The CADD Shootout Challenge: The annual 3D Designers CADD Shootout competition called together design teams representing 12 of the world's top CAD softwares for a head-to-head competition judged in 22 categories. The winner, as judged by a panel of 12 real-life architects, CAD professionals and industry experts along with more than 400 architects and professionals in attendance, walked away with the title of "Best Overall Architectural CADD Software" and the prestigious CAD Cup Trophy. Each 3-member design team was challenged to flex their CAD software muscle by producing a full design project complete with elevations, perspectives and QuickTime animations, in only three hours.   The Case: The goal-- to produce a New England-style church, built on a slope facing the sea-- was not revealed until the start of the shootout. And, to add realism to the event, aspects of the design criteria were changed every 30 minutes for the first 1.5 hours of the competition!

Overall Competitor Standings 1  MiniCAD 7  $795 2 AllPlan $4,995 3 TriForma $5,325 4 ArchiCAD $4,995 5 Arris $4,250* 6 DataCAD $249 7 DenebaCAD $799 8 Architrion $4,000 9 Architech.PC $3,500 10 Arc+/Virtus $1,595 11 BuildersCAD $1,995 12 AutoCAD 14 $7,250* * Includes plug-in

The Champion: MiniCAD 7 outperformed them all-- winning the event as "The Best Overall Architectural CADD Software", and placing in 18 of the 22 categories, including first place in six categories! Read on to review the minute-by-minute development of the winning design created using MiniCAD 7 in only three hours that beat AutoCAD, TriForma, AllPlan and eight other leading CAD software. Now, imagine what you can do with this affordably priced, easy-to-use, powerful design tool in your hands when you're working against the clock!