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Advanced 3D CAD software allows users to create complex 3D forms

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 02012-12-01December 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 02012-01-012012, 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 02012-01-012012, 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 02012-01-012012, 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 02012-01-012012, Version 2011 2D/3D No Yes No Proprietary No en No Land XML Yes DXF, DWG DXF, DWG  ?
ArchiCAD by Graphisoft 02012-07-01July 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 02011-03-22March 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 02012-03-01March 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 02012-10-01October 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 02012-04-30April 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 02009-09-01September 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 02011-01-012011, 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 02009-12-11December 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 02009-06-01June 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 02013-02-13February 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 02008-06-23June 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 02008-11-06November 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 02013-11-06November 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 02012-09-06September 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 02010-08-01August 2010, v9 2D Mac OS X No Unknown Proprietary Unknown en No Unknown Yes DWG, DXF DXF  ?
Pro/ENGINEER by Parametric Technology Corporation 02008-01-16January 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 02011-11-28November 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 02012-07-20July 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 02011-12-01December 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 02012-12-19December 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 02008-08-12August 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. 02012-06-06June 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 02012-01-21January 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 02011-11-10November 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)
02011-09-15September 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. 02011-07-25July 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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