Application and developer

Latest version +

date

2D/3D or Specialty fields

Runs on Unix-like systems?

Runs on Windows?

Other platforms? License

User Interface

Language(s)

Support for Building

Information Modelling?

Support for

Industry Foundation Classes?

Support for

AutoCAD DXF?

Imports ExportsPrice

(USD)

Advance Design by GRAITEC

Version 20112010

2D/3D No Yes No Proprietary en, fr, ro, pl Yesv2.x3

import and export

YesCIS/2, SDNF,

PSS, DXF, GTC

CIS/2, SDNF, PSS, DXF,

GTC?

Advance Steel by GRAITEC

Version 20112010

2D/3D No Yes No Proprietary

en, de, ja, fr, zh-Hant, hu, pl, cs, es, du,

ro

Yesv2.x3

import and export

Yes

IFC, CIS/2, PSS, SDNF,

KISS, DSTV, DXF, DWG

IFC, CIS/2, PSS, SDNF,

KISS, DSTV, DXF, DWG

?

Advance Concrete by GRAITEC

Version 20112010

2D/3D No Yes No Proprietaryen, de, fr, pl,

cs, roYes

v2.x3 import and

exportYes

IFC, DXF, DWG

IFC, DXF, DWG

?

Alibre Design by Alibre, Inc.

2D/3D + Rendering

No Yes No Proprietary

en, de, ja, sv, fr, zh-Hans, zh-Hant, hu, pt, pl, ko, sk,

cs, es, it

Unknown Unknown Yes

IGES, SAT, STEP,

Solidworks, DXF, DWG,

Various Image formats,

Inventor, ProE, Catia, Parasolid,

SolidEdge

IGES, STEP, SAT, STL, Solidworks,

Parasolid, PDF, 3D PDF, DXF, DWG, Various Image formats

$99$599$1199

Allplan by Nemetschek

2011Release

20112D/3D AEC No Yes Unknown Proprietary en, de, ru Yes

v2.x3 import and

export, certified

Yes ? ? ?

ArchiCAD by Graphisoft

А

2010-05Release

14

2D/3D Architecture

, BIM

Mac OS X [1] Yes Unknown Proprietary en, de, es, fr, it, pt, ru, ja, pl, cs, hu, nl, fi, sv, no, da, tr, el, zh-Hans,

ko, zh-Hant [2]

Yes Yes Yes 3D Studio, ACIS SAT, BMP, DGN, DWF, DWG, DXF, EMF, EPS, GIF,

HPGL/PLT, IFC/IFCXML,

JP2, JPEG, PDF, PICT, PNG, PSD,

QTIF, SketchUp,

TGA/Targa, TIF/TIFF,

WMF

3D Studio, Artlantis/ATL,

AVI, BMP, DGN, DWF, DWG, DXF, EMF, EPS,

EPX - Piranesi, FACT -

ElectricImage, GIF,

HPGL/PLT, IFC/IFCXML,

JP2, JPEG, MOV, LP - Lightscape, OBJ, PDF,

PICT, PNG, PSD, QTIF,

$4,250

SGI, SketchUp, TGA/Targa,

TIF/TIFF, U3D, WRL, WMF

Argon byAshlar-Vellum

A-M-E

2009v8 SP2

2D/3D Concept, Detailing, Drafting,

Rendering,Animation

Mac OS X XP/Vista/7 No Proprietaryen, fr, de, it, pt, ru, sl, sv

No No Yes

CO (native), ACIS SAT, DWG/DXF,

IGES (IGES), STP (STEP),

Pro/E, Parasolid X_T, CATIA

v4, 3DS, Rhino 3DM, Facet,

STL, AI, CGM, VRML, BMP, JPEG, PNG, PPM, XPM, XBM, GIF,

PICT, Spline, ASCII Text, Grid Surface,

Vellum Graphite,

Xenon, Argon, Drawing board,

CCAD

ACIS SAT, PDF,

DWG/DXF, IGES (IGES), STP (STEP),

Pro/E, Parasolid X_T, CATIA

v4, Facet, STL, AI, EPS, CGM,

VRML, ShockWave 3D,

BMP, JPEG, PNG,

PPM,XPM, XBM, GIF, PICT, RAW

Triangle, ASCII Text, Vellum

Graphite, Xenon, Argon, Drawing board

US$1,195permanent

ORUS$395/yr

rentalOR

US$39.95/morental

AutoCAD Architecture

2011 by Autodesk

А-M-E

2009-03-24

Release2010

2D/3D AEC Mac OS X [3] Yes UnknownProprietary [4

]

pt-BR, en, cs, fr, de, hu, it, ja, ko, pl, ru, zh-Hans, es, zh-Hant[citation

needed]

