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 50 alternatives to SOLIDWORKS for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, BSD 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 AutoCAD.

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SOLIDWORKS alternatives page was last updated Oct 11, 2024
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  1. progeCAD Smart icon

    progeCAD Smart

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    progeCAD Smart 2009 is a limited version of progeCAD . It is free for private, non-commercial use only.

    69 progeCAD Smart alternatives

    License model

    • Free Personal • Proprietary

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    Country of Origin

    • CH flagSwitzerland

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Import and Export to Google Earth with progeCAD Professional

    progeCAD Smart Features

    1.  IntelliCAD

    progeCAD Smart VS SOLIDWORKS

     
  2. Assetforge icon

    Assetforge

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    Asset Forge allows anyone to create 3D models and 2D sprites using building blocks. Finished assets are compatible with most available game engines.

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    Country of Origin

    • NL flagNetherlands
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Assetforge Features

    1.  Building blocks
    2.  Built-in 3D model viewer

    Assetforge VS SOLIDWORKS

     
  4. MegaCAD 2D/3D icon

    MegaCAD 2D/3D

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    MegaCAD 3D is the ideal synthesis of an innovative solid and surface modeling system and a full-feature 2D drafting program. If you are developing your model in 3D or if you are drawing a 2D design, each step will automatically be transferred from one dimension into the other...

    License model

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Architectural Design

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    Autodesk Fusion

    A comprehensive CAD, CAM, and CAE solution that supports collaborative editing and cloud computation. It offers free-form modeling, data import, and toolpath generation. Free licenses are available for students, hobbyists, and st...

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    GstarCAD

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    GstarCAD is well-known alternative CAD software of high compatibility with ACAD. With 27 years of continuous improvement and innovation, today GstarCAD is far ahead in performance, stability and becomes leading CAD software in the world.

    84 GstarCAD alternatives

    License model

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • CN flagChina

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Concise User Interface

    GstarCAD VS SOLIDWORKS

     
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    progeCAD

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    progeCAD Professional is the most reliable Autodesk AutoCAD alternative, the low-cost 2D/3D DWG-native CAD, offering the AutoCAD look-and-feel, DWG 2014 and Windows 8 compatibility. It is a fully-functional, easy-to-use and low-cost CAD solution.

    94 progeCAD alternatives

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    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • CH flagSwitzerland

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    progeCAD Features

    1.  Drawing 2D
    2.  3d Drawing
    3.  IntelliCAD

    progeCAD VS SOLIDWORKS

     
  8. Argon™ 3D Modeling CAD icon

    Argon™ 3D Modeling CAD

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    Argon™ is a CAD and 3D precision modeling software for Mac and Windows. It offers wireframe, solid and surface history-free modeling with precision drawings, photo-realistic renderings and animation.

    License model

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    Argon™ 3D Modeling CAD screenshot 1

    Argon™ 3D Modeling CAD Features

    1.  Support for Layers
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  3D design
    4.  Rendering

    Argon™ 3D Modeling CAD VS SOLIDWORKS

     
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    COSMOSWorks

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    COSMOSWorks provides easy to use yet powerful design validation and optimization tools for designers and engineers alike. COSMOSWorks enables faster, less costly, and more optimized product development, as well as more in-depth examination of product performance than would ever...

    License model

    Platforms

    • Windows

    COSMOSWorks Features

    1.  Finite element

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  11. Punch! ViaCAD 2D/3D icon

    Punch! ViaCAD 2D/3D

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    Software provides a seamless marriage of 2D and 3D to help you take your sketched ideas to 3D realism.

    License model

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    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    Punch! ViaCAD 2D/3D screenshot 1

    Punch! ViaCAD 2D/3D VS SOLIDWORKS

     
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    WarehouseBlueprint

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    WarehouseBlueprint is a Sketchup plugin extension which allows user to model warehouse layout in 3D quickly at an affordable price.

    License model

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Self-Hosted
    • Sketchup
    Warehouse Layout in 3D

    WarehouseBlueprint Features

    1.  3d Drawing
    2.  Parametric
    3.  3d sketching

    WarehouseBlueprint VS SOLIDWORKS

     

    • WarehouseBlueprint is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to SOLIDWORKS.

    • WarehouseBlueprint is Paid and ProprietarySOLIDWORKS is also Paid and Proprietary
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