List of computer-aided design editors
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The below table provides an overview of 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 modeling software application that is designed for creating technical drawings for distribution electronically and on paper
| 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3D Turbo by Soft'X - iluac software | December 2012, Version 17 | 2D/3D Architecture, Urbanisme, Design, Interior Design BIM | Mac OS X[1] | No | Unknown | Proprietary | Free | en, fr,[2] | Yes | Yes | Yes | 3D Studio, DWG, DXF, OBJ, TXT, GEO, SRV, GSI, EPS, GIF, JP2, JPEG, PDF, PICT, PNG, PSD, TIF/TIFF, | BMP, DWG, DXF, GSI, STL, EPS, GIF, HPGL/PLT, JP2, JPEG, MOV, OBJ, PDF, PICT, PNG, PSD, SGI, TIF/TIFF, | 2000 |
| Advance Design by GRAITEC | 2012, Version 2012 | 2D/3D | 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 GRAITEC | 2012, Version 2012 | 2D/3D | 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 GRAITEC | 2012, Version 2012 | 2D/3D | No | Yes | No | Proprietary | Yes | en, de, fr, pl, cs, ro | Yes | v2.x3 import and export | Yes | IFC, DXF, DWG | IFC, DXF, DWG | ? |
| AllyCAD by Knowledge Base | 2012, Version 2011 | 2D/3D | No | Yes | No | Proprietary | No | en | No | Land XML | Yes | DXF, DWG | DXF, DWG | ? |
| ArchiCAD by Graphisoft | July 2012, Version 16 | 2D/3D Architecture, BIM | Mac OS X[3] | Yes | Unknown | 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[4] | Yes | Yes | 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 | 4250 |
| AutoCAD by Autodesk | March 22, 2011, Release 2012 | 2D/3D AEC | Only AutoCAD for Mac OS X, No for discipline-specific vertical products, e.g. AutoCAD Architecture[5][6] | Yes | Unknown | Proprietary[7] | Yes | pt-BR, en, cs, fr, de, hu, it, ja, ko, pl, ru, zh-Hans, es, zh-Hant[citation needed] | Yes | v2.x3 import and export, certified | Yes | DXF, DWG (TrueDWG), DWS, DWT, WMF, SAT, 3DS, FBX, DGN[8] | 3DS (requires 3dsout), DXF, DWG (TrueDWG), PDF, DWF, FBX, BMP, DGN[9] | 4995 |
| Autodesk Inventor by Autodesk | March 2012, 2013 | 3D | No | Yes | No | Proprietary | Yes | en and others | Yes | Yes | Yes | ACIS SAT, DXF, DWG (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 (TrueDWG), IGES, STEP, .dwf, .catpart, .catproduct, .bmp, .gif, .jpeg, .png, .tiff, .iges, .jt, .pdf, .x b, .x t, .g, .neu, STL (file format), .xgl, .zgl | 7995 |
| BricsCAD / Bricscad by Bricsys | October 2012, V13 | 2D/3D AEC, Parametric modeling, Rendering |
Fedora OpenSuse Ubuntu |
2000 XP Vista 7 |
No | Proprietary | Yes | en, bg, cs, de, es, fr, hu, it, ja, ko, pl, pt-BR, ru, vi, zh-Hans, zh-Hant | Yes | Unknown | Yes | DWG 2.5 to 2010, DXF, BMP, JPEG, PCX, PNG, GIF, TGA, TIF, JP2, J2K, ECW, SID |
DWG 2.5 to 2010, DXF, DWF, PDF, BMP, WMF, EMF |
740 Platinum, 535 Pro, 420 Classic |
| BRL-CAD by United States Army Research Laboratory | April 30, 2012, 7.20.6 | 3D design and simulation for military vehicles | All POSIX (BSD/Linux/Unix like OS), Packages for FreeBSD, IRIX, Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris[10][11] | Yes | Unknown | BSD licence, LGPL[10] | Free | en[10] | Unknown | No | Yes | DXF, Elysium Neutral Facetted, EUCLID, FASTGEN, IGES, Jack, NASTRAN, Pro/E,[12] STL, TANKILL, Unigraphics, Viewpoint Datalabs Format[13] | DXF, EUCLID, IGES, Jack, STL, TANKILL, VRML, OBJ, X3D[13] | 0 Free |