Yes

v2.x3 import and

export, certified

Yes

DXF, DWG (TrueDWG), DWS, DWT, WMF, SAT,

3DS, DGN[citation

needed]

3DS (requires 3dsout), DXF,

DWG (TrueDWG), DWF, DXX,

BMP[citation needed]

$4,995 (MSRP)

Autodesk Inventor by Autodesk

M+E

2009-03-??

Release Invertor

2010

3D No Yes No Proprietary en No No Yes

ACIS SAT, DXF, DWG

(DWG), IGES, Pro/Engineer,

STEP, .dwf, .wire, .catpart, .catproduct, .jt, .x b,

.x t, .prt (Siemens NX) , .asm, .g, .neu, Solidworks,

ACIS SAT, DXF, DWG (TrueDWG), IGES, STEP,

.dwf, .catpart, .catproduct, .bmp, .gif, .jpeg, .png, .tiff, .iges, .jt, .pdf, .x b, .x t, .g, .neu, STL (file format), .xgl, .z

gl

$7995

Bricscad by Bricsys

А

2010-10V11

2D/3D AEC,

Parametric

FedoraOpenSuse

Ubuntu

2000XP

Vista

No Proprietary en, bg, cs, de, es, fr, hu, it, ja, ko, pl, pt-

Unknown Unknown Yes DWG 2.5 to 2010, DXF,BMP, JPEG,

DWG 2.5 to 2010, DXF,

DWF,

Starting from $395

modeling,Rendering

7BR, ru, vi, zh-Hans, zh-Hant

PCX, PNG, GIF, TGA, TIF, JP2, J2K, ECW,

SID

PDF,BMP, WMF,

EMF

BRL-CAD by United States

Army Research Laboratory

M+E

2010-08-05

Release7.16.10

3D design and

simulation for military

vehicles

All POSIX (BSD/Linux/Uni

x like OS), Packages for

FreeBSD, IRIX, Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris [5] [6]

Yes UnknownBSD

licence, LGPL [5]

en [5] Unknown No Yes

DXF, Elysium Neutral

Facetted, EUCLID,

FASTGEN, IGES, Jack, NASTRAN,

Pro/E [7] , STL, TANKILL,

Unigraphics, Viewpoint Datalabs Format [8]

DXF, EUCLID, IGES, Jack,

STL, TANKILL,

VRML, OBJ, X3D [8]

Free

Caddie Professional by

Advanced Computer Solutions

А

2009-09-01

Release15

2D/3D CAE,

RenderingNo

XP Vista & Windows 7

Unknown Proprietary en Unknown Unknown Yes

DWG, DXF, DRW, JPEG, BMP, TIFF, PNG, GIF,

ECW, JPEG2000, ASCII, XLS

DWG, DXF, DRW, DWF, WMF, PDF, JPEG, BMP, TIFF, PNG,

GIF

?

CATIA by Dassault Systèmes

M+E

2010-02-05

V5 R20V6 R2011

2D/3D CAEIBM AIX, HP-UX, and Solaris

YesV4 runs on mainframe

Proprietaryen, fr, de, ja (at release

date)Yes Unknown Unknown

some formats require extra

license

some formats require extra

license

Starts at around $15,000

Cobalt byAshlar-Vellum

2009-12-11[9]

v8 SP2r3

2D/3D Rendering

CAECAM

Mac OS X XP/Vista/7 No Proprietary en, bre, fr, de, it, pt, ru, sl, sv

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, EPS, Facet, GIF, Grid

Surface, IGS (IGES), JPEG, Parasolid XT, PDF, PICT, PNG, PPM, Pro/E, RAW

Triangle, Shockwave 3D,

STP (STEP), STL, VRML,

US$2,995 permanent

ORUS$1,995/yr

rentalOR

US$119.95/mo

rental

XBM, XPM

CoCreate by Parametric Technology Corporation

2D/3D MCAD

No[10] Yes No Proprietary

en, fr, de, es, it, ja (at

release date) [11]

