168 Like FreeCAD Good alternative? YES NO FreeCAD is a general purpose parametric 3D CAD modeler. The development is completely Open Source (LGPL License). FreeCAD is aimed directly at mechanical engineering and... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Windows XP Compatibility DWG support Parametric Modeling Portable Linux Add a feature 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. Guest • Feb 2017 • 3 agrees and 6 disagrees Disagree Agree
88 Like LibreCAD Good alternative? YES NO LibreCAD (originally QCad then CADuntu) is an open source 2D CAD application for Windows, Apple and Linux. It is based on Qt, which is a leading cross-platform... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux PortableApps.com Construction layers Add a feature
15 Like SolveSpace Good alternative? YES NO SOLVESPACE is a parametric 3D CAD program with extrude, revolve, union and difference functions. Save/Export as DXF, PDF, SVG, STL, STEP. Mesh generation expected by... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Parametric Modeling Add a feature It shows that it can open .step files and I have a few GrabCad files that I want to check out and see it I can at least save to other file formats, ;ie .dwg sgtdre • Apr 2017 • 1 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree
29 Like Bricscad Good alternative? YES NO A powerful CAD platform, with features familiar to you from native .dwg applications. BricsCAD unifies advanced 2D design with the intelligence of 3D direct modeling.... Commercial Mac Windows Linux No features added Add a feature
6 Like Salome Good alternative? YES NO SALOME can be used as standalone application for generation of CAD models, their preparation for numerical calculations and post-processing of the calculation results.... Free Open Source Windows Linux No features added Add a feature Salome can solve some problems as SolidWork's COSMOS can. Also UI concept of Salome is very similar Guest • Mar 2017 • 0 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree
8 Like CoffeeSCAD Good alternative? YES NO Browser based 3D solid CAD editor, Openscad style, with a Coffeescript based syntax, using only Coffeescript + Javascript Free Open Source Linux Web No features added Add a feature
10 Like COMSOL Multiphysics Good alternative? YES NO COMSOL Multiphysics is an engineering, design, and finite element analysis software environment for the modeling and simulation of any physics-based system. Commercial Mac Windows Linux No features added Add a feature
4 Like Open CASCADE Good alternative? YES NO Open CASCADE Technology is a software development platform freely available in open source. It includes components for 3D surface and solid modeling, visualization, data... Free Open Source Windows Linux No features added Add a feature
2 Like gCAD3D Good alternative? YES NO 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... Free Windows Linux No features added Add a feature
1 Like VARKON Good alternative? YES NO 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... Free Open Source Windows Linux Parametric Modeling Add a feature Discontinued Last Update: 2012-11-18. See https://sourceforge.net/projects/varkon/
0 Like Cycas Good alternative? YES NO CYCAS architectural CAD software for Linux and Windows. CYCAS is a piece of architectural software for drafting and design in 2 + 3 dimensions. In addition to... Freemium Windows Linux No features added Add a feature Discontinued This software had been discontinued since 2012.
1 Like Assetforge Good alternative? YES NO Asset Forge allows anyone to create 3D models and 2D sprites using building blocks. Finished assets are compatible with most available game engines. Commercial Mac Windows Linux No features added Add a feature
3 Like VariCAD Good alternative? YES NO VariCAD is compact, fast, easy to use, and provides everything necessary for mechanical design. VariCAD is sold "fully loaded", including all features and... Commercial Windows Linux No features added Add a feature
7 Like Archimedes Good alternative? YES NO Archimedes is a free and open source CAD (Computer Aided Design) software. It is a robust system built over Eclipse’s Rich Client Java Platform fully based on plug ins.... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Add a feature Discontinued No ongoing development, but the application is still usable.
9 Like SelfCAD Good alternative? YES NO SelfCAD is a browser-based 3D CAD/CAM software designed for the 3D printing community. It includes a 30,000+ library of guaranteed printable objects which can be... Freemium Mac Linux Web Chrome OS Image generator Image to 3D Add a feature
