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Below is a listing of 3D Design Software Packages from Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_3D_modeling_software) | Below is a listing of 3D Design Software Packages from Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_3D_modeling_software) | ||
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Following is a list of notable '''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D modeling 3D modeling] software''', computer programs used for developing a mathematical representation of any three-dimensional surface of objects, also called [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D modeling 3D modeling]. | |||
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! Title || License || 3D rendering support | |||
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|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D-Coat 3D-Coat] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_software Commercial software] || Yes | |||
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|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_Slash 3D Slash] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freemium Freemium] || Yes | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3dvia#3DVIA_Shape 3DVIA Shape] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_software Commercial software] || No | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC3D AC3D] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_software Commercial software] || No | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Dimension Adobe Dimension] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_software Commercial software] || Yes | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alibre_Design Alibre Design] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_software Commercial software] || Yes | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amapi Amapi] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_software Commercial software] || Yes | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anim8or Anim8or] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeware Freeware] || Yes | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animation:Master Animation:Master] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_software Commercial software] || Yes | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ArchiCAD ArchiCAD] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_software Commercial software] || Yes | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_of_Illusion Art of Illusion] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License GNU General Public License] || Yes | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AutoCAD AutoCAD] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_software Commercial software] || Yes | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AutoQ3D_Community AutoQ3D Community] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License#Version 2 GNU General Public License#Version 2] || Yes | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AutoQ3D AutoQ3D] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_software Commercial software] || Yes | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autodesk_3ds_Max Autodesk 3ds Max] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_software Commercial software] || Yes | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autodesk_Inventor Autodesk Inventor] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_software Commercial software] || Yes | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autodesk_Maya Autodesk Maya] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_software Commercial software] || Yes | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autodesk_Mudbox Autodesk Mudbox] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_software Commercial software] || Yes | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autodesk_Revit Autodesk Revit] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_software Commercial software] || Yes | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autodesk_Softimage Autodesk Softimage] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_software Commercial software] || Yes | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blender (software) Blender] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License#Version 2 GNU General Public License#Version 2] || Yes | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BricsCAD BricsCAD] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_software Commercial software] || Yes | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRL-CAD BRL-CAD] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Lesser_General_Public_License GNU Lesser General Public License] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD_License BSD License] || Yes | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryce#(software) Bryce] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_software Commercial software] || Yes | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CATIA CATIA] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_software Commercial software] || Yes | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrara_(software) Carrara] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_software Commercial software] || Yes | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheetah3D Cheetah3D] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_software Commercial software] || Yes | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_4D Cinema 4D] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_software Commercial software] || Yes | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CityEngine CityEngine] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_software Commercial software] || No | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara.io Clara.io] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freemium Freemium] || Yes | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DAZ_Studio DAZ Studio] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeware Freeware] || Yes | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DesignSpark Mechanical DesignSpark Mechanical] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freemium Freemium] || No | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Image_Animation_System Electric Image Animation System] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_software Commercial software] || Yes | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exa_Corporation Exa Corporation] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_software Commercial software] || Yes | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flux_(software) Flux] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeware Freeware] || No | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Form-Z Form-Z] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_software Commercial software] || Yes | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FreeCAD FreeCAD] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Lesser_General_Public_License GNU Lesser General Public License] || Yes | |||
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|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geomodeller3D Geomodeller3D] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_software Commercial software] || Yes | |||
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|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexagon_(software) Hexagon] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_software Commercial software] || No | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houdini_(software) Houdini] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_software Commercial software] || Yes | |||
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|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ironcad|IRONCAD IRONCAD] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_software Commercial software] || Yes | |||
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|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KeyCreator KeyCreator] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_software Commercial software] || Yes | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LightWave_3D LightWave 3D] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_software Commercial software] || Yes | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makers_Empire_3D Makers Empire 3D] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freemium Freemium] || Yes | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MASSIVE_(software) MASSIVE] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_software Commercial software] || Yes | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metasequoia_(software) Metasequoia] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_software Commercial software] || Yes | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MikuMikuDance MikuMikuDance] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeware Freeware] || Yes | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milkshape_3D Milkshape 3D] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_software Commercial software] || No | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modo_(software) Modo] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_software Commercial software] || Yes | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siemens_NX Siemens NX] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_software Commercial software] || No | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onshape Onshape] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_software Commercial software] || Yes | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_CASCADE