1003 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 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 • 11 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 • 9 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Blender is more geared toward 3D art like for gaming rather than structure modeling. Guest • Jul 2017 • 8 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree It's not easy enough as sketchup. It can be an alternative for 3dsmax and maya maybe. Guest • 14 days ago • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree
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
174 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. Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web Solaris Customizable Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Interior Design Multiple languages Export to PDF 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
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
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
30 Like K-3D Good alternative? YES NO K-3D is free-as-in-freedom 3D modeling and animation software. It features a plugin-oriented procedural engine for all of its content, making K-3D a very versatile and... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux PortableApps.com No features added Add a feature
12 Like NaroCAD Good alternative? YES NO The goal of this project is to develop a fully fledged and extensible 3D CAD software based on the concept of parametric modeling of solids, comparable to well known... Free Open Source Windows Parametric Modeling Add a feature Discontinued Has not been updated since December 12 2014. See http://narocad.com/narocad-1-8-8-beta-released/
10 Like GLC_Player Good alternative? YES NO GLC_Player is a software used to view 3D models (COLLADA 3DXML OBJ 3DS STL OFF and COFF format are supported) and to navigate easily in these models. With the album... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux No features added Add a feature
6 Like Salome Good alternative? YES NO SALOME can be used as standalone application for generation of CAD models, their preparation for numerical calculations and post-processing of the calculation results.... Free Open Source Windows Linux No features added Add a feature
5 Like DeleD CE Good alternative? YES NO DeleD is a 3D modeler and level-editor combined into one. It focuses at game development and is specifically designed to create static objects/worlds. Other areas in... Free Open Source Windows No features added Add a feature
10 Like HeeksCAD Good alternative? YES NO HeeksCAD is a free, open source, CAD application - Imports solid models from STEP and IGES files. Draws construction geometry and lines and arcs. Creates new primitive... Free Open Source Windows Linux No features added Add a feature
5 Like B-processor Alternative? YES NO B-processor is BIM software that has been and currently is still developed by the Arhus School of Architecture in cooperation with the Alexandra institute. Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux No features added Add a feature Discontinued No update since 2013. See https://sourceforge.net/projects/bprocessor/files/?source=navbar
2 Like Moonlight|3D Good alternative? YES NO Moonlight|3D is a free modern, flexible and extensible modelling and animation tool developed by a small but dedicated team. Moonlight|3D 0.2.0 has the following... Free Open Source Windows Linux Texturing Add a feature
