KeyCreator

Pros: The feature I liked is the direct modeling approach, which allows creators to directly modify 3D models without being limited by parametric history. It also offers the ability to create solid models and 2D drawings, enabling the creation of complex geometries.

Cons: I believe that in terms of customization and automation, there should be further improvements. The ability to create macros and scripts is not very advanced and could benefit from a renovation.

Pros: The mathematics is flawless. We rely on KeyCreator for all our calculations and operation sheets for 5-axis milling machines. it is correct every time. The solid modeling is easy and consistent.

Cons: We cannot make continuing section views except from a main view (you cannot section a section view). The dimensioning, though always correct, can be a little glitchy at times and may lose associativity (rarely). The dimension annotations are improving but can continue to be developed.

Pros: Easy to learn.Help is good. It offers versatile solutions.

Cons: If I point to a line with the mouse, it is not visible enough. It should be seen more clearly.Inserting an image is not the easiest.

Pros: We have been using it since it was CADKEY. Pretty easy to use. Wire frame, surfaces and-or solids. Mix and match as needed.

Cons: A better help menu for those of us that are not CAD guru's.

Pros: Ease of use for 3D modelling, solid 3D translators

Cons: I'd like to see more standard color options

Pros: Ease of use, compatible with other CAD models

Cons: Some updates create issues & have errors

Pros: the software is easy to use for me because its similar to the software I was using so thankfully I didn't have to learn a brand new and different software

Cons: some features I haven't looked at closely are bothersome but I know there are settings that can be changed to make those functions operate differently

Pros: Very easy to use. I like that it is compatible with multiple file types.

Cons: The main issue I have is the the online university. The tutorials are helpful but the order is chaotic. I wish it were more organized step by step, from the beginner stage and gradually get more advanced.Specifically there is one feature I think could be added. On a folded model there should be a way to change the sheet thickness without unfolding and re-folding after extruding the sheet.

Pros: I have been using this software for over 30 years. From the early days of Cadkey, where you had to construct your solids by building wire frames, to the current KeyCreator product where you are designing with real solid elements. The software has the power to handle the most complicated of designs with the simplicity of tasks that achieve the design. Menus are intuitive, and well organized. The best feature by far is that you only have 1 file to manage. Your solid model, assembly and drawing are stored in 1 file. In these days of remote locations and outsourcing having to manage multiple files, as is the case in other software, is a treacherous road.

Cons: The biggest shortcoming in my opinion has been the software help. Sometimes the self-contained help search in the software can get you out of trouble, but more often than not it is rather geeky. The online support, examples and tutorials are great, they need to be expanded into the fringes of the software where reside some very powerful tools.

Pros: The ease of importing and healing customer supplied files makes preparing cut files to be used in manufacturing sheet metal parts extremely simple. It is capable of importing many mainstream file types and is very dependable.

Cons: A couple of the negatives of this software are the inability to merge entire native files or to copy complete drawing layouts into other native files. I also hope that the ability to export multi-page PDF files is added to the features, as of now the need to export single page PDF files and then combined them in a separate software to create drawing packages.

Pros: -Ease of changing (Box Move)-Quick-Does not have to use parametric features (not history driven)

Cons: -Please add a reference dimension quick button/check box so we do not have to add ( ) manually.-We also use SW for the analysis package- at one time you were developing this capability?

Pros: We have found that using a non-parametric 3D CAD modeling software in our custom tool & die work is preferable in most instances to using a parametric modeler like Solidworks. There have been a number of times we have received Solidworks or geometry in other parametric formats from our customers, and when they made a minor change to something it screwed up other aspects of the geometry because they didn't have their constraints set correctly. The worse thing is that they didn't know it, and I discovered it during my work. In the custom tooling world, those kinds of things can be catastrophic.In general terms, I have always found the interface to be reasonably easy to use, although there are some things that could be drastically improved. Most of the basic entity generation functionality works largely as I learned how to do things as a draftsman on the drafting table, so the process is generally straightforward.

