Blender 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 OS X Windows Linux BSD PortableApps.com ... Haiku AmigaOS MorphOS Compositor Keyframe animation 3D Sculpting 3d sketching ... Real time rendering Rendering with graphics card Animations Customizable Extensible by Plugins/Extensions HD-Rendering Intuitive Nodes Lightweight Low memory usage Motion tracking Non linear editor Parametric Modeling Physically-Based Rendering Portable Powerful render engine Procedural Texturing Scripting Texture painting Texturing UI customization Video overlay Add a feature 1075 Like Sketch up is sold on how easy it is to use. Blender is god level complex. Guest • Jul 2017 • 32 agrees and 5 disagrees Disagree Agree Good generic 3D modeller, but not as suited for quick space modelling. naught101 • Jul 2017 • 24 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree Blender is more geared toward 3D art like for gaming rather than structure modeling. Guest • Jul 2017 • 23 agrees and 4 disagrees Disagree Agree SketchUp is really easy, and Blender is not. Guest • Oct 2017 • 5 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 • 4 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree It's not easy enough as sketchup. It can be an alternative for 3dsmax and maya maybe. Guest • Oct 2017 • 4 agrees and 1 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 • 1 agrees and 1 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 • 1 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree
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... Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux Windows XP Compatibility DWG support Parametric Modeling Portable Linux Add a feature 185 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. Freemium Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux Web Solaris Customizable Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Interior Design Multiple languages ... Export to PDF Add a feature 186 Like 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 • 14 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 • 11 agrees and 3 disagrees Disagree Agree Sketchup is a more generic 3D modeller. Sweet Home 3D is a tool for house and furniture designs. Guest • Mar 2017 • 6 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 • 3 agrees and 1 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 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 Disagree Agree
LibreCAD 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 OS X Windows Linux PortableApps.com Construction layers Portable Add a feature 93 Like LibreCAD is a 2D CAD software. Sketchup is a 3D software. Guest • Jun 2017 • 15 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 • 3 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree
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 OS X Windows Linux No features added Add a feature 72 Like
SolveSpace 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 OS X Windows Linux Parametric Modeling Portable Add a feature 17 Like
BRL-CAD 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 OS X Windows Linux No features added Add a feature 39 Like
K-3D 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 OS X Windows Linux PortableApps.com Portable Add a feature 30 Like
NaroCAD 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 12 Like Discontinued The project is no longer developed. Last version, 1.8.8, released in December 2014, can be still downloaded from the official website.
GLC_Player 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 OS X Windows Linux No features added Add a feature 10 Like
Salome 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 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 5 Like
HeeksCAD 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 10 Like
B-processor 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 OS X Windows Linux No features added Add a feature 5 Like Discontinued No update since 2013. See https://sourceforge.net/projects/bprocessor/files/?source=navbar
Sverchok Sverchok is a parametric tool for architects and designers. You can use it to program objects' shapes without knowing any programming languages. Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux Blender Parametric Modeling Add a feature 1 Like
