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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? | License | User Interface Language(s) | Support for Building Information Modelling? | Support for Industry Foundation Classes? | Support for Drawing Exchange Format? | Imports | Exports | Price (USD unless specified otherwise) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | US$2,995 permanent OR US$1,995/yr rental OR US$119.95/mo rental |
| Revit Architecture 2009 by Autodesk A |
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
- ^ Ashlar-Vellum: New Features in Cobalt v8