Open CASCADE] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Lesser_General_Public_License GNU Lesser General Public License] || Yes | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenSCAD OpenSCAD] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License GNU General Public License] || Yes | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oculus_Medium Oculus Medium] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_software Commercial software] || Yes | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poser Poser] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_software Commercial software] || Yes | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerAnimator PowerAnimator] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_software Commercial software] || Yes | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promine Promine]|| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_software Commercial software] || Yes | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro/ENGINEER Pro/ENGINEER] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_software Commercial software] || Yes | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quake_Army_Knife Quake Army Knife] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License GNU General Public License] || Yes | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Realsoft_3D Realsoft 3D] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_software Commercial software] || Yes | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remo_3D Remo 3D] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_software Commercial software] || Yes | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RFEM RFEM] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_software Commercial software] || Yes | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhinoceros_3D Rhinoceros 3D] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_software Commercial software] || Yes | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ScanIP ScanIP] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_software Commercial software] || Yes | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sculptris Sculptris] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeware Freeware] || No | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seamless3d Seamless3d] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT MIT] || No | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SelfCAD SelfCAD] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_software Commercial software] || No | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shade_3D Shade 3D] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_software Commercial software] || Yes | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PunchCAD SharkCAD PunchCAD SharkCAD] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_software Commercial software] || Yes | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silo_(software) Silo] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_software Commercial software] || No | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sketchup Sketchup] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freemium Freemium] || Yes | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid_Edge Solid Edge] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_software Commercial software] || Yes | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/solidThinking solidThinking] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_software Commercial software] || Yes | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SolidWorks SolidWorks] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_software Commercial software] || Yes | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceClaim SpaceClaim] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_software Commercial software] || Yes | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strata_3D Strata 3D] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_software Commercial software] || Yes | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Home_3D Sweet Home 3D] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeware Freeware] || Yes | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swift_3D Swift 3D] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_software Commercial software] || No | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tekla_Structures Tekla Structures] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_software Commercial software] || No | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TrueSpace TrueSpace] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeware Freeware] || Yes | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wings_3D Wings 3D] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD_License BSD License] || Yes | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfram_Mathematica Wolfram Mathematica] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_software Commercial software] || Yes | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PunchCAD#ViaCAD PunchCAD ViaCAD] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_software Commercial software] || Yes | |||
