Comparison of computer-aided design editors

Advanced 3D CAD software allows users to create complex 3D forms

The table below provides an overview of computer-aided design (CAD) software. It does not judge power, ease of use, or other user-experience aspects. The table does not include software that is still in development (beta software). For all-purpose 3D programs, see Comparison of 3D computer graphics software. CAD refers to a specific type of drawing and modeling software application that is used for creating designs and technical drawings.

Title and developer	Latest release date and version	2D/3D or specialty fields	Runs on Unix-like systems?	Runs on Windows?	Other platforms?	License	Academic version?	User Interface language/s	Support for Building Information Modelling?	Support for Industry Foundation Classes?	Support for AutoCAD DXF?	Imports	Exports	Price (USD)
Advance Design by GRAITEC	2013, Version 2013	3D, CAE, FEA	No	Yes	No	Proprietary	Yes	en, fr, ro, pl, cs	Yes	v2.x3 import and export	Yes	CIS/2, SDNF, PSS, DXF, GTC	CIS/2, SDNF, PSS, DXF, GTC	?
Advance Steel by Autodesk	2013, Version 2013	3D, CAE, CAM, steel detailing	No	Yes	No	Proprietary	Yes	en, de, ja, fr, zh-Hant, hu, pl, cs, es, du, ro, ru, it	Yes	v2.x3 import and export	Yes	IFC, CIS/2, PSS, SDNF, KISS, DSTV, DXF, DWG	IFC, CIS/2, PSS, SDNF, KISS, DSTV, DXF, DWG	?
Advance Concrete by Autodesk	2013, Version 2013	3D, CAE, CAM, concrete detailing	No	Yes	No	Proprietary	Yes	en, de, fr, pl, cs, ro	Yes	v2.x3 import and export	Yes	IFC, DXF, DWG	IFC, DXF, DWG	?
AllyCAD by Knowledge Base	2012, Version 2011	2D/3D	No	Yes	No	Proprietary	No	en	No	Land XML	Yes	DXF, DWG	DXF, DWG	?
ArchiCAD by Graphisoft	July 2015, Version 19	2D/3D Architecture, BIM	Mac OS X[1]	Yes	No	Proprietary	Free	en, de, es, fr, it, pt, ru, ja, pl, cs, hu, nl, fi, sv, no, da, tr, el, zh-Hans, ko, zh-Hant[2]	Yes	Import and export. Import certified. Export certified.[3]	Yes	3D Studio, ACIS SAT, BMP, DGN, DWF, DWG, DXF, EMF, EPS, GIF, HPGL/PLT, IFC/IFCXML, JP2, JPEG, PDF, PICT, PNG, PSD, QTIF, SketchUp, TGA/Targa, TIF/TIFF, WMF	3D Studio, Artlantis/ATL, AVI, BMP, DGN, DWF, DWG, DXF, EMF, EPS, EPX - Piranesi, FACT - ElectricImage, GIF, HPGL/PLT, IFC/IFCXML, JP2, JPEG, MOV, LP - Lightscape, OBJ, PDF, PICT, PNG, PSD, QTIF, SGI, SketchUp, TGA/Targa, TIF/TIFF, U3D, WRL, WMF	$4,250
AutoCAD by Autodesk	March 20, 2015, Release 2016	2D/3D, Architecture, Drafting	Only AutoCAD for Mac OS X, No for discipline-specific vertical products, e.g. AutoCAD Architecture[4][5]	Yes	iOS, Android	Proprietary[6]	Yes	pt-BR, en, cs, fr, de, hu, it, ja, ko, pl, ru, zh-Hans, es, zh-Hant	limited for some verticals	for some verticals	Yes	DXF, DWG, DWS, DWT, WMF, SAT, 3DS, FBX, DGN[7]	3DS (requires 3dsout), DXF, DWG, PDF, DWF, FBX, BMP, DGN[8]	$4,195
