List_of_computer-aided_design_editors_for_architecture,_engineering_and_construction
The table below provides an overview of notable computer-aided design (CAD) software. It does not judge power, ease of use, or other user-experience aspects. The table does not include software that is still in development (beta software). For all-purpose 3D programs, see Comparison of 3D computer graphics software. CAD refers to a specific type of drawing and modelling software application that is used for creating designs and technical drawings. These can be 3D drawings or 2D drawings (like floor plans).
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| Title and developer | 2D/3D or specialty fields | Platform | Latest release | License | Academic version? | User Interface language/s | Support for Building Information Modelling? | Support for Industry Foundation Classes (version & MVD)? | Support for AutoCAD DXF? | Imports | Exports | Price (USD) | |
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| ABViewer by CADSoftTools | 2D/3D | Linux with Wine | Version 15.1[1] | 2023-02-01 | Proprietary | Yes | en, fr, de, ru and others | No | No | Yes | DWG, DXF, DWF, DXT, 3DS, ACIS SAT, STL, IGES (.igs), STEP (.stp), OBJ, X_T, X_B, SLDPRT, 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 |
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| Alibre Design by Alibre, LLC | 2D/3D | Windows | Version V27 | 2023 | Proprietary | Yes | en, de, ja, fr, zh-Hant, pl, cs, es, da, pt-BR, sv | No | (version?) | 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 |
| Allplan by Allplan GmbH | 2D/3D Architecture, Engineering, Road, Bridge, BIM | Windows | Version 2023 | 2022 | Proprietary | Yes | en, es, fr, de, ru, zh-Hant, ja, pl, cs, it, pt-BR and others | Yes | v2x3 CV2.0 & v4 Import and export certified | Until version 2023, incl. ACIS support[2] | DXF, DWG, IFC, DGN, PDF, STL, OBJ, C4D, SKP, WRL, LandXML[2] | DXF, DWG, IFC, DGN, PDF, STL, OBJ, C4D, SKP, WRL, 3DS[2] | $4,000 - $9,000 |
| Archicad by Graphisoft | 2D/3D Architecture, BIM | macOS[3] | Version 27 | 2023 [4] | Proprietary | Yes No cost |
en, de, es, fr, it, pt, ru, ja, pl, cs, hu, nl, fi, sv, no, da, tr, el, zh-Hans, ko, zh-Hant[5] | Yes | v2x3 CV2.0 & v4 Import and export certified [6] | 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, FBX | 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 |
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| AutoCAD by Autodesk | 2D/3D, Architecture, Drafting | macOS, No for discipline-specific vertical products, e.g. AutoCAD Architecture[7][8] | 2024.1[9] | 2023-07-24 | Proprietary[10] | 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[11] | 3DS (requires 3dsout), DXF, DWG, PDF, DWF, FBX, BMP, DGN[12] | $245 per month;
$1955 per year; $5865 per 3 years |
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| Autodesk Inventor by Autodesk | 3D | Windows | 2024.1.1[13] | 2023-08-08 | Proprietary | Yes | en and others | Yes | version? | 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 | $300 per month;
$2415 per year; $7245 per 3 years |
| BricsCAD by Bricsys |
2D/3D AEC, Parametric direct modeling, BIM, Mechanical, Sheet metal, Rendering |
macOS | V23 (23.1.06 English) (64-bit, 32-bit) |
2022-11-28 | Proprietary | Yes No cost |
