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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    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
     
  2. BeckerCAD icon
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    BeckerCAD12 3D Pro includes comprehensive system libraries related to the following areas:

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
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    Industrial strength, user-friendly 2D/3D CAD package. Specialised Toolkits to enhance your productivity. Control Centre allows easy access to symbols, hatching, text, dimension and line styles. Enhanced bitmap capability can load 300 large images. Full compatibility with the late.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
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    Mapsoft miniCAD is an easy to use and affordable CAD package. Originally designed for Surveyors the program supports the following:

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
  5. AutoQ3D CAD icon
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    AutoQ3D CAD is a full 2D and 3D CAD application that allows you to create, edit and share your drawings and designs. It is intended for everybody as professionals, sketchers, architects, engineers, designers, students and more.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
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    Precision Plan Pro offers an advanced digital takeoff and PDF solution. This all-in-one software allows for easy plan tracing and data exporting into organized reports. It provides powerful PDF file manipulation, similar to Adobe Acrobat.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Customized to the specific building rules of dock building companies, Dock Designer enables visual design in 2D where you can see your dock design in 3D and have instant access to accurate estimates, parts lists, blueprints, and much more.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  8. 3D Orchard icon
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    3D Orchard is a free online platform for crowdsourced design. It includes free, built-in CAD tools and everything needed to turn an idea into a physical product. Because the computer-aided design (CAD) tools are built-in and free, people can edit and evolve each others 3D models.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
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    Simply Smart CAD. DesignFreeQ is an easy to use CAD modeller.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  10. Draw A Fence icon
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    Draw A Fence makes it easy for fence companies to generate custom, professional fence, and gate drawings with no CAD skills or software required.

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    • Pay once or Subscription
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  11. Flatma icon
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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.

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    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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    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 (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    • iPad
     
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