SOLIDWORKS AlternativesOnly Free apps categorised as Interior Design Apps

The best free Interior Design alternative to SOLIDWORKS is FreeCAD, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to SOLIDWORKS and five of them are free Interior Design Apps so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free Interior Design App alternatives to SOLIDWORKS are LibreCAD, pCon.planner, Digital Drylayout and Flatma.

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  1. FreeCAD icon

    FreeCAD

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    A powerful open-source parametric 3D modeler ideal for mechanical engineering, supporting Python scripting, running on Windows, Linux, and Mac, with modular architecture allowing extensive adaptability and use with scientific computing libraries.

    113 FreeCAD alternatives

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    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    • Flatpak
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    Comments about FreeCAD as an Alternative to SOLIDWORKS
    Guest
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    AS far as I have tried, FreeCAD is the only FOSS alternative to Solidworks/Catia/PTC that has a funtional workflow. It is the best of a poor bunch.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Positive
    5

    It's free for both personal and commercial use

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    jrmz
    Negative
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    Unfortunately not usable, after several years of using freecad, I quickly saw its limits. It is not a parametric software, indeed the topological naming problem makes this software fundamentally broken. The realthunder fork fixes some of these problems. fork or not, some advanced actions are still impossible and the different workbench are too isolated, some objects created with a workbench can't be modified by another one.

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    • FreeCAD is Free and Open SourceSOLIDWORKS is Paid and Proprietary
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    LibreCAD

     170 likes

    LibreCAD is an open source 2D CAD application for Windows, Apple and Linux. It is based on Qt, which is a leading cross-platform application and UI development framework.

    109 LibreCAD alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • BSD
    • PortableApps.com
    • Flathub
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    Comments about LibreCAD as an Alternative to SOLIDWORKS
    Seth
    Negative
    0

    2D application, not 3D like Solidworks

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    • LibreCAD is Free and Open SourceSOLIDWORKS is Paid and Proprietary
    • LibreCAD is Customizable and LightweightSOLIDWORKS is not according to our users
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    pCon.planner

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    The professional furnishing 2D-/3D-tool for everybody: The pCon.planner is a cost-free application allowing you to comfortably and professionally create complex furnishing concepts and to visualize them in a photo-realistic quality. File Formats: dwg, dxf, 3ds, skp, ... Language.

    85 pCon.planner alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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    Digital Drylayout

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    Digital Drylayout is a new online tool that enables a design-oriented, digital layout of real existing natural stone slabs before the costly and irreversible cutting of the material. DDL allows planners and designers to maintain full control over the material selection, cutting...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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    Flatma

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    Flatma is a free online tool for designing custom furniture. Users can create 3D models, get cut lists, edge banding plans, and drilling diagrams.

    9 Flatma alternatives

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    • Freemium
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    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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