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It’s been a busy summer this year, very busy. It seems that everyone needed everyone just before and during summer. This year I missed summer. Living on the Isle of Wight is a great opportunity to enjoy the summer months, but sadly I missed it this time. I took half of September and October off though as it calmed down, just a little, and as hard as it is to say and to hear, “It’s not all about work\u2026” Which is true… it’s not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


We all know and we all love, to some extent, AutoCAD however sad to say the monthly subscription is just getting that little harder to pay out so I took the jump and moved to BricsCAD<\/a>. They do a nice 30-day trial so why not give it a go? Excellent piece of software that I’ve used already on a couple of gigs, and it worked out well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It looks like AutoCAD, and behaves like AutoCAD so why not, especially when it’s a fraction of the cost? There is a subscription-based license and a perpetual license. Really, when it comes to using it you’ll not notice the difference but your bank account will, Sure there are a few things to get used to, but given time it’s a breeze to use. Sorry, Autodesk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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