Microsoft 3D Builder Alternatives

Apps similar to Microsoft 3D Builder include SketchUp. It's paid, but OpenSCAD and FluidCAD are free. Other options are Autodesk AutoCAD, SOLIDWORKS, Onshape and ZBrush. There's no shortage of 3D Modelers like Microsoft 3D Builder, with more than 100 alternatives for Windows, Mac, Linux, the web and iPad.

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  1. Lumiere3D icon
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    3D Product Videos in Minutes.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
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  2. ArCADia BIM icon
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    Software that allows you to create an almost complete design of a building and all installations in one environment. Lots of automation, precision tools, merging documents, collision analysis, in program rendering, 3D, IFC, and much more.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  3. SelfCAD  icon
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    SelfCAD is a simple but powerful 3D modeling software being used by beginners, professionals as well as both small and large businesses to create their 3D designs. With the program, users can be able to model, sculpt, render, and even slice designs.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Chrome OS
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  4. BuildBee icon
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    A cloud-based slice and control software with an integrated block coding environment, basic modelling features like cookie cutter generator and lithophane generator, and a streamlined workflow. It has nifty features like an automated repair tool for broken files, a splitting...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  5. Mapsoft miniCAD is an easy to use and affordable CAD package. Originally designed for Surveyors the program supports the following:

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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    iDough is your digital sculpting app, letting you bring the art shop along anywhere you go. iDough allows beginners to get into digital sculpting and professionals to do their work on the go.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  7. LuBan3D icon
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    LuBan is generative design software that helps designers and makers in rapid production of their creations. LuBan automatically generates 3D models in various forms, such as lithophane, stack, hash, plate, relief, module, and wireframe.

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    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Ubuntu
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  8. Archisketch is a scale-aware sketching program ideal for Architects, interior and landscape designers, product designers, design students, or anyone working with design on an iPad.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • iPad
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  9. Fablitec icon
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    The FabliTec 3D Scanner brings you the latest 3D scanning technology directly to your PC. The FabliTec 3D Scanner allows you to create impressive 3D models of persons, pets, and objects.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  10. Henqo icon
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    Henqo is AI-native computer-aided design built for engineers who want to move faster without sacrificing precision.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  11. StlFixTool converts and repairs 3D and CAD files in the browser — STEP to STL, STL to STEP, OBJ, GLB and 3MF in both directions, plus mesh repair for holes, non-manifold edges, duplicate faces and inconsistent normals.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
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  12. PUPPICAD icon
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    PUPPICAD is a free Computational Design and Engineering Development Environment. PUPPICAD features over 3000 different node types, for visual programming, mathematics and computational geometry.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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