Comparison of computer-aided design software

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The table below provides an overview of notable 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 modelling software application that is used for creating designs and technical drawings. These can be 3D drawings or 2D drawings (like floor plans).

Title and developer 2D/3D or specialty fieldsPlatformLatest releaseLicenseAcademic version?User Interface language/sSupport for Building Information Modelling?Support for Industry Foundation Classes (version & MVD)?Support for AutoCAD DXF?ImportsExportsPrice
(USD)
VersionDate
ABViewer by CADSoftTools2D/3D Linux with Wine Version 15.1 [1] 2023-02-01 Proprietary Yes en, fr, de, ru and othersNoNoYes DWG, DXF, DWF, DXT, 3DS, ACIS SAT, STL, IGES (.igs), STEP (.stp), OBJ, X_T, X_B, SLDPRT, GTS, TIN, ASE, B3D, GLM, GLX, GLA, LMTS, LWO, NURBS, NMF, OCT, PLY, VRML, MDC, MD2, MD3, MD5, SMD, BSP, WMF, EMF, PDF, CGM, SVG, SVGZ, EPS, PS, Hewlett-Packard HPGL (PLT, HGL, HG, HPG, PLO, HP, HP1, HP2, HP3, HPGL, HPGL2, HPP, GL, GL2, PRN, SPL, RTL, PCL), GED, RLA, RPF, CEL, PIC, CAL, CG4, GP4, GIF, CUT, PAL, DDS, FAX, HDR, IFF, ICO, EXR, IMB, JPG, JPEG, J2K, J2C, JNG, JP2, KOA, PCT, PICT, MNG, PSP, PCD, PSD, PDD, PNG, PPM, PGM, PBM, RAW, G3, BW, RGB, RGBA, SGI, RAS, TIF, TIFF, TGA, VST, ICB, VDA, WIN, BMP, RLE, DIB, WAP, WBMP, WBM, XBM, XPM, PCX PDF, DWG, DXF, SWF, CGM, DXT, SVG, PLT, STL, OBJ, OBJF, NMF, LMTS, NC, BMP, GIF, JPG, PNG, TIF, TIFF, WMF, EMF, SWFVaries depending on the license type
Windows
Alibre Design by Alibre, LLC2D/3D Windows Version V272023 Proprietary Yes en, de, ja, fr, zh-Hant, pl, cs, es, da, pt-BR, sv No(version?)Yes DXF, DWG, STEP, IGES, SAT, 3DM, STL, OBJ, PLY, 3DS, WRL, Inventor, ProE, SolidEdge, CATIA, Parasolid, Solidworks DXF, DWG, STEP, IGES, SAT, BIP, EMF, PDF, STL, Solidworks, Parasolid$1,000 - $2,000
Allplan by Allplan GmbH2D/3D Architecture, Engineering, Road, Bridge, BIM Windows Version 20232022 Proprietary Yes en, es, fr, de, ru, zh-Hant, ja, pl, cs, it, pt-BR and othersYesv2x3 CV2.0 & v4 Import and export certifiedUntil version 2023, incl. ACIS support [2] DXF, DWG, IFC, DGN, PDF, STL, OBJ, C4D, SKP, WRL, LandXML [2] DXF, DWG, IFC, DGN, PDF, STL, OBJ, C4D, SKP, WRL, 3DS [2] $4,000 - $9,000
Archicad by Graphisoft 2D/3D Architecture, BIM macOS [3] Version 272023 [4] Proprietary Yes
No cost 		en, de, es, fr, it, pt, ru, ja, pl, cs, hu, nl, fi, sv, no, da, tr, el, zh-Hans, ko, zh-Hant [5] Yesv2x3 CV2.0 & v4 Import and export certified [6] 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, FBX 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
Windows [3]
AutoCAD by Autodesk 2D/3D, Architecture, Drafting macOS, No for discipline-specific vertical products, e.g. AutoCAD Architecture [7] [8] 2024.1 [9] 2023-07-24 Proprietary [10] Yes pt-BR, en, cs, fr, de, hu, it, ja, ko, pl, ru, zh-Hans, es, zh-Hant [ citation needed ]limited for some verticalsfor some verticalsYes DXF, DWG, DWS, DWT, WMF, SAT, 3DS, FBX, DGN [11] 3DS (requires 3dsout), DXF, DWG, PDF, DWF, FBX, BMP, DGN [12] $245 per month;