Cons: The feature generation and documentation (drilled and/or tapped holes, fasteners, etc.) is mostly an imported functionality set from the old Draftpak suite they imported into CADkey years ago. They have done very little to improve it, it's pretty buggy and there are some large holes in the way it works. Compared to other CAD software I've played with, KeyCreator's functionality in this area is substandard. Like most software these days, the documentation and help system are terrible, and often haven't even been updated to match the current version of the software.

Pros: Importation from our OEM data to creation of accurate repair methods is crucial to our fast-paced customer-driven business. The free form solid modeling approach provided by Keycreator allows us to develop ideas at that very rapid pace.

Cons: Some of the linear and diameter dimension functions are non-intuitive at times.

Pros: The software makes it relatively easy to modify solids as you are designing.

Cons: It's hard to think of anything I like the least, because overall I think the pros outweigh any cons.

Pros: We started with the software way back when it was Cadkey. I like the ability to customize with KXL's for our tooling which reduces a lot of design / detailing time.

Cons: I wish all the translator's were integrated into the standard software and not an extra $$$. We can't justify this cost for just needing to translate something once or twice a year.

Pros: 3D cad drawing, exporting to 3D printing Software, Customers that ask for other formats, web sites that have 34D Cad drawing on site.

Cons: being able to remote work without signing off on main computer

Pros: Easy to use and reasonably priced. import export features work with all major CAD software making revisions to designs and controlling layouts is relatively pain free.

Cons: Animation could be improved to be more realistic.

Pros: 3D modeling and import export features. Ease of use.

Cons: I do no use the software to it's full capabilities but I like every feature I use.

Pros: Most of what I produce is an .stl file headed to a 3D printer in order to sell a concept or to simply print a component or assembly.

Cons: Nothing comes to mind. I've grown up with KeyCreator in its present form and what ever it was twenty five years ago. I have never used other similar programs (Pro-Engineer - etc.) so I don't have any way to compare other programs. I just kinda grew up with CadKey and what ever was there before. My first experience was with a NASA 3D system back in the 1988 time frame. It was a monstrous pain in the ass. After I retired from NASA in 1994 I purchased a 2D system, Drafix, and was quite impressed with the simplicity of that system. About this time I purchased CadKey and have simply grown up with it over the past thirty years or so.

Pros: Many capabilities as with the high end CAD systems (NX, Catia V5, Creo).Easy to use.Easy to modify models.

Cons: Not feature/history base (not parametric) modeling.Some tasks require more step (commands) to achieve the same result with one step (command).

Pros: I have used KeyCreator for 15 yrs and one of the most important things to me is the ease of translation importing and exporting file types and how fast the program allows me to work. I use KC to design progressive stamping dies as well as custom machinery. Designing in 3D and being able to see my projects from all aspects is critical to my business. KeyCreator provides the direct drawing experience that makes 3D CAD easy to learn and use.

Cons: Having used KeyCreator for so long, I have found ways of working around almost all obstacles. I do not have any problems with the software.

Pros: I like the ability to utilize classic mode.

Cons: I have no dislikes as it’s very easy to use.

Pros: It is very good for creating part geometry and features quickly. Most of the popular neutral formats can be imported and exported, and a few of the most popular native formats can also be imported. You can easily drop assemblies in to a new model in free space and locate them quickly with just a few steps. The way you use the software may be totally different than the way another user works with it. The way you access tools and features is user configurable. Compared to the most popular packages, it is less expensive per seat and the AUC is also less expensive but in some cases the functionality is quite a bit better.

Cons: I’m not a big fan of the animation feature, but aside from that I can’t find anything I don’t really like. I’ve been a user since 1991 so I am kind of institutionalized. The software fits my needs and always has. I am probably using about 30% of it’s capabilities, but that’s OK because I can get things that I need done, done quickly while only occasionally utilizing many of the available features.