Interesting for me to see these posts from just over a year ago, trailed Designer 1 but found I still wanted to stick with my Corel student edition. Just trailed V2.4 and see it much improved and robust. I draw small parts, floor plans & quick line sketches for hobbies, I like the assets tool, I like a lot of things, I don't like the pen cursor - seem to start & finish a line just a bit away from where I need, be nice to have a cross available. Interesting that the measure/dimension tool has not changed in over a year - I found measure quick, just wish it stuck around when I moved the mouse. I missed DrawPlus but Corel student was a good buy, I also use Inkscape now and again.