Make 2D technical designs and diagrams easily and intuitively!

Product Information

DesignCAD Express Version 15 contains plenty of power and productive features so you can make 2D technical designs and diagrams easily and intuitively!  DesignCAD Express gives you the ability to create architectural drawings, engineering layouts, shop drawings, flow charting, home projects, and many other of your CAD needs. DesignCAD Express is easy to learn and use and contains many fast powerful commands making it the best full featured CAD product for your needs. It is DWG compatible so you can edit your AutoCAD files from work at home! 

The 250+ page DesignCAD Express on disc Reference Manual provides you with complete information about each command in DesignCAD. The information is arranged alphabetically for easy access.

Unique Advantages

Why use DesignCAD 15 Express?

Easy to Learn and Use
Simple operation, easy-to-use commands, and extensive online help make it easy for you to get started with DesignCAD Express v15. Drawing and editing commands are intuitive and fast

Fast Powerful Commands
DesignCAD Express is not only fast to learn, but fast to use. Drawing shortcuts such as right-click for snap and object menus, horizontal and vertical cursor mode and cursor step sizes enable you to make faster and more accurate drawings. Shortcut keys and dynamic toolbars can make commonly used commands a snap - literally!!

Full Featured 2D CAD
You can draw virtually anything with DesignCAD 15 Express. You’ll get sophisticated editing features, advanced geometric construction capability, complete layer management and editing ability. DesignCAD Express has extensive text and text manipulation functions, and extensive dimensioning and annotation features.

DWG Compatibility
Use DesignCAD 3D Express v15 to work on your office files at home.


Perfect For:

• Architectural Drawings
• Engineering Layouts
• Shop Drawings
• Home Projects
• Flow Charting

Product Highlights


Architectural Drawings
Draw professional quality floor plans, elevations, and plot plans with ease.

Engineering Layouts
Double-precisions accuracy allows the highest degree of tolerance and design control

Shop Drawings
Entering specific values for dimensions, diameter and radius allows you to draw accurate mechanical parts.

Flow Charting
Set up and maintain your own process control diagrams with the pre-drawn flowchart symbols.

Home Projects
Create do-it-yourself landscaping designs and both indoor and outdoor home improvements.

Other CAD Needs

• Electronic Schematics
• Plats
• Mapping

Product Features

• Fully customizable toolbars
• Real-time coordinates
• Extensive auto-dimension capabilities
• Materials List
• Over 100 hatch patterns
• Versatile 2D CAD and highly accurate to meet both your mechanical and architectural needs
• Easy to use 

System Requirements

• Microsoft Windows 98, Me, 2000, NT 4.0, XP
• Pentium II class processor
• 128MB of RAM
• 55 to 220MB of free hard disk space depending on accessory application installed
• 64+ MB of swap space
• 4X CD-ROM Drive
• SuperVGA (1024x768) display. High Color (16-bit) graphics card
• Mouse

 Recommended Requirments

• 1.0+ GHz processor
• 256MB of RAM
• 3D graphics accelerator card
• Wheel mouse
• Internet connection
• Microsoft Internet Explorer installation required for Internet activation