Comparison of computer-aided design software explained

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 developer2D/3D or specialty fieldsPlatformLatest releaseLicenseAcademic version?User Interface language/sSupport for Building Information Modelling?Support for Industry Foundation Classes (version & MVD)?Support for AutoCAD DXF?ImportsExportsPrice
(USD)
VersionDate
rowspan="2" ABViewer by CADSoftTools rowspan="2" 2D/3D Linux with Wine rowspan="2" Version 15.1[1] rowspan="2" 2023-02-01 rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" en, fr, de, ru and others rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" 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 rowspan="2" PDF, DWG, DXF, SWF, CGM, DXT, SVG, PLT, STL, OBJ, OBJF, NMF, LMTS, NC, BMP, GIF, JPG, PNG, TIF, TIFF, WMF, EMF, SWF rowspan="2" Varies depending on the license type
Windows
Alibre Design by Alibre, LLC 2D/3D Windows Version V27 2023 en, de, ja, fr, zh-Hant, pl, cs, es, da, pt-BR, sv 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 en, es, fr, de, ru, zh-Hant, ja, pl, cs, it, pt-BR and others [2] DXF, DWG, IFC, DGN, PDF, STL, OBJ, C4D, SKP, WRL, LandXML DXF, DWG, IFC, DGN, PDF, STL, OBJ, C4D, SKP, WRL, 3DS $4,000 - $9,000
rowspan="2" Archicad by Graphisoft rowspan="2" 2D/3D Architecture, BIM macOS[3] rowspan="2" Version 27 rowspan="2" 2023 [4] rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" en, de, es, fr, it, pt, ru, ja, pl, cs, hu, nl, fi, sv, no, da, tr, el, zh-Hans, ko, zh-Hant[5] rowspan="2" rowspan="2" [6] rowspan="2" rowspan="2" 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 rowspan="2" 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 rowspan="2" $4,250
Windows
rowspan="4" AutoCAD by Autodesk rowspan="4" 2D/3D, Architecture, Drafting macOS, No for discipline-specific vertical products, e.g. AutoCAD Architecture[7] [8] rowspan="4" 2024.1[9] rowspan="4" 2023-07-24 rowspan="4" [10] rowspan="4" rowspan="4" pt-BR, en, cs, fr, de, hu, it, ja, ko, pl, ru, zh-Hans, es, zh-Hant rowspan="4" rowspan="4" rowspan="4" rowspan="4" DXF, DWG, DWS, DWT, WMF, SAT, 3DS, FBX, DGN[11] rowspan="4" 3DS (requires 3dsout), DXF, DWG, PDF, DWF, FBX, BMP, DGN[12] rowspan="4" $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 en and others 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
rowspan="5" BricsCAD
by Bricsys		 rowspan="5" 2D/3D AEC,
Parametric direct modeling,
BIM,
Mechanical,
Sheet metal,
Rendering		 macOS rowspan="5" V24 (24.2.03 English)
(64-bit, 32-bit)		 rowspan="5" 2022-03-18 rowspan="5" rowspan="5" rowspan="5" en, cs, de, es, fr, hu, it, ja, ko, lt, pl, pt-BR, ru, vi, zh-Hans, zh-Hant rowspan="5" rowspan="5" rowspan="5" rowspan="5" 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		 rowspan="5" 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		 rowspan="5" $1020 Platinum,
$680 Pro,
$550 Classic,

$610 Communicator
Fedora
openSUSE
Ubuntu
Windows
10, 8, 7, Vista
rowspan="3" BRL-CAD by United States Army Research Laboratory rowspan="3" 3D design and simulation for military vehicles POSIX (BSD/Linux/Unix like OS), Packages for FreeBSD, IRIX, Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris[14] [15] rowspan="3" rowspan="3" rowspan="3" rowspan="3" rowspan="3" en rowspan="3" rowspan="3" rowspan="3" rowspan="3" DXF, Elysium Neutral Facetted, EUCLID, FASTGEN, IGES, Jack, NASTRAN, Pro/E,[16] STL, TANKILL, Unigraphics, Viewpoint Datalabs Format rowspan="3" DXF, EUCLID, IGES, Jack, STL, TANKILL, VRML, OBJ, X3D rowspan="3" No cost
Windows
Others
Caddie Professional by Advanced Computer Solutions 2D/3D CAE, Rendering Windows 27 2021 en 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
