktop to their laptop when away from the office. A full list of local resellers can be found by checking out the Autodesk Authorized Partners portal. Many businesses will require a range of different software to meet their needs.

To visualize just how staggering the cost savings are, take a look at the table below. As you can see, even users who only need a couple of the above programs will see savings of hundreds of dollars per year. Meanwhile, for users who need access to multiple Autodesk software packages, industry collections such as this one are truly a steal. However, some lucky users can get AutoCAD for free : educational users. Educational licenses have been offered at no cost to users since , with such licenses valid for three years.

Provided that you still have a valid academic email address usually. Meanwhile, discounts are also available for those who have perpetual licenses for legacy versions of AutoCAD. Stick with trusted resellers—or cut out the middleman?

Back in the days when software was distributed on CD-ROMs rather than as downloadable executables, local resellers dominated the market.

Since then, however, CAD has evolved. Purchasing AutoCAD now is simply a matter of downloading the software and waiting to receive your product key—something that can be completed in minutes, not days.