|- | |||
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZBrush ZBrush] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_software Commercial software] || Yes | |||
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|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zmodeler Zmodeler] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeware Freeware] || Yes | |||
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Revision as of 02:05, 10 November 2019
Learning to use Computer Aided Design (CAD) software may seem like a daunting task but it is a worthwhile investment of your time that will speed your progress on future maker projects you undertake.
- Autodesk Fusion 360
- Vectric Vcarve Pro
- DesignSpark
- SolveSpace
Below is a listing of 3D Design Software Packages from Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_3D_modeling_software)
800 edit.png|thumb|250px|Computer-generated image created by [[Gilles Tran File:Glasses 800 edit.png|thumb|250px|Computer-generated image created by Gilles Tran
Following is a list of notable modeling 3D modeling software, computer programs used for developing a mathematical representation of any three-dimensional surface of objects, also called modeling 3D modeling.
| Title | License | 3D rendering support |
|---|---|---|
| 3D-Coat | Commercial software | Yes |
| 3D Slash | Freemium | Yes |
| 3DVIA Shape | Commercial software | No |
| AC3D | Commercial software | No |
| Adobe Dimension | Commercial software | Yes |
| Alibre Design | Commercial software | Yes |
| Amapi | Commercial software | Yes |
| Anim8or | Freeware | Yes |
| Animation:Master | Commercial software | Yes |
| ArchiCAD | Commercial software | Yes |
| Art of Illusion | GNU General Public License + | Yes |
| AutoCAD | Commercial software | Yes |
| AutoQ3D Community | GNU General Public License#Version 2|GNU GPLv2 + | Yes |
| AutoQ3D | Commercial software | Yes |
| Autodesk 3ds Max | Commercial software | Yes |
| Autodesk Inventor | Commercial software | Yes |
| Autodesk Maya | Commercial software | Yes |
| Autodesk Mudbox | Commercial software | Yes |
| Autodesk Revit | Commercial software | Yes |
| Autodesk Softimage | Commercial software | Yes |
| Blender | GNU General Public License#Version 2|GNU GPLv2+ | Yes |
| BricsCAD | Commercial software | Yes |
| BRL-CAD | GNU LGPL and BSD License|BSD | Yes |
| Bryce | Commercial software | Yes |
| CATIA | Commercial software | Yes |
| Carrara | Commercial software | Yes |
| Cheetah3D | Commercial software | Yes |
| Cinema 4D | Commercial software | Yes |
| CityEngine | Commercial software | No |
| Clara.io | Freemium | Yes |
| DAZ Studio | Freeware | Yes |
| DesignSpark Mechanical | Freemium | No |
| Electric Image Animation System | Commercial software | Yes |
| Exa Corporation | Commercial software | Yes |
| Flux | Freeware | No |
| Form-Z | Commercial software | Yes |
| FreeCAD | GNU LGPL | Yes |
| Geomodeller3D | Commercial software | Yes |
| Hexagon | Commercial software | No |
| Houdini | Commercial software | Yes |
| IRONCAD | Commercial software | Yes |
| KeyCreator | Commercial software | Yes |
| LightWave 3D | Commercial software | Yes |
| Makers Empire 3D | Freemium | Yes |
| MASSIVE | Commercial software | Yes |
| Metasequoia | Commercial software | Yes |
| MikuMikuDance | Freeware | Yes |
| Milkshape 3D | Commercial software | No |
| Modo | Commercial software | Yes |
| NX | Commercial software | No |
| Onshape | Commercial software | Yes |
| Open CASCADE | GNU LGPL | Yes |
| OpenSCAD | GNU GPL | Yes |
| Oculus Medium | Commercial software | Yes |
| Poser | Commercial software | Yes |
| PowerAnimator | Commercial software | Yes |
| Promine | Commercial software | Yes |
| Pro/ENGINEER | Commercial software | Yes |
| Quake Army Knife | GNU GPL | Yes |
| Realsoft 3D | Commercial software | Yes |
| Remo 3D | Commercial software | Yes |
| RFEM | Commercial software | Yes |
| Rhinoceros 3D | Commercial software | Yes |
| ScanIP | Commercial software | Yes |
| Sculptris | Freeware | No |
| Seamless3d | MIT | No |
| SelfCad | Commercial software | No |
| Shade 3D | Commercial software | Yes |
| SharkCAD | Commercial software | Yes |
| Silo | Commercial software | No |
| Sketchup | Freemium | Yes |
| Solid Edge | Commercial software | Yes |
| solidThinking | Commercial software | Yes |
| SolidWorks | Commercial software | Yes |
| SpaceClaim | Commercial software | Yes |
| Strata 3D | Commercial software | Yes |
| Sweet Home 3D | Freeware | Yes |
| Swift 3D | Commercial software | No |
| Tekla Structures | Commercial software | No |
| TrueSpace | Freeware | Yes |
| Wings 3D | BSD | Yes |
| Wolfram Mathematica | Commercial software | Yes |