Unknown Unknown Yes

STEP, IGES, DXF, DWG,

Pro/ENGINEER, SAT, more

STEP, IGES, DXF, DWG,

Pro/ENGINEER, STL, SAT,

more

?

CYCAS by Ferlag Frese

A

2008-02-22

Release3.90.3

2D/3D AEC Rendering

Linux Yes No Proprietary en Unknown Unknown ? ? ? ?

DataCAD by DATACAD

LLCA

2009-06Release

132D/3D AEC No Yes No Proprietary

en, pt, cs, et, fi, fr, de, hu, he, it, ru, es, and others

No No Yes

DWG, DXF, SketchUp, TXT,

WMF, EMF, o2c, ACO, 3DS,

STL, BMP, JPEG, GIF, TIFF, Targa, PNG, PCX,

PCD, and others

DWG, DXF, DWF,

SketchUp, TXT, WMF, EMF, o2c, ACO, 3DS, STL, BMP, JPEG, TIFF, Targa, PNG, PCX, EPS, PCD, PRN,

PDF, VRML, RAY, and

others

$1,295 First, $495

Additional, $395 Upgrade

DDS-CAD Architect &

Construction by DDS Building

InnovationA

6.5 2D/3D AEC No Yes No Proprietary en, no, sv Yes Yes YesIFC, DWG,

DXF, 3DS, CFI, VEC and others

IFC, DWG, DXF, CFI, VEC

and others?

DeltaCad Professional by

Midnight Software, Inc.

Version 7.0

2D NoXP, Vista, 7

32bit and 64bit

No Proprietary en No No YesDWG, DXF,

DXBDWG, DXF,

DXBUS$39.95

Digital Project by Gehry

TechnologiesA

Unknown2D/3D/4D AEC, BIM

No32bit and

64bitNo Proprietary en Yes

Yes(2X3)[12]

Yes(2D + 3D)

SDNF, DWG, DXF, IFC,

IGES, HSF, 3DXML [12]

SDNF, DWG, DXF, IFC, IGES, HSF, 3DXML [12]

?

DraftSight by Dassault Systèmes

M+E

Beta I (OS X)

V11.2 (Windows

)

2D Detailing / Drafting

Linux; MAC OS X (10.5.8 or

above)

NT, 98, ME, 2000, XP, Vista, 7

No Proprietary

en, it, ru, es, fr, de, ja, pt, cs, pl, zh-Hans, zh-Hant, ko

No No Yes

DWG, DXF, BMP, JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIF/TIFF

DWG, DXF, JPEG, PNG,

TIF/TIFF, PDF, WMF, SVG, STL, SLD

Free (Standalone

license requires

registration)Application and

developerLatest

version + 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

Support for

Industry

Support for

AutoCA

Imports Exports Price(USD)

Modelling?Foundation Classes?

D DXF?

FreeCAD by Juergen Riegel

M+E

Stable version

0.10.3205date:2010-

05-03

3D

All POSIX (BSD/Linux/Uni

x like OS), Packages for

FreeBSD, IRIX, Linux, Solaris

Yes No GNU GPLen, de (at

release date)Unknown Unknown Yes

IGES, STEP, BRep, OBJ, DXF, SVG,

U3D

IGES, STEP, BRep[13], OBJ,

DXF, SVG, U3D

Free

freeCAD (Aik-Siong Koh) by Aik-Siong Koh

M+E

2007-11-01

Release 93D Motion

All POSIX (BSD/Linux/Uni

x like OS)

XP, Vista 32bit)

Unknown GNU GPL en Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown ?