en, cs, de, es, fr, hu, it, ja, ko, lt, pl, pt-BR, ru, vi, zh-Hans, zh-Hant | Yes | version? | Yes | DWG 2.5 to 2013, DXF, ACIS SAT, DAE (COLLADA), BMP, JPEG, PCX, PNG, GIF, TGA, TIF, JP2, J2K, ECW, SID With extra Communicator license: STE, STP, STEP, IGS, IGES, CATIA V4/V5, VDA, IAM, IPT, Parasolid, PAR, PSM, PRT, ASM, PRT, SLDPTR/SLDASM |
DWG 2.5 to 2013, DXF, DWF, ACIS SAT, DAE (COLLADA), SLT (3D Printing), PDF, BMP, WMF, EMF With extra Communicator license: STE, STP, STEP, IGS, IGES, CATIA V4/V5, VDA, 3D PDF |
$1020 Platinum, $680 Pro, $550 Classic, $610 Communicator |
| Fedora | |||||||||||||
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| Ubuntu | |||||||||||||
| Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista | |||||||||||||
| BRL-CAD by United States Army Research Laboratory | 3D design and simulation for military vehicles | POSIX (BSD/Linux/Unix like OS), Packages for FreeBSD, IRIX, Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris[14][15] | 7.38.2[16]  |
2024-03-19 (2024-03-19) | LGPL-2.1-only[17] | Yes No cost |
en[14] | Unknown | No | Yes | DXF, Elysium Neutral Facetted, EUCLID, FASTGEN, IGES, Jack, NASTRAN, Pro/E,[18] STL, TANKILL, Unigraphics, Viewpoint Datalabs Format[19] | DXF, EUCLID, IGES, Jack, STL, TANKILL, VRML, OBJ, X3D[19] | No cost |
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| Caddie Professional by Advanced Computer Solutions | 2D/3D CAE, Rendering | Windows | 27 | 2021 | Proprietary | Foc | en | Yes | Yes | 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 | 2D/3D/4D/5D/6D CAE, Rendering, CAM, BIM | HP-UX | 26 | 2019 | Proprietary | Yes | en, cs, fr, de, it, ja, pl, pt, ru, zh-Hans, es | Yes | version? | Yes | DWG, DXF, PDF, JPEG, TIFF, PNG, SAT, IFC | DWG, DXF, PDF, JPEG, TIFF, SAT, IFC | $1000 to $20000 |
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| CATIA by Dassault Systèmes | 2D/3D CAE | IBM AIX | R2023x | 2023-11 | Proprietary | 99EUR, 99US$, 89.7GBP | en, fr, de, ja (at release date) | Yes | version? | Yes | some formats require extra license | some formats require extra license | $9000 to $65000 (depends on modules) |
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| V4 runs on mainframe | |||||||||||||
| Cobalt by Ashlar-Vellum | 2D/3D Rendering CAE CAM |
macOS, 10.13+, fully hyper-threaded ray tracing | v12 | 2023-08-17 | 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 |
| Windows 10, 11 (64-bit) | |||||||||||||
| Creo by Parametric Technology Corporation | 2D/3D hybrid | POSIX (some)[20] | Creo 10.0 | 2023-04-18 | Proprietary | Yes | en, fr, de, es, it, ja, ko, zh-Hant, zh-Hans (at release date)[21] | Unknown | Unknown | Yes | STEP, IGES, DXF, DWG, Parasolid, STL, SAT, more | STEP, IGES, DXF, DWG, Parasolid, STL, SAT, more | $4,995, $1,500 maintenance |
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| DataCAD by DATACAD LLC | 2D/3D AEC | Windows | 19 | 2016-10 | Proprietary | 49US$ | 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 | 2D/3D hybrid | Windows | 2.0.1 | 2015-11-18 | 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 | No cost base package |
| Digital Project by Gehry Technologies | 2D/3D/4D AEC | Windows 32-bit and 64-bit |
Version R5 | 2013 | Proprietary | Unknown | en | Yes | v2x3[22] | Yes(2D + 3D) | SDNF, DWG, DXF, IFC, IGES, HSF, 3DXML[22] | SDNF, DWG, DXF, IFC, IGES, HSF, 3DXML[22] | ? |