| ViaCAD | Commercial software | Yes |
| ZBrush | Commercial software | Yes |
| Zmodeler | Freeware | Yes |
A more comprehensive but also more confusing list of all Computer Aided Design Software from Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_computer-aided_design_software)
| Title and developer | Latest release date and version | 2D/3D or specialty fields | Runs on Unix-like systems? | Runs on Windows? | Other platforms? | License | Academic version? | User Interface language/s | Support for Building Information Modelling? | Support for Industry Foundation Classes? | Support for AutoCAD DXF? | Imports | Exports | Price(USD) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABViewer by CADSoftTools | June 5, 2017 / Version 12 | 2D | Linux with Wine | Yes | No | Proprietary | No | en, fr, de, ru and others | No | No | Yes | ACIS SAT]], STL, IGES (.igs), STEP (.stp), OBJ, GTS, TIN, ASE, B3D, GLM, GLX, GLA, LMTS, LWO, NURBS, NMF, OCT, PLY, VRML, MDC, MD2, MD3, MD5, SMD, BSP, WMF, EMF, PDF, CGM, SVG, SVGZ, EPS, PS, Hewlett-Packard HPGL (PLT, HGL, HG, HPG, PLO, HP, HP1, HP2, HP3, HPGL, HPGL2, HPP, GL, GL2, PRN, SPL, RTL, PCL), GED, RLA, RPF, CEL, PIC, CAL, CG4, GP4, GIF, CUT, PAL, DDS, FAX, HDR, IFF, ICO, EXR, IMB, JPG, JPEG, J2K, J2C, JNG, JP2, KOA, PCT, PICT, MNG, PSP, PCD, PSD, PDD, PNG, PPM, PGM, PBM, RAW, G3, BW, RGB, RGBA, SGI, RAS, TIF, TIFF, TGA, VST, ICB, VDA, WIN, BMP, RLE, DIB, WAP, WBMP, WBM, XBM, XPM, PCX | PDF, DWG, DXF, SWF, CGM, DXT, SVG, PLT, STL, OBJ, OBJF, NMF, LMTS, NC, BMP, GIF, JPG, PNG, TIF, TIFF, WMF, EMF, SWF | Varies depending on the license type | |
| Advance Design by GRAITEC | June 2017 / Version 2018 | 3D, CAE, FEA | No | Yes | No | Proprietary | Yes | en, fr, ro, pl, cs | Yes | v2.x3 import and export | Yes | CIS/2, SDNF, PSS, DXF, GTC | CIS/2, SDNF, PSS, DXF, GTC | ? | |
| Advance Steel by Autodesk | April 1, 2017 / Version 2018 | 3D, CAE, CAM, steel detailing | No | Yes | No | Proprietary | Yes | en, de, ja, fr, zh-Hant, hu, pl, cs, es, du, ro, ru, it | Yes | v2.x3 import and export | Yes | IFC, CIS/2, PSS, SDNF, KISS, DSTV, DXF, DWG | IFC, CIS/2, PSS, SDNF, KISS, DSTV, DXF, DWG | ? | |
| Advance Concrete by Autodesk | April 29, 2016 / Version 2017 | 3D, CAE, CAM, concrete detailing | No | Yes | No | Proprietary | Yes | en, de, fr, pl, cs, ro | Yes | v2.x3 import and export | Yes | IFC, DXF, DWG | IFC, DXF, DWG | ? | |
| Alibre Design by Alibre | LLC | 2017, Version 2017.1.2 | 2D/3D | No | Yes | No | Proprietary | Yes | en, de, ja, fr, zh-Hant, pl, cs, es, da, pt-BR, sv | No | Yes | Yes | DXF, DWG, STEP, IGES, SAT, 3DM, STL, OBJ, PLY, 3DS, WRL, Inventor, ProE, SolidEdge, CATIA, Parasolid, Solidworks | DXF, DWG, STEP, IGES, SAT, BIP, EMF, PDF, STL, Solidworks, Parasolid | $1,000 - $2,000 |
| AllyCAD by Knowledge Base | 2016, Version 8.0 | 2D/3D | No | Yes | No | Proprietary | No | en | No | Land XML | Yes | DXF, DWG | DXF, DWG | ? | |
| ArchiCAD by Graphisoft | June 14, 2017 / Version 21 | 2D/3D Architecture, BIM | Mac OS X[1] | Yes | No | Proprietary | Free | en, de, es, fr, it, pt, ru, ja, pl, cs, hu, nl, fi, sv, no, da, tr, el, zh-Hans, ko, zh-Hant[2] | Yes | Import and export. Import certified. Export certified.[3] | Yes | 3D Studio, ACIS SAT, BMP, DGN, DWF, DWG, DXF, EMF, EPS, GIF, HPGL/PLT, IFC/IFCXML, JP2, JPEG, PDF, PICT, PNG, PSD, QTIF, SketchUp, TGA/Targa, TIF/TIFF, WMF | 3D Studio, Artlantis/ATL, AVI, BMP, DGN, DWF, DWG, DXF, EMF, EPS, EPX - Piranesi, FACT - ElectricImage, GIF, HPGL/PLT, IFC/IFCXML, JP2, JPEG, MOV, LP - Lightscape, OBJ, PDF, PICT, PNG, PSD, QTIF, SGI, SketchUp, TGA/Targa, TIF/TIFF, U3D, WRL, WMF | $4,250 | |
| AutoCAD by Autodesk | March 21, 2017 / Release 2018 | 2D/3D, Architecture, Drafting | Only AutoCAD for Mac OS X, No for discipline-specific vertical products, e.g. AutoCAD Architecture[4][5] | Yes | iOS, Android | Proprietary[6] | Yes | pt-BR, en, cs, fr, de, hu, it, ja, ko, pl, ru, zh-Hans, es, zh-Hant[citation needed] | limited for some verticals | for some verticals | Yes | DXF, DWG, DWS, DWT, WMF, SAT, 3DS, FBX, DGN[7] | 3DS (requires 3dsout), DXF, DWG, PDF, DWF, FBX, BMP, DGN[8] | $1,470 per year; $4,410 per 3 years | |
| Inventor by Autodesk | March 21, 2017 / 2018 | 3D | No | Yes | No | Proprietary | Yes | en and others | Yes | Yes | Yes | ACIS SAT, DXF, DWG, IGES, Pro/Engineer, STEP, .dwf, .wire, .catpart, .catproduct, .jt, .x b, .x t, .prt (NX), .asm, .g, .neu, Solidworks, ProE, Catia, .stl | ACIS SAT, DXF, DWG, IGES, STEP, .dwf, .catpart, .catproduct, .bmp, .gif, .jpeg, .png, .tiff, .iges, .jt, .pdf, .x b, .x t, .g, .neu, STL (file format), .xgl, .zgl | $1935 per year; $5805 per 3 years | |
