161 Like FreeCAD Good alternative? YES NO FreeCAD is a general purpose parametric 3D CAD modeler. The development is completely Open Source (LGPL License). FreeCAD is aimed directly at mechanical engineering and... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux DWG support Parametric Modeling Windows XP Compatibility Add a feature Freecad is (as mentioned in the description) for 3D parametric CAD, and has no drafting functionality worth speaking of. Not a bad program, but certainly not an AutoCAD replacement. It has much more similarity to SolidWorks than AutoCAD Guest • Jan 2017 • 6 agrees and 3 disagrees Disagree Agree I use Freecad to design my 3D printing models. Guest • Oct 2015 • 5 agrees and 3 disagrees Disagree Agree Not bad for a free Software, but Workflow seems very antiquated and unneccessarily complicated. It lacks logic on available tools in different workbenches. There are much ways to get to your goal but every way takes really a lot of clicks and more of trial and error. Guest • Aug 2017 • 2 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree Not directly supporting DWG: needs a commercial/trial license of a file converter Guest • Apr 2017 • 1 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree Very good app, has many workbenches for different branches of engineering. It has a very helpful community forum. I really recommend trying it before looking for any other alternative. Guest • Jun 2017 Disagree Agree FreeCAD is not a bad program, but it seems to lack functionality that AutoCAD provides. Currently FreeCAD seems to be in an early stage of development, and should probably not be considered for use in a professional production context, as a replacement for AutoCAD. Guest • Mar 2017 • 0 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree FreeCAD is a software for 3d parametric model, AutoCAD is not that. Guest • Sep 2015 • 0 agrees and 5 disagrees Disagree Agree
69 Like DraftSight Good alternative? YES NO DraftSight is a professional-grade, open 2D CAD product for users who want a better way to read, write and share DWG files. DraftSight is easy to use and is available... Freemium Mac Windows Linux No features added Add a feature Because i'ts equal in 2D part. Very good, has free version, and multiplatform. Guest • Feb 2017 • 3 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree One of the better, if not the best CAD for Linux. Works on Fedora, would recommend this program. Guest • Mar 2017 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree the free version really read/write autocad files. rbadillarx • Mar 2017 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree This is the closest program in functionality to Autocad, It could use some stability improvements. Guest • May 2017 Disagree Agree DraftSight is developed as a competitor to AutoCAD 2D. Distributed as a free (well also has a paid version) software to compete with 2D AutoCAD. Guest • Jul 2016 • 1 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree Fully compatible with, industry standard, AutoCAD DWG files. Uses a command line based interface that works in the same way as AutoCAD. Guest • Dec 2016 • 1 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree The interface is very similar and it was able to open existing autocadd drawings. this allowed a seamless transition. Guest • Jan 2017 • 0 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree
85 Like LibreCAD Good alternative? YES NO LibreCAD (originally QCad then CADuntu) is an open source 2D CAD application for Windows, Apple and Linux. It is based on Qt, which is a leading cross-platform... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux PortableApps.com Construction layers Add a feature Similar GUI like AutoCAD, and for 2D drawing, it is a perfect solution Guest • Jul 2017 Disagree Agree LibreCAD is only a 2d Drafting software while AutoCAD also has 3d modelling capabilities Guest • May 2016 • 3 agrees and 4 disagrees Disagree Agree
47 Like OpenSCAD Good alternative? YES NO OpenSCAD is a software for creating solid 3D CAD objects. It is free software and available for Linux/UNIX, MS Windows and MacOS. Unlike most free software for... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux No features added Add a feature
36 Like BRL-CAD Good alternative? YES NO BRL-CAD is a powerful cross-platform open source solid modeling system that includes interactive geometry editing, high-performance ray-tracing for rendering and... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux No features added Add a feature
15 Like SolveSpace Good alternative? YES NO SOLVESPACE is a parametric 3D CAD program with extrude, revolve, union and difference functions. Save/Export as DXF, PDF, SVG, STL, STEP. Mesh generation expected by... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Parametric Modeling Add a feature
28 Like Bricscad Good alternative? YES NO A powerful CAD platform, with features familiar to you from native .dwg applications. BricsCAD unifies advanced 2D design with the intelligence of 3D direct modeling.... Commercial Mac Windows Linux No features added Add a feature
17 Like QCAD Good alternative? YES NO QCAD is an application for computer aided drafting in 2D. With QCAD you can create technical drawings such as plans for buildings, interiors, mechanical parts or schemas... Free Personal Mac Windows Linux Scripting Add a feature
4 Like Open CASCADE Good alternative? YES NO Open CASCADE Technology is a software development platform freely available in open source. It includes components for 3D surface and solid modeling, visualization, data... Free Open Source Windows Linux No features added Add a feature
8 Like CoffeeSCAD Good alternative? YES NO Browser based 3D solid CAD editor, Openscad style, with a Coffeescript based syntax, using only Coffeescript + Javascript Free Open Source Linux Web No features added Add a feature
1 Like ImplicitCAD Good alternative? YES NO ImplicitCAD is a programmatic CAD program, implemented in Haskell. Unlike traditional CAD programs, programmatic CAD programs use text descriptions of objects, as in... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux No features added Add a feature
3 Like Cademia Good alternative? YES NO CADEMIA is a modern CAD system with a full functionality to create dimensional accurate technical drawings and documents. Existing software tools for the planning... Freemium Mac Windows Linux No features added Add a feature
1 Like Assetforge Good alternative? YES NO Asset Forge allows anyone to create 3D models and 2D sprites using building blocks. Finished assets are compatible with most available game engines. Commercial Mac Windows Linux No features added Add a feature
3 Like MakerSCAD Good alternative? YES NO Powerfull 3D design tool for 3D printing, virtual reality and game engine. Exports to STL, OBJ, and HTML5 3D websites. Freemium Mac Windows Linux Web Chrome OS Parametric Modeling Visual Programming Add a feature
7 Like Archimedes Good alternative? YES NO Archimedes is a free and open source CAD (Computer Aided Design) software. It is a robust system built over Eclipse’s Rich Client Java Platform fully based on plug ins.... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Add a feature Discontinued No ongoing development, but the application is still usable.