Inventor by Autodesk	March 2012, 2013	3D	No	Yes	No	Proprietary	Yes	en and others	Yes	Yes	Yes	ACIS SAT, DXF, DWG, IGES, Pro/Engineer, STEP, .dwf, .wire, .catpart, .catproduct, .jt, .x b, .x t, .prt (NX), .asm, .g, .neu, Solidworks, ProE, Catia, .stl	ACIS SAT, DXF, DWG, IGES, STEP, .dwf, .catpart, .catproduct, .bmp, .gif, .jpeg, .png, .tiff, .iges, .jt, .pdf, .x b, .x t, .g, .neu, STL (file format), .xgl, .zgl	$7,995
BricsCAD by Bricsys	October 2014 V15 (64-bit, 32-bit)	2D/3D AEC, Parametric direct modeling, BIM, Mechanical, Sheet metal, Rendering	Mac OS X, Fedora, OpenSuse, Ubuntu	Windows 8, 7, Vista	Linux, Mac	Proprietary	For student, faculty, school. Free	en, cs, de, es, fr, hu, it, ja, ko, lt, pl, pt-BR, ru, vi, zh-Hans, zh-Hant	Yes	Scheduled	Yes	DWG 2.5 to 2013, DXF, ACIS SAT, DAE (COLLADA), BMP, JPEG, PCX, PNG, GIF, TGA, TIF, JP2, J2K, ECW, SID With extra Communicator license: STE, STP, STEP, IGS, IGES, CATIA V4/V5, VDA, IAM, IPT, PARASOLID, PAR, PSM, PRT, ASM, PRT, SLDASM, SLDPRT	DWG 2.5 to 2013, DXF, DWF, ACIS SAT, DAE (COLLADA), SLT (3D Printing), PDF, BMP, WMF, EMF With extra Communicator license: STE, STP, STEP, IGS, IGES, CATIA V4/V5, VDA, 3D PDF	$990 Platinum, $650 Pro, $520 Classic, $610 Communicator
BRL-CAD by United States Army Research Laboratory	June 3, 2014, 7.24.2	3D design and simulation for military vehicles	All POSIX (BSD/Linux/Unix like OS), Packages for FreeBSD, IRIX, Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris[9][10]	Yes	Unknown	BSD licence, LGPL[9]	Free	en[9]	Unknown	No	Yes	DXF, Elysium Neutral Facetted, EUCLID, FASTGEN, IGES, Jack, NASTRAN, Pro/E,[11] STL, TANKILL, Unigraphics, Viewpoint Datalabs Format[12]	DXF, EUCLID, IGES, Jack, STL, TANKILL, VRML, OBJ, X3D[12]	Free
Caddie Professional by Advanced Computer Solutions	2014, 20	2D/3D CAE, Rendering	No	Windows 7 & 8	Unknown	Proprietary	70GBP, 106USD, 97EUR	en	Unknown	Unknown	Yes	DWG, DXF, DRW, JPEG, BMP, TIFF, PNG, GIF, ECW, JPEG2000, ASCII, XLS	DWG, DXF, DRW, DWF, WMF, PDF, JPEG, BMP, TIFF, PNG, GIF	$106 - $3022
Cadwork by Cadwork Informatik AG	2014, 21	2D/3D CAE, Rendering	HP-UX	Yes	No	Proprietary	Yes	en, cs, fr, de, it, ja, pl, pt, ru, zh-Hans, es	No	Yes	Yes	DWG, DXF, PDF, JPEG, TIFF, PNG, SAT	DWG, DXF, PDF, JPEG, TIFF, SAT	$1000 to $20000
CATIA by Dassault Systèmes	2011, V6	2D/3D CAE	IBM AIX, HP-UX, and Solaris	Yes	V4 runs on mainframe	Proprietary	99EUR, 99US$, 89.7GBP	en, fr, de, ja (at release date)	Yes	Unknown	Yes	some formats require extra license	some formats require extra license	?
