CAD tools you pay for once.
Cotanova makes software in Le Mans, France, to read, measure, cut and send out your drawings. It opens in a quarter of a second, works offline and needs no account and no subscription.
| Position | Software | Start-up | Price excl. VAT |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  CotavueRead and measure your drawings and 3D models | 0.251 sto open | €49.99excl. VAT, once |
| 2 |  CotacutNest your parts and cut your sheets | 0.227 sto open | €99.99excl. VAT, once |
| 3 |  CotalotSend out your drawing sets and change their title blocks | 0.249 sto open | €59.99excl. VAT, once |
| 4 | In the worksThe next software in the range, still for CAD | — | — |
| 5 | Your idea?Tell us what you are missing: write to us | — | — |
Start-up: time to the first image, measured at every release on an ordinary desktop PC. Launch prices, excluding VAT, paid once.
Cotavue reads and measures drawings.
DXF, DWG and PDF in 2D; STEP, IGES and STL in 3D. Click two points and the dimension appears, in millimetres or inches. Nothing leaves your PC.
- 117real DWG drawings from many trades, opened at every release
- 13drawing and 3D model formats
- 0 bytessent: no cloud, no account
DXF drawing: 90.00 mm between two holes, snapped to their centres.
Cotacut writes the right DXF, ready to cut.
It nests your parts, checks every gap on the real geometry and writes one file per sheet, arcs and holes intact.
Parts of ten shapes on a 1500 × 1000 mm sheet; the reusable offcut in dashes, on the right.
Cotalot changes a whole drawing set at once.
The title blocks of dozens of DWG and DXF drawings in one table: revision, date, number, changed in one go, without AutoCAD. Then each layout as a PDF at the right size.
- 291 / 291real drawings rewritten faithfully, read back and compared
- 117drawings from many trades turned into PDF without a stop
- 0 AutoCADno licence, no LISP to write
The title blocks of 9 drawings in one table: a column filled at once.
House rules.
They hold for every software in the range: today's and the ones to come.
- Once
Paid once
No subscription, nothing to cancel. Updates to the version you bought are included.
- 0 accounts
No account
You install it and open your files. A licence key is enough, pasted once.
- 0 bytes
Your files stay with you
Everything happens on your PC, offline. Nothing is sent, nothing is stored online.
- 14 days
A full trial
Only the days you open the software count. After that, Reader mode stays free, with no time limit.
- 30 days
Refunded, no questions
If the software does not suit you, write to us within 30 days of purchase.
- FR · EN
In French and English
Software, help and site in both languages, in millimetres or inches.