FreeCAD 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... FreeCAD is a lot more difficult to use Guest • 15 days ago Disagree Agree I use both and they are not alternatives. Sktechup excels at drawing things realtime (to think in 3D). Freecad is cumbersome for that. Sketchup cannot do easily parametric modelling (with constraints, etc) or print blueprints. It only deals with triangles. Sketchup is easy to learn while Freecad has a steep learning curve. Guest • Oct 2020 • 1 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree Not the same audience. Just try to build a pyramid with FreeCAD and you will understand how far it is from sketchup. Guest • Jan 2020 • 16 agrees and 7 disagrees Disagree Agree Love this software for 3d printing. Guest • Oct 2018 • 13 agrees and 9 disagrees Disagree Agree FreeCAD is not nearly as simple to use. Guest • Jan 2016 • 19 agrees and 21 disagrees Disagree Agree Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux 3D modelling FEM Parametric Modeling Computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) ... DWG support Procedural modeling Windows XP Compatibility 3d Drawing Bim Drawing 2D Add a feature 267 Like
Blender Blender is the free and open-source 3D creation suite. It supports the entirety of the 3D pipeline—modeling, rigging, animation, simulation, rendering, compositing... Sketch up is sold on how easy it is to use. Blender is god level complex. Guest • Jul 2017 • 93 agrees and 25 disagrees Disagree Agree Good generic 3D modeller, but not as suited for quick space modelling. naught101 • Jul 2017 • 50 agrees and 7 disagrees Disagree Agree Blender is more geared toward 3D art like for gaming rather than structure modeling. Guest • Jul 2017 • 53 agrees and 17 disagrees Disagree Agree Sketch up is more geared for designing a table or a house. Blender seem more like creation a Pixar animated movie. Guest • Sep 2020 Disagree Agree SketchUp is really easy, and Blender is not. Guest • Oct 2017 • 13 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree Blender is a graphic artist's tool. SketchUp is an architect's tool. SketchUp is very intuitive, but Blender is very complicated and not intuitive at all. Guest • Apr 2019 • 2 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree It's not easy enough as sketchup. It can be an alternative for 3dsmax and maya maybe. Guest • Oct 2017 • 10 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree Another comment says Blender is "God level complex". I'm gonna get hate for saying this, but I think "hell-level complex" is more like it. I respect that it's an amazing and powerful (insular) community-driven project, but intuitive and inviting it is not. Thus the fork "B for Artists", which seems promising. ChangeMachine • Aug 2019 Disagree Agree Too complex. "3D for everyone" is Sketchup's tagline. Guest • Aug 2019 Disagree Agree Extremely complex. Not set up for cad. Guest • Feb 2019 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Blender is very complex and much harder to use than SketchUp Guest • Nov 2018 • 4 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree It's a powerful 3D modeling tool but somewhat harder to use than Sketchup. octave_clavet • Nov 2018 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Both make 3d models. That is the only thing they share in common Guest • Dec 2018 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Take a look at archipack 2.0 for blender 2.8 https://youtu.be/mNZGM2XAGw8 Guest • Mar 2019 • 0 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree There is a steep learning curve to blender which can put those who are used to sketchup's simpler interface at a disadvantage. It's functionality is also for animation and 3d modeling, not exactly archeitechtual builds. Guest • Nov 2017 • 10 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Blender has more features than most other free and open source applications that I've seen. The fact that it has so many bundled capabilities is amazing. It's been used by itself to create feature-length movies! coralof • Oct 2018 • 0 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree Not a quick structure-modelling program Guest • Sep 2018 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Sketchup is ideal for quick and dirty space + structure modeling. Blender is an in-depth 3D modeling software, and it's not easy OR quick to use for that kind of task. Guest • Jan 2018 • 6 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree Not the same target audience or purpose Guest • Feb 2018 • 3 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree SketchUp is used for quick, easy, and simple modelling of things like buildings, rooms, or general objects. Blender is used for general modelling for characters, objects, complex environments, and animation use. While Blender supports and trumps SketchUp's featureset, Blender is a completely different beast for untrained individuals due to Blender's dramatically