Chief Architect	2014, Ver. Premier	2D/3D Residential / Interior Design software	Mac OS X	XP, Vista, 7, 8	?	Proprietary	95US$	en	Yes	Unknown	Yes	Yes	Yes	$2,695 Full, $1995 Lite, Rent $199/month
Cobalt by Ashlar-Vellum	March 16, 2016, v9	2D/3D Rendering CAE CAM	Mac OS X, 10.6+, fully hyper-threaded ray tracing	7, 8.1, 10+ (x32 or ×64)	No	Proprietary	Yes	en, bre, fr, de, it, pt, ru, sl, sv	No	No	Yes	3DS, ACIS SAT, AI, ASCII Text, BMP, CATIA v4, CGM, CCAD, CO (native), Drawing board, DWG/DXF, Facet, GIF, Grid Surface, IGS (IGES), JPEG, Parasolid XT, PICT, 2D PDF, PNG, PPM, Pro/E, Rhino 3DM, Spline, STP (STEP), VRML, XBM, XPM	ACIS SAT, AI, ASCII Text, BMP, CATIA v4, CGM, CO (native), Drawing board, DWG/DXF, EPS, Facet, GIF, Grid Surface, IGS (IGES), JPEG, Parasolid XT, 2D & 3D PDF, PICT, PNG, PPM, Pro/E, RAW Triangle, Shockwave 3D, STP (STEP), STL, VRML, XBM, XPM	$2,495 buy, or $995/year rent, or $94.95/month rent
DataCAD by DATACAD LLC	October 2013, 16	2D/3D AEC	No	Yes	No	Proprietary	49US$	en, pt, cs, et, fi, fr, de, hu, he, it, ru, es, and others	No	No	Yes	DWG, DXF, SketchUp, TXT, WMF, EMF, o2c, ACO, 3DS, STL, BMP, JPEG, GIF, TIFF, Targa, PNG, PCX, PCD, and others	DWG, DXF, DWF, SketchUp, TXT, WMF, EMF, o2c, ACO, 3DS, STL, BMP, JPEG, TIFF, Targa, PNG, PCX, EPS, PCD, PRN, PDF, VRML, RAY, and others	$1,295 First, $495 Additional, $395 Upgrade
DesignSpark Mechanical by RS Components	November 18, 2015, 2.0.1	2D/3D hybrid	No	Yes	No	Proprietary	Yes	en, cz, de, es, fr, it, jp, kr, pl, pt, zh-cn, zh-tw	No	No	Yes	ECAD (IDF, IDB, EMN), OBJ, Point curve text files (TXT), SKP, STL	AMF, DXF, OBJ, 3D PDF, SKP, STL, XAML, JPEG, PNG	FREE base package, STEP, IGES formats and drawing environment as paid add-ons
Digital Project by Gehry Technologies	2013, Version R5	2D/3D/4D AEC	No	32bit and 64bit	No	Proprietary	Unknown	en	Yes	Yes(2X3)[13]	Yes(2D + 3D)	SDNF, DWG, DXF, IFC, IGES, HSF, 3DXML[13]	SDNF, DWG, DXF, IFC, IGES, HSF, 3DXML[13]	?
Drawing Express by Trial Systems Ltd	April 26, 2013, Version 2019	2D/3D CAD	No	2000, XP, Vista & Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit)	No	Proprietary	Yes	en	No	Unknown	Yes	DWG, DXF, JPEG, BMP, TIFF, PNG, GIF	DWG, DXF, PDF, JPEG, BMP	?
Electra E7 by Radica Software	July 2014, Version E7	2D CAD	No	Yes	No	Proprietary	Yes	en	No	No	Yes	DWG, DXF, VSD, VSS, VDX, VSX,SVG, SVGZ, JPEG,GIF, PNG, TIFF, BMP, EMZ, EMF, WMF	DWG, DXF, VSD, VSS, VDX, VSX,SVG, SVGZ, JPEG, GIF, PNG, TIFF, BMP, EMZ, EMF, WMF, PDF, XPS, HTML	FREE 30 days trial. annual subscription - $59/mo ; perpetual - $1698
FINE MEP by 4M	2014, v. 14	2D/3D, BIM, MEP Design	No	Yes	No	Proprietary	Yes	en, fr, tr, gr, bg	Yes	Yes(2x3)	Yes	DXF, DWG, IFC, ACIS, BMP, JPG, TGA, GIF	DXF, DWG, IFC, ACIS, Collada, 3DS, PDF, BLD, JPG, BMP, TGA, PNG, TIFF	$1,220, $720
