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Computer-aided design (CAD) software
Free and
open-source
Mechanical
  • BRL-CAD
  • FreeCAD
  • LibreCAD
  • Open Cascade Technology
  • OpenSCAD
  • OpenVSP
  • QCAD
  • rattleCAD
  • Salome
  • SolveSpace
Electrical
  • Electric
  • FreePCB
  • Fritzing
  • gEDA
  • Horizon EDA
  • KiCad
  • kTechLab
  • Magic
  • ngspice
  • Oregano
  • pcb-rnd
  • QUCS
  • SPICE
  • XCircuit
Proprietary
Mechanical
  • ABViewer
  • Alibre Design
  • Archicad
  • AutoCAD
  • Autodesk Alias
  • Autodesk Inventor
  • Autodesk Revit
  • AutoTURN
  • BricsCAD
  • CATIA
  • Cimatron
  • Cobalt
  • Creo Elements/Direct Drafting, Creo Parametric
  • DesignSpark Mechanical
  • FastCAD (EasyCAD)
  • FINE
  • FORAN
  • Fusion 360
  • GstarCAD
  • IRONCAD
  • KeyCreator (CADKEY)
  • MEDUSA4
  • MicroStation
  • NX
  • Onshape
  • PDMS
  • Pro/DESKTOP
  • Rhinoceros 3D
    • Grasshopper 3D
  • rattleCAD 4.0
  • Shapr3D
  • Solid Edge
  • SolidWorks
  • Sonata (RUCAPS)
  • SpaceClaim
  • T-FLEX CAD
  • Tinkercad
  • TurboCAD
  • VariCAD
  • ZWCAD
Electrical
  • Allegro (OrCAD)
  • Altium Designer (Protel (Autotrax (Easytrax, Tango PCB)), P-CAD)
  • AutoCAD Electrical
  • BoardStation, IntegraStation, PADS, Xpedition
  • CADSTAR
  • CircuitMaker
  • CR-2000, CR-3000, CR-5000, CR-8000
  • DesignSpark PCB
  • DipTrace
  • EAGLE
  • EasyEDA
  • LTspice
  • Micro-Cap
  • Multisim
  • PCB
  • Proteus
  • Pulsonix
  • SolidWorks Electrical
  • TARGET
  • TopoR (Delta Design, FreeStyle)
  • Ultiboard
  • Upverter
File formats
  • 3MF
  • ACIS
  • AMF
  • C3D
  • CKD
  • DSN
  • DWF
  • DWFX
  • DWG
  • DXF
  • IGES
  • OBJ
  • OpenDWG
  • PLY
  • PSpice
  • SES
  • STEP
  • STL
Modeling
kernels
  • ACIS
  • C3D
  • Digital Geometric Kernel (KernelCAD)
  • IntelliCAD
  • Open Cascade Technology
  • Open Design Alliance (Teigha)
  • Romulus (Parasolid)
  • RGK
  • ShapeManager
  • SMLib
Historic
  • DAC-1 (1963)
  • Sketchpad (1963)
  • UNISURF (1968)
Italics = discontinued
Computer-aided industrial design • Comparison • History
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  • The navigation box {{CAD software}} covers Computer-aided design (CAD) software and Electronic design automation (EDA or ECAD) software; Such software is used for
    • Parametric Solid modeling
    • Freeform surface modelling, Class A surfaces.
    • Reverse engineering
    • Styling and Computer-aided industrial design
    • Engineering drawing (Drafting)
    • Product and manufacturing information (PMI)
    • Reporting and Analytics
    • Knowledge Reuse including Knowledge-based engineering
    • Sheet metal design
    • Assembly modelling and Digital mockup
    • Routing for Electrical wiring and Mechanical Piping
  • The navigation box {{CAE software}} covers Computer-aided engineering (CAE) software; Such software is used for (Simulation)
    • Stress analysis / Finite element method (FEM)
    • Kinematics
    • Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and Thermal analysis
  • The navigation box {{Numerical analysis software}} covers software to do numerical analysis
  • The navigation box {{CAM software}} covers Computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) software; Such software is used for
    • Numerical control (NC) programming
  • Product lifecycle management (PLM)
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