$1955 per year; $5865 per 3 years

Windows
Android
iOS
Autodesk Inventor by Autodesk 3D Windows 2024.1.1 [13] 2023-08-08 Proprietary Yes en and othersYesversion?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 $300 per month;

$2415 per year; $7245 per 3 years

BricsCAD
by Bricsys 		2D/3D AEC,
Parametric direct modeling,
BIM,
Mechanical,
Sheet metal,
Rendering		 macOS V24 (24.2.03 English)
(64-bit, 32-bit)		2022-03-18 Proprietary Yes
No cost 		en, cs, de, es, fr, hu, it, ja, ko, lt, pl, pt-BR, ru, vi, zh-Hans, zh-Hant Yesversion?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, SLDPTR/SLDASM 		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		$1020 Platinum,
$680 Pro,
$550 Classic,

$610 Communicator
Fedora
openSUSE
Ubuntu
Windows
10, 8, 7, Vista
BRL-CAD by United States Army Research Laboratory 3D design and simulation for military vehicles POSIX (BSD/Linux/Unix like OS), Packages for FreeBSD, IRIX, Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris [14] [15] 7.38.2 [16]   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 2024-03-19 LGPL-2.1-only [17] Yes
No cost 		en [14] Un­knownNoYes DXF, Elysium Neutral Facetted, EUCLID, FASTGEN, IGES, Jack, NASTRAN, Pro/E, [18] STL, TANKILL, Unigraphics, Viewpoint Datalabs Format [19] DXF, EUCLID, IGES, Jack, STL, TANKILL, VRML, OBJ, X3D [19] No cost
Windows
Others
Caddie Professional by Advanced Computer Solutions2D/3D CAE, Rendering Windows 272021 Proprietary Foc en YesYesYes 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 2D/3D/4D/5D/6D CAE, Rendering, CAM, BIM HP-UX 302023 Proprietary Yes en, cs, fr, de, it, ja, pl, pt, ru, zh-Hans, es YesYesYes DWG, DXF, PDF, JPEG, TIFF, PNG, SAT, IFC DWG, DXF, PDF, JPEG, TIFF, SAT, IFC $1000 to $20000
Windows
CATIA by Dassault Systèmes 2D/3D CAE IBM AIX R2023x2023-11 Proprietary 99EUR, 99US$, 89.7GBP en, fr, de, ja (at release date)Yesversion?Yessome formats require extra licensesome formats require extra license$9000 to $65000 (depends on modules)
HP-UX
Solaris
Windows
V4 runs on mainframe
Cobalt by Ashlar-Vellum2D/3D Rendering
CAE
CAM 		macOS, 10.13+, fully hyper-threaded ray tracingv122023-08-17 Proprietary Yes en, bre, fr, de, it, pt, ru, sl, sv NoNoYes 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
Windows
10, 11 (64-bit)
Creo by Parametric Technology Corporation 2D/3D hybrid POSIX (some) [20] Creo 10.02023-04-18 Proprietary Yes en, fr, de, es, it, ja, ko, zh-Hant, zh-Hans (at release date) [21] Un­knownUn­knownYes STEP, IGES, DXF, DWG, Parasolid, STL, SAT, more STEP, IGES, DXF, DWG, Parasolid, STL, SAT, more$4,995, $1,500 maintenance
Windows
DataCAD by DATACAD LLC2D/3D AEC Windows 192016-10 Proprietary 49US$ en, pt, cs, et, fi, fr, de, hu, he, it, ru, es, and othersNoNoYes 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 2D/3D hybrid Windows 2.0.12015-11-18 Proprietary Yes en, cz, de, es, fr , it, jp, kr, pl, pt, zh-cn, zh-tw NoNoYes ECAD (IDF, IDB, EMN), OBJ, Point curve text files (TXT), SKP, STL, STEP (read-only) AMF, DXF, OBJ, 3D PDF, SKP, STL, XAML, JPEG, PNG No cost base package
Digital Project by Gehry Technologies 2D/3D/4D AECWindows
