Comparison of CAD editors for computer-aided engineering

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Application and developer Latest version/release + date 2D/3D or Specialty fields Runs on POSIX style systems? Runs on Windows? Other platforms? Open
source?
User Interface Language(s) Support for Building Information Modelling? Support for Industry Foundation Classes? Support for Drawing Exchange Format? Imports Exports
Advance Design by GRAITEC v3.1
2008-01-08
2D/3D No Yes No Non-freeProprietary eng, fra, ron (at release date) Un­known v2.x3 import and export Yes CIS/2, SDNF, PSS, VRML, DXF, GTC CIS/2, SDNF, PSS, VRML, DXF, GTC
Cobalt by
Ashlar-Vellum
2009-12-11[1]
v8 SP2r3
2D/3D Rendering
CAE
CAM
Mac OS X XP/Vista/7 No Proprietary EN, BrE, FRA, GER, ITA, POR, RUS (Windows only), SWE No No Yes 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, 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, Facet, GIF, Grid Surface, IGS (IGES), JPEG, Parasolid XT, PDF, PICT, PNG, PPM, Pro/E, RAW Triangle, Shockwave 3D, STP (STEP), VRML, XBM, XPM
Revit Architecture 2009 by Autodesk 2009.1
2008-04-00
AEC No Yes Un­known Non-freeProprietary EN Yes Yes Yes DWG, DXF, DGN, SAT, SKP DWG, DXF, DGN, SAT
SALOME by Open CASCADE, EDF, CEA 2008.12
CAE Yes Yes Yes FreeOpenSource EN, FR Un­known Un­known Un­known BREP, IGES, STEP Un­known

References

  1. ^ Ashlar-Vellum: New Features in Cobalt v8