List of Computer Aided Design Software. CAD refers to the use of computer software and systems to create, modify, analyze, or optimize designs for various industries. CAD software provides a digital workspace where you can create and manipulate virtual objects. It typically offers tools for drawing, modeling, and modifying designs. You can view designs from different angles, add dimensions, apply materials, simulate motion, and more.
CAD offers numerous advantages over manual drafting. It allows for faster design iterations, accurate measurements, easy editing, automated documentation, and the ability to create complex 3D models. It also enables collaboration and sharing of designs more efficiently.
Here is a List of Computer Aided Design Software
AutoCAD
AutoCAD is a 2D and 3D computer-aided design software application for desktop, web, and mobile developed by Autodesk. It was first released in December 1982 for the CP/M and IBM PC platforms as a desktop app running on microcomputers with internal graphics controllers
PTC Creo
Creo is a family of Computer-aided design apps supporting product design for discrete manufacturers developed by PTC. This innovation produced the first parametric and feature-based solid modeling CAD software in the market, which today is known as Creo, the industry standardÂ
Creo Elements/Direct Modeling
Creo Parametric, formerly known, together with Creo Elements/Pro, as Pro/Engineer and Wildfire, is a solid modeling or CAD, CAM, CAE, and associative 3D modeling application, running on Microsoft Windows. This innovation produced the first parametric and feature-based solid modeling CAD software in the market, which today is known as Creo, the industry standard
SOLIDWORKS
SolidWorks is a brand within Dassault Systèmes that develops and markets solid modeling computer-aided design, computer-aided engineering, 3D CAD design and collaboration, analysis, and product data management software.
CATIA
CATIA is a multi-platform software suite for computer-aided design, computer-aided manufacturing, computer-aided engineering, 3D modeling and product lifecycle management, developed by the French company Dassault Systèmes.
Autodesk Inventor
Autodesk Inventor is a computer-aided design extension application for 3D mechanical design, simulation, visualization, and documentation developed by Autodesk.
Onshape
Onshape is a computer-aided design software system, delivered over the Internet via a software as a service model. Onshape is a cloud-native product development platform with integrated CAD, data management and analytics. Onshape aims to accelerate time to market
Solid Edge
Solid Edge is a 3D CAD, parametric feature and synchronous technology solid modeling software. It runs on Microsoft Windows and provides solid modeling, assembly modelling and 2D orthographic view functionality for mechanical designers.
MicroStation
MicroStation is a CAD software platform for two- and three-dimensional design and drafting, developed and sold by Bentley Systems and used in the architectural and engineering industries. It generates 2D/3D vector graphics objects and elements and includes building information modeling features.
TurboCAD
TurboCAD is a CAD software application for 2D and 3D design and drafting which runs on MacOS and Microsoft Windows operating systems.
FreeCAD
FreeCAD is a general-purpose parametric 3D computer-aided design modeler and a building information modeling software application with finite element method support.
DraftSight
DraftSight lets users create, edit, view, and markup any kind of 2D and 3D DWG file with greater ease, speed,… 2. AutoCAD.
Rhinoceros 3D
Rhinoceros is a commercial 3D computer graphics and computer-aided design application software that was developed by TLM, Inc, dba Robert McNeel & Associates, an American, privately held, and employee-owned company that was founded in 1978.
Siemens NX
NX, formerly known as “unigraphics”, is an advanced high-end CAD/CAM/CAE, which has been owned since 2007 by Siemens Digital Industries Software. In 2000, Unigraphics purchased SDRC I-DEAS and began an effort to integrate aspects of both software packages into a single product which became Unigraphics NX or NX.Â
Archicad
ArchiCAD is an architectural BIM CAD software for Mac and Windows developed by the Hungarian company Graphisoft. ArchiCAD offers computer aided solutions for common aspects of aesthetics and engineering during the design process of the built environment—buildings, interiors, urban areas, etc.
Cadwork
cadwork is a software suite that includes IFC-based virtual design and construction software tools developed by cadwork informatik AG.
Autodesk Revit
Autodesk Revit is a building information modelling software for architects, landscape architects, structural engineers, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing engineers, designers and contractors.
Sketchpad
Sketchpad is a computer program written by Ivan Sutherland in 1963 in the course of his PhD thesis, for which he received the Turing Award in 1988, and the Kyoto Prize in 2012.
CADKEY
CADKEY is a 2D/3D mechanical CAD software application released for various DOS, Solaris, and Microsoft Windows operating systems. Originally released for DOS in 1984, CADKEY was among the first CAD programs with 3D capabilities for personal computers. 3D “dumb” solids (programs incorporating this technology include AutoCAD and Cadkey 19) are created in a way analogous to manipulations of real word objects.
Fusion 360
Fusion 360 is a commercial computer-aided design, computer-aided manufacturing, computer-aided engineering and printed circuit board design software application, developed by Autodesk. It is available for Windows, macOS and web browser, with simplified applications available for Android and iOS.
IRONCAD
RONCAD is a software product for 3D and 2D CAD design focused mainly on the mechanical design market that runs on Microsoft Windows. It is developed by Atlanta, GA based IronCAD LLC.
ZWCAD
ZWCAD is a fast and powerful 2D CAD solution that offers unparalleled compatibility with AutoCAD®3.
IntelliCAD
IntelliCAD is a CAD editor and development platform with an Application Programming Interface API published by the IntelliCAD Technology Consortium through shared development.
BricsCAD
BricsCAD® is a software application for computer-aided design, developed by Bricsys nv. The company was founded in 2002 by Erik de Keyser, a longtime CAD entrepreneur.
OpenSCAD
OpenSCAD is a free software application for creating solid 3D computer-aided design objects. It is a script-only based modeller that uses its own description language; the 3D preview can be manipulated interactively, but cannot be interactively modified in 3D.
CorelCAD
CorelCAD is a computer-aided design application for 2D and 3D design. It works on macOS and Windows operating systems. There is also a mobile app of CorelCAD for Android and iOS devices, but it needs a license in order to be accessible.