| Drawing Express by Trial Systems Ltd | 2D/3D CAD | Windows 2000, XP, Vista & Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit) | Version 2019 | 2013-04-26 | Proprietary | Yes | en | No | Unknown | Yes | DWG, DXF, JPEG, BMP, TIFF, PNG, GIF | DWG, DXF, PDF, JPEG, BMP | ? |
| FINE MEP by 4M | 2D/3D, BIM, MEP Design | Windows | v. 14 | 2014 | Proprietary | Yes | en, fr, tr, gr, bg | Yes | v2x3) | 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 | 3D | Unix-like OSes; Packages for FreeBSD, Linux | 0.21.0[citation needed] | 2023-11-14 (2023-11-14) | LGPL-2.0-or-later | Yes No cost |
en, af, cn, hr, nl, fi, fr, de, it, no, pt, ru, es, se, ua | Yes | version? | Yes | IFC, IGES, STEP, BRep, OBJ, DXF, SVG, U3D | IFC, IGES, STEP, BRep,[23] OBJ, DXF, SVG, U3D | No cost |
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| Others with OpenGL as a prerequisite[24] | |||||||||||||
| form•Z by AutoDesSys, Inc | 2D/3D AEC Rendering | macOS | 6.6 | 2008-06-23 | 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 | $1,995 |
| Windows XP, Vista 32-bit and 64-bit | |||||||||||||
| HiCAD by ISD Group | 2D/3D | Windows | 2017 | 2017-02-13 | Proprietary | Yes | en, de, it, fr, pl, jp (at release date) | Yes | version? | Yes | IGES, STEP, DXF, DWG, ACIS, ProE, SolidWorks, CATIA (V4/V5), Parasolid, UniGraphics, Inventor, IFC, PC-Draft, Technovision, Procad, Proren, Babcad, ME10, JT, STL, DSTV, SDNF | IGES, STEP, DXF, DWG, ACIS, ProE, CATIA (V4/V5), Parasolid, IFC, VRML, STL, JT, Gamma-Ray, STL, DSTV, Tops Geo, SDNF | ? |
| IntelliCAD by IntelliCAD Technology Consortium | 2D/3D AEC BIM | Windows | V 10.0a | 2020-10-29 | Proprietary | Varies by vendor | en (more options vary by vendor) | Yes | version? | Yes | DXF, DWF, SAT, DXB, DWT, DGN, DAE, IGES, STEP, OBJ, STL, IFC, RVT/RFA | DWF, DGN, SVG, PDF, SAT, BMP, EMF/WMF, STL, DAE | Varies by vendor |
| IRONCAD by IronCAD LLC | 2D/3D hybrid | Windows | 2023 | 2022-12-19 | Proprietary | From 124US$ | 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 |
| KeyCreator by Kubotek | 3D direct modeling, mechanical, drafting | Windows | 2021 SP1[25] | 2021-03-17 | Proprietary | Yes | en, jp, it, de (at release date) | Yes | Yes | Yes | STEP, IGES, SAT, Parasolid, DXF, DWG, Catia, Creo/ProE, NX, Solid Edge, JT, SolidWorks, Inventor, CADKEY, IFC, STL, U3D, OBJ[26] | STEP, IGES, SAT, Parasolid, DXF, DWG, STL, U3D, OBJ, VRML, WMF, HPGL, PDF[26] | $3,495 - $5,995 permanent license w/1st year maintenance, $1,188 - $2,028/yr lease (USD) |
| LibreCAD | 2D | POSIX | 2.2.0.2[27] |
2023-07-29 (2023-07-29) | GPL-2.0-only | Yes No cost |
en, fr, it, de, es, ja, zh, fi, cs, pt, lv[28] | No | No | Yes | DWG, DXF | DXF, JPEG, PNG, SVG, BMP[29] | No cost[30] |
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| MicroStation by Bentley Systems | 2D/3D AEC | Windows | CONNECT Edition (Update 9)[31] | 2017-01-17 | Proprietary | Yes | en, fr, it, de, es, ja, zh, ru, tu, pl, pt, ko, fi, cs[32] | Yes | v2x3 | 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 | DGN, DXF, DWG, U3D, PDF, .dae|Collada, FBX, JT, KML, LXO, SVG, VRML, VOB, ACIS, OBJ, STL, gbXML, IGES, STEP, SKP[33] | $5,050 |
| Other systems dropped (last was V 5.7 of 1997/1998) | |||||||||||||
| NX by Siemens Digital Industries Software | 2D/3D, Parametric | macOS[34] | 11.0 | 2016-06-29 | 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 | $12k - $40k |
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| SUSE Linux[35] | |||||||||||||
