LibreCAD Alternatives

One of the most popular alternatives to LibreCAD is FreeCAD, which is free and open source. Other popular alternatives are SketchUp, Autodesk AutoCAD, SOLIDWORKS and FluidCAD. CAD Software like LibreCAD are a crowded field, with more than 100 alternatives for Windows, Mac, Linux, the web and iPad.

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  1. pCon.planner icon
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    The professional furnishing 2D-/3D-tool for everybody: The pCon.planner is a cost-free application allowing you to comfortably and professionally create complex furnishing concepts and to visualize them in a photo-realistic quality. File Formats: dwg, dxf, 3ds, skp, ... Language.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  2. Shapr3D icon
     32 likes

    From design to manufacturing. Teams collaborate with more impact. Instinctive design meets multidevice capability and full interoperability for the ultimate 3D design workflow.

    56 Shapr3D alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • iPad
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  3. GstarCAD icon
     13 likes

    GstarCAD is well-known alternative CAD software of high compatibility with ACAD. With 27 years of continuous improvement and innovation, today GstarCAD is far ahead in performance, stability and becomes leading CAD software in the world.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac
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  4. CADAM icon
     5 likes

    The open source text to CAD web app.

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  5. nanoCAD icon
     45 likes

    nanoCAD is a pro-grade 2D CAD system with native DWG support and full customizability. It is totally free, for business, professional, or personal purposes. It is fast, lightweight, capable, and , unlike most free CAD programs, completely uncrippled. nanoCAD includes:

    96 nanoCAD alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  6. Vectorworks icon
     8 likes

    Vectorworks is a computer-aided design (CAD) software program developed by Nemetschek North America that is used for drafting, technical drawing and 3D modeling. Vectorworks offers 2D, 3D, production management, and presentation capabilities for all phases of the design process.

    47 Vectorworks alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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  7. CAD Sketcher icon
     11 likes

    CAD Sketcher is a free and open-source project looking to enhance precision workflows in Blender by bringing CAD like tools, features and usability to Blender.

    61 CAD Sketcher alternatives

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    • Blender
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  8. Simple, powerful and professional 2D drafting and design tool for everyone.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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  9. BlueCAD 2.0 icon
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    The product fully complies to current market standards as regards office automation software and design. The user interface, compatible with Office 2000 ® is a simple and friendly work environment that allows you to be up and running quickly.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  10. CMS IntelliCAD icon
     58 likes

    Feature-rich 2D and 3D CAD application supporting native DWG files, offering multiple-document interface, advanced drafting tools, full AutoLISP and ADS compatibility, IntelliCAD Explorer for managing layers and settings, seamless Windows integration, and support for legacy drawing formats.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  11. AllyCAD icon
     1 like

    Industrial strength, user-friendly 2D/3D CAD package. Specialised Toolkits to enhance your productivity. Control Centre allows easy access to symbols, hatching, text, dimension and line styles. Enhanced bitmap capability can load 300 large images. Full compatibility with the late.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  12. CAD Builder icon
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    For more than 20 years being always at the forefront of 3D, Open Cascade has gained considerable expertise in geometric modeling. In order to demonstrate software developing capabilities the company decided to come up with a sample of parametric CAD modeler — CAD Builder.

    22 CAD Builder alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Linux
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