| Caddie Professional by Advanced Computer Solutions | September 1, 2009, 16 | 2D/3D CAE, Rendering | No | XP Vista & Windows 7 | Unknown | Proprietary | 70GBP | 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 | ? |
| CATIA by Dassault Systèmes | 2011, V6 | 2D/3D CAE | IBM AIX, HP-UX, and Solaris | Yes | V4 runs on mainframe | Proprietary | 99EUR, 99US$, 89.7GBP | en, fr, de, ja (at release date) | Yes | Unknown | Yes | some formats require extra license | some formats require extra license | ? |
| Chief Architect Software | 2012, Ver. X5 | 2D/3D Residential / Interior Design software | No | XP, Vista, 7, 8 | No | Proprietary | 95US$ | en | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2195 Full, 1495 Lite |
| Cobalt by Ashlar-Vellum | December 11, 2009,[14] v8 SP2r3 | 2D/3D Rendering CAE CAM |
No | XP/Vista/7 | Mac OS X | 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, 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, PDF, PICT, PNG, PPM, Pro/E, RAW Triangle, Shockwave 3D, STP (STEP), STL, VRML, XBM, XPM | 2995 permanent, 1995/year, 119.95/month |
| CoCreate by Parametric Technology Corporation | April 2010, Creo Elements Direct 17.0 | 2D/3D MCAD | No[15] | Yes | No | Proprietary | Yes | en, es, it, ja (at release date)[16] | Unknown | Unknown | Yes | STEP, IGES, DXF, DWG, Pro/ENGINEER, SAT, more | STEP, IGES, DXF, DWG, Pro/ENGINEER, STL, SAT, more | ? |
| DataCAD by DATACAD LLC | June 2009, 13 | 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 | 1295 First, 495 Additional, 395 Upgrade |
| DDS-CAD Architect & Construction by DDS Building Innovation | 6.5 | 2D/3D AEC | No | Yes | No | Proprietary | Unknown | en, no, sv | Yes | Yes | Yes | IFC, DWG, DXF, 3DS, CFI, VEC and others | IFC, DWG, DXF, CFI, VEC and others | ? |
| Digital Project by Gehry Technologies | Unknown | 2D/3D/4D AEC, BIM | No | 32bit and 64bit | No | Proprietary | Unknown | en | Yes | Yes(2X3)[17] | Yes(2D + 3D) | SDNF, DWG, DXF, IFC, IGES, HSF, 3DXML[17] | SDNF, DWG, DXF, IFC, IGES, HSF, 3DXML[17] | ? |
| DraftSight by Dassault Systèmes | Beta I (OS X) V11.2 (Windows) |
2D Detailing / Drafting | Linux; MAC OS X (10.5.8 or above) | NT, 98, ME, 2000, XP, Vista, 7 | No | Proprietary | Free | en, it, ru, es, fr, de, ja, pt, cs, pl, zh-Hans, zh-Hant, ko | No | No | Yes | DWG, DXF, BMP, JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIF/TIFF | DWG, DXF, JPEG, PNG, TIF/TIFF, PDF, WMF, SVG, STL, SLD | 0 Free |
| Drawing Express by Trial Systems Ltd | 1994, Version 2018 | 2D/3D CAD | No | 2000, XP, Vista & Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit) | OS X (By use of Parallels Desktop, VMware Fusion or Bootcamp) | Proprietary | Yes | en | No | Unknown | Yes | DWG, DXF, JPEG, BMP, TIFF, PNG, GIF | DWG, DXF, PDF, JPEG, BMP | ? |
| Application and developer | Latest version + date | 2D/3D or Specialty fields | Runs on POSIX style 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) |
| FINE MEP by 4M | 2012, v. 10 | 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 | 1220, 720 |
