--- description: Review of MacDraft Professional Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: MacDraft Professional | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice GB --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Architectural CAD Software](/directory/4707/architectural-cad/software) > [MacDraft Professional](/software/33342/macdraft-professional) # MacDraft Professional Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/software/33342/macdraft-professional Page: 1 / 9\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/software/33342/macdraft-professional?page=2) > MacDraft Professional is a 2D CAD application for Mac. The software is suitable for classrooms, professional architects and individual users, and it features tools for floor plan design, architectural drawing and illustration. Users can create architectural drawings, floor plans, garden plans, mechanical drawings and topography. Users can select different units of measurement and scale drawings as necessary. The layers tool allows users to modify and add detail to specific parts of drawings without modifying other layers. Other features include integrations with various other CAD applications, vector tools and a Library Palette which allows users to store any drawn object and drag and drop it into new drawings. Single and multiple perpetual licenses are available. Support is offered through an online help desk, live chat, user forums and over the phone. > > Verdict: Rated **4.4/5** by 194 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.4/5** | 194 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Microspot - **Location**: Aylesford, UK - **Founded**: 1964 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: US$399.00 - **Pricing model**: Flat Rate (Free Trial) - **Pricing Details**: - Multi user licenses available - Upgrades from previous versions - Personal Edition (Lite) available - Educational discounts available - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Mac (Desktop) - **Supported Languages**: English, French - **Available Countries**: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium and 208 more ## Features - 2D Drawing - 2D/3D Designing - Annotations - Architectural Symbol Library - Automatic Formatting - Bills of Material - CAD Tools - Collaboration Tools - Comparison View - Component Library - Configurable Workflow - Content Library - Customisable Branding - Customisable Templates - Data Import/Export - Design Templates - Diagramming - Document Management - Drafting - Drag & Drop ## Integrations (1 total) - Adobe Illustrator ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - Chat ## Category - [Architectural CAD Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/directory/4707/architectural-cad/software) ## Related Categories - [Floor Plan Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/directory/4778/floor-plan-software/software) - [Architectural CAD Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/directory/4707/architectural-cad/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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[Revit](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/software/422899/revit) — 4.6/5 (479 reviews) ## Reviews ### "Best CAD software for Mac.. now with Many Improvements\!" — 4.0/5 > **Imadur Rozan** | *30 August 2019* | Architecture & Planning | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: this app is not only the best CAD software for Mac, but it also let you do many and more things beyond conventional 2D drawing like creating realistic and more vibrant looking landscape design, adding colours to the classic 2D floor plans, create exploded axonometric drawing and details, town planning or a large scale project area and mapping, even creating illustration and comics\! it's like you can working on the Architectural poster by adding digital drawing or analogy right after working on the plans in a glance. > > **Cons**: despite the software ability that let you create multiple different works, its amazing features and UI interface, the Macdraft is still limited to MacOS devices and unavailable for Windows, Operating system or other platform.. just like the Name after all ("MAC" draft). hopefully the developer will release and make this software available across multiple different operating system and platforms, especially if you have to work using different devices with different operating system. > > Basically, architect and artist are similar, when it comes to creating fantastic and beautiful concepts or design, they have to be in a good mood, and good mood can only be achieved if the environment or tools they're using convenience and comfortable. So does with this software, the nice and cartoonist like UI is great and eyes catching, not too complicated but it does a tons of stuff\! ----- ### "MDP 7 - Personal thoughts" — 4.0/5 > **Ivan** | *19 June 2019* | Education Management | Recommendation rating: 5.0/10 > > **Pros**: On the whole, it is a good CAD tool with fairly good features which I really want to use as my primary CAD software solution. I like the fact that it can be easily used for 'graphics' and 'page layout' too. I can use it on my Macbook air. > > **Cons**: To be honest, I like the software but your workflow really does need addressing for me to use the software for serious architectural designs. As I have moved from seriously high end CAD programs and use it for small architectural projects as well as the possibility for using it in school for CAD/CAM and presentation. I sooo want to be able to use MDP for all architectural projects but in its present form (I know that you have added lots of