Diff Between Cad Tool And Design Tool

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 14.1 2019-06-25 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 Design by GRAITEC 3D, CAE, FEA Windows Version 2018 2017-06 Proprietary Yes en, fr, ro, pl, cs Yes v2x3 import/export Yes CIS/2, SDNF, PSS, DXF, GTC CIS/2, SDNF, PSS, DXF, GTC ? Advance Steel by Autodesk 3D, CAE, CAM, steel detailing Windows Version 2018 2017-04-01 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 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 2017.1.2 2017 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 ArchiCAD by Graphisoft 2D/3D Architecture, BIM Mac OS X^[1] Version 21 2017-06-14 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^[2] Yes v2x3 CV2.0 & v4 Import and export certified ^[3] 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 $4,250 Windows AutoCAD by Autodesk 2D/3D, Architecture, Drafting Mac OS X, No for discipline-specific vertical products, e.g. AutoCAD Architecture^[4] ^[5] Release 2018 2017-03-21 Proprietary^[6] 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^[7] 3DS (requires 3dsout), DXF, DWG, PDF, DWF, FBX, BMP, DGN^[8] $1,470 per year; $4,410 per 3 years Windows Android iOS Autodesk Inventor by Autodesk 3D Windows 2018 2017-03-12 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 $1935 per year; $5805 per 3 years BricsCAD
by Bricsys 2D/3D AEC,
Parametric direct modeling,
BIM,
Mechanical,
Sheet metal,
Rendering Mac OS X V21 (21.1.04-1 English)
(64-bit, 32-bit) 2020-10-27 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, SLDASM, SLDPRT

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 All POSIX (BSD/Linux/Unix like OS), Packages for FreeBSD, IRIX, Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris^[9] ^[10] 7.32.2^[11]

2021-02-06 (2021-02-06) LGPL-2.1-only^[12] Yes
No cost en^[9] Unknown No Yes DXF, Elysium Neutral Facetted, EUCLID, FASTGEN, IGES, Jack, NASTRAN, Pro/E,^[13] STL, TANKILL, Unigraphics, Viewpoint Datalabs Format^[14] DXF, EUCLID, IGES, Jack, STL, TANKILL, VRML, OBJ, X3D^[14] No cost Windows Others Caddie Professional by Advanced Computer Solutions 2D/3D CAE, Rendering Windows 7, 8, 10 & 11 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 $20000 Windows CATIA by Dassault Systèmes 2D/3D CAE IBM AIX R2018x 2018 Proprietary 99EUR, 99US$, 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 Mac OS X, 10.6+, fully hyper-threaded ray tracing v9 2016-03-16 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
7, 8.1, 10+ (x32 or ×64) Creo by Parametric Technology Corporation 2D/3D hybrid POSIX (some)^[15] Creo 4.0 (M010) 2017-03-29 Proprietary Yes en, fr, de, es, it, ja, ko, zh-Hant, zh-Hans (at release date)^[16] 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
32bit and 64bit Version R5 2013 Proprietary Unknown en Yes v2x3^[17] Yes(2D + 3D) SDNF, DWG, DXF, IFC, IGES, HSF, 3DXML^[17] SDNF, DWG, DXF, IFC, IGES, HSF, 3DXML^[17] ? 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 All Unix-like OSes; Packages for FreeBSD, Linux 0.19.2^[18]

2021-04-22 (2021-04-22) 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,^[19] OBJ, DXF, SVG, U3D No cost Windows Others with OpenGL as a prerequisite^[20] form•Z by AutoDesSys, Inc 2D/3D AEC Rendering Mac OS X 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 $1,995 Windows
XP, Vista
32bit and 64bit HiCAD by ISD Group 2D/3D Windows 2017 2017-02-13 Proprietary Yes en, de, it, fr, pl, jp (at release date) Yes version? Yes IGES, STEP, DXF, DWG, ACIS, ProE, SolidWorks, CATIA (V4/V5), Parasolid, UniGraphics, Inventor, IFC, PC-Draft, Technovision, Procad, Proren, Babcad, ME10, JT, STL, DSTV, SDNF IGES, STEP, DXF, DWG, ACIS, ProE, CATIA (V4/V5), Parasolid, IFC, VRML, STL, JT, Gamma-Ray, STL, DSTV, Tops Geo, SDNF ? IntelliCAD by IntelliCAD Technology Consortium 2D/3D AEC BIM Windows V 10.0a 2020-10-29 Proprietary Varies by vendor en (more options vary by vendor) Yes version? Yes DXF, DWF, SAT, DXB, DWT, DGN, DAE, IGES, STEP, OBJ, STL, IFC, RVT/RFA DWF, DGN, SVG, PDF, SAT, BMP, EMF/WMF, STL, DAE Varies by vendor IRONCAD by IronCAD LLC 2D/3D hybrid Windows 2017 2016-11-30 Proprietary From 124US$ 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^[21] 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^[22] STEP, IGES, SAT, Parasolid, DXF, DWG, STL, U3D, OBJ, VRML, WMF, HPGL, PDF^[22] $3,495 - $5,995 permanent license w/1st year maintenance, $1,188 - $2,028/yr lease (USD) LibreCAD 2D POSIX 2.1.3^[23]