| FreeCAD by Juergen Riegel | February 13, 2013, 0.13 | 3D | All POSIX (BSD/Linux/Unix like OS), Packages for FreeBSD, IRIX, Linux, Solaris | Yes | Yes[18] | GNU GPL | Free | en, af, cn, hr, nl, fi, fr, de, it, no, pt, ru, es, se, ua | Yes | Yes | Yes | IGES, STEP, BRep, OBJ, DXF, SVG, U3D | IGES, STEP, BRep,[19] OBJ, DXF, SVG, U3D | 0 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 | 1995 |
| HiCAD by ISD Group | 2012 SP2 | 3D/2D | No | Yes | No | Proprietary | Yes | en, de, it, fr (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 | ? |
| IDEA by 4M | November 2012, v. 11 | 2D/3D, BIM, Architecture, Rendering | No | Yes | No | Proprietary | Yes | en, fr, es, it, de, pt, pl, cs, hu, tr, gr | 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 | 1495, 685 |
| IntelliCAD by IntelliCAD Technology Consortium | Jun 10, 2011. V 7.0 | 2D/3D AEC | Unknown | Yes | Unknown | Proprietary | Unknown | en | Yes | Unknown | Yes | DWG, DXF, DWF, SAT | DWG, DXF, DWF, SVG, PDF, SAT | ? |
| MicroStation by Bentley Systems | November 6, 2008, v8i | 2D/3D AEC, BIM | 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, fi, cs[20] | Yes | Yes(2x3) | Yes | DGN, DXF, DWG, SketchUp, Rhino, PDF, Revit, IFC, gbXML, IGES, STEP | DGN, DXF, DWG, U3D, PDF, gbXML, IGES, STEP, SketchUp[21] | 5050 |
| MicroSurvey CAD by MicroSurvey | November 6, 2013, v13.0.1.3 | 2D/3D AEC, BIM | Unknown | Yes | Unknown | Proprietary | Yes | en, es, pt | Yes | Unknown | Yes | DWG, DXF, DWF, SAT | DWG, DXF, DWF, SVG, PDF, SAT | ? |
| NX by Siemens PLM Software | September 6, 2012, 8.5 | 2D/3D | Mac OS X,[22] and Novell SUSE Linux.[23] | 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 | ? |
| OpenSCAD | 2011.12 | 2D/3D | All POSIX (BSD/Linux/Unix like OS), Packages for Linux, Mac OS X | Yes | Unknown | GNU GPL | Free | en | Unknown | Unknown | Yes | DXF, STL | PNG, DXF, STL | 0 Free |
| PowerCADD by Engineered Software | August 2010, v9 | 2D | Mac OS X | No | Unknown | Proprietary | Unknown | en | No | Unknown | Yes | DWG, DXF | DXF | ? |
| Pro/ENGINEER by Parametric Technology Corporation | January 16, 2008, 5.0 | 2D/3D hybrid | Some[15] | Yes | Unknown | Proprietary | Yes | en, fr, de, es, it, ja, ko, zh-Hant, zh-Hans (at release date)[24] | Unknown | Unknown | Yes | STEP, IGES, DXF, DWG, Parasolid, STL, SAT, more | STEP, IGES, DXF, DWG, Parasolid, STL, SAT, more | 4995, 1500 maintenance |
| progeCAD by ProgeCAD | November 28, 2011, 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 | July 20, 2012, Version 3.0 | 2D | Yes | Yes | No | GNU GPL | Yes | en | Yes | v2.x3 import and export | Yes | IFC, DXF, DWG | IFC, DXF, DWG | 0 Free[25], $42 for Commercial |
| Revit Architecture by Autodesk | ? | 2D/3D BIM AEC | No | Yes | Unknown | Proprietary | 204,95US$ perpetual license | pt-BR, en, cs, fr, de, hu, it, ja, ko, ru, zh-Hans, es | Yes | Yes[26] | Yes | DXF, DWG, SAT, SKP, DGN, JPEG, PNG, TIFF | DWG, DXF, SAT, FBX, IFC, DGN, DWF, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, AVI, PDF | 5495 |