32-bit and 64-bit		Version R52013 Proprietary Un­known en Yesv2x3 [22] Yes(2D + 3D) SDNF, DWG, DXF, IFC, IGES, HSF, 3DXML [22] SDNF, DWG, DXF, IFC, IGES, HSF, 3DXML [22]  ?
Drawing Express by Trial Systems Ltd2D/3D CAD Windows 2000, XP, Vista & Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit)Version 20192013-04-26 Proprietary Yes en NoUn­knownYes DWG, DXF, JPEG, BMP, TIFF, PNG, GIF DWG, DXF, PDF, JPEG, BMP  ?
FINE MEP by 4M2D/3D, BIM, MEP Design Windows v. 142014 Proprietary Yes en, fr, tr, gr, bg Yesv2x3)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 3D Unix-like OSes; Packages for FreeBSD, Linux 0.21.0[ citation needed ]2023-11-14 LGPL-2.0-or-later Yes
No cost 		en, af, cn, hr, nl, fi, fr, de, it, no, pt, ru, es, se, ua Yesversion?Yes IFC, IGES, STEP, BRep, OBJ, DXF, SVG, U3D IFC, IGES, STEP, BRep, [23] OBJ, DXF, SVG, U3D No cost
Windows
Others with OpenGL as a prerequisite [24]
form•Z by AutoDesSys, Inc2D/3D AEC Rendering macOS 6.62008-06-23 Proprietary Un­known en, fr, de, el, it, ja, ko, es YesUn­knownYes 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 $1,995
Windows
XP, Vista
32-bit and 64-bit
HiCAD by ISD Group2D/3D Windows 20172017-02-13 Proprietary Yes en, de, it, fr, pl, jp (at release date)Yesversion?Yes IGES, STEP, DXF, DWG, ACIS, ProE, SolidWorks, CATIA (V4/V5), Parasolid, UniGraphics, Inventor, IFC, PC-Draft, Technovision, Procad, Proren, Babcad, ME10, JT, STL, DSTV, SDNF IGES, STEP, DXF, DWG, ACIS, ProE, CATIA (V4/V5), Parasolid, IFC, VRML, STL, JT, Gamma-Ray, STL, DSTV, Tops Geo, SDNF ?
IntelliCAD by IntelliCAD Technology Consortium 2D/3D AEC BIM Windows V 10.0a2020-10-29 Proprietary Varies by vendor en (more options vary by vendor)Yesversion?Yes DXF, DWF, SAT, DXB, DWT, DGN, DAE, IGES, STEP, OBJ, STL, IFC, RVT/RFA DWF, DGN, SVG, PDF, SAT, BMP, EMF/WMF, STL, DAE Varies by vendor
IRONCAD by IronCAD LLC2D/3D hybrid Windows 20232022-12-19 Proprietary From 124US$ en, jp, ko, de (at release date)NoNoYes DXF, DWG, Parasolid, IGES, STEP, SAT, STL, ProE, Solid Edge, Inventor, Rhino (3dm), Catia DXF, DWG, Parasolid, IGES, STEP, SAT, STL, u3d, VRML, 3dxml, Catia, PDF $3,970, $1,295/yr for optional support
KeyCreator by Kubotek3D direct modeling, mechanical, drafting Windows 2021 SP1 [25] 2021-03-17 Proprietary Yes en, jp, it, de (at release date)YesYesYes STEP, IGES, SAT, Parasolid, DXF, DWG, Catia, Creo/ProE, NX, Solid Edge, JT, SolidWorks, Inventor, CADKEY, IFC, STL, U3D, OBJ [26] STEP, IGES, SAT, Parasolid, DXF, DWG, STL, U3D, OBJ, VRML, WMF, HPGL, PDF [26] $3,495 - $5,995 permanent license w/1st year maintenance, $1,188 - $2,028/yr lease (USD)
LibreCAD 2D POSIX 2.2.0.2 [27]   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 2023-07-29 GPL-2.0-only Yes
No cost 		en, fr, it, de, es, ja, zh, fi, cs, pt, lv [28] NoNoYes DWG, DXF DXF, JPEG, PNG, SVG, BMP [29] No cost [30]
Windows
Others
MicroStation by Bentley Systems 2D/3D AEC Windows CONNECT Edition (Update 9) [31] 2017-01-17 Proprietary Yes en, fr, it, de, es, ja, zh, ru, tu, pl, pt, ko, fi, cs [32] Yesv2x3Yes DGN, DGNlib, RDL, DXF, DWG, FBX, OBJ, 3DS, SKP, 3DM, JT, Mapinfo MIF/MID, imodel, RFA, IFC, SHP, TAB, IGES, Parasolid, CGM, STEP, STL, Terrain Land XML, ACIS .SAT, 3DM, STL DGN, DXF, DWG, U3D, PDF, .dae|Collada, FBX, JT, KML, LXO, SVG, VRML, VOB, ACIS, OBJ, STL, gbXML, IGES, STEP, SKP [33] $5,050