form•Z by AutoDesSys,

IncA

2008-06-23

Release6.6

2D/3D AEC Rendering

Mac OS XXP, Vista32bit and

64bitUnknown Proprietary

en, fr, de, el, it, ja, ko, es

Yes Unknown Yes

ACIS SAT, Art·Lantis, BMP, DAE, DEM Data,

DWG, DXF, EPS, FACT, GIF, HPGL,

IGES, Illustrator,

JPEG, Keyhole Markup

Language, Lightwave, Lightscape, OBJ, PDF,

PICT, Piranesi, PNG, QTVR,

RIB, SGI, SketchUp,

STEP, STL, TGA, TIFF,

ZPR

ACIS SAT, Artlantis, BMP,

DAE, DEM Data, DWG, DXF, EPS, FACT, GIF,

HPGL, IGES, Illustrator,

JPEG, Keyhole Markup

Language, Lightwave, Lightscape, OBJ, PDF,

PICT, Piranesi, PNG, QTVR,

RIB, SGI, STEP, STL, TGA, TIFF,

ZPR

$1,995

Graphite byAshlar-Vellum

A-M-E?

2D/3D Concept, Detailing, Drafting

Mac OS X XP/Vista/7 No Proprietaryen, fr, de, it,

pt, ru, sl, sv, jaNo No Yes

DWG/DXF, IGES (IGES),

EPS, BMP, WMF, JPEG, PICT, Spline, ASCII Text,

CCAD Attributes

DWG/DXF, PDF, IGES

(IGES), EPS, BMP, WMF, JPEG, PICT, Spline, ASCII Text, CCAD

Attributes

US$1,395permanent

ORUS$395/yr

rentalOR

US$39.95/morental

HeeksCAD2011-01-

200.16

2D/3DLinux, Mac OS

XYes No

New BSD license

en No No YesSTEP, IGES, DWG/DXF

STEP, IGES, STL,

DWG/DXFfree

HiCAD by ISD Group

3D/2D No Yes No Proprietary en, de, it (at release date)

No No Yes IGES, STEP, DXF, DWG,

IGES, STEP, DXF, DWG,

?

ACIS , ProE, SolidWorks,

CATIA (V4/V5), Parasolid,

UniGraphics, Inventor

ACIS , ProE, CATIA

(V4/V5), Parasolid

IntelliCAD by IntelliCAD Technology Consortium

2D/3D AEC Unknown Yes Unknown Proprietary en Yes Unknown YesDWG, DXF, DWF, SAT

DWG, DXF, DWF, SVG, PDF, SAT

?

MicroStation by Bentley

SystemsА

2008-11-06

Release8i

2D/3D AEC, BIM

Dropped(last was V 5.7 of 1997/1998)

Yes

Dropped(last was V

5.7 of 1997/1998)

Proprietary

en, fr, it, de, es, ja, zh, fi,

cs

[14]

Yes Yes(2x3) Yes

DGN, DXF, DWG,

SketchUP, Rhino, PDF, Revit, IFC,

gbXML, IGES, STEP

DGN, DXF, DWG, U3D,

PDF, gbXML, IGES, STEP,

SketchUP

[15]

$5050

NaroCAD by NaroCAD

2011-02-16

Release1.5.7

3DLinux with

MonoYes Unknown

GNU GPL [16]

en No No NoSTEP, iges,

brep, naroxmlSTEP, iges,

brep, naroxmlFreeware

NX by Siemens PLM Software

M+E

2008-06-30

Release 62D/3D

Mac OS X [17], and Novell

SUSE Linux.[18]Yes Unknown Proprietary

en, fr, it, de, es, ja, zh, fi,

csUnknown Unknown Yes

JT, Parasolid, STEP, DWG, DXF, ProE,

SolidWorks, I-deas, CATIA

(V4/V5), STL, IGES

JT, Parasolid, STEP, DWG, DXF, ProE,

SolidWorks, I-deas, CATIA

(V4/V5), STL, IGES

?