FreeCAD by Juergen Riegel	April 18, 2016, 0.16	3D	All Unix-like OSes); Packages for FreeBSD, IRIX, Linux, Solaris	Yes	With OpenGL as a prerequisite[14]	LGPL	Free	en, af, cn, hr, nl, fi, fr, de, it, no, pt, ru, es, se, ua	Yes	Yes	Yes	IGES, STEP, BRep, OBJ, DXF, SVG, U3D	IGES, STEP, BRep,[15] OBJ, DXF, SVG, U3D	Free
form•Z by AutoDesSys, Inc	June 23, 2008, 6.6	2D/3D AEC Rendering	Mac OS X	XP, Vista 32bit and 64bit	Unknown	Proprietary	Unknown	en, fr, de, el, it, ja, ko, es	Yes	Unknown	Yes	ACIS SAT, Art·Lantis, BMP, DAE, DEM Data, DWG, DXF, EPS, FACT, GIF, HPGL, IGES, Illustrator, JPEG, Keyhole Markup Language, Lightwave, Lightscape, OBJ, PDF, PICT, Piranesi, PNG, QTVR, RIB, SGI, SketchUp, STEP, STL, TGA, TIFF, ZPR	ACIS SAT, Artlantis, BMP, DAE, DEM Data, DWG, DXF, EPS, FACT, GIF, HPGL, IGES, Illustrator, JPEG, Keyhole Markup Language, Lightwave, Lightscape, OBJ, PDF, PICT, Piranesi, PNG, QTVR, RIB, SGI, STEP, STL, TGA, TIFF, ZPR	$1,995
HiCAD by ISD Group	2014	2D/3D	No	Yes	No	Proprietary	Yes	en, de, it, fr, pl, jp (at release date)	Yes	Yes	Yes	IGES, STEP, DXF, DWG, ACIS, ProE, SolidWorks, CATIA (V4/V5), Parasolid, UniGraphics, Inventor, IFC, PC-Draft, Technovision, Procad, Proren, Babcad, ME10, JT, STL, DSTV, SDNF	IGES, STEP, DXF, DWG, ACIS, ProE, CATIA (V4/V5), Parasolid, IFC, VRML, STL, JT, Gamma-Ray, STL, DSTV, Tops Geo, SDNF	?
IDEA Architectural by 4M	2014, v. 14	2D/3D, BIM, Architectural Design	No	Yes	No	Proprietary	Yes	en, fr, tr, tr, gr, bg	Yes	Yes(2x3)	Yes	DXF, DWG, IFC, ACIS, BMP, JPG, TGA, GIF	DXF, DWG, IFC, ACIS, Collada, 3DS, PDF, BLD, JPG, BMP, TGA, PNG, TIFF	$1,395
IntelliCAD by IntelliCAD Technology Consortium	June 15, 2014, V 8.0	2D/3D AEC	Unknown	Yes	Unknown	Proprietary	Unknown	en	Yes	Unknown	Yes	DWG, DXF, DWF, SAT	DWG, DXF, DWF, SVG, PDF, SAT	?
LibreCAD	January 10, 2016, Version 2.0.9	2D	Yes	Yes	Yes	GNU GPL	No	en, fr, it, de, es, ja, zh, fi, cs, pt, lv[16]	No	No	Yes	DWG, DXF	DXF, JPEG, PNG, SVG, BMP[17]	Free,[18]
MicroStation by Bentley Systems	2012, V8i (SELECTseries 3)[19]	2D/3D AEC	Dropped (last was V 5.7 of 1997/1998)	Yes	Dropped (last was V 5.7 of 1997/1998)	Proprietary	Yes	en, fr, it, de, es, ja, zh, fi, cs[20]	Yes	Yes(2x3)	Yes	DGN, DXF, DWG, SketchUp, Rhino, PDF, Revit,	DGN, DXF, DWG, U3D, PDF, gbXML, IGES, STEP, SketchUp[21]	$5,050
NX by Siemens PLM Software	December 2014, 10.0	2D/3D, Parametric	Mac OS X,[22] and RedHat Linux / SUSE Linux.[23]	Yes	Unknown	Proprietary	Unknown	en, fr, it, de, es, ja, zh, fi, cs	Unknown	Unknown	Yes	JT, Parasolid, STEP, DWG, DXF, ProE, SolidWorks, I-deas, CATIA (V4/V5), STL, IGES	JT, Parasolid, STEP, DWG, DXF, ProE, SolidWorks, I-deas, CATIA (V4/V5), STL, IGES	$$$$
