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= Definition of CAD Software =

'''C'''omputerComputer '''A'''idedAided '''D'''esignDesign usually([[CAD]]) refers to a grouptype of [[software]] applicationsapplication for creating technical drawings. These can be either 2Din two or 3D.three Sketchpad is historically considered the first one. Well known commercial examples of this type of software are AutoCAD (no [[Linux]] version yet, 2008), SolidWorks (no Linux version yet, 2008) and Pro/Engineer (has been ported to Linux)dimensions.

This page only looks at [[CAD]] applications. Computer Aided Engineering ([[CAE]]) and Computer Aided Machining ([[CAM]]) are not covered in this comparison, although those types of software are often very similar and usually can also be used for [[CAD]] trying to compare all [[CAx]] software would be unworkable on one page.

= Comparison of CAD, CAM and CAE Software =

== Comparison of CAD, CAM and CAE SoftwareEditors ==

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! Latest stable release

! Owner

! Viewer or Editor?

! Environment

! Software licence

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| 2009

| [http://usa.autodesk.com AutoDesk]

| Editor

| [[Windows]], WINE<ref>[http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=9306 AutoCAD on WINE's Application Database]</ref>

| Proprietary

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| [[3DS]] (requires addon), [[DXF]], [[.dwg]], [[DWF]], [[IFC]], (incomplete list)

|-

! [http://www.ptc.com/products/proengineer/ Pro/ENGINEERProENGINEER]

! ProgeCAD

| 4.0 (Jan 2008<ref>[http://www.ptc.com/training-events/2008-worldwide-media-and-analysts-launch-of-proengineer-wildfire-4 January 2008 Worldwide Media and Analysts Launch of Pro/ENGINEER® Wildfire® 4.0])

| 2008

| [http://www.progecadptc.com/ progeSOFTParametric Technology Corporation]

| [[Linux]] support discontinued<ref>[[http://www.ptc.com/partners/hardware/current/support.htm|Platform Support - Parametric Technology Corporation - Pro/ENGINEER Linux Support Discontinued]]</ref>

| Viewer or Editor?

| ?

| Environment

| ?

| Proprietary

| [[English_language|EN]]

| {{no}}

| User Interface Language

| {{yes}}

| Imports?

| Exports?

|-

! ProgeCAD (based on [[IntelliCAD]])

! progeCAD Viewer DWG

| 2008

| Latest release

| [http://www.progecad.com/ progeSOFT]

| Viewer

| Environment

| [[Proprietary]]

| {{no}}

| User Interface Language

| {{yes}}Stable?

| Imports

| Exports

|-

! [[QCadQCAD]] Community Edition

| 2.0.5.0

| [http://www.qcad.org/ RibbonSoft]

| Editor

| [[Unix]], [[Linux]], [[Mac OS X]]

| [[GNU]] [[GPL]]

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| [[DXF]], (incomplete list)

|-

! [[QCadQCAD]] Professional

| 2.2.1.0 (2 May 2008)<ref>[http://www.qcad.org/qcad_doc_changelog.html QCAD change log for QCAD version 2.2.1.0 (2008/05/02)]</ref>

| 2.2.0.0

| [http://www.qcad.org/ RibbonSoft]

| Editor

| [[Unix]], [[Linux]], [[Mac OS X]], [[Windows]]

| [[Proprietary]]

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| [[DXF]] (incomplete list)

|-

! [[SagCAD]]

! [http://ptc.com/products/proengineer/ Pro/ENGINEER]

| 4.0.9.12

| [http://sagcad.sourceforge.jp/ SagCAD]

| Parametric Technology Corporation

| [[Linux]]

| Editor

| [[GNU]] [[GPL]]

| [[Linux]] support discontinued<ref>[[http://www.ptc.com/partners/hardware/current/support.htm|Platform Support - Parametric Technology Corporation - Pro/ENGINEER Linux Support Discontinued]]</ref>

| Proprietary

| {{no}}

| [[English language|EN]]

| {{yes}}

| English, Japanese (incomplete list)

| ?

| ?{{no}}

| [[DXF]]

| [[DXF]]

|-

! [[VariCAD]]

| 2008 2.02

| [http://www.varicad.com/ VariCAD]

| Editor

| [[Linux]], [[Windows]]

| [[Proprietary]]

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| [[Standard_for_the_Exchange_of_Product_model_data|STEP]] (3D), [[.dwg|DWG]] (2D), [[DXF]] (2D) and [[IGES]] (2D) [http://www.varicad.com/en/home/products/description/ ref]

| [[Standard_for_the_Exchange_of_Product_model_data|STEP]] (3D), [[STL_(file_format)|STL]] (3D), [[IGES]] (3D/2D), [[.dwg|DWG]] (2D), [[DXF]] (2D) [http://www.varicad.com/en/home/products/description/ ref]

|}

== Comparison of CAD Viewers ==

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|-

! Application

! Latest stable release

! Owner

! Environment

! Software licence

! [[Open source]]?

! User Interface Language

! Stable?

! Imports

! Exports

|-

! progeCAD Viewer DWG (based on [[IntelliCAD]]) (incomplete entry)

| Latest release?

| [http://www.progecad.com/ progeSOFT]

| Environment?

| Software licence?

| [[Open source]]?

| User Interface Language?

| Stable?

| Imports?

| Exports?

|-

! [[SagCAD]]

| 0.9.12

| [http://sagcad.sourceforge.jp/ SagCAD]

| Editor

| [[Linux]]

| [[GNU]] [[GPL]]

| {{yes}}

| English, Japanese (incomplete list)

| {{no}}

| [[DXF]]

| [[DXF]]

|}

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*[[Computer-aided_design|Computer-aided design]]

*[[List_of_CAx_companies|List of CAx companies]]

== References ==

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