| BricsCAD by Bricsys | January 16, 2017V17 (17.1.18)(64-bit, 32-bit) | 2D/3D AEC,Parametric direct modeling,BIM,Mechanical,Sheet metal,Rendering | Mac OS X,Fedora,OpenSuse,Ubuntu | Windows10, 8, 7, Vista | Linux, Mac | Proprietary | Forstudent,faculty,school.Free | en, cs, de, es, fr, hu, it, ja, ko, lt, pl, pt-BR, ru, vi, zh-Hans, zh-Hant | Yes | Yes | Yes | DWG 2.5 to 2013, DXF, ACIS SAT, DAE (COLLADA), BMP, JPEG, PCX, PNG, GIF, TGA, TIF, JP2, J2K, ECW, SIDWith extra Communicator license:STE, STP, STEP, IGS, IGES, CATIA V4/V5, VDA, IAM, IPT, PARASOLID, PAR, PSM, PRT, ASM, PRT, SLDASM, SLDPRT | DWG 2.5 to 2013, DXF, DWF, ACIS SAT, DAE (COLLADA), SLT (3D Printing), PDF, BMP, WMF, EMFWith extra Communicator license:STE, STP, STEP, IGS, IGES, CATIA V4/V5, VDA, 3D PDF | $1020 Platinum,$680 Pro,$550 Classic,$610 Communicator | |
| BRL-CAD by United States Army Research Laboratory | August 16, 2016 / 7.26.0 | 3D design and simulation for military vehicles | All POSIX (BSD/Linux/Unix like OS), Packages for FreeBSD, IRIX, Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris[9][10] | Yes | Yes | BSD licence, LGPL[9] | Free | en[9] | Unknown | No | Yes | DXF, Elysium Neutral Facetted, EUCLID, FASTGEN, IGES, Jack, NASTRAN, Pro/E,[11] STL, TANKILL, Unigraphics, Viewpoint Datalabs Format[12] | DXF, EUCLID, IGES, Jack, STL, TANKILL, VRML, OBJ, X3D[12] | Free | |
| Caddie Professional by Advanced Computer Solutions | 2014, 20 | 2D/3D CAE, Rendering | No | Windows 7 & 8 | Unknown | Proprietary | 70GBP, 106USD, 97EUR | en | Unknown | Unknown | Yes | DWG, DXF, DRW, JPEG, BMP, TIFF, PNG, GIF, ECW, JPEG2000, ASCII, XLS | DWG, DXF, DRW, DWF, WMF, PDF, JPEG, BMP, TIFF, PNG, GIF | $106 - $3022 | |
| Cadwork by Cadwork informatik AG | 2019 / 26 | 2D/3D/4D/5D/6D CAE, Rendering, CAM, BIM | HP-UX | Yes | No | Proprietary | Yes | en, cs, fr, de, it, ja, pl, pt, ru, zh-Hans, es | Yes | Yes | Yes | DWG, DXF, PDF, JPEG, TIFF, PNG, SAT, IFC | DWG, DXF, PDF, JPEG, TIFF, SAT, IFC | $1000 to $20000 | |
| CATIA by Dassault Systèmes | 2018, R2018x | 2D/3D CAE | IBM AIX, HP-UX, and Solaris | Yes | V4 runs on mainframe | Proprietary | 99EUR, 99US$, 89.7GBP | en, fr, de, ja (at release date) | Yes | Yes | Yes | some formats require extra license | some formats require extra license | $9000 to $65000 (depends on modules) | |
| Cobalt by Ashlar-Vellum | March 16, 2016 / v9 | 2D/3D RenderingCAECAM | Mac OS X, 10.6+, fully hyper-threaded ray tracing | 7, 8.1, 10+ (x32 or ×64) | No | Proprietary | Yes | en, bre, fr, de, it, pt, ru, sl, sv | No | No | Yes | 3DS, ACIS SAT, AI, ASCII Text, BMP, CATIA v4, CGM, CCAD, CO (native), Drawing board, DWG/DXF, Facet, GIF, Grid Surface, IGS (IGES), JPEG, Parasolid XT, PICT, 2D PDF, PNG, PPM, Pro/E, Rhino 3DM, Spline, STP (STEP), VRML, XBM, XPM | ACIS SAT, AI, ASCII Text, BMP, CATIA v4, CGM, CO (native), Drawing board, DWG/DXF, EPS, Facet, GIF, Grid Surface, IGS (IGES), JPEG, Parasolid XT, 2D & 3D PDF, PICT, PNG, PPM, Pro/E, RAW Triangle, Shockwave 3D, STP (STEP), STL, VRML, XBM, XPM | $2,495 buy, or $995/year rent, or $94.95/month rent | |
| Creo by Parametric Technology Corporation | March 29, 2017 / Creo 4.0 (M010) | 2D/3D hybrid | Some[13] | Yes | Unknown | Proprietary | Yes | en, fr, de, es, it, ja, ko, zh-Hant, zh-Hans (at release date)[14] | Unknown | Unknown | Yes | STEP, IGES, DXF, DWG, Parasolid, STL, SAT, more | STEP, IGES, DXF, DWG, Parasolid, STL, SAT, more | $4,995, $1,500 maintenance | |
| DataCAD by DATACAD LLC | October 2016 / 19 | 2D/3D AEC | No | Yes | No | Proprietary | 49US$ | en, pt, cs, et, fi, fr, de, hu, he, it, ru, es, and others | No | No | Yes | DWG, DXF, SketchUp, TXT, WMF, EMF, o2c, ACO, 3DS, STL, BMP, JPEG, GIF, TIFF, Targa, PNG, PCX, PCD, and others | DWG, DXF, DWF, SketchUp, TXT, WMF, EMF, o2c, ACO, 3DS, STL, BMP, JPEG, TIFF, Targa, PNG, PCX, EPS, PCD, PRN, PDF, VRML, RAY, and others | $1,295 First, $495 Additional, $395 Upgrade | |
| DesignSpark Mechanical by RS Components | November 18, 2015, 2.0.1 | 2D/3D hybrid | No | Yes | No | Proprietary | Yes | en, cz, de, es, fr, it, jp, kr, pl, pt, zh-cn, zh-tw | No | No | Yes | ECAD (IDF, IDB, EMN), OBJ, Point curve text files (TXT), SKP, STL, STEP (read-only) | AMF, DXF, OBJ, 3D PDF, SKP, STL, XAML, JPEG, PNG | FREE base package | |
| Digital Project by Gehry Technologies | 2013, Version R5 | 2D/3D/4D AEC | No | 32bit and 64bit | No | Proprietary | Unknown | en | Yes | Yes(2X3)[15] | Yes(2D + 3D) | SDNF, DWG, DXF, IFC, IGES, HSF, 3DXML[15] | SDNF, DWG, DXF, IFC, IGES, HSF, 3DXML[15] | ? | |
| Drawing Express by Trial Systems Ltd | April 26, 2013, Version 2019 | 2D/3D CAD | No | 2000, XP, Vista & Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit) | No | Proprietary | Yes | en | No | Unknown | Yes | DWG, DXF, JPEG, BMP, TIFF, PNG, GIF | DWG, DXF, PDF, JPEG, BMP | ? | |
| FINE MEP by 4M | 2014, v. 14 | 2D/3D, BIM, MEP Design | No | Yes | No | Proprietary | Yes | en, fr, tr, gr, bg | Yes | Yes(2x3) | Yes | DXF, DWG, IFC, ACIS, BMP, JPG, TGA, GIF | DXF, DWG, IFC, ACIS, Collada, 3DS, PDF, BLD, JPG, BMP, TGA, PNG, TIFF | $1,220, $720 | |
| FreeCAD | March 12, 2019 / 0.18 | 3D | All Unix-like OSes); Packages for FreeBSD, Linux | Yes | With OpenGL as a prerequisite[16] | LGPL | Free | en, af, cn, hr, nl, fi, fr, de, it, no, pt, ru, es, se, ua | Yes | Yes | Yes | IFC, IGES, STEP, BRep, OBJ, DXF, SVG, U3D | IFC, IGES, STEP, BRep,[17] OBJ, DXF, SVG, U3D | Free | |
