CAD Hardware

Deciding on the right CAD hardware can be a daunting task. Which PC, workstation, mouse, keyboard, graphics card or monitor should you choose? Which would be best for your specific CAD software or industry? We answer these questions and more in these CAD hardware posts.
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Matterport Capture Basics | Getting Started

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The world is home to over one billion active iPhones (as of 2021) and more than three billion active Android users (as of May 2021). For Matterport, a company that helps its clients to create 3D virtual twins of various types…

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Matterport Cameras Compared | Which Camera Should I Use?

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Matterport is as much a 3D virtual tours software provider as it is a hardware developer and seller. Its hardware offerings include the Pro series 3D camera, currently in its second iteration, and a motorized mount, which enables mobile phone users…

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How Much Does Matterport Cost? Pricing Explained | Scan2CAD

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Matterport is an industry leader in the 3D virtual tours space. The company develops the world’s leading spatial data platform, eponymously named Matterport. The platform offers a myriad of capabilities that appeal to vast swathes of users, including hoteliers, realtors, facilities…

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Matterport – Everything You Need to Know

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According to a 2021 Consumer Housing Trends Report by real estate intelligence company Zillow, 68% of home buyers agreed completely or somewhat that 3D virtual tours would give them a better feel of the house than 2D photos. Furthermore, 61% of…

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Are MacOS Computers Good for CAD?

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The use of Computer Aided Design, CAD for short, is an integral part of the workflow of many industries. Although the concept was primarily to help the architecture, engineering, and construction industries produce better technical drawings, other modern niches such as…

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Compared: The Best Tablets for CAD

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Once upon a time, only huge mainframe computers could run CAD. Thankfully, over the years, desktop computers that had enough power to run CAD applications became available. For a while, engineers and designers were content but another problem arose. The need…

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Compared: The Best Laptops for CAD

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Cast your mind back to the mid-2000s. It was a very different era in many fields—particularly when it came to CAD. At that time, working with CAD meant working at a desktop computer. Laptops simply didn’t have the capabilities to deal with…

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CAD News: Revit, BricsCAD, HP ZBook 15V and More

HP Zbook laptop - CAD News, Revit, Bricscad, HP Zbook

Welcome to the April 2018 edition of World of CAD, Scan2CAD’s monthly roundup of all the news you need to know from CAD, CNC, and their related fields. This month sees news from major players in both hardware and software. Firstly,…

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Compared: The Best Workstations for CAD

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If you work with CAD software, you’re probably always on the hunt for ways to make your workflow more efficient. Central to that search is finding the best workstations for CAD. With so many impressive machines on the market, however, that’s…

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How to Build the Ultimate CAD PC

Guide To Building CAD PC

If you work with CAD software day in, day out, you’ll know how important it is to use hardware capable of coping with the programs you use. Most CAD software comes with stringent minimum system requirements, and an everyday consumer PC…