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Comparison of computer-aided design software

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Computer Aided Design (CAD) refers to a type of software application for creating technical drawings. These can be either in two or three 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 Editors

Application Latest stable release date (ISO 8601 format) and version number Owner Environment Software licence Open source? User Interface Language Stable? Imports Exports
Archimedes 0.56.0 Archimedes Project, University of São Paulo Java (platform independent) GNU GPL Yes English (incomplete list) Yes Imports Exports
AutoCAD 2008 2009 (25 Mar 2008)[1] AutoDesk Windows, WINE[2] Proprietary[3] No EN (incomplete list)[citation needed] Yes DXF, DWG, IFC, (incomplete list)[citation needed] 3DS (requires addon), DXF, DWG, DWF, IFC, (incomplete list)[citation needed]
BRL-CAD 7.12.2 Owner Unix-like, Windows LGPL, BSD licence Yes English (incomplete list) Yes Imports Exports
ProgeCAD (based on IntelliCAD) 2008[citation needed] progeSOFT Windows Proprietary[citation needed] No English, Russian Yes Imports Exports
ProENGINEER 4.0 (Jan 2008)[4] Parametric Technology Corporation Linux support discontinued[5] Proprietary No EN (possibly others)[citation needed] Yes ?[citation needed] ?[citation needed]
QCad Community Edition 2.0.5.0[citation needed] RibbonSoft Unix, Linux, Mac OS X[citation needed] GNU GPL[citation needed] Yes DA, DE, Dutch, Estonian, Greek, Czech, EN, FR, Hungarian, IT, NO, Polish, Punjabi, Russian, Slovak, SP, Turkish[citation needed] Yes DXF, (incomplete list)[citation needed] DXF, (incomplete list)[citation needed]
QCad Professional 2.2.1.0 (2 May 2008)[6] RibbonSoft Unix, Linux, Mac OS X, Windows[citation needed] Proprietary[citation needed] No EN[citation needed] Yes DXF (incomplete list)[citation needed] DXF (incomplete list)[citation needed]
SagCAD 0.9.12 (9th Nov 2007)[7] SagCAD Linux[8] GNU GPL[citation needed] Yes EN, JP (incomplete list)[citation needed] No DXF[citation needed] DXF[citation needed]
VariCAD 2008 2.02[citation needed] VariCAD Linux, Windows[citation needed] Proprietary[citation needed] No EN[citation needed] Yes STEP (3D), DWG (2D), DXF (2D) and IGES (2D) [9] STEP (3D), STL (3D), IGES (3D/2D), DWG (2D), DXF (2D) [10]

Comparison of CAD Viewers

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? progeSOFT Windows Proprietary No User Interface Language? Yes Imports? Exports?
VariCAD Viewer 2008 v2.03 VariCAD Linux, Windows [citation needed] Proprietary, Redistributable [citation needed] No EN [citation needed] Yes DWG (2D), DXF (2D), IGES (2D), STEP (3D)[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ Autodesk Delivers AutoCAD 2009 Software for Innovative Design
  2. ^ AutoCAD on WINE's Application Database
  3. ^ AutoDesk - Licensing, Registration & Activation
  4. ^ January 2008 Worldwide Media and Analysts Launch of Pro/ENGINEER® Wildfire® 4.0
  5. ^ Support - Parametric Technology Corporation - Pro/ENGINEER Linux Support Discontinued
  6. ^ QCAD change log for QCAD version 2.2.1.0 (2008/05/02)
  7. ^ SagCAD Summary page on SourceForge.JP
  8. ^ SagCAD Summary page on SourceForge.JP
  9. ^ [1]
  10. ^ [2]
  11. ^ VariCAD - CAD system description
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