| form•Z by AutoDesSys | Inc | June 23, 2008, 6.6 | 2D/3D AEC Rendering | Mac OS X | XP, Vista 32bit and 64bit | Unknown | Proprietary | Unknown | en, fr, de, el, it, ja, ko, es | Yes | Unknown | Yes | ACIS SAT, Art·Lantis, BMP, DAE, DEM Data, DWG, DXF, EPS, FACT, GIF, HPGL, IGES, Illustrator, JPEG, Keyhole Markup Language, Lightwave, Lightscape, OBJ, PDF, PICT, Piranesi, PNG, QTVR, RIB, SGI, SketchUp, STEP, STL, TGA, TIFF, ZPR | ACIS SAT, Artlantis, BMP, DAE, DEM Data, DWG, DXF, EPS, FACT, GIF, HPGL, IGES, Illustrator, JPEG, Keyhole Markup Language, Lightwave, Lightscape, OBJ, PDF, PICT, Piranesi, PNG, QTVR, RIB, SGI, STEP, STL, TGA, TIFF, ZPR | $1,995 |
| HiCAD by ISD Group | February 13, 2017 / 2017 | 2D/3D | No | Yes | No | Proprietary | Yes | en, de, it, fr, pl, jp (at release date) | Yes | Yes | Yes | IGES, STEP, DXF, DWG, ACIS, ProE, SolidWorks, CATIA (V4/V5), Parasolid, UniGraphics, Inventor, IFC, PC-Draft, Technovision, Procad, Proren, Babcad, ME10, JT, STL, DSTV, SDNF | IGES, STEP, DXF, DWG, ACIS, ProE, CATIA (V4/V5), Parasolid, IFC, VRML, STL, JT, Gamma-Ray, STL, DSTV, Tops Geo, SDNF | ? | |
| IntelliCAD by IntelliCAD Technology Consortium | June 15, 2014, V 8.0 | 2D/3D AEC | Unknown | Yes | Unknown | Proprietary | Unknown | en | Yes | Unknown | Yes | DWG, DXF, DWF, SAT | DWG, DXF, DWF, SVG, PDF, SAT | ? | |
| IRONCAD by IronCAD LLC | November 30, 2016 / 2017 | 2D/3D hybrid | No | Yes | No | Proprietary | From 124US$ | en, jp, ko, de (at release date) | No | No | Yes | DXF, DWG, Parasolid, IGES, STEP, SAT, STL, ProE, Solid Edge, Inventor, Rhino (3dm), Catia | DXF, DWG, Parasolid, IGES, STEP, SAT, STL, u3d, VRML, 3dxml, Catia, PDF | $3,970, $1,295/yr for optional support | |
| LibreCAD | September 23, 2016 / Version 2.1.3 | 2D | Yes | Yes | Yes | GNU GPL | Free | en, fr, it, de, es, ja, zh, fi, cs, pt, lv[18] | No | No | Yes | DWG, DXF | DXF, JPEG, PNG, SVG, BMP[19] | Free,[20] | |
| MicroStation by Bentley Systems | January 17, 2017 / CONNECT Edition (Update 9)[21] | 2D/3D AEC | Dropped(last was V 5.7 of 1997/1998) | Yes | Dropped(last was V 5.7 of 1997/1998) | Proprietary | Yes | en, fr, it, de, es, ja, zh, ru, tu, pl, pt, ko, fi, cs[22] | Yes | Yes(2x3) | Yes | DGN, DGNlib, RDL, DXF, DWG, FBX, OBJ, 3DS, SKP, 3DM, JT, Mapinfo MIF/MID, imodel, RFA, IFC, SHP, TAB, IGES, Parasolid, CGM, STEP, STL, Terrain Land XML, ACIS .SAT, 3DM, STL | Collada, FBX, JT, .kml|Google Earth, LXO, SVG, VRML, VOB, ACIS, OBJ, STL, gbXML, IGES, STEP, SKP[23] | $5,050 | |
| NX by Siemens PLM Software | June 29, 2016, 11.0 | 2D/3D, Parametric | Mac OS X,[24] and RedHat Linux / SUSE Linux.[25] | Yes | Unknown | Proprietary | Unknown | en, fr, it, de, es, ja, zh, fi, cs | Unknown | Unknown | Yes | JT, Parasolid, STEP, DWG, DXF, ProE, SolidWorks, I-deas, CATIA (V4/V5), STL, IGES | JT, Parasolid, STEP, DWG, DXF, ProE, SolidWorks, I-deas, CATIA (V4/V5), STL, IGES | Unknown | |
| OpenSCAD | March 10, 2015 / 2015.03-3 | 2D/3D | All POSIX (BSD/Linux/Unix like OS), Packages for Linux, Mac OS X | Yes | Unknown | GNU GPL | Free | en | No | No | Partial[26][27][28] | DXF, STL, OFF | PNG, DXF, STL, OFF | Free | |
| PowerCADD by Engineered Software | August 2010 / v9 | 2D | Mac OS X | No | No | Proprietary | No | en, fr, it, es, ... | No | No | Yes | DWG, DXF, PDF, EPSF, PS, Bitmap, VectorPict, JPG, PNG, TIF, SGI, TGA, Adobe Photoshop, *SHP, *GPX, ASCII Topo Survey (*with WildTools) | DXF, DWG, PDF, EPSF, PS, Bitmap, VectorPict, JPG, PNG, TIF, SGI, TGA, Adobe Photoshop, | $995(PRO)-$1250(expert incl WildTools) | |
| progeCAD by ProgeCAD | May 17, 2017 / 2018 11.0.6.5 | 2D/3D Rendering | Linux Requires Wine; MAC OS Requires Parallels Desktop for Mac | Yes | No | Proprietary | Yes Free | en, de, ru, it, cs, zh-Hans, zh-Hant, fr, pl, es, sr, hu | No | No | Yes | DWG, DXF, PDF, DWT, DWF, SAT | DWG, DXF, DWT, PDF, SAT, 3DS, POV, LWO, BMP, EMF, WMF, JPEG, KMZ, SVG, PDF | $690, $399 | |
| QCad by Ribbon Soft | March 12, 2018 / 3.20 | 2D | Includes Mac OS X | Yes | No | GNU GPL | Yes | en | Yes | v2.x3 import and export | Yes | IFC, DXF, DWG | IFC, DXF, DWG | Free,[29] $42 for Commercial | |
| Autodesk Revit | January 27, 2017 / 2017.2 | 2D/3D BIM AEC | No | Yes | No | Proprietary | Yes[30] | pt-BR, en, cs, fr, de, hu, it, ja, ko, ru, zh-Hans, es | Yes | Import and export. Import certified. Export certified.[3] | Yes | DXF, DWG, SAT, SKP, DGN, JPEG, PNG, TIFF | DWG, DXF, SAT, FBX, IFC, DGN, DWF, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, AVI, PDF | Varies | |
| Rhinoceros 3D by Robert McNeel and Associates | May 22, 2017 / Rhino 5 SR Service Release | 2D/3D CAD | Mac OS X | Yes | No | Proprietary | Yes | en, fr, de, it, es, pl, cs, zh, ja, kr | Unknown | Unknown | Yes | DXF, DWG, .3ds, SAT, SketchUp, IGES, STEP, STL, DGN, FBX, OBJ, sldprt | DXF, DWG, .3ds, SAT, SketchUp, IGES, STEP, STL, COLLADA, Parasolid | $995[31] | |