2016-09-23 (2016-09-23) GPL-2.0-only Yes
No cost en, fr, it, de, es, ja, zh, fi, cs, pt, lv^[24] No No Yes DWG, DXF DXF, JPEG, PNG, SVG, BMP^[25] No cost^[26] Windows Others MicroStation by Bentley Systems 2D/3D AEC Windows CONNECT Edition (Update 9)^[27] 2017-01-17 Proprietary Yes en, fr, it, de, es, ja, zh, ru, tu, pl, pt, ko, fi, cs^[28] 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|Google Earth, LXO, SVG, VRML, VOB, ACIS, OBJ, STL, gbXML, IGES, STEP, SKP^[29] $5,050 Other systems dropped (last was V 5.7 of 1997/1998) NX by Siemens PLM Software 2D/3D, Parametric Mac OS X^[30] 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 RedHat Linux SUSE Linux^[31] Windows Onshape by PTC Mechanical CAD (MCAD), 3D printing All systems with compatible Web Browser 1.135^[32] 2021-08-20 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)^[33] 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)^[33] No cost for Education^[34] and Hobbyists/Open Source,^[35] $1500 - $2100 for Commercial Use, Contact for Enterprise Version^[36] Android iOS OpenSCAD 2D/3D All POSIX (BSD/Linux/Unix like OS), Packages for Linux 2021.01^[37]

2021-01-31 (2021-01-31) GPL-2.0-or-later Yes
No cost en No No Partial^[38] ^[39] ^[40] DXF, STL, OFF PNG, DXF, STL, OFF No cost Mac OS X 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 Mac OS X 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 3.26.4.5^[41]

2021-07-20 (2021-07-20) 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 Mac OS X Windows Autodesk Revit 2D/3D BIM AEC Windows 2017.2 2017-01-27 Proprietary Yes^[43] pt-BR, en, cs, fr, de, hu, it, ja, ko, ru, zh-Hans, es Yes version? Import and export certified^[3] 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 Mac OS X 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 9.7.0^[45]

2021-06-28 (2021-06-28) LGPL-2.1-or-later Yes
No cost EN, FR, JA Unknown Unknown No^[46] BREP, IGES, STEP, XAO^[47] IGES, STEP, BREP, STL,^[48] MED, UNV, DAT,^[49] XAO^[50] No cost FreeBSD^[51] Windows SketchUp by Trimble 3D Mac OS X 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 PLM Software 3D/2D Windows ST9 2016-06-15 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 $5,300, $1,200 Maintenance SolidWorks by Dassault Systèmes 2D/3D hybrid Windows 2018 SP4 2018-08-13 Proprietary From 129,95US$ 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, $3,995, $1,295/yr for optional support SolveSpace by Jonathan Westhues 2D/3D parametric Linux 3.0^[52]

2021-04-18 (2021-04-18) GPL-3.0-or-later Yes
No cost en 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 Mac OS X Windows SpaceClaim Engineer by SpaceClaim Corp. 2D/3D hybrid Windows 2017.1 2017-05-09 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.^[3] 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^[53] IFC, IFCXML, IFCZIP, DWG, DXF, DGN, CIS/2, ISM, FabTrol KISS, DSTV, Steel Detailing Neutral Format, Eliplan ELI, Primavera P6, Trimble LM80, HMS^[53] ? 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.^[54] 2D/3D Parametric Windows Version 17.0.56.0 2021-10-28 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

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