OpenSCAD	March 10, 2015, 2015.03	2D/3D	All POSIX (BSD/Linux/Unix like OS), Packages for Linux, Mac OS X	Yes	Unknown	GNU GPL	Free	en	Unknown	Unknown	Yes	DXF, STL	PNG, DXF, STL	Free
PowerCADD by Engineered Software	August 2010, v9	2D	Mac OS X	No	No	Proprietary	No	en, fr, it, es, ...	No	No	Yes	DWG, DXF, PDF, EPSF, PS, Bitmap, VectorPict, JPG, PNG, TIF, SGI, TGA, Adobe Photoshop, *SHP, *GPX, ASCII Topo Survey (*with WildTools)	DXF,DWG, PDF, EPSF, PS, Bitmap, VectorPict,JPG, PNG, TIF, SGI, TGA, Adobe Photoshop,	$995(PRO)-$1250(expert incl WildTools)
Creo by Parametric Technology Corporation	June 17, 2014, 3.0	2D/3D hybrid	Some[24]	Yes	Unknown	Proprietary	Yes	en, fr, de, es, it, ja, ko, zh-Hant, zh-Hans (at release date)[25]	Unknown	Unknown	Yes	STEP, IGES, DXF, DWG, Parasolid, STL, SAT, more	STEP, IGES, DXF, DWG, Parasolid, STL, SAT, more	$4,995, $1,500 maintenance
progeCAD by ProgeCAD	November 28, 2011, 11.0.6.5	2D/3D Rendering	Linux Requires Wine; MAC OS Requires Parallels Desktop for Mac	Yes	No	Proprietary	Yes Free	en, de, ru, it, cs, zh-Hans, zh-Hant, fr, pl, es, sr, hu	No	No	Yes	DWG, DXF, PDF, DWT, DWF, SAT	DWG, DXF, DWT, PDF, SAT, 3DS, POV, LWO, BMP, EMF, WMF, JPEG, KMZ, SVG, PDF	$690, $399
QCad by Ribbon Soft	June 17, 2013, Version 3.1	2D	Includes Mac OS X	Yes	No	GNU GPL	Yes	en	Yes	v2.x3 import and export	Yes	IFC, DXF, DWG	IFC, DXF, DWG	Free,[26] $42 for Commercial
Revit Architecture by Autodesk	March 2015, Version 2016	2D/3D AEC	No	Yes	No	Proprietary	204,95US$ perpetual license	pt-BR, en, cs, fr, de, hu, it, ja, ko, ru, zh-Hans, es	Yes	Import and export. Import certified. Export certified.[3]	Yes	DXF, DWG, SAT, SKP, DGN, JPEG, PNG, TIFF	DWG, DXF, SAT, FBX, IFC, DGN, DWF, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, AVI, PDF	$5,495
Revit Structure by Autodesk	March 2015, Version 2016	2D/3D BIM AEC	No	Yes	No	Proprietary	Unknown	pt-BR, en, cs, fr, de, hu, it, ja, ko, ru, zh-Hans, es	Yes	Import and export. Import certified. Export certified.[3]	Yes	DXF, DWG, DWF, SAT, SKP, DGN, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, Bentley Systems RAM Structural System	DWG, DXF, SAT, FBX, IFC, DGN, DWF, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, AVI, PDF	$5,495
Revit MEP by Autodesk	March 2015, Version 2016	2D/3D BIM AEC	No	Yes	No	Proprietary	Unknown	pt-BR, en, cs, fr, de, hu, it, ja, ko, ru, zh-Hans, es	Yes	Import and export. Import certified. Export certified.[3]	Yes	DXF, DWG, SAT, SKP, DGN, JPEG, PNG, TIFF	DWG, DXF, SAT, FBX, IFC, DGN, DWF, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, AVI, PDF	?