| Revit Structure by Autodesk | ? | 2D/3D BIM AEC | No | Yes | Unknown | Proprietary | Unknown | pt-BR, en, cs, fr, de, hu, it, ja, ko, ru, zh-Hans, es | Yes | Yes | Yes | DXF, DWG, DWF, SAT, SKP, DGN, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, Bentley Systems RAM Structural System | DWG, DXF, SAT, FBX, IFC, DGN, DWF, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, AVI, PDF | 5495 |
| Revit MEP by Autodesk | 2D/3D BIM AEC | No | Yes | Unknown | Proprietary | Unknown | pt-BR, en, cs, fr, de, hu, it, ja, ko, ru, zh-Hans, es | Yes | Yes | Yes | DXF, DWG, SAT, SKP, DGN, JPEG, PNG, TIFF | DWG, DXF, SAT, FBX, IFC, DGN, DWF, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, AVI, PDF | ? | |
| SALOME | December 2011 6.4.0 | CAE | FreeBSD,[27] Linux | Yes | No | LGPL | Free | EN, FR | Unknown | Unknown | No[28] | BREP, IGES, STEP | IGES, STEP, BREP, STL,[29] MED, UNV, DAT[30] | ? |
| SketchUp by Trimble | December 19, 2012, 8.0.16846 | 3D | Mac OS X | Yes | No | Proprietary | Yes | EN, NL, FR, IT, DE, JA, PT, PL, ES | Unknown | version? | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 495 |
| Solid Edge by Siemens PLM Software | August 12, 2008, 1.0 | 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 | 5300, 1200 Maintenance |
| SolidWorks by SolidWorks Corp. | June 6, 2012, | 2D/3D hybrid | No | Yes | No | Proprietary | From 129,95US$ | en, es, de (at release date) | Yes | Unknown | Yes | DXF, DWG, Parasolid, IGES, STEP, ACIS, STL, ProE, Solid Edge, | IGES, STEP, ACIS, STL, ProE, Solid Edge, u3d, VRML, 3dxml, Catia, PDF | 3995, 1295/yr for optional support |
| SolveSpace by Useful Subset, LLC | January 21, 2012, v.1.9 | 2D/3D parametric | No | Yes | No | Proprietary | No | en | No | Unknown | No | 2D as DXF, EPS, PDF, SVG, HPGL, STEP; 3D wireframe as DXF, STEP; triangle mesh as STL, Wavefront OBJ; NURBS surfaces as STEP | 0 Free | |
| SpaceClaim Engineer by SpaceClaim Corp. | 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 | ? | |
| TransMagic | R8 sp5 | 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 | 2011. v18 (Windows), v5 (Mac) | 2D/3D | Mac OS X | Yes | No | Proprietary | Up to 85% off standard pricing | en, cs, others? | Unknown | Unknown | Yes | 'see PDF of compatible file formats' | 'see PDF of compatible file formats' | 1295 |
| VariCAD by VariCAD | November 10, 2011, 2012 | 2D 3D | Linux | Yes | No | Proprietary | Yes | eng, ger,[31] cze[32] pt, ja, zh-Hans | Unknown | Unknown | 2d only | STEP (3D), DWG (2D), DXF (2D)[33] | STEP (3D), STL (3D), IGES (3D), BMP (from 3D), DWG (2D), DXF (2D)[33] | 650 |
| Vectorworks by Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc., (includes Fundamentals, Architect, Landmark, Spotlight, Designer, and Renderworks) |
September 15, 2011, 2012 | 2D/3D | Mac OS X | Yes | No | Proprietary | Free for students in U.S. institutions of higher learning | en, pt-BR, fr, es, nl, de, it, ja | Yes | Yes | Yes | DWG, DXF, PDF, EPSF, 3DS, IGES, SAT, Parasolid X_T, Sketchup, IFC, SHP, JPEG, BMP, PNG, PSD, SGI, TIFF, TGA | DWG, DXF, PDF, EPSF, 3DS, IGES, SAT, Parasolid X_T, STL, IFC, KML, SHP, JPEG, BMP, PNG, PSD, SGI, TIFF, TGA | ? |
| VisualARQ by Asuni CAD S.A. | July 25, 2011, 1.4 | 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 |
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