rowspan="2" Cadwork by Cadwork informatik AG rowspan="2" 2D/3D/4D/5D/6D CAE, Rendering, CAM, BIM HP-UX rowspan="2" 30 rowspan="2" 2023 rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" en, cs, fr, de, it, ja, pl, pt, ru, zh-Hans, es rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" DWG, DXF, PDF, JPEG, TIFF, PNG, SAT, IFC rowspan="2" DWG, DXF, PDF, JPEG, TIFF, SAT, IFC rowspan="2" $1000 to $20000
Windows
rowspan="5" CATIA by Dassault Systèmes rowspan="5" 2D/3D CAE IBM AIX rowspan="5" R2023x rowspan="5" 2023-11 rowspan="5" rowspan="5" rowspan="5" en, fr, de, ja (at release date) rowspan="5" rowspan="5" rowspan="5" rowspan="5" rowspan="5" rowspan="5" $9000 to $65000 (depends on modules)
HP-UX
Solaris
Windows
V4 runs on mainframe
rowspan="2" Cobalt by Ashlar-Vellum rowspan="2" 2D/3D Rendering
CAE
CAM		 macOS, 10.13+, fully hyper-threaded ray tracing rowspan="2" v12 rowspan="2" 2023-08-17 rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" en, bre, fr, de, it, pt, ru, sl, sv rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" 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 rowspan="2" 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 rowspan="2" $2,495 buy, or $995/year rent, or $94.95/month rent
Windows
10, 11 (64-bit)
rowspan="2" Creo by Parametric Technology Corporation rowspan="2" 2D/3D hybrid POSIX (some)[17] rowspan="2" Creo 10.0 rowspan="2" 2023-04-18 rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" en, fr, de, es, it, ja, ko, zh-Hant, zh-Hans (at release date)[18] rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" STEP, IGES, DXF, DWG, Parasolid, STL, SAT, more rowspan="2" STEP, IGES, DXF, DWG, Parasolid, STL, SAT, more rowspan="2" $4,995, $1,500 maintenance
Windows
DataCAD by DATACAD LLC 2D/3D AEC Windows 19 2016-10 en, pt, cs, et, fi, fr, de, hu, he, it, ru, es, and others 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 en, cz, de, es, fr, it, jp, kr, pl, pt, zh-cn, zh-tw 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 en [19] (2D + 3D) SDNF, DWG, DXF, IFC, IGES, HSF, 3DXML SDNF, DWG, DXF, IFC, IGES, HSF, 3DXML ?
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 en 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 en, fr, tr, gr, bg DXF, DWG, IFC, ACIS, BMP, JPG, TGA, GIF DXF, DWG, IFC, ACIS, Collada, 3DS, PDF, BLD, JPG, BMP, TGA, PNG, TIFF $1,220, $720
rowspan="3" FreeCAD rowspan="3" 3D Unix-like OSes; Packages for FreeBSD, Linux rowspan="3" 0.21.0 rowspan="3" rowspan="3" rowspan="3" rowspan="3" en, af, cn, hr, nl, fi, fr, de, it, no, pt, ru, es, se, ua rowspan="3" rowspan="3" rowspan="3" rowspan="3" IFC, IGES, STEP, BRep, OBJ, DXF, SVG, U3D rowspan="3" IFC, IGES, STEP, BRep,[20] OBJ, DXF, SVG, U3D rowspan="3" No cost
Windows
Others with OpenGL as a prerequisite[21]
rowspan="2" form•Z by AutoDesSys, Inc rowspan="2" 2D/3D AEC Rendering macOS rowspan="2" 6.6 rowspan="2" 2008-06-23 rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" en, fr, de, el, it, ja, ko, es rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" 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 rowspan="2" 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 rowspan="2" $1,995
Windows
XP, Vista
32-bit and 64-bit
HiCAD by ISD Group 2D/3D Windows 2017 2017-02-13 en, de, it, fr, pl, jp (at release date) 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 en (more options vary by vendor) 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 en, jp, ko, de (at release date) 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[22] 2021-03-17 en, jp, it, de (at release date) STEP, IGES, SAT, Parasolid, DXF, DWG, Catia, Creo/ProE, NX, Solid Edge, JT, SolidWorks, Inventor, CADKEY, IFC, STL, U3D, OBJ[23] STEP, IGES, SAT, Parasolid, DXF, DWG, STL, U3D, OBJ, VRML, WMF, HPGL, PDF $3,495 - $5,995 permanent license w/1st year maintenance, $1,188 - $2,028/yr lease (USD)
