SmartDraw 2010 for Windows

User Reviews

• garbage program

  9/23/2015

  Pros

  nothing that you can find

  Cons

  most important: it doest let you uninstall it.

  Summary

  garbage program (plus it says that's its a 5 star rated program..NOT)

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• Buggy and limited functionality

  garne2t3/16/2015

  Pros

  Very basic drawings

  Cons

  Dimension capability is buggy and limited. Can't add text anywhere

  Summary

  I ran into all sorts of problems with adding dimensions to a drawing of my kitchen countertops. I couldn't get the object to size to the right dimension as it would skip from 13/16" to 15/16" and would not allow me to select 7/8". I tried zooming in very close and it still didn't work. Dimensions are poorly placed and can't be moved. They are also not drawn with architectural standards in mind. I was unable to add text in a specific location in my drawing. Overall very frustrating experience for my application.

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• adware. do NOT download.

  alan_brooklyn3/14/2014

  Pros

  basic software for drawing flowcharts, etc.

  Cons

  Adware. I downloaded, played with it for a bit, and then removed it or so I thought. On startup a smartdraw window continues to pop up, even though no program called smartdraw or sd... is listed in my programs. I finally figured out how to remove using "Scheduled tasks" where two tasks beginning with SD are listed.

  Summary

  Evil.

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• Sounds so clever and so good? Is it really?

  Kushi Stanley2/1/2014

  Pros

  Looks handy. Very impressed. Downloaded and installed. :)

  Cons

  Oh, my god, they have gone too far and forgot the very very basic. There is no option for you to open a blank document - sometime we need to build our own from sketch. :(

  Summary

  Got nothing more to say.

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• Couldn't open a simple visio file correctly

  MaxPower8010/20/2013

  Pros

  None - didn't get to try it fully

  Cons

  Couldn't open an existing vsd file. If I can't easily convert Visio files, this product is useless. Will have to go with Visio instead.

  Summary

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• no good lost my time

  hsamoila10/6/2013

  Pros

  nothing positive, lost my time

  Cons

  you can't do anything easy as they say; you try to move a wall everything is moving, you try to print the trial has 4 printing options so you're done(with watermarks) you can't put the proper dimensions easily, you have to restart over and over for each modification; why should we buy a program like this; I would like to know where they work all the users that left the positive feedback

  Summary

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• Adware, pure and simple

  luckcactus9/30/2013

  Pros

  You can do basic flow diagrams similar to Powerpoint.

  Cons

  Adware. This program installs MySearchDial and My PC Backup. The first hijacks your browsers search and homepage capabilities. The second produces a pop up ad ever ten minutes or so. SmartDraw really doesn't do anything for you that Powerpoint or Word can't.

  Summary

  The program itself is fairly basic, you may as well stick with one of the MS Office programs. This is essentially adware and the publishers clearly make their money from ads rather than (unrealistically overpriced)subscriptions.

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• do NOT use this!

  Dash_Owner_Phx5/20/2013

  Pros

  NONE. Not only didn't it work, but even after I installed it I am STILL getting their popups and ads NON-STOP

  Cons

  YOU WILL GET NON STOP ADWARE!!! DO NOT INSTALL!!!!!!!

  Summary

  I have NEVER downloaded anything that I could not install. However, this program, after installation, still notifies me of their updates. The WORST thing is that both my browsers are now giving me NON STOP ads and unsolicited information. It's making me VERY FRUSTRATED. D O N O T I N S T A L L ! ! ! ! ! ! !

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• Waste of time and traffic

  dimaxer5/3/2013

  Pros

  Nice reviews on official website.

  Cons

  I just have no words to express. It looked like this program is Visio-killer, but I would rather work in Paint rather in SmartDraw.

  Summary

  I was looking for a simple and easy to use AutoCad-like program and read good reviews of SmartDraw on their site. Installed it and was impressed. 99% of software I first run do not make me look into manual and read how to do things. But Smartdraw made me do it. Fantastically, but I almost never look into manual for AutoCad and ArchiCad but had to spend time trying to do basic things in SmartDraw. I would give 0.5 star if that was possible.

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• Welcome to bloatware and a surprise seven day trial.

  Psyoon1/29/2013

  Pros

  I was unable to install it before it zombified my system and used it to send Nigerian prince emails.

  Cons

  Malware and spyware

  Summary

  Optional Bloatware package! Yay! Nope. Uncheck. Restarts Chrome... what? Ooh look! It installed an ad suite. Uninstall. Uh... yeah. Okay, well maybe the program's worthwhile? Surprise- 7 day trial. Screw it. Uninstall time. Before I could even get to the control panel it popped up it's other surprise- a software suite to backup your entire system online. Yeah. Sounds legitimate. Luckily it manifests as a program so it was easy to remove, but I'm waiting for the next thing to pop up too. What the hell CNET? You used to not suck, and used to fight against this kind of thing. What the hell happened?

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