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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. Specifically the software is not only able to present 3D forms, but have build-in tools for printing and layout on paper.

Advanced 3D CAD software allows creation of complex 3D forms

CAD software can work in either two or three dimensions and is typically used in architecture, engineering and construction (abbreviated to AEC).

The related software groups in the AEC industries of Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) and Computer Aided Machining (CAM) are not covered in this comparison.

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 2008-06-19 v0.56.0"Archimedes 'Files' page on SourceForge". 2008-07-10. Retrieved 2008-07-10. Archimedes Project, University of São Paulo Java[1] (platform independent) Tested on Linux, Mac OS X and Windows[2] GNU GPL[3] Yes pt-BR, EN, FR, PT, ES[4] No None[5] None[6]
AutoCAD 2008 2008-03-25 v2009[7] AutoDesk Windows, WINE[8] Proprietary[9] 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 2008-06-22 v7.12.4[10] Owner POSIX (all), Windows, Solaris, SGI, IRIX[11] BSD licence, LGPL[12] Yes EN[13] Yes DXF, Elysium Neutral Facetted, EUCLID, FASTGEN, IGES, Jack, NASTRAN, Pro/E, STL, TANKILL, Unigraphics, Viewpoint[14] DXF, EUCLID, IGES, Jack, STL, TANKILL, VRML, Obj, X3D[15]
ProgeCAD (based on IntelliCAD) 2008-MM-DD [citation needed] progeSOFT Windows Proprietary [citation needed] No EN, RU [citation needed] Yes Imports Exports
ProENGINEER 2008-01-16 v4.0[16] Parametric Technology Corporation Linux support discontinued[17] Proprietary [citation needed] No EN (possibly others) [citation needed] Yes ? [citation needed] ? [citation needed]
QCad Community Edition YYYY-MM-DD v2.0.5.0[citation needed] RibbonSoft FreeBSD, Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris, Unix, Windows [18] GNU GPL [19] Yes DA, DE, NL, ET, EL, CS, EN, FR, HU, IT, NO, PL, PA, RU, SK, ES, TR [20] Yes DXF (DXF R12 and DXF 200x)[21] DXF (DXF R12 and DXF 200x), SVG, PDF[22]
QCad Professional 2008-05-02 v2.2.1.0[23] RibbonSoft FreeBSD, Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris, Unix, Windows [24] Proprietary [citation needed] No DA, DE, NL, ET, EL, CS, EN, FR, HU, IT, NO, PL, PA, RU, SK, ES, TR [25] Yes DXF (DXF R12 and DXF 200x)[26] DXF (DXF R12 and DXF 200x), SVG, PDF[27]
SagCAD 2007-11-09 v0.9.12[28] SagCAD Linux[29] GNU GPL [citation needed] Yes EN, JA (incomplete list) [citation needed] No DXF [citation needed] DXF [citation needed]
VariCAD dd-mm-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) [30] STEP (3D), STL (3D), IGES (3D/2D), DWG (2D), DXF (2D) [31]

Comparison of CAD Viewers

Application Latest stable release Owner Environment Software licence Open source? User Interface Language Stable? Imports Markup of files?
DXF Viewer 1.22.07 1.22.07 [citation needed] DXF Viewer Java (platform independent) Apache Software License [citation needed] ? EN, DE [citation needed] Yes DXF ?
progeCAD Viewer DWG (based on IntelliCAD) (incomplete entry) Latest release? progeSOFT Windows Proprietary No User Interface Language? Yes DWG ?
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)[32] ?

See also

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Category:CAD.

References

  1. ^ Archimedes 'Files' page on SourceForge
  2. ^ Archimedes Installation Guide > System Requirements
  3. ^ Archimedes 'Summary' page on SourceForge
  4. ^ Archimedes 'Summary' page on SourceForge
  5. ^ [Archimedes_(CAD) Archimedes' Wikipedia entry 2008-07-11]
  6. ^ [Archimedes_(CAD) Archimedes' Wikipedia entry 2008-07-11]
  7. ^ Autodesk Delivers AutoCAD 2009 Software for Innovative Design
  8. ^ AutoCAD on WINE's Application Database
  9. ^ AutoDesk - Licensing, Registration & Activation
  10. ^ BRL-CAD 'Summary' page on SourceForge
  11. ^ BRL-CAD 'Summary' page on SourceForge
  12. ^ BRL-CAD 'Summary' page on SourceForge
  13. ^ BRL-CAD 'Summary' page on SourceForge
  14. ^ BRL-CAD Tutorial Series: Volume IV – Converting Geometry Between BRL-CAD and Other Formats (PDF)
  15. ^ BRL-CAD Tutorial Series: Volume IV – Converting Geometry Between BRL-CAD and Other Formats (PDF)
  16. ^ January 2008 Worldwide Media and Analysts Launch of Pro/ENGINEER® Wildfire® 4.0
  17. ^ Support - Parametric Technology Corporation - Pro/ENGINEER Linux Support Discontinued
  18. ^ Download list on QCad Downloads page
  19. ^ License statement on QCad Downloads page
  20. ^ QCad Features of latest release of QCad Professional
  21. ^ QCad Features of latest release of QCad Professional
  22. ^ QCad Features of latest release of QCad Professional
  23. ^ QCAD change log for QCAD version 2.2.1.0 (2008/05/02)
  24. ^ Download list on QCad Downloads page
  25. ^ QCad Features of latest release of QCad Professional
  26. ^ QCad Features of latest release of QCad Professional
  27. ^ QCad Features of latest release of QCad Professional
  28. ^ SagCAD Summary page on SourceForge.JP
  29. ^ SagCAD Summary page on SourceForge.JP
  30. ^ VariCAD - CAD system description
  31. ^ VariCAD - CAD system description
  32. ^ VariCAD - CAD system description
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