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| Onshape by PTC | Mechanical CAD (MCAD), 3D printing | Web browser | 1.143[36] | 2022-02-18 | Proprietary, some parts MIT | Yes No cost |
en, de, ko, zh-Hant, zh-Hans, fr, ja, it, es | Unknown | Unknown | Yes | DWG, DXF, Parasolid mesh (.xmm_txt or .xmm_bin), ACIS (.sat), STEP (.stpor .step), IGES (.igs or .iges), CATIA, SolidWorks (.sldprt), Inventor, Pro/E, JT (.jt), Rhino (.3dm), STL (.stl), OBJ (.obj), NXSolid Edge (.par and .psm)[37] | DWG, DXF, DWT, SVG, PNG, JPEG, Parasolid mesh (.xmm_txt or .xmm_bin), ACIS (.sat), STEP (.stpor .step), IGES (.igs or .iges), SolidWorks (.sldprt), JT (.jt), Rhino (.3dm), STL (.stl), OBJ (.obj), GlTF (.gltf), COLLADA, PDF, PVZ (.pvz)[37] | No cost for Education[38] and Hobbyists/Open Source,[39] $1500 - $2100 for Commercial Use, Contact for Enterprise Version[40] |
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| OpenSCAD | 2D/3D | POSIX (BSD/Linux/Unix like OS), Packages for Linux | 2021.01[citation needed] | 2021-01-31 (2021-01-31) | GPL-2.0-or-later | Yes No cost |
en | No | No | Partial[41][42][43] | DXF, STL, OFF | PNG, DXF, STL, OFF, AMF, 3MF, SVG, CSG, PDF | No cost |
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| OrthoGraph | 2D/3D | Android | 3.1.2 | 2020-05-08 | Proprietary | No | en, fr, de, hu, it, ja, nl, ru, es | Yes | version? | Yes | PNG, DXF, JPG, IFC | $29.99 per month | |
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| PowerCADD by Engineered Software | 2D | macOS | v9 | 2010-08 | 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) |
| QCAD by Ribbon Soft | 2D | POSIX | 3.29.3.0[44] |
2024-01-23 (2024-01-23) | GPL-3.0-or-later | Yes | en | Yes | v2.x3 import and export | Yes | IFC, DXF, DWG | IFC, DXF, DWG | No cost,[45] $42 for Commercial |
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| Autodesk Revit | 2D/3D BIM AEC | Windows | 2024.1 | 2023-07-11 | Proprietary | Yes[46] | pt-BR, en, cs, fr, de, hu, it, ja, ko, ru, zh-Hans, es | Yes | version? Import and export certified[6] | 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 | 2D/3D CAD | macOS | Rhino 7 SR Service Release | 2020-11-09 | 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[47] |
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| SALOME | CAE | Linux | 9.10.0[citation needed] | 2023-07-18 (2023-07-18) | LGPL-2.1-or-later | Yes No cost |
EN, FR, JA | Unknown | Unknown | No[48] | BREP, IGES, STEP, XAO[49] | IGES, STEP, BREP, STL,[50] MED, UNV, DAT,[51] XAO[52] | No cost |
| FreeBSD[53] | |||||||||||||
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| SketchUp by Trimble | 3D | macOS | 18.0.16976 | 2017-11-14 | Proprietary | Yes | EN, FR, IT, DE, ES, PT(BR), JA, KO, ZH(CN), ZH(TW) | Yes | import and export, version? | 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: No cost SketchUp Pro: $700 |
| Windows | 18.0.16975 | 2017-11-14 | |||||||||||
| Solid Edge by Siemens Digital Industries Software | 2D/3D | Windows | Solid Edge 2023 | 2022-10 | Proprietary | Yes No cost |
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 | Community Edition: No cost[54] Commercial: $5,300, $1,200 maintenance |
| SolidWorks by Dassault Systèmes | 2D/3D hybrid | Windows | 2023 SP3[55] | 2023-07-10 | Proprietary | From 129,95US$ | 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, | $9.99/mth or $99/yr for hobbyists / makers,[56] $3,995 for commercial, $1,295/yr for optional support |
