SOLIDWORKS Alternatives

SOLIDWORKS is described as 'Leading 3D CAD software facilitating design, analysis, and product data management. Boosts productivity and accelerates time to market through seamless integration' and is a popular CAD software in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 100 alternatives to SOLIDWORKS for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and iPad apps. The best SOLIDWORKS alternative is FreeCAD, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like SOLIDWORKS are Onshape, SketchUp, LibreCAD and Autodesk Fusion.

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SOLIDWORKS alternatives are mainly CAD Software, but if you're looking for 3D Modelers or 3D Printing Tools you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Open Source, Free, Linux, Mac, Computer-Aided Design, Mac + Free and Computer-aided manufacturing (CAM). These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to SOLIDWORKS.
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    Graphite is an easy to use precision 2D/3D CAD software for product design and development. Formerly known as Vellum, Graphite offers extremely powerful, precision wire-frame drafting with the elegant ease-of-use that makes it productive even when only used occasionally.

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    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
     
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    Cobalt is a parametric 3D modeling software for product design and development that's easy to use. It offers wireframe, solid and surface modeling with precision drawings, renderings and animation.

    79 Cobalt 3D Modeling CAD alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  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 (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Chrome OS
     
  4. 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

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. 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

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    3D cad software with the perfect blend of conceptual and production design tools.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  7. TouchCAD icon
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    Combined 3D modeling and unfolding program supporting creation of complex digital shapes, generates build-ready templates for marine design, soft material products, sheet metal, reverse engineering, sculptures, and unfolds high-resolution image textures.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
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    Varkon is a very powerful parametric 2D/3D CAD, modeling and application development tool for engineering, design, architecture, etc. It does 2D drafting, 2D and 3D modeling, sculptured surface modeling, and even animations.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. gCAD3D icon
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    gCAD3D is a 3D CAD CAM application that features an integrated 3D OpenGL viewer, a program interpreter for geometry and NC-commands in 3D, an integrated NC-processor, and a programming interface for user programs.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. cadasio icon
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    Create online assembly and service instructions from your CAD data. The world is in 3D, so it makes sense your instructions are too.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
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