Other systems dropped (last was V 5.7 of 1997/1998)
NX by Siemens Digital Industries Software 2D/3D, Parametric macOS [34] 11.02016-06-29 Proprietary Un­known en, fr, it, de, es, ja, zh, fi, cs Un­knownUn­knownYesJT, 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 $12k - $40k
Red Hat Linux
SUSE Linux [35]
Windows
Onshape by PTC Mechanical CAD (MCAD), 3D printing Web browser 1.143 [36] 2022-02-18 Proprietary, some parts MIT Yes
No cost 		en, de, ko, zh-Hant, zh-Hans, fr, ja, it, es Un­knownUn­knownYes DWG, DXF, Parasolid mesh (.xmm_txt or .xmm_bin), ACIS (.sat), STEP (.stpor .step), IGES (.igs or .iges), CATIA, SolidWorks (.sldprt), Inventor, Pro/E, JT (.jt), Rhino (.3dm), STL (.stl), OBJ (.obj), NXSolid Edge (.par and .psm) [37] DWG, DXF, DWT, SVG, PNG, JPEG, Parasolid mesh (.xmm_txt or .xmm_bin), ACIS (.sat), STEP (.stpor .step), IGES (.igs or .iges), SolidWorks (.sldprt), JT (.jt), Rhino (.3dm), STL (.stl), OBJ (.obj), GlTF (.gltf), COLLADA, PDF, PVZ (.pvz) [37] No cost for Education [38] and Hobbyists/Open Source, [39] $1500 - $2100 for Commercial Use, Contact for Enterprise Version [40]
Android
iOS
OpenSCAD 2D/3D POSIX (BSD/Linux/Unix like OS), Packages for Linux 2021.01[ citation needed ]2021-01-31 GPL-2.0-or-later Yes
No cost 		en NoNoPartial [41] [42] [43] DXF, STL, OFF PNG, DXF, STL, OFF, AMF, 3MF, SVG, CSG, PDFNo cost
macOS
Windows
OrthoGraph 2D/3D Android 3.1.22020-05-08 Proprietary No en, fr, de, hu, it, ja, nl, ru, es Yesversion?Yes PNG, DXF, JPG, IFC $29.99 per month
iOS
PowerCADD by Engineered Software2D macOS v92010-08 Proprietary No en, fr, it, es, ...NoNoYes 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)
QCAD by Ribbon Soft 2D POSIX 3.29.3.0 [44]   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 2024-01-23 GPL-3.0-or-later Yes en Yesv2.x3 import and exportYes IFC, DXF, DWG IFC, DXF, DWG No cost, [45] $42 for Commercial
macOS
Windows
Autodesk Revit 2D/3D BIM AEC Windows 2024.12023-07-11 Proprietary Yes [46] pt-BR, en, cs, fr, de, hu, it, ja, ko, ru, zh-Hans, es Yesversion? Import and export certified [6] Yes DXF, DWG, SAT, SKP, DGN, JPEG, PNG, TIFF DWG, DXF, SAT, FBX, IFC, DGN, DWF, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, AVI, PDF Varies
Rhinoceros 3D by Robert McNeel and Associates2D/3D CAD macOS Rhino 7 SR Service Release2020-11-09 Proprietary Yes en, fr, de, it, es, pl, cs, zh, ja, kr Un­knownUn­knownYes DXF, DWG, .3ds, SAT, SketchUp, IGES, STEP, STL, DGN, FBX, OBJ, sldprt DXF, DWG, .3ds, SAT, SketchUp, IGES, STEP, STL, COLLADA, Parasolid $995 [47]
Windows
SALOME CAE Linux 9.10.0[ citation needed ]2023-07-18 LGPL-2.1-or-later Yes
No cost 		EN, FR, JA Un­knownUn­knownNo [48] BREP, IGES, STEP, XAO [49] IGES, STEP, BREP, STL, [50] MED, UNV, DAT, [51] XAO [52] No cost
FreeBSD [53]
Windows
SketchUp by Trimble 3D macOS 18.0.169762017-11-14 Proprietary YesEN, FR, IT, DE, ES, PT(BR), JA, KO, ZH(CN), ZH(TW)Yesimport and export, version?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: No cost
