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Thread: List of 3D MCAD Software
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10-16-2016, 05:48 PM #1
List of 3D MCAD Software
A question often asked, "Which software should I use?". Listed are 3D MCAD design softwares. Take your pick...
FREE:
123D Design PC Mac
Openscad PC Mac Linux
Onshape Online
FreeCAD PC Mac Linux
DesignSpark Mechanical PC
TinkerCAD Online
BRL-CAD PC Mac Linux Solaris IRIX BSD
SolveSpace PC Mac Linux
Creo Elements PC
Selfcad Online BETA
PROPRIETRY:
Fusion 360 PC Mac
Catia PC
Creo PC
NX PC Linux
Geomagic Design PC
Solidworks PC
SolidEdge PC
Moi3D PC Mac Linux
Rhinoceros PC Mac
ZW3D PC
Top Solid PC
SolidFace PC
VariCAD PC Linux
Autodesk Inventor PC
Spaceclaim PC
TurboCAD PC Mac
Powershape PC
Kompas-3DLast edited by Sebastian Finke; 03-23-2017 at 01:54 PM.
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10-17-2016, 07:33 AM #2
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10-17-2016, 07:39 AM #3
Mechanical. Differentiates it from graphic design software. Or other 3D modellers that do organic shapes like sculpting software.
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10-17-2016, 07:42 AM #4
Btw CA: You might enjoy BRL-CAD. It is also command line based. That's your thing, isn't it?
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10-17-2016, 07:45 AM #5
As it is I am currently locked into software but would still like to make the switch to Linux. If/when I do that I will move to a VariCAD/Moi combination.
Currently the bulk of my work is done with Geomagic Design with a bit of Powershape and Catia.
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10-17-2016, 03:49 PM #6
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Is there freeware software that works like Solidworks?
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10-17-2016, 04:00 PM #7
looked at brl-cad a while back - it's totally unusable as well as being horrendous and glacial slow.
Apart from that - I liked it ;-)
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10-17-2016, 05:14 PM #8
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10-17-2016, 08:47 PM #9
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Many tutorials use Solidworks. I want to do the tutorial on creating a v12 engine shown at https://grabcad.com/questions/tutori...-engine-part-1 but I have Autodesk Inventor, Autodesk Fusion, and Design Spark Mechanical. I tried to download Solidworks demo but they won't send me download the demo.
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10-18-2016, 02:15 AM #10
Why do you need Solidworks if you already have Inventor? Just to do the tutorial?
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