Comparison of computer-aided design software

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 (USD)
			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
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, Keyhole Markup Language, 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	V24 (24.2.03 English) (64-bit, 32-bit)	2022-03-18	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]	7.40.2[16]	2024-10-01 (2024-10-01)	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
		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	30	2023	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 $20000
		Windows
CATIA by Dassault Systèmes	2D/3D CAE	IBM AIX	R2023x	2023-11	Proprietary	99EUR, 99US$, 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)[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, $1,500 maintenance
		Windows
DataCAD by DATACAD LLC	2D/3D AEC	Windows	19	2016-10	Proprietary	49US$	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[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	1.0.0[23][24]	2024-11-19	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,[25] OBJ, DXF, SVG, U3D	No cost
		Windows
		Others with OpenGL as a prerequisite[26]
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[27]	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[28]	STEP, IGES, SAT, Parasolid, DXF, DWG, STL, U3D, OBJ, VRML, WMF, HPGL, PDF[28]	$3,495 - $5,995 permanent license w/1st year maintenance, $1,188 - $2,028/yr lease (USD)
LibreCAD	2D	POSIX	2.2.0.2[29]	2023-07-29 (2023-07-29)	GPL-2.0-only	Yes No cost	en, fr, it, de, es, ja, zh, fi, cs, pt, lv[30]	No	No	Yes	DWG, DXF	DXF, JPEG, PNG, SVG, BMP[31]	No cost[32]
		Windows
		Others
MicroStation by Bentley Systems	2D/3D AEC	Windows	CONNECT Edition (Update 9)[33]	2017-01-17	Proprietary	Yes	en, fr, it, de, es, ja, zh, ru, tu, pl, pt, ko, fi, cs[34]	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[35]	$5,050
		Other systems dropped (last was V 5.7 of 1997/1998)
NX by Siemens Digital Industries Software	2D/3D, Parametric	macOS[36]	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[37]
		Windows
Onshape by PTC	Mechanical CAD (MCAD), 3D printing	Web browser	1.143[38]	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)[39]	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)[39]	No cost for Education[40] and Hobbyists/Open Source,[41] $1500 - $2100 for Commercial Use, Contact for Enterprise Version[42]
		Android
		iOS
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[43][44][45]	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	3.31.2[46]	2024-10-28 (2024-10-28)	GPL-3.0-or-later	Yes	en	Yes	v2.x3 import and export	Yes	IFC, DXF, DWG	IFC, DXF, DWG	No cost,[47] $42 for Commercial
		macOS
		Windows
Autodesk Revit	2D/3D BIM AEC	Windows	2024.1	2023-07-11	Proprietary	Yes[48]	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 8 SR8.8.24	2024-06-18	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[49]
		Windows
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[50]	BREP, IGES, STEP, XAO[51]	IGES, STEP, BREP, STL,[52] MED, UNV, DAT,[53] XAO[54]	No cost
		FreeBSD[55]
		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[56] Commercial: $5,300, $1,200 maintenance
SolidWorks by Dassault Systèmes	2D/3D hybrid	Windows	2023 SP3[57]	2023-07-10	Proprietary	From 129,95US$	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,[58] $3,995 for commercial, $1,295/yr for optional support
SolveSpace by Jonathan Westhues	2D/3D parametric	Linux	3.1[59]	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
		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 2024 SR 4.1	2024-09-13	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[60] 3D geometry definition file format (.obj) - Adobe PDF (.pdf) - Autodesk 3DS Max format (.3ds) - AutoCAD (.dwg)(.dxf) - BIM Collaboration format (.bcf) - Blender files (.blend) - Collada (.dae) - Conversion files (.cnv) - Comma separated value files (.csv) - DSTV (.nc, .stp, .mis) - Elematic ELiPLAN, ELiPOS, Plant Control, FloorMES, WallMES (.eli) - FabTrol MIS Xml (.xml) - Filmbox (.fbx) - GL Transmission Format (.glft) - IFC2x3 IFC4 IFC4.3 (.ifc) - IFCXML 2X3 (.ifcXML) - IFCZIP 2x3 (.ifcZIP) - Initial Graphics Exchange Specification (IGES) (.iges, .igs) - LandXML (.xml) - Microsoft Project (.xml) - Microstation (.dgn) - Oracle Primavera P6 (.xml) - Point cloud (.e57, .las, .laz, .pts, .ptx, .js, .tzf, .tdx) - Polygon File Format (.ply) - Potree (.js) - SketchUp (.skp) - Staad ASCII (.std) - Steel Detailing Neutral Format (.sdf, .sdnf, .dat) - STEP AP203 (.stp, .step) - STEP AP214 (.stp, .step) - TrimBIM (.tekla) - Tekla Collaboration (.tczip) - Tekla PowerFab (.pftx, .zip) - Tekla Structural Designer model (.tsmd) - Tekla Structural Designer neutral (.cxl) - Tekla Structures shape (.tsc) - TrimBIM (.trb) - Trimble Field Link (.tfl, .tflx, .txt, .cnx[61]	IFC, IFCXML, IFCZIP, DWG, DXF, DGN, CIS/2, ISM, FabTrol KISS, DSTV, Steel Detailing Neutral Format, Eliplan ELI, Primavera P6, Trimble LM80, HMS[60] 3D geometry definition file format (.obj) - aSa (.TEK) - Adobe PDF (.pdf) - AutoCAD (.dwg)(.dxf) - BIM Collaboration format (.bcf) - BVBS (.abs) - Collada (.dae) - Conversion files (.cnv) - Comma separated value files (.csv) - DSTV (.nc, .stp, .mis) - Elematic ELiPLAN, ELiPOS, Plant Control, FloorMES, WallMES (.eli) - FabTrol Kiss (.kss) - FabTrol MIS Xml (.xml) - HMS (.sot) - IBB Betsy (.fa, .f, .ev) - IFC2x3 IFC4 IFC4.3 (.ifc) - IFCXML 2X3 (.ifcXML) - IFCZIP 2x3 (.ifcZIP) - Initial Graphics Exchange Specification (IGES) (.iges, .igs) - Microsoft Project (.xml) - Microstation (.dgn) - Oracle Primavera P6 (.xml) - Plant Design Management System (.pdms) - Potree (.js) - RIB iTWO-Export (.cpixml) - SketchUp (.skp) - Staad ASCII (.std) - Steel Detailing Neutral Format (.sdf, .sdnf, .dat) - TrimBIM (.tekla) - Tekla Collaboration (.tczip) - Tekla PowerFab (.pftx, .zip) - Tekla-FabTrol Report (.xsr) - Tekla Structural Designer model (.tsmd) - Tekla Structural Designer neutral (.cxl) - Tekla Structures shape (.tsc) - TrimBIM (.trb) - Trimble Field Link (.tfl, .tflx, .txt, .cnx) - TubeNC (.xml) - Unitechnik (.uni, .cam)[61]	?
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			$1,495 Pro, $1,695 Pro Platinum[62]
		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),[63] DWB	STEP (3D), STL (3D), IGES (3D), BMP (from 3D), DWG (2D), DXF (2D),[63] 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 computer-aided engineering software
• List of free and open-source software packages
• List of video editing software

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