features from the previous version), I just cannot use it due to workflow issues. When drawing architectural elements, something which should take just a couple of mouse clicks in other software programs, ends up taking significantly more in MDP. I have logged a lot of this in the forums - your response has been fairly quick but the solutions come across as a long winded 'work around' to achieve a relatively simple task. This is the reason why I am not currently using the program daily or weekly. I want to be able to offset angular lines in just a couple of click with specific dimensions, not just dragging them and relying on grid snaps. The solution given in the forums was painfully long - you could not afford to do it in practice. I want to have the ability to have full customisation of dimensions - leader lines and weights, arrow heads, scale/size of everything. Currently, the tool is too constrained. I want to be able to create symbols at various scales and drag and drop them into a drg and they will be the correct size. I can go on.. > > I like the program. I want to use it seriously but unfortunately in its present iteration, I cannot. As previously said, I have lots of experience in using lots of CAD software, I would like you to have a rethink of the workflow issues. For reference, please take a look at http://www.ilexsoft.com/highdesign/ The workflow is pretty good but I do get a few issues using it on my macbook air. It looks like they are developing it to be full blown BIM, which I don't need - hence the switch to MDP. Simple, workflow efficient 2D cad with awesome output possibilities is what I need. ----- ### "Great update, more modern features" — 5.0/5 > **Nick** | *2 July 2019* | Construction | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: I have been using MacDraft for at least 20 years. Over that time, it has become a mature, useful tool for me. Although I have used Autocad before, I find MacDraft so much easier to use and 'Mac-like'. Not all the tools are intuitive, but easy enough to figure out with online help. With the new update to V7, the interface has been cleaned up significantly, and everything is easier to use. I now can do my work in less time, and achieve better looking results. I really appreciate that Microspot continues to update this great piece of software. > > **Cons**: Some of the tools look different than the last version, so there is a bit of a re-learning curve. That's not to say that once learned, the improvements are evident. > > I routinely import a scan of my designer's hand drawn floorplans and work with them in MacDraft. I can overlay the computer drawn plan and work with it very well. ----- ### "Very useful 2D CAD tool" — 4.0/5 > **Sisto** | *4 July 2019* | Design | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: The new 7.x version is certainly more user friendly than all previous versions. Better stability. Better speed. All the necessary tools are just a mouse click away. > > **Cons**: However I would like to underline two aspects that I would like to personally change: 1) It would be nice if the actually list of various fonts, showed their real graphic appearance, otherwise for the desired choice, I necessarily to scroll through and view them all and it is a waste of time. 2) For small projects where only one A4 sheet is enough, the one-page scroll on the 27 "screen is too reactive at the touch of the mouse; sometimes it comes out of the visible area and makes it take a little time to bring it back in the working position. Certainly this is useful with worksheets greater than A4 in the landscape version. It would be really useful if the user could activate or deactivate this function directly from the "Preferences" panel. > > Generally the graphic interface (UI) of this version is closer to the way other 2D CAD works and for my activity MacDraft 7.x it's ideal. ----- ### "MDFT Pro 7 Upgrade for 10 year+ user..." — 5.0/5 > **Wayne** | *8 October 2019* | Broadcast Media | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: With the new version 7, I find I like how all the drawing tools are laid out in just a couple of windows so that they are readily available. It appears the new "titling" version is better but I'm still on the steep part of the learning curve getting used to the changes > > **Cons**: 1) The new work flow to "Duplicate" a file and then "Save" seems counter intuitive to the former "Save As" function. Not quite sure what the thinking was there \!?\! 2) It appears that I cannot change the default font color. Titles I create start in sort of a TAN color and then I have to change it to black or whatever... 3) The "Enter" or "Return" button does not exit you out of the title creation phase. Rather it just gives you a carriage return in the title block. In order to get back to the cursor, I have to hit "ESC". Yikes \! ...shades of AutoCAD nightmares \!\! > > Overall, I'm pleased with the new Version Pro 7 of MacDraft. It has been my drawing program of choice for more than 10 years and I look forward to getting further along in the new version to fully realize all the improvements. I trust my comments provide some useful feedback. As someone who really tried to learn autoCAD and failed miserably, I am SO GLAD to have your product in my tool bag. ----- Page: 1 / 9\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/software/33342/macdraft-professional?page=2) ## Links - [View on SoftwareAdvice](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/software/33342/macdraft-professional) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | en | | | en-AU | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | ----- ## Structured Data