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Sketchup alternatives

  • FreeCAD

  • 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 product design but also fits in a wider range of uses around engineering, such as architecture or other engineering specialties.FreeCAD features tools similar to Catia, SolidWorks or Solid Edge, and therefore also falls into the category of MCAD, PLM, CAx and CAE. It is a feature based parametric modeler with a modular software architecture which makes it easy to provide additional functionality without modifying the core system.As with many modern 3D CAD modelers it has many 2D components in order to sketch 2D shapes or extract design details from the 3D model to create 2D production drawings, but direct 2D drawing (like AutoCAD LT) is not the focus, neither are animation or organic shapes (like Maya, 3ds Max, Blender or Cinema 4D), although, thanks to its wide adaptability, FreeCAD might become useful in a much broader area than its current focus.FreeCAD makes heavy use of all the great open-source libraries that exist out there in the field of Scientific Computing. Among them are OpenCascade, a powerful CAD kernel, Coin3D, an incarnation of Open Inventor, Qt, the world-famous UI framework, and Python, one of the best scripting languages available. FreeCAD itself can also be used as a library by other programs.FreeCAD is also fully multi-platform, and currently runs flawlessly on Windows and Linux/Unix and Mac OSX systems, with the exact same look and functionality on all platforms. Ā»

    tags: 3d-engine 3d-engineering bim cad cad-environment
  • Sweet Home 3D

  • Sweet Home 3D is a free interior design Java application that helps you draw the plan of your house, arrange furniture on it and visit the results in 3D.

    tags: 3d-modeling customizable drafting extensible floor-plan-designer
  • Autodesk AutoCAD

  • AutoCAD is a software application for both 2D and 3D computer-aided design (CAD) and drafting ā€” available since 1982 as a desktop application and since 2010 as a mobile web- and cloud-based app, currently marketed as Autocad 360.

    tags: 3d-cad 3d-printing architecture batch-plotting cad
  • LibreCAD

  • 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 application and UI development framework.

    tags: Portable cad construction-layers draft drawing
  • Wings 3D

  • Wings 3D is a subdivision modeler inspired by Nendo and Mirai from Izware.

    tags: 3d-modeling modeling 3d-graphics cgi
  • Shapr3D

  • Shapr3D is a revolutionary 3D modeling software created exclusively for your iPad Pro and your Apple Pencil.

    tags: 3d-cad 3d-engineering 3d-modeling 3d-print-models 3d-printing
  • Autodesk 3ds Max

  • Autodesk 3ds Max (formerly 3D Studio MAX) is a production-proven 3D modeling, animation and rendering package for games, film, television and digital publishing.

    tags: 3d-graphics 3d-modeling 3d-painting animation modeling
  • Autodesk Homestyler

  • Autodesk Homestyler is a tool that enables you to quickly produce a 2D or 3D model of a building and its furniture. It focuses on 2D and 3D architectural design. It has drag and drop "blocks" of furniture, windows, doors, wall types, floor types, appliances, electronic equipment, and, well much more.

    tags: 3d-modeling architectural-design augmented-reality furniture interior-design
  • Sculptris

  • Sculptris is an elegant, powerful and yet easy to use 3D sculpting software, allowing the artist in you to simply focus on creating amazing 3D artwork. Gone are the technical and often tedious constraints typically associated with digital art.

    tags: modeling 3d-modeling cgi 3d-painting sculpting
  • BRL-CAD

  • BRL-CAD is a powerful cross-platform open source solid modeling system that includes interactive geometry editing, high-performance ray-tracing for rendering and geometric analysis, image and signal-processing tools, a system performance analysis benchmark suite, libraries for robust geometric representation, with more than 20 years of active development.

    tags: modeling cad engineering geometry solid-modeling
  • SolveSpace

  • SolveSpace is an Open Source 2D and 3D CAD (computer-aided design) program. It is a constraint-based parametric modeler with simple mechanical simulation capabilities. It is developed by Jonathan Westhues.

    tags: Portable 2d-cad 3d-cad constraint-solver mesh-generation
  • pCon.planner

  • The professional furnishing 2D-/3D-tool for everybody: The pCon.planner is a cost-free application allowing you to comfortably and professionally create complex furnishing concepts and to visualize them in a photo-realistic quality. File Formats: dwg, dxf, 3ds, skp, ...Languages: English, German, Dutch, French, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish;

    tags: drawing cad architecture drafting dwg
  • Bricscad

  • A powerful CAD platform, with features familiar to you from native .dwg applications. BricsCADĀ® unifies advanced 2D design with the intelligence of 3D direct modeling. For Windows, Linux, and Mac.

    tags: 3d-modeling cad rendering engineering architecture