Comparison of computer-aided design software

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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).

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
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Version  | Date
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
Windows
Advance Concrete by Autodesk | 3D, CAE, CAM, concrete detailing  | Windows | Version 2017  | 2016-04-29  | 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  | 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
Windows[3]
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

Windows
Android
iOS
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
openSUSE
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] |  | Script error: No such module "Date time". | LGPL-2.1-only[16] | Yes
No cost | en[14] | Unknown  | No  | Yes  | DXF, Elysium Neutral Facetted, EUCLID, FASTGEN, IGES, Jack, NASTRAN, Pro/E,[17] STL, TANKILL, Unigraphics, Viewpoint Datalabs Format[18] | DXF, EUCLID, IGES, Jack, STL, TANKILL, VRML, OBJ, X3D[18] | No cost
Windows
Others
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 $20000
Windows
CATIA by Dassault Systèmes  | 2D/3D CAE | IBM AIX | R2023x  | 2023-11  | Proprietary | 99EUR, 99US$, 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)
HP-UX
Solaris
Windows
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)[19] | Creo 10.0  | 2023-04-18  | Proprietary | Yes  | en, fr, de, es, it, ja, ko, zh-Hant, zh-Hans (at release date)[20] | Unknown  | Unknown  | Yes  | STEP, IGES, DXF, DWG, Parasolid, STL, SAT, more  | STEP, IGES, DXF, DWG, Parasolid, STL, SAT, more  | $4,995, $1,500 maintenance
Windows
DataCAD by DATACAD LLC  | 2D/3D AEC  | Windows | 19  | 2016-10  | Proprietary | 49US$  | 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[21] | Yes(2D + 3D)  | SDNF, DWG, DXF, IFC, IGES, HSF, 3DXML[21] | SDNF, DWG, DXF, IFC, IGES, HSF, 3DXML[21] | ?
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] | Script error: No such module "Date time". | 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,[22] OBJ, DXF, SVG, U3D  | No cost
Windows
Others with OpenGL as a prerequisite[23]
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[24] | 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[25] | STEP, IGES, SAT, Parasolid, DXF, DWG, STL, U3D, OBJ, VRML, WMF, HPGL, PDF[25] | $3,495 - $5,995 permanent license w/1st year maintenance, $1,188 - $2,028/yr lease (USD)
LibreCAD | 2D  | POSIX |  | Script error: No such module "Date time". | GPL-2.0-only | Yes
No cost | en, fr, it, de, es, ja, zh, fi, cs, pt, lv[26] | No  | No  | Yes  | DWG, DXF  | DXF, JPEG, PNG, SVG, BMP[27] | No cost[28]
Windows
Others
MicroStation by Bentley Systems  | 2D/3D AEC  | Windows | CONNECT Edition (Update 9)[29] | 2017-01-17  | Proprietary | Yes  | en, fr, it, de, es, ja, zh, ru, tu, pl, pt, ko, fi, cs[30] | 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[31] | $5,050
Other systems dropped (last was V 5.7 of 1997/1998)
NX by Siemens Digital Industries Software | 2D/3D, Parametric  | macOS[32] | 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
Red Hat Linux
SUSE Linux[33]
Windows
Onshape by PTC | Mechanical CAD (MCAD), 3D printing  | Web browser | 1.143[34] | 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)[35] | 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)[35] | No cost for Education[36] and Hobbyists/Open Source,[37] $1500 - $2100 for Commercial Use, Contact for Enterprise Version[38]
Android
iOS
OpenSCAD | 2D/3D  | POSIX (BSD/Linux/Unix like OS), Packages for Linux | 2021.01[citation needed] | Script error: No such module "Date time". | GPL-2.0-or-later | Yes
No cost | en | No  | No  | Partial[39][40][41] | DXF, STL, OFF | PNG, DXF, STL, OFF, AMF, 3MF, SVG, CSG, PDF  | No cost
macOS
Windows
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
iOS
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 |  | Script error: No such module "Date time". | GPL-3.0-or-later | Yes  | en | Yes  | v2.x3 import and export  | Yes  | IFC, DXF, DWG  | IFC, DXF, DWG  | No cost,[42] $42 for Commercial
macOS
Windows
Autodesk Revit | 2D/3D BIM AEC  | Windows | 2024.1  | 2023-07-11  | Proprietary | Yes[43] | 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[44]
Windows
SALOME | CAE | Linux | 9.10.0[citation needed] | Script error: No such module "Date time". | LGPL-2.1-or-later | Yes
No cost | EN, FR, JA  | Unknown  | Unknown  | No[45] | BREP, IGES, STEP, XAO[46] | IGES, STEP, BREP, STL,[47] MED, UNV, DAT,[48] XAO[49] | No cost
FreeBSD[50]
Windows
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[51]
Commercial: $5,300, $1,200 maintenance
SolidWorks by Dassault Systèmes  | 2D/3D hybrid  | Windows | 2023 SP3[52] | 2023-07-10  | Proprietary | From 129,95US$  | 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,[53]
$3,995 for commercial, $1,295/yr for optional support
SolveSpace by Jonathan Westhues  | 2D/3D parametric  | Linux |  | Script error: No such module "Date time". | 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
macOS
Windows
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[54] | IFC, IFCXML, IFCZIP, DWG, DXF, DGN, CIS/2, ISM, FabTrol KISS, DSTV, Steel Detailing Neutral Format, Eliplan ELI, Primavera P6, Trimble LM80, HMS[54] | ?
Tinkercad by Autodesk | 3D modeling, constructive solid geometry | POSIX |  | 2019  | Proprietary | No  | Browser default  | No  | No  | Unknown  | SVG, STL, OBJ | STL, OBJ | No cost
Windows
Others
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