Rhinoceros 3D by Robert McNeel and Associates	February 26, 2015, 5.0 Service Release	2D/3D CAD	Mac OS X	Yes	No	Proprietary	Yes	en, fr, de, it, es, pl, cs, zh, ja, kr	Unknown	Unknown	Yes	DXF, DWG, .3ds, SAT, SketchUp, IGES, STEP, STL, DGN, FBX, OBJ, sldprt	DXF, DWG, .3ds, SAT, SketchUp, IGES, STEP, STL, COLLADA, Parasolid	$995[27]
SALOME	December 14, 2015 7.7.1	CAE	FreeBSD,[28] Linux	Yes	No	LGPL	Free	EN, FR, JA	Unknown	Unknown	No[29]	BREP, IGES, STEP	IGES, STEP, BREP, STL,[30] MED, UNV, DAT[31]	Free
SketchUp by Trimble	November 4, 2014, 15.0.9349 (Windows), 15.0.9349 (Mac)	3D	Mac OS X	Yes	No	Proprietary	Yes	EN, FR, IT, DE, ES, PT(BR), JA, KO, ZH(CN), ZH(TW)	Yes	Template:Yes, import and export	Yes	DWG, DXF, DEM, DDF, 3DS, DAE, KMZ, IFC, JPG, PNG, PSD, TIF, TGA, BMP	DAE, KMZ, 3DS, DWG, DXF, FBX, OBJ, WRL, XSI, PDF, EPS, BMP, JPG, TIF, PNG, EPX,	SketchUp Make: Free SketchUp Pro: $700
Solid Edge by Siemens PLM Software	June 25, 2014, ST6	3D/2D	No	Yes	No	Proprietary	Free	en, es, ru, fr, ko (at release date)	Unknown	No	Yes	IGES, STEP, DXF, JT, ACIS (SAT), ProE, SolidWorks, NX, SDRC, Microstation, Inventor, CATIA (V4/V5), Parasolid, Autocad, STL, XML, MDS	IGES, STEP, STL, PDF, EMS, JT, XGL, XML, DXF, Parasolid, CATIA (V4/V5), ACIS (SAT), Microstation, Autocad	$5,300, $1,200 Maintenance
SolidWorks by SolidWorks Corp.	February 17, 2016, 2016 SP2.0	2D/3D hybrid	No	Yes	No	Proprietary	From 129,95US$	en, es, de (at release date)	Yes	Unknown	Yes	DXF, DWG, Parasolid, IGES, STEP, ACIS (SAT), STL, ProE, Solid Edge, Inventor, Rhino (3dm), IFC	DXF, DWG, Parasolid, IGES, STEP, ACIS (SAT), STL, u3d, VRML, 3dxml, Catia, PDF, IFC,	$3,995, $1,295/yr for optional support
SolveSpace by Jonathan Westhues	August 11, 2013, v.2.0	2D/3D parametric	Linux Requires Wine	Yes	No	GNU GPL	Free	en	No	No	Export only		2D as DXF, EPS, PDF, SVG, HPGL, STEP; 3D wireframe as DXF, STEP; triangle mesh as STL, Wavefront OBJ; NURBS surfaces as STEP	Free
SpaceClaim Engineer by SpaceClaim Corp.	October 19, 2014, Version 2015	2D/3D hybrid	No	Yes	No	Proprietary	Unknown	en	Unknown	Unknown	Yes	DXF, DWG, Parasolid, IGES, STEP, ACIS, STL, ProE, Solid Edge, VRML, OBJ, STL, NX, CATIA, Solidworks, Rhinoceros	[ACIS], Acrobat PDF 3D, Acrobat - PDF 2D, AutoCAD - DWG and DXF, CATIA V5, [IGES], JT Open, Keyshot, Parasolid, POV-Ray, PowerPoint, Rhino, SketchUp, [STEP], STL, VDA-VS, VRML, OBJ, XAML, XPS	?
Tekla Structures by Tekla	2013, Version 19.0	3D/4D/5D CAE, CAM, steel detailing, concrete detailing	No	Yes	No	Proprietary	Yes	en, zh-Hant, du, fr, de, it, ja, ru, es	Yes	Import and export. Export certified.[3]	Yes	IFC, IFCXML, IFCZIP, DWG, DXF, DGN, PDF, STEP, IGES, CIS/2, ISM, FabTrol KISS, DSTV, Steel Detailing Neutral Format, Eliplan ELI, Primavera P6, Trimble LM80[32]	IFC, IFCXML, IFCZIP, DWG, DXF, DGN, CIS/2, ISM, FabTrol KISS, DSTV, Steel Detailing Neutral Format, Eliplan ELI, Primavera P6, Trimble LM80, HMS[32]	?
TopSolid by Missler Software	2014, V7.8	2D/3D + PDM	No	Yes	No	Proprietary	Yes	en, es, de (at release date)	Yes	Unknown	Yes	DXF, DWG, Parasolid, Sketchup, JT, SolidEdge, TopSolid'Gmi, TopSolid'OpenPackage, TopSolid'XYZ, Unigraphics, ME10 (MI),Acis (sat sab asat asab), Catia V4, Catia V5, Iges, Inventor, ProEngineer, SolidWorks, Step, Unigraphics, Vda, TopSolid'Design v6	PDF 3D, Parasolid, JT, TopSolid'OpenPackage, STL, VRML, X3D, AutoCad, Acis, Catia V4, Catia V5, Iges, Step, Vda-fs	?