| SALOME | May 22, 2019 / 9.3.0 | CAE | FreeBSD,[32] Linux | Yes | No | LGPL | Free | EN, FR, JA | Unknown | Unknown | No[33] | BREP, IGES, STEP, XAO[34] | IGES, STEP, BREP, STL,[35] MED, UNV, DAT[36], XAO[37] | Free | |
| SketchUp by Trimble | November 14, 2017 / 2018, 18.0.16975 (Windows), 18.0.16976 (Mac) | 3D | Mac OS X | Yes | No | Proprietary | Yes | EN, FR, IT, DE, ES, PT(BR), JA, KO, ZH(CN), ZH(TW) | Yes | Template:Yes, import and export | Yes | DWG, DXF, DEM, DDF, 3DS, DAE, KMZ, IFC, JPG, PNG, PSD, TIF, TGA, BMP | DAE, KMZ, 3DS, DWG, DXF, FBX, OBJ, WRL, XSI, PDF, EPS, BMP, JPG, TIF, PNG, EPX, | SketchUp Make: FreeSketchUp Pro: $700 | |
| Solid Edge by Siemens PLM Software | June 15, 2016 / ST9 | 3D/2D | No | Yes | No | Proprietary | Free | en, es, ru, fr, ko (at release date) | Unknown | No | Yes | IGES, STEP, DXF, JT, ACIS (SAT), ProE, SolidWorks, NX, SDRC, Microstation, Inventor, CATIA (V4/V5), Parasolid, Autocad, STL, XML, MDS | IGES, STEP, STL, PDF, EMS, JT, XGL, XML, DXF, Parasolid, CATIA (V4/V5), ACIS (SAT), Microstation, Autocad | $5,300, $1,200 Maintenance | |
| SolidWorks by SolidWorks Corp. | August 13, 2018 / 2018 SP4 | 2D/3D hybrid | No | Yes | No | Proprietary | From 129,95US$ | en, es, de, fr (at release date) | Yes | import: ifc2x3, export: ifc4.0 | Yes | DXF, DWG, DXF, Parasolid, IGES, STEP, ACIS (SAT), STL, ProE, Creo, Solid Edge, Siemens NX, Autodesk Inventor, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Rhino (3dm), IDF (emn, brd, bdf, idb, idx), VDA, WRL, Meshfiles (stl,obj,off,ply,ply2), 3MF, CGR, catpart/catproduct, Rhino (3dm), JT, sldxml, IFC | DXF, DWG, Parasolid, IGES, STEP, ACIS (SAT), STL, u3d, VRML, 3dxml, Catia, PDF, IFC, | $3,995, $1,295/yr for optional support | |
| SolveSpace by Jonathan Westhues | December 23, 2016 / v.2.3 | 2D/3D parametric | Mac OS X, Linux | Yes | No | GNU GPL | Free | en | No | No | Export only | 2D as DXF, EPS, PDF, SVG, HPGL, STEP; 3D wireframe as DXF, STEP; triangle mesh as STL, Wavefront OBJ; NURBS surfaces as STEP | Free | ||
| SpaceClaim Engineer by SpaceClaim Corp. | May 9, 2017 / 2017.1 | 2D/3D hybrid | No | Yes | No | Proprietary | Unknown | en | Unknown | Unknown | Yes | DXF, DWG, Parasolid, IGES, STEP, ACIS, STL, ProE, Solid Edge, VRML, OBJ, STL, NX, CATIA, Solidworks, Rhinoceros | [ACIS], Acrobat PDF 3D, Acrobat - PDF 2D, AutoCAD - DWG and DXF, CATIA V5, [IGES], JT Open, Keyshot, Parasolid, POV-Ray, PowerPoint, Rhino, SketchUp, [STEP], STL, VDA-VS, VRML, OBJ, XAML, XPS | ? | |
| Tekla Structures by Tekla | May 23, 2017 / Version 2017 SP2 | 3D/4D/5D CAE, CAM, steel detailing, concrete detailing | No | Yes | No | Proprietary | Yes | en, cs, zh-Hans, zh-Hant, du, fr, de, hu, it, ja, ko, pl, pt, pt-BR, ru, es | Yes | Import and export. Export certified.[3] | Yes | IFC, IFCXML, IFCZIP, DWG, DXF, DGN, PDF, STEP, IGES, CIS/2, ISM, FabTrol KISS, DSTV, Steel Detailing Neutral Format, Eliplan ELI, Primavera P6, Trimble LM80[38] | IFC, IFCXML, IFCZIP, DWG, DXF, DGN, CIS/2, ISM, FabTrol KISS, DSTV, Steel Detailing Neutral Format, Eliplan ELI, Primavera P6, Trimble LM80, HMS[38] | ? | |
| Autodesk Tinkercad | 2019 | 3D modeling, constructive solid geometry | Yes | Yes | Yes | Proprietary | No | Browser default | No | No | Unknown | SVG, STL, OBJ | STL, OBJ | Free | |
| TransMagic | 2014 R11 | File translator | No | XP/Vista/7 | No | Proprietary | No | en, de | No | No | Yes | CATIA V4, CATIA V5, Autodesk Inventor, Pro/E, SolidWorks, Unigraphics, ACIS (.sat, .sab, .asf, .asat, .asab), JT, Parasolid, IGES, STEP (.stp), HOOPS Meta File, HOOPS Streaming File (.hsf), PLY, STL, OBJ, Large file support | CATIA V4, CATIA V5, ACIS (.sat, .sab, .asf, .asat, .asab), JT, Parasolid (.x_t, .x_b, .xmt_txt, .xmb_txt), IGES, STEP (.stp), HOOPS Meta File, HOOPS Streaming File (.hsf), NGRAIN, PLY, STL, HTML, OBJ, Enhanced Metafile, PDF, PostScript, TIFF, BMP, Large file support | ? | |
| TurboCAD by IMSI/Design | LLC | April 30, 2018 / V2018 (Windows), 2017 Mac V10 (Mac) | 2D/3D | Mac OS X | Yes | No | Proprietary | Up to 85% off standard pricing | en, cs, de, es, ja, fr, pl, zh-Hant | Yes | Yes | Yes | [2] | [3] | $1,495 Pro, $1,695 Pro Platinum[39] |
| VariCAD by VariCAD | June 27, 2019 / 2019-3.0 | 2D/3D parametric | Linux | Yes | No | Proprietary | Yes | en, de, cs, pt, ja | Unknown | Unknown | Yes | STEP (3D), DWG (2D), DXF (2D)[40], DWB | STEP (3D), STL (3D), IGES (3D), BMP (from 3D), DWG (2D), DXF (2D)[40], DWB | $780 | |
| VisualARQ by Asuni CAD S.A. | May 3, 2017 / 1.9.7 | 2D/3D | No | Yes | No | Proprietary | $95 | en, fr, es, de, it, cs | Yes | Yes | Yes | 3DM, 3DS, AI, DGN, DWG, DXF, EPS, FBX, GDF, IGS/IGES, LWO, OBJ, PDF, PLY, SDLPTR/SDLASM, SKP, STL, STP/STEP, VDA, VRML/VRL, X, ZPR | 3DM, 3DS, ACIS, AI, DGN, X, DWG, DXF, EPS, FBX, GDF, IGS/IGES, IFC, LWO, OBJ, PDF, PLY, POV, RIB, SKP, SDLPTR/SDLASM, STL, STP/STEP, VDA, VRML/VRL, WMF, X_T, XGL, ZPR | $495 |