CAD software is the short form of the phrase Computer Aided Design software. As computers have now been used in all the fields of activity, it is pretty obvious that they are used in designing, too. There are specially designed software applications that allow you to make 2D or 3D representations of things. CAD software can be used both by professionals in order to get high quality and detailed products but also by normal average people for their own personal purposes.

<-300x250 Medium Rectangle - center->

Normal people like you and I will prefer to download free CAD software from the internet as we only need it to assist us in our projects for house decoration, garden design, prosthetic design, technical manual design,  building a porch or something similar. It is helpful and nice to see your ideas illustrated and to see what the result of your work will look like, but you don't need very sophisticated CAD software for this, as all your work can be done with the features offered by the free versions of such software. If you are interested in downloading such free stuff, you can visit www.seastar.com or www.cnet.com.



Professionals, on the other hand, need the best CAD software they can get in order to obtain the best results. CAD has been used a lot frequently in a variety of fields, especially in obtaining the special effects in action or science fiction movies. Nowadays cartoons rely mainly on CAD software , as nobody works with the paper and pen any more here. Of course, these two fields require a variety of oprions and features, 3D graphics and the exact impersonation of peoples' or animals' moves.

So the point is that CAD software is a very wide range of software that designs things and places or animated characters, all with the help of the computer. So everything that has to do with design and uses the software for this can be considered as a part of CAD software. In this case you can use AutoCAD 2010 and if you are interested in a specific area that I mentioned before you can purchase some software specifically meant for this. You can use for example: home design software, landscaping software, deck or porch building software, automotive parts design software, 2D or 3D animation software and so on. they are all part of CAD software.

Look at this kitchen that was designed by somebody who wanted to see what his future kitchen will look like after making some changes and building some new furniture. You have the possibility to place upload real pictures with the rooms in your house and get a customized digital plan for every of them. This software allows you to place the furniture in different positions to find the best one without having to move them around the house. You can even choose the color of the walls, the material and texture of the furniture, its dimensions, add different features like rounded corners or maybe estimated cost. If you have all the necessary data it will be much easier for you to operate the changes in real life and avoid building some furniture that just does not fit your room.



This was only an example. A better one is the 3D animation software that allows professionals to obtain such spectacular results like the ones you could admire in the famous Avatar movie by James Cameron. As you can see the practical applications in various domains make CAD software really important and justifies the pretty high prices of the software packages.

The VCD is the short form of the video compact disc. It is a standard digital format that allows you to store video files on a compact disc. I think of VCD as some kind of a transition between the CD and DVD. You can play VCDs on special devices called VCD player or on DVD players or on your computer. The VCD was meant to offer the user the same high quality as the VSH video cassette and also a modern means of transporting and supporting video files.

<-300x250 Medium Rectangle - center->

Even if in North America and Europe this kind of device is no longer used on a large scale, there are some parts of the world that still use it intensively due to its qualities and the relatively small price compared with DVDs. I am talking about more countries in Asia like India , China Pakistan, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia. Thailand , Philippines and so on that still use it intensively. The VCDs are used here mainly as support for films and music files, especially due to the growing film industry in India and the Asian people's appetite for such entertainment as the karaoke - with the musical support, the lyrics and video on VCD .



The VCD software is somewhat similar and in some parts even identical with the DVD software. Because the DVDs are now the most spread means of supporting data due mainly to their bigger storing space and the high quality offered, VCDs are used occasionally and that is why there isn't so much offer for software that is specially designed for them. Usually the VCDs can use the same software as the DVDs , usually for ripping them - that is burning VCDs, copying VCDs or conversing files from VCD format for example into another format that allows you to use the video file on another device.

Let's take for example AVI to VCD/SVCD/DVD Converter 3.81. This is some VCD software that is used to convert the files in AVI format into formats that are compatible with VCD/SVCD/DVD. It is very simple and easy to use , with a very straightforward interface. This software has no problem converting more than one file at a time and it also allows you to queue documents. Besides the formats already mentioned, theis software can also convert MPEG and DVx clips.The high quality VCDs or DVDs obtained can be played on any VCD player or DVD player, keeping the same quality of the original AVI file.

VCD Cutter

This is another type of VCD software that helps you select and cut clips from your VCDs. It is very easy to use and you can get smaller clips from your VCd, but without losing the quality of the video. MAybe you want only a small part from the video you have on a VCD or want to give it to someone else. Why make a whole copy of the VCD when you can choose only the parts you are interested in? That's what the VCD cutter does. Just select the clips, set up the start and end time on your VCD and then save the copied file under a name you choose and this is it: exactly the parts that you wanted.



1Click DVD Ripper 2.03


This  VCD software does exactly what it says: rips DVDs and VCDs. It can be used to make one to one copies of VCds or select some video files to burn on your VCD. Very easy to use and at the same time with the big advantage of downloading it for free.