increased flexibility. Guest • Apr 2018 • 2 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD PortableApps.com ... Haiku Steam 3D modelling 3D Sculpting Animations Compositor ... Real time rendering Keyframe animation Community based Texturing 3d animation 3D Motion Graphics 3d renderer Animation rigging Motion tracking Physically-Based Rendering Rendering with graphics card Texture painting Vfx Video editing 2D and 3D physics 3D Composing 3d sketching Animation Customizable Drawing 2D Frame by frame animation HD-Rendering Lightweight Node Based Parametric Modeling Rendering Scripting UV Unfolding Vector Drawing Built-in Image editor Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Grease Pencil Intuitive Nodes Low memory usage Mapping Non linear editor Portable Procedural modeling Procedural Texturing Realistic viewport Rendering Rotoscoping Track everything UI customization Video overlay Add a feature 1322 Like
Sweet Home 3D 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. 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 • 38 agrees and 5 disagrees Disagree Agree Its not general purpose, its to specific to be an alternative to virtually any other CAD program Guest • Dec 2019 • 7 agrees and 1 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 • 25 agrees and 4 disagrees Disagree Agree Not a general purpose CAD program Guest • Aug 2018 • 4 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree Very easy to learn. Has a huge library of "furniture" and other assets developed and shared by users. Has 3D photo's and video virtual tours. May not be that great for detailed framing plans and elevations. Guest • Feb 2018 • 1 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree Sketchup is a more generic 3D modeller. Sweet Home 3D is a tool for house and furniture designs. Guest • Mar 2017 • 8 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree SH3D is great for home projects but lacks a lot when compared to Sketchup. Simply don't share enough features to be comparable. Guest • Mar 2018 • 1 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 • 6 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree Freemium Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web Solaris Import furniture from web 3D modelling Customizable Extensible by Plugins/Extensions ... Interior Design Video rendering Multiple languages Export to PDF Add a feature 228 Like
Autodesk AutoCAD Professional 2D and 3D CAD software with specialized tools for use across design and engineering disciplines. If you're talking about Autodesk software the 3D software is Revit, which is amazing, but AutoCAD is much more suited to 2D modelling and doing 3D requires a larger time investment or understanding of procedural coding etc. As for Revit, it leaves Sketchup in the dust, but it's also very expensive(I didn't see it on the list even after scrolling down, hmm). Guest • Nov 2020 • 0 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree Commercial $ $ $ Mac Windows Web Android iPhone ... iPad DWG support Drawing 2D 3d printing Batch plotting Add a feature 174 Like
Shapr3D 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 3D modelling 3d printing Android Sync Apple Pencil support ... Mechanical Design 3D modelling 3d printing Sketching Add a feature 17 Like
Wings 3D 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 Keyframe animation Uv mapping 3D modelling Abandoned Cart Recovery Add a feature 93 Like
pCon.planner The professional furnishing 2D-/3D-tool for everybody: The pCon.planner is a cost-free application allowing you to comfortably and professionally create complex... Beautifully designed interface, very intuitive, wide gallery of 3D objetcs to use, and free... What's not to like. Guest • May 2018 • 7 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree Free Windows WYSIWYG Support Drawing Add a feature 26 Like
123D Autodesk 123D is a suite of hobbyist CAD and modelling tools created by Autodesk. As well as the more basic drawing and modelling capabilities it also has assembly and... Discontinued Autodesk has discontinued their line of 123d apps. Free Personal Mac Windows iPad 3D modelling 3d printing Add a feature 13 Like
MakeHuman MakeHuman is an interactive modelling tool for creating realistic 3D human characters. These models can be exported to several computer graphics and animation platforms... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Club Recommendation 3D modelling 3D Sculpting Parametric Modeling ... Rendering Texture painting Add a feature 106 Like
Sketcher 3D Sketcher3D is a 3D modeling, design, and fun physics sandbox. Create and manipulate 3D objects, plan out a space, or just build things up and smash them down! ... Discontinued No longer available on the Google Play Store, and the official site has not updated since 2012. Because people on Android can use it Guest • Mar 2019 • 5 agrees and 7 disagrees Disagree Agree Commercial Android 3D modelling Add a feature 4 Like
