Download - CADHours

Installer

Adds CADHours to the Start menu and, if you leave the box ticked, starts it with Windows so it is always recording.

CADHours-Setup-0.9.9-beta-until-2026-12-01.exe

65 MB · Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit

Verify the download (optional, for advanced users)

This confirms the file arrived complete and unchanged. Most people can skip it. To check, open PowerShell and run the line below. The result should be the same as the SHA-256 value shown here:

(Get-FileHash "$env:USERPROFILE\Downloads\CADHours-Setup-0.9.9-beta-until-2026-12-01.exe" -Algorithm SHA256).Hash

SHA-256 of this installer:

9CC38B592CAB2DFFEBAF6E0540118DBB5E3F7EE63F87EBCE16F3AEF73512D360

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Your download has started

Find CADHours-Setup-0.9.9-beta-until-2026-12-01.exe in your Downloads folder and run it. If Windows says Windows protected your PC, see the note below: click More info, then Run anyway.

Help us build the right thing (optional, anonymous)

A few quick questions, under a minute. We ask for no name and no email.

Which CAD programs do you use? Inventor AutoCAD AutoCAD LT Other

Which Inventor version?Which AutoCAD version?

Your industryYour role

Company sizeWho would use it?

How do you track your hours today? Not tracked From memory A spreadsheet A timesheet or ERP system Another time-tracking tool

What is the biggest problem with it? (one line, optional)How did you hear about CADHours?

Your answers are used only to decide what to build next, and are not linked to you.

What you need

Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit.
Autodesk Inventor or AutoCAD (not AutoCAD LT) on the same PC - they are what the tracker times.
No administrator rights - it installs for the current user only.
Nothing else to install.

No licence key needed

The beta needs no key. Each beta runs for a set time and reminds you in its last week - to carry on, install the newest beta and your recorded time carries over. If a beta ends, recording stops, but the day summary, Statistics and exports keep working - no recorded time is lost.

"Windows protected your PC"

During the beta the installer is not code-signed, so Windows SmartScreen may show Windows protected your PC the first time you run it. To continue, click More info, check the file is CADHours-Setup-0.9.9-beta-until-2026-12-01.exe, then click Run anyway.

After installing

Read and accept the licence agreement, leave Start CADHours when Windows starts ticked, and click Finish.
The hourglass icon appears in the tray, next to the clock. Windows hides most tray icons - click the ^ arrow to find it.
Open a file in Inventor or AutoCAD. If your project folders are named like TS487 - Test Station, timing starts straight away.
Otherwise, right-click the icon, choose Settings... and tell it where your jobs are on the Jobs page.

Matching your jobs to your folders can be the trickiest step, since it depends on how your company numbers jobs and organises its files. If you are struggling with it, email hello [at] cadhours [dot] com and we will help where we can.

The Help page covers the rest.

Uninstalling

Use Settings → Apps → Installed apps in Windows. Your recorded time stays in %LOCALAPPDATA%\CADHours, so reinstalling picks up where you left off.

To keep a copy - on a USB stick, say, or to move to another PC - use Backup and restore... in the tray menu. It saves everything, or the settings only, to one zip file.

CADHours 0.9.9 beta