Pro/ENGINEER by

Parametric Technology Corporation

M+E

2008-01-16

Release4.0

3D Some[10] Yes Unknown Proprietary

en, fr, de, es, it, ja, ko, zh-

Hant, zh-Hans (at release date) [19]

Unknown Unknown Yes

STEP, IGES, DXF, DWG,

Parasolid, STL, SAT, more

STEP, IGES, DXF, DWG,

Parasolid, STL, SAT, more

$4995 + $1500

maintenance (2009)

Progecad (based on

IntelliCAD) by progeSOFT

А-M-E

2009-08-06

Release9.0.26

2D/3D Rendering

Linux Requires Wine; MAC OS

Requires Parallels

Desktop for Mac

XP, Vista 32bit and

64bitUnknown Proprietary

en, de, ru, it, cs, zh-Hans,

zh-Hant, fr, pl, es, sr

No No YesDXF, DWG, DWT, SAT

DWG, DXF, DWT, SAT, BMP, EMF, WMF, JPEG, KMZ, PDF,

SVG

?

QCad Community Edition by RibbonSoft

M

2008-09-09

Release2.0.5.0

2D FreeBSD, Linux, Mac OS X,

Solaris, Unix [16] [20]

Yes Unknown GNU GPL [16]

da, de, nl, et, el, cs, en, fr, hu, it, no, pl,

pa, ru, sl, es, tr

No Unknown versions R12 and

200x

DXF (DXF R12 and DXF 200x)

[21][22]

DXF (DXF R12 and DXF 200x)

[21][22]

?

[21]

QCad Professional by

RibbonSoftM

2008-09-09

Release2.2.2.0

2DFreeBSD, Linux,

Mac OS X, Solaris, Unix [16]

Yes[16] Unknown Proprietary

da, de, nl, et, el, cs, en, fr, hu, it, no, pl,

pa, ru, sl, es, tr [21]

No Noversions R12 and

200x

DXF (DXF R12 and DXF 200x)

[21]

DXF (DXF R12 and DXF 200x),

SVG, PDF [21] ?

Revit Architecture by

AutodeskА

?2D/3D BIM

AECNo Yes Unknown Proprietary

pt-BR, en, cs, fr, de, hu, it, ja, ko, ru, zh-

Hans, es

Yes Yes[23] Yes

DXF, DWG, SAT, SKP,

DGN, JPEG, PNG, TIFF

DWG, DXF, SAT, FBX, IFC, DGN,

DWF, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, AVI, PDF

$5,495

Revit Structure by Autodesk

А?

2D/3D BIM AEC

No Yes Unknown Proprietary

pt-BR, en, cs, fr, de, hu, it, ja, ko, ru, zh-

Hans, es

Yes Yes Yes

DXF, DWG, DWF, SAT, SKP, DGN, JPEG, PNG,

TIFF, Bentley Systems RAM

Structural System

DWG, DXF, SAT, FBX, IFC, DGN,

DWF, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, AVI, PDF

$5,495

Revit MEP by Autodesk

А?

2D/3D BIM AEC

No Yes Unknown Proprietary

pt-BR, en, cs, fr, de, hu, it, ja, ko, ru, zh-

Hans, es

Yes Yes Yes

DXF, DWG, SAT, SKP,

DGN, JPEG, PNG, TIFF

DWG, DXF, SAT, FBX, IFC, DGN,

DWF, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, AVI, PDF

?

SALOME 2008.12 CAEFreeBSD [24] ,

LinuxYes No LGPL EN, FR Unknown Unknown Unknown

BREP, IGES, STEP

Unknown ?

Shark FX by punch!CAD

SoftwareA-M-E

2009Release

5.53D/2D Mac OS X Yes No Proprietary en ? ? ? ? ? ?

Solid Edge by Siemens PLM

SoftwareM+E

2008-08-12

Release1.0

3D/2D No Yes No Proprietaryen, es, ru, fr, ko (at release

date)Unknown No Yes

IGES, STEP, DXF, JT, ACIS (SAT), ProE, SolidWorks, NX, SDRC,

Microstation, Inventor, CATIA

(V4/V5), Parasolid,

Autocad, STL, XML, MDS

IGES, STEP, STL, PDF,

EMS, JT, XGL, XML, DXF,

Parasolid, CATIA

(V4/V5), ACIS (SAT),

Microstation, Autocad

$5300 +$1200 Maintenance

(2009)