rowspan="3" LibreCAD rowspan="3" 2D POSIX rowspan="3" rowspan="3" rowspan="3" rowspan="3" rowspan="3" en, fr, it, de, es, ja, zh, fi, cs, pt, lv[24] rowspan="3" rowspan="3" rowspan="3" rowspan="3" DWG, DXF rowspan="3" DXF, JPEG, PNG, SVG, BMP[25] rowspan="3" No cost[26]
Windows
Others
rowspan="2" MicroStation by Bentley Systems rowspan="2" 2D/3D AEC Windows rowspan="2" CONNECT Edition (Update 9)[27] rowspan="2" 2017-01-17 rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" en, fr, it, de, es, ja, zh, ru, tu, pl, pt, ko, fi, cs[28] rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" 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 rowspan="2" DGN, DXF, DWG, U3D, PDF, .daeCollada, FBX, JT, KML, LXO, SVG, VRML, VOB, ACIS, OBJ, STL, gbXML, IGES, STEP, SKP[29] rowspan="2" $5,050
Other systems dropped (last was V 5.7 of 1997/1998)
rowspan="4" NX by Siemens Digital Industries Software rowspan="4" 2D/3D, Parametric macOS[30] rowspan="4" 11.0 rowspan="4" 2016-06-29 rowspan="4" rowspan="4" rowspan="4" en, fr, it, de, es, ja, zh, fi, cs rowspan="4" rowspan="4" rowspan="4" rowspan="4" JT, Parasolid, STEP, DWG, DXF, ProE, SolidWorks, I-deas, CATIA (V4/V5), STL, IGES rowspan="4" JT, Parasolid, STEP, DWG, DXF, ProE, SolidWorks, I-deas, CATIA (V4/V5), STL, IGES rowspan="4" $12k - $40k
Red Hat Linux
SUSE Linux[31]
Windows
rowspan="3" Onshape by PTC rowspan="3" Mechanical CAD (MCAD), 3D printing Web browser rowspan="3" 1.143[32] rowspan="3" 2022-02-18 rowspan="3" rowspan="3" rowspan="3" en, de, ko, zh-Hant, zh-Hans, fr, ja, it, es rowspan="3" rowspan="3" rowspan="3" rowspan="3" 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] rowspan="3" 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) rowspan="3" No cost for Education[34] and Hobbyists/Open Source,[35] $1500 - $2100 for Commercial Use, Contact for Enterprise Version[36]
Android
iOS
rowspan="3" OpenSCAD rowspan="3" 2D/3D POSIX (BSD/Linux/Unix like OS), Packages for Linux rowspan="3" 2021.01 rowspan="3" rowspan="3" rowspan="3" rowspan="3" en rowspan="3" rowspan="3" rowspan="3" [37] [38] [39] rowspan="3" DXF, STL, OFF rowspan="3" PNG, DXF, STL, OFF, AMF, 3MF, SVG, CSG, PDF rowspan="3" No cost
macOS
Windows
rowspan="2" OrthoGraph rowspan="2" 2D/3D Android rowspan="2" 3.1.2 rowspan="2" 2020-05-08 rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" en, fr, de, hu, it, ja, nl, ru, es rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" PNG, DXF, JPG, IFC rowspan="2" $29.99 per month
iOS
PowerCADD by Engineered Software 2D macOS v9 2010-08 en, fr, it, es, ... 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)
rowspan="3" QCAD by Ribbon Soft rowspan="3" 2D POSIX rowspan="3" rowspan="3" rowspan="3" rowspan="3" rowspan="3" en rowspan="3" rowspan="3" rowspan="3" rowspan="3" IFC, DXF, DWG rowspan="3" IFC, DXF, DWG rowspan="3" No cost,[40] $42 for Commercial
macOS
Windows
Autodesk Revit 2D/3D BIM AEC Windows 2024.1 2023-07-11 [41] pt-BR, en, cs, fr, de, hu, it, ja, ko, ru, zh-Hans, es DXF, DWG, SAT, SKP, DGN, JPEG, PNG, TIFF DWG, DXF, SAT, FBX, IFC, DGN, DWF, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, AVI, PDF Varies
rowspan="2" Rhinoceros 3D by Robert McNeel and Associates rowspan="2" 2D/3D CAD macOS rowspan="2" Rhino 8 SR8.8.24 rowspan="2" 2024-06-18 rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" en, fr, de, it, es, pl, cs, zh, ja, kr rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" DXF, DWG, .3ds, SAT, SketchUp, IGES, STEP, STL, DGN, FBX, OBJ, sldprt rowspan="2" DXF, DWG, .3ds, SAT, SketchUp, IGES, STEP, STL, COLLADA, Parasolid rowspan="2" $995[42]
Windows
rowspan="3" SALOME rowspan="3" CAE Linux rowspan="3" 9.10.0 rowspan="3" rowspan="3" rowspan="3" rowspan="3" EN, FR, JA rowspan="3" rowspan="3" rowspan="3" [43] rowspan="3" BREP, IGES, STEP, XAO[44] rowspan="3" IGES, STEP, BREP, STL,[45] MED, UNV, DAT,[46] XAO[47] rowspan="3" No cost
