998 Like Blender Good alternative? YES NO Blender is the free open source 3D content creation suite, available for all major operating systems under the GNU General Public License. Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD PortableApps.com Haiku AmigaOS MorphOS Compositor Keyframe animation Real time rendering Rendering with graphics card Customizable Customizable interface ... Extensible by Plugins/Extensions HD-Rendering Intuitive Nodes Lightweight Low memory usage Motion tracking Non linear editor Parametric Modeling Physically-Based Rendering Powerful render engine Procedural Texturing Scripting Texture painting Texturing UI customization Add a feature Good generic 3D modeller, but not as suited for quick space modelling. naught101 • Jul 2017 • 9 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Sketch up is sold on how easy it is to use. Blender is god level complex. Guest • Jul 2017 • 5 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Blender is more geared toward 3D art like for gaming rather than structure modeling. Guest • Jul 2017 • 4 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree
160 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
173 Like Sweet Home 3D Good alternative? YES NO Sweet Home 3D is a free interior design Java application that helps you draw the plan of your house, arrange furniture on it and visit the results in 3D. Freemium Mac Windows Linux Web No features added Add a feature Sketchup is far more generic and can be used for creating 3D printing models. Sweet Home 3D is a targeted application designed for laying out house designs. Guest • Jun 2016 • 11 agrees and 4 disagrees Disagree Agree If you are looking for something related to home design, SweetHome3D is an excellent solution. But it is not a general purpose cad suite. Guest • Jan 2017 • 7 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree Sketchup is a more generic 3D modeller. Sweet Home 3D is a tool for house and furniture designs. Guest • Mar 2017 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree one is a modeling software that alows to make anything from scratch the other(sweet home 3d) is specifically to make house and furniture arrangements and while it has some freedom, it is still limited to that idea Guest • Feb 2017 • 2 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree
136 Like Autodesk AutoCAD Good alternative? YES NO AutoCAD is a software application for both 2D and 3D computer-aided design (CAD) and drafting — available since 1982 as a desktop application and since 2010 as a mobile... Commercial Mac Windows Web Android iPhone iPad Batch plotting DWG support Add a feature
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 LibreCAD is a 2D CAD software. Sketchup is a 3D software. Guest • Jun 2017 • 6 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Good 2D drawing, has isometrics as well, reads DXF but isn't an alternative to a 3D CAD software assembling blocks. FreeCAD is better but a difficult to make the parts. Guest • Mar 2017 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree
71 Like Wings 3D Good alternative? YES NO Wings 3D is a subdivision modeler inspired by Nendo and Mirai from Izware. It is possible to assign materials, vertex color, UV coordinates and textures, but there... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux No features added Add a feature
88 Like Autodesk 3ds Max Good alternative? YES NO Autodesk 3ds Max (formerly 3D Studio MAX) is a production-proven 3D modeling, animation and rendering package for games, film, television and digital publishing. Commercial Windows No features added Add a feature
63 Like Sculptris Good alternative? YES NO Sculptris is an elegant, powerful and yet easy to use 3D sculpting software, allowing the artist in you to simply focus on creating amazing 3D artwork. Gone are the... Free Mac Windows No features added Add a feature
38 Like Autodesk Homestyler Good alternative? YES NO Autodesk Homestyler is a tool that enables you to quickly produce a 2D or 3D model of a building and its furniture. It focuses on 2D and 3D architectural design. It has... Free Web Interior Design 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
47 Like SolidWorks Good alternative? YES NO Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corp. develops and markets 3D CAD design software, analysis software, and product data management software. SolidWorks is the leading... Commercial Windows No features added Add a feature
9 Like Shapr3D Good alternative? YES NO Shapr3D is a revolutionary 3D modeling software created exclusively for your iPad Pro and your Apple Pencil. Shapr3D is the only truly mobile CAD app - a quick but... Freemium iPad Apple Pencil support Add a feature
12 Like pCon.planner Good alternative? YES NO The professional furnishing 2D-/3D-tool for everybody: The pCon.planner is a cost-free application allowing you to comfortably and professionally create complex... Free Windows No features added Add a feature
22 Like MODO Good alternative? YES NO MODO is a fully featured 3D content creation application, famous primarily for it's modelling capabilities, MODO also offers a fast renderer, sculpting, painting... Commercial Mac Windows Linux Keyframe animation Physically-Based Rendering Powerful render engine Scripting support Texturing Add a feature