Solidworks by 2010-10- 2D/3D No Yes No Proprietary en, es, de (at Yes Unknown Yes DXF, DWG, IGES, STEP, $3995 +

SolidWorks Corp.M+E

15Release

2011sp0.0

hybrid release date)

Parasolid, IGES, STEP, ACIS, STL, ProE, Solid

Edge,

ACIS, STL, ProE, Solid Edge, u3d,

VRML, 3dxml, Catia, PDF

$1295/yr for optional support

SpaceClaim Engineer by SpaceClaim

Corp.M+E

2D/3D hybrid

Unknown Yes Unknown Proprietary en Unknown Unknown Yes Unknown Unknown Unknown

Sweet Home 3D by eTeks

2D placing furniture and 3D preview

Mac OS X 10.4 to 10.6, Linux

and SolarisYes No GNU GPL

en, de, ja, sv, fr, zh-Hans, hu, pt, pl, cs, es, it, el, bg,

ru, vi

Unknown Unknown Yes3DS (requires

Java3DSLoader), OBJ

Unknown Free

TurboCAD by IMSI/Design,

LLC2D/3D Mac OS X Yes No Proprietary en, cs, others? Unknown Unknown Yes

'see PDF of compatible file

formats'

'see PDF of compatible file

formats'?

VariCAD by VariCAD

M+E

2009-10-28

VariCAD20101.02

2D 3D Linux Yes Unknown Proprietaryeng, ger [25] ,

cze [26] Unknown Unknown 2d only

STEP (3D), DWG (2D),

DXF (2D) and IGES (2D) [27]

STEP (3D), STL (3D),

IGES (3D/2D), DWG (2D),

DXF (2D) [27]

$650

VectorWorks by Nemetschek

А+M+E

2010-09-15

Release2011

2D/3D Mac OS X Yes

Droppedwas

previously MiniCAD

for Mac OS (1985–2001)

Proprietaryen, pt-BR, fr,

es, nl, de, it, jaYes Yes Yes

DWG, DXF, PDF, EPSF, 3DS, IGES,

SAT, Parasolid X_T, Sketchup,

IFC, SHP, JPEG, BMP, PNG, PSD, SGI, TIFF,

TGA

DWG, DXF, PDF, EPSF, 3DS, IGES,

SAT, Parasolid X_T, STL, IFC,

KML, SHP, JPEG, BMP, PNG, PSD, SGI, TIFF,

TGA

$1495fundamentals

profession specific

packages available:

architectlandmarkspotlightdesigner

Cinema 4D-Renderworks

ViaCAD by punch!CAD

SoftwareA-M-E

2009Release 6

2D/3D Mac OS X Yes No Proprietary en ? ? ? ? ? ?

Xenon byAshlar-Vellum

A-M-E

2009v8 SP2

2D/3D Concept, Detailing, Drafting,

Rendering,

Mac OS X XP/Vista/7 No Proprietary en, fr, de, it, pt, ru, sl, sv

No No Yes CO (native), ACIS SAT, DWG/DXF, IGES, STP

(STEP), Pro/E,

ACIS SAT, PDF,

DWG/DXF, IGES (IGES), STP (STEP),

US$2,495permanent

ORUS$995/yr

rental

Animation

Parasolid X_T, CATIA v4, 3DS, Rhino 3DM, Facet,

STL, AI, CGM, VRML, BMP, JPEG, PNG, PPM, XPM, XBM, GIF,

PICT, Spline, ASCII Text, Grid Surface,

Vellum Graphite,

Xenon, Argon, Drawing board,

CCAD

Pro/E, Parasolid X_T, CATIA

v4, Facet, STL, AI, EPS, CGM,

VRML, ShockWave 3D,

BMP, JPEG, PNG,

PPM,XPM, XBM, GIF, PICT, RAW

Triangle, ASCII Text, Vellum

Graphite, Xenon, Argon, Drawing board

ORUS$99.95/mo

rental

ZWCAD by ZWCAD

Software Co., Ltd.

2D/3D No Yes[28] unknown Proprietary

eng, cze, fra, ger, hun, ita, jpn, kor, pol, rus, chs, spa,

cht [29]

unknown unknown Yes DXF, DWG DXF, DWG $800