FreeBSD[48]
Windows
rowspan="2" SketchUp by Trimble rowspan="2" 3D macOS 18.0.16976 2017-11-14 rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" EN, FR, IT, DE, ES, PT(BR), JA, KO, ZH(CN), ZH(TW) rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" DWG, DXF, DEM, DDF, 3DS, DAE, KMZ, IFC, JPG, PNG, PSD, TIF, TGA, BMP rowspan="2" DAE, KMZ, 3DS, DWG, DXF, FBX, OBJ, WRL, XSI, PDF, EPS, BMP, JPG, TIF, PNG, EPX, rowspan="2" 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 en, es, ru, fr, ko (at release date) 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[49]
Commercial: $5,300, $1,200 maintenance
SolidWorks by Dassault Systèmes 2D/3D hybrid Windows 2023 SP3[50] 2023-07-10 en, es, de, fr (at release date) 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,[51]
$3,995 for commercial, $1,295/yr for optional support
rowspan="3" SolveSpace by Jonathan Westhues rowspan="3" 2D/3D parametric Linux rowspan="3" rowspan="3" rowspan="3" rowspan="3" rowspan="3" en, de, es, fr, ru, ja, tr, uk, zh-Hans rowspan="3" rowspan="3" rowspan="3" rowspan="3" rowspan="3" 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 rowspan="3" No cost
macOS
Windows
SpaceClaim Engineer by Ansys, Inc. 2D/3D hybrid Windows Ansys 2023 R2 2023-07-05 en 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 en, cs, zh-Hans, zh-Hant, du, fr, de, hu, it, ja, ko, pl, pt, pt-BR, ru, es Export certified. 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[52] IFC, IFCXML, IFCZIP, DWG, DXF, DGN, CIS/2, ISM, FabTrol KISS, DSTV, Steel Detailing Neutral Format, Eliplan ELI, Primavera P6, Trimble LM80, HMS ?
rowspan="3" Tinkercad by Autodesk rowspan="3" 3D modeling, constructive solid geometry POSIX rowspan="3" rowspan="3" 2019 rowspan="3" rowspan="3" rowspan="3" Browser default rowspan="3" rowspan="3" rowspan="3" rowspan="3" SVG, STL, OBJ rowspan="3" STL, OBJ rowspan="3" No cost
Windows
Others
T-FLEX CAD by Top Systems Ltd. 2D/3D Parametric Windows Version 17.0.74.0 2022-06-14 en, ru, de, pl, cs, it, ko 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, BMF3D 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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TransMagic File translator Windows
XP, Vista, 7		 R11 2014 en, de 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 ?
rowspan="2" TurboCAD by IMSI/Design, LLC rowspan="2" 2D/3D macOS 2017 Mac V10 2018-04-30 rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" en, cs, de, es, ja, fr, pl, zh-Hant rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" https://web.archive.org/web/20181020140723/https://www.turbocad.com/content/turbocad-2018-file-format-comparison rowspan="2" https://web.archive.org/web/20181020140723/https://www.turbocad.com/content/turbocad-2018-file-format-comparison rowspan="2" $1,495 Pro, $1,695 Pro Platinum[53]
Windows V2018 2018-04-30
rowspan="2" VariCAD by VariCAD rowspan="2" 2D/3D parametric Linux rowspan="2" 20123-2.0 rowspan="2" 2023-03-21 rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" en, de, cs, pt, ja rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" STEP (3D), DWG (2D), DXF (2D),[54] DWB rowspan="2" STEP (3D), STL (3D), IGES (3D), BMP (from 3D), DWG (2D), DXF (2D), DWB rowspan="2" $780
Windows
VisualARQ by Asuni CAD S.A. 2D/3D Windows 1.9.7 2017-05-03 en, fr, es, de, it, cs 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 developer2D/3D or specialty fieldsPlatformLatest releaseLicenseAcademic version?User Interface language/sSupport for Building Information Modelling?Support for Industry Foundation Classes (version & MVD)?Support for AutoCAD DXF?ImportsExportsPrice
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