Although it may sound strange for 2D projects and rapid technical presentation drawings I have for many years used CorelDraw. I like the ease of use and usability. The problem is the speed and response program for complex drawings. That does not compare to AutoCAD or similar (Archicad, Allplan, etc.). Closest to my idea of approaching is Vectorworks. The price is also important. Does anyone have any other recommendations of your own practice? I welcome the mentioned speed, simplicity, 100% import-export DWG, opportunities to work with bitmaps. thanks for the responsePeter
Have you tried CorelDRAW Technical Suite (formerly CorelDESIGNER)?
http://www.corel.com/corel/product/index.jsp?pid=prod4970084
yes, I used once CDesigner v10 or 12. Then the normal CDraw X3 or X6 now. For all speed was virtually the same. Maybe it is my subjective impression, but when I compare it with Illustrator, it's a big difference (on the same machine). Unfortunately, Illustrator does not meet me for other things. It has not what it is supposed Corel. Technical Suite X6 is different in speed? It has meaning to buy it? The machine is older HPXW4400 pc (CoreDuo 2.4GHz, 4GB RAM, NVIDIA Quadro 1500 win7 64bit, SSD HDD). For me it's not so slow machine for similar work.