| SolveSpace by Jonathan Westhues | 2D/3D parametric | Linux | 3.1[57] |
2022-06-01 (2022-06-01) | GPL-3.0-or-later | Yes No cost |
en, de, es, fr, ru, ja, tr, uk, zh-Hans | No | No | Export only | 2D as DXF, EPS, PDF, SVG, HPGL, STEP; 3D wireframe as DXF, STEP; triangle mesh as STL, Wavefront OBJ, HTML (Three.js); NURBS surfaces as STEP | No cost | |
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| SpaceClaim Engineer by Ansys, Inc. | 2D/3D hybrid | Windows | Ansys 2023 R2 | 2023-07-05 | 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 | 3D/4D/5D CAE, CAM, steel detailing, concrete detailing | Windows | Version 2017 SP2 | 2017-05-23 | 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. Version? Export certified.[6] | 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[58] | IFC, IFCXML, IFCZIP, DWG, DXF, DGN, CIS/2, ISM, FabTrol KISS, DSTV, Steel Detailing Neutral Format, Eliplan ELI, Primavera P6, Trimble LM80, HMS[58] | ? |
| Tinkercad by Autodesk | 3D modeling, constructive solid geometry | POSIX | 2019 | Proprietary | No | Browser default | No | No | Unknown | SVG, STL, OBJ | STL, OBJ | No cost | |
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| T-FLEX CAD by Top Systems Ltd.[citation needed] | 2D/3D Parametric | Windows | Version 17.0.74.0 | 2022-06-14 | Proprietary | Yes | en, ru, de, pl, cs, it, ko | Yes | Version? | Yes | DWG, DXF, DXB, Parasolid, STEP, IGES, ACIS, SolidWork, Autodesk Inventor, Siemens NX (Unigraphics), CATIA (V4/V5), Creo (ProE), Solid Edge, Rhino, VDA-FS, JT, PRC, 3dxml, CGR, U3D, IFC, TF3D, Open Inventor, VRML, X3D, 3DS, PLY, OBJ, STL. | 2D documents: PDF, DXF, DXB, DWG, EMF, WMF, BMF
3D documents: Parasolid, STEP, IGES, ACIS, JT, PRC 3D documents with mesh (polygonal) geometry: DXF 3D, STL, OBJ, PLY, VRML 2.0, 3D PDF, U3D, X3D, 3DM, POV, Open Inventor, IFC, 3MF |
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| TransMagic | File translator | Windows XP, Vista, 7 |
R11 | 2014 | Proprietary | No | en, de | No | No | Yes | CATIA V4, CATIA V5, Autodesk Inventor, Pro/E, Solidworks SLDPTR/SLDASM, 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 | 2D/3D | macOS | 2017 Mac V10 | 2018-04-30 | Proprietary | Up to 85% off standard pricing | en, cs, de, es, ja, fr, pl, zh-Hant | Yes | Version? | Yes | $1,495 Pro, $1,695 Pro Platinum[59] | ||
| Windows | V2018 | 2018-04-30 | |||||||||||
| VariCAD by VariCAD | 2D/3D parametric | Linux | 20123-2.0 | 2023-03-21 | Proprietary | Yes | en, de, cs, pt, ja | Unknown | Unknown | Yes | STEP (3D), DWG (2D), DXF (2D),[60] DWB | STEP (3D), STL (3D), IGES (3D), BMP (from 3D), DWG (2D), DXF (2D),[60] DWB | $780 |
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| VisualARQ by Asuni CAD S.A. | 2D/3D | Windows | 1.9.7 | 2017-05-03 | Proprietary | $95 | en, fr, es, de, it, cs | Yes | Version? | Yes | 3DM, 3DS, AI, DGN, DWG, DXF, EPS, FBX, GDF, IGS/IGES, LWO, OBJ, PDF, PLY, SLDPTR/SLDASM, 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 |
| Title and developer | 2D/3D or specialty fields | Platform | Latest release | License | Academic version? | User Interface language/s | Support for Building Information Modelling? | Support for Industry Foundation Classes (version & MVD)? | Support for AutoCAD DXF? | Imports | Exports | Price (USD) | |
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