I've had Smartdraw since 2013 I've had Smartdraw since 2013. If you asked me back then, I would've told you Smartdraw's the bomb but in 2019, it's old and trite and I barely use it. It's stuck in same boring 2d visuals while the rest of the world has moved to 3D and 3D rendering. I've asked when will they start making exciting 3D visuals but each update has the same outdated stuff ZZZZzzzzzzzz. Even Powerpoint has moved to loading in 3D images. If the next update has the same boring 2 dimensional visuals, I'm done.

Clumsy to use and would not load my saved files After creating an account and spending a couple of hours getting used to the program and drawing a floor plan, I named and saved a couple of documents only to find the files would not load when I logged in again. It seems other people have had this problem. Regarding using this software, anyone familiar with using Autocad or similar will find it clumsy and awkward to use.

Bad Bad Bad Started creating a quick drawing I desperatley needed. I went on to 'save' , and I got prompted to log in or 'create account' - so I logged in using google, then got prompted to pay for subscription... Not even the slightest option to go back to the drawing I spent time drafting.. felt like I was blackmailed: either you pay or your drawing is gone.. goodbye then... once and forever

Waste of time As echoed below, the trail is a complete waste of time. Can only export drawings with intrusive watermarks on them which block any content from being read. I will not be purchasing as I have no idea what the finished drawings will look like in a report.

Annoying and difficult with useless trial At first try, it seems like it will be useful and easy, with numerous initial layouts and tools. But, that's when the troubles begin. First off, it wouldn't create a new document. I opened a new page and suddenly it created a document when I clicked on the template. That was just the start of the bugs and totally bizarre behaviors. Every operation was much more difficult than it needed to be. Many times I couldn't find a way to do simple operations. When I finally had something that was close enough, it printed watermarks over the entire page saying how it was created with a trial version. After all the previous problems that completely convinced to never spend anything on this product.