TransMagic	2014 R11	File translator	No	XP/Vista/7	No	Proprietary	No	en, de	No	No	Yes	CATIA V4, CATIA V5, Autodesk Inventor, Pro/E, SolidWorks, Unigraphics, ACIS (.sat, .sab, .asf, .asat, .asab), JT, Parasolid, IGES, STEP (.stp), HOOPS Meta File, HOOPS Streaming File (.hsf), PLY, STL, OBJ, Large file support	CATIA V4, CATIA V5, ACIS (.sat, .sab, .asf, .asat, .asab), JT, Parasolid (.x_t, .x_b, .xmt_txt, .xmb_txt), IGES, STEP (.stp), HOOPS Meta File, HOOPS Streaming File (.hsf), NGRAIN, PLY, STL, HTML, OBJ, Enhanced Metafile, PDF, PostScript, TIFF, BMP, Large file support	?
TurboCAD by IMSI/Design, LLC	2014. v21 (Windows), 2014. v8 (Mac)	2D/3D	Mac OS X	Yes	No	Proprietary	Up to 85% off standard pricing	en, cs, ger, others?	Unknown	Unknown	Yes	'see PDF of compatible file formats'	'see PDF of compatible file formats'	$1,495 Pro, $1,695 Pro Platinum[33]
VariCAD by VariCAD	October 20, 2014, 2015-1.0	2D/3D parametric	Linux	Yes	No	Proprietary	Yes	eng, ger,[34] cze[35] pt, ja, zh-Hans	Unknown	Unknown	2d only	STEP (3D), DWG (2D), DXF (2D)[36]	STEP (3D), STL (3D), IGES (3D), BMP (from 3D), DWG (2D), DXF (2D)[36]	$710
Vectorworks by [[Vectorworks, Inc.]], (includes Fundamentals, Architect, Landmark, Spotlight, Designer, and Renderworks)	September 16, 2015, Vectorworks 2016	BIM, 2D/3D hybrid, Architecture, Interior Design, Garden & Landscape Design, Show Design, Rendering	Mac OS X	Yes	No	Proprietary	Free for students	pt-BR, zh-Hans, nl, en, fr, de, it, ja, no, pl, es	{{Yes}	Import and export. Export certified.[3]	Yes	DWG, DXF, DWF, PDF, Point cloud, OBJ, EPSF, 3DS, IGES, SAT, STEP, Rhino, Parasolid X_T, Sketchup, IFC, SHP, JPEG, BMP, PNG, PSD, SGI, TIFF, TGA	DWG, DXF, DWF, 3D PDF, gbXML, PDF, EPSF, Cinema4D, Artlantis, 3DS, COLLADA, FBX, IGES, SAT, STEP, Rhino, Parasolid X_T, STL, IFC, KML, SHP, JPEG, PDF, Quicktime VR, EPSF, HDRI, BMP, PNG, PSD, SGI, TIFF, TGA	$1,895.00 - 3,495.00
VisualARQ by Asuni CAD S.A.	June 5, 2014, 1.8	2D/3D	No	Yes	No	Proprietary	$95	en, fr, es, de, it, cs	Yes	Yes	Yes	3DM, 3DS, AI, DGN, DWG, DXF, EPS, FBX, GDF, IGS/IGES, LWO, OBJ, PDF, PLY, SDLPTR/SDLASM, SKP, STL, STP/STEP, VDA, VRML/VRL, X, ZPR	3DM, 3DS, ACIS, AI, DGN, X, DWG, DXF, EPS, FBX, GDF, IGS/IGES, IFC, LWO, OBJ, PDF, PLY, POV, RIB, SKP, SDLPTR/SDLASM, STL, STP/STEP, VDA, VRML/VRL, WMF, X_T, XGL, ZPR	$495

See also

• Building analysis software
• 3D data acquisition and object reconstruction
• Comparison of CAD, CAM and CAE file viewers
• List of CAx companies
• CAD/CAM in the footwear industry

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