LibreCAD Alternatives

LibreCAD is described as 'Open source 2D CAD application for Windows, Apple and Linux. It is based on Qt, which leading cross-platform application and UI development framework' and is a very popular CAD software in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 100 alternatives to LibreCAD for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and iPad apps. The best LibreCAD alternative is FreeCAD, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like LibreCAD are SketchUp, Autodesk AutoCAD, SOLIDWORKS and Dune 3D.

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LibreCAD alternatives are mainly CAD Software, but if you're looking for 3D Modelers or 3D Printing Tools you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Free, iPad, Android and Open Source. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to LibreCAD.
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  1. Mapsoft miniCAD is an easy to use and affordable CAD package. Originally designed for Surveyors the program supports the following:

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
  2. Assetforge icon
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    Asset Forge allows anyone to create 3D models and 2D sprites using building blocks. Finished assets are compatible with most available game engines.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. General CADD Pro or "GCP" as users are calling it is a very powerful 2-D Computer Assisted Design & Drafting program (32 bit accuracy) which embodies the features of Generic CADD (CADD, CADD5 & CADD6), the very popular and well known DOS based CADD program...

    41 General CADD Pro alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. Arcad icon
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    The ARCAD Systemhaus offers with the CAD and AVA system a professional industry-specific solution for the operating system LINUX.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  5. Cobalt is a parametric 3D modeling software for product design and development that's easy to use. It offers wireframe, solid and surface modeling with precision drawings, renderings and animation.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  6. JustCAD icon
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    JustCad is designed, to make cad drawing as simple as possible.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Ideal for garden design, mechanical engineering drawings, electrical / electronic, building and room plans, and general diagramming. Output in PDF format for the web. Copy and paste graphics. Create standard symbols to re-use. Scale, mirror and rotate.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. Draw A Fence icon
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    Draw A Fence makes it easy for fence companies to generate custom, professional fence, and gate drawings with no CAD skills or software required.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  9. 3D Orchard icon
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    3D Orchard is a free online platform for crowdsourced design. It includes free, built-in CAD tools and everything needed to turn an idea into a physical product. Because the computer-aided design (CAD) tools are built-in and free, people can edit and evolve each others 3D models.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  10. Argon™ is a CAD and 3D precision modeling software for Mac and Windows. It offers wireframe, solid and surface history-free modeling with precision drawings, photo-realistic renderings and animation.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  11. Linkage is computer aided design software used for quick prototyping of linkage mechanisms. The number of operations needed to add a link and get it connected to other links in the mechanism has been minimized to the lowest number possible, making this program ideal for...

    8 Linkage Mechanism Designer and Simulator alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  12. 2-D engineering drawing editor that supports hierarchical object description. It is inspired by Hewlett-Packard's proprietary HP PIGLET (Personal Interactive Graphic Layout EdiTor), which later became the commercial Graffy editor by DURST CAD.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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