SketchUp Pro: $700
Windows 18.0.169752017-11-14
Solid Edge by Siemens Digital Industries Software 2D/3D Windows Solid Edge 20232022-10 Proprietary Yes
No cost 		en, es, ru, fr, ko (at release date)Un­knownNoYes 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, AutocadCommunity Edition: No cost [54]
Commercial: $5,300, $1,200 maintenance
SolidWorks by Dassault Systèmes 2D/3D hybrid Windows 2023 SP3 [55] 2023-07-10 Proprietary From 129,95US$ en, es, de, fr (at release date)Yesimport: ifc2x3, export: ifc4.0Yes DXF, DWG, DXF, Parasolid, IGES, STEP, ACIS (SAT), STL, ProE, Creo, Solid Edge, Siemens NX, Autodesk Inventor, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Rhino (3dm), IDF (emn, brd, bdf, idb, idx), VDA, WRL, Meshfiles (stl,obj,off,ply,ply2), 3MF, CGR, catpart/catproduct, Rhino (3dm), JT, sldxml, IFC DXF, DWG, Parasolid, IGES, STEP, ACIS (SAT), STL, u3d, VRML, 3dxml, Catia, PDF, IFC,$9.99/mth or $99/yr for hobbyists / makers, [56]
$3,995 for commercial, $1,295/yr for optional support
SolveSpace by Jonathan Westhues2D/3D parametric Linux 3.1 [57]   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 2022-06-01 GPL-3.0-or-later Yes
No cost 		en, de, es, fr, ru, ja, tr, uk, zh-Hans NoNoExport only2D as DXF, EPS, PDF, SVG, HPGL, STEP; 3D wireframe as DXF, STEP; triangle mesh as STL, Wavefront OBJ, HTML (Three.js); NURBS surfaces as STEPNo cost
macOS
Windows
SpaceClaim Engineer by Ansys, Inc. 2D/3D hybrid Windows Ansys 2023 R22023-07-05 Proprietary Un­known en Un­knownUn­knownYes 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 3D/4D/5D CAE, CAM, steel detailing, concrete detailing Windows Version 2017 SP22017-05-23 Proprietary Yes en, cs, zh-Hans, zh-Hant, du, fr, de, hu, it, ja, ko, pl, pt, pt-BR, ru, es YesImport and export. Version? Export certified. [6] YesIFC, IFCXML, IFCZIP, DWG, DXF, DGN, PDF, STEP, IGES, CIS/2, ISM, FabTrol KISS, DSTV, Steel Detailing Neutral Format, Eliplan ELI, Primavera P6, Trimble LM80 [58] IFC, IFCXML, IFCZIP, DWG, DXF, DGN, CIS/2, ISM, FabTrol KISS, DSTV, Steel Detailing Neutral Format, Eliplan ELI, Primavera P6, Trimble LM80, HMS [58]  ?
Tinkercad by Autodesk 3D modeling, constructive solid geometry POSIX 2019 Proprietary NoBrowser defaultNoNoUn­known SVG, STL, OBJ STL, OBJ No cost
Windows
Others
T-FLEX CAD by Top Systems Ltd.[ citation needed ]2D/3D Parametric Windows Version 17.0.74.02022-06-14 Proprietary Yes en, ru, de, pl, cs, it, ko YesVersion?Yes DWG, DXF, DXB, Parasolid, STEP, IGES, ACIS, SolidWork, Autodesk Inventor, Siemens NX (Unigraphics), CATIA (V4/V5), Creo (ProE), Solid Edge, Rhino, VDA-FS, JT, PRC, 3dxml, CGR, U3D, IFC, TF3D, Open Inventor, VRML, X3D, 3DS, PLY, OBJ, STL.2D documents: PDF, DXF, DXB, DWG, EMF, WMF, BMF

3D documents: Parasolid, STEP, IGES, ACIS, JT, PRC

3D documents with mesh (polygonal) geometry: DXF 3D, STL, OBJ, PLY, VRML 2.0, 3D PDF, U3D, X3D, 3DM, POV, Open Inventor, IFC, 3MF

Raster images: BMP, JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF

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