Raster images: BMP, JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF

| \-
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] | [2] | $1,495 Pro, $1,695 Pro Platinum[55]
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),[56] DWB  | STEP (3D), STL (3D), IGES (3D), BMP (from 3D), DWG (2D), DXF (2D),[56] DWB  | $780
Windows
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)
Version  | Date

## See also

* 3D scanning
* CAD/CAM in the footwear industry
* Comparison of 3D computer graphics software
* Comparison of CAD, CAM, and CAE file viewers
* Comparison of EDA software
* Comparison of free software for audio
* List of 3D computer graphics software
* List of CAx companies
* List of free and open-source software packages
* List of video editing software

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2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 DATA EXCHANGE FORMATS
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4. ↑ "Archicad 27" (in en). www.graphisoft.com. https://graphisoft.com/solutions/whatsnew.
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42. ↑ QCAD version
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56. ↑ 56.0 56.1 VariCAD - CAD system description

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Building information modeling (BIM)

Companies|

* Archibus
* Autodesk
* Bentley Systems
* BuildingSMART
* Cadwork informatik AG
* GRAITEC
* Nemetschek (* Data Design System * Graphisoft)
* Trimble (* Tekla)

Free Open Source|

* FreeCAD

Software|

| current|

* Allplan
* ArchiCAD
* AutoCAD Architecture
* Autodesk Revit
* BricsCAD
* cadwork
* CodeBook
* DDS-CAD
* Digital Project
* FINE MEP
* FreeCAD
* GRAITEC Advance
* MicroStation
* Navisworks
* OpenStudio
* RFEM
* Tekla BIMsight
* Tekla Structures
* Trimble SketchUp
* VectorWorks Architect
* Vico Office
* VisualARQ

|

historic|

* Gable CAD
* Reflex
* RUCAPS
* Sonata

Related topics|

* 3D BIM
* 4D BIM
* 5D BIM
* 6D BIM
* BIM Task Group
* Centre for Digital Built Britain
* Computer-aided design
* COBie
* Geometric modeling kernel
* Industry Foundation Classes
* BIM Collaboration Format

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