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... 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 • 12 agrees and 5 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 • 16 agrees and 20 disagrees Disagree Agree Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux 3D modelling Parametric Modeling Computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) DWG support ... FEM Procedural modeling Windows XP Compatibility 3d Drawing Bim Drawing 2D Add a feature 262 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 • 90 agrees and 24 disagrees Disagree Agree Good generic 3D modeller, but not as suited for quick space modelling. naught101 • Jul 2017 • 49 agrees and 7 disagrees Disagree Agree Blender is more geared toward 3D art like for gaming rather than structure modeling. Guest • Jul 2017 • 52 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 Take a look at archipack 2.0 for blender 2.8 https://youtu.be/mNZGM2XAGw8 Guest • Mar 2019 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 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 3d animation Community based Texturing 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 1303 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 • 37 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 • 6 agrees and 0 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 • 24 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 Multiple languages Export to PDF Add a feature 224 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
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 102 Like
Autodesk Maya Professional, cross-platform 3D modeling, animation, rendering and visual FX for games, TV, films and more. Commercial $ $ $ Mac Windows Linux 3D modelling 3D Sculpting Animation Keyframe animation ... Simulation Texturing Vfx Add a feature 117 Like
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... LibreCAD is a 2D CAD software. Sketchup is a 3D software. Guest • Jun 2017 • 35 agrees and 3 disagrees Disagree Agree Not 3D. Otherwise, fine program. Guest • Apr 2017 • 7 agrees and 3 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 • 6 agrees and 4 disagrees Disagree Agree Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux PortableApps.com Bim Construction layers Drawing Portable Add a feature 128 Like
BRL-CAD Open source 3D geometry modeling system with a robust feature set developed over 20 years. The manner in which you draw a shape, enter dimensions, and push/pull a flat plane shape are the most similar to the SketchUp workflow of any 3D/CAD program I have used. Guest • May 2019 • 3 agrees and 7 disagrees Disagree Agree Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux 3D modelling Benchmark analytics Image Processing Add a feature 46 Like
BricsCAD BricsCAD the first all-in-one CAD design solution in .dwg that answers all your needs; 2D drafting, 3D modeling, mechanical design, and BIM. BricsCAD is a... BricsCAD is not free, their package .deb is corrupt and they can't bring you some help. Guest • May 2020 • 0 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree Commercial Mac Windows Linux 3D modelling Bim BIM import Drawing 2D ... DWG support Mechanical Design Mechanical Simulation Rendering Add a feature 43 Like
3D-Coat 3D-Coat is the one application that has all the tools you need to take your 3D idea from a block of digital clay all the way to a production ready, fully textured... Commercial Mac Windows Linux 3D modelling Painting Procedural Texturing Texturing ... Voxel-editor Add a feature 38 Like
