The table below provides an overview of notable computer-aided design (CAD) software. It does not judge power, ease of use, or other user-experience aspects. The table does not include software that is still in development (beta software). For all-purpose 3D programs, see Comparison of 3D computer graphics software. CAD refers to a specific type of drawing and modelling software application that is used for creating designs and technical drawings. These can be 3D drawings or 2D drawings (like floor plans).
Title and developer 2D/3D or specialty fields Platform Latest release License Academic version? User interface languages Support for building information modelling? Support for Industry Foundation Classes (version & MVD)? Support for AutoCAD DXF? Imports Exports Price(USD) Version Date ABViewer by CADSoftTools 2D/3D Linux with Wine Version 15.1 2023-02-01 rowspan="2" rowspan="2" en, fr, de, ru and others rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" DWG, DXF, DWF, DXT, 3DS, ACIS SAT, STL, IGES (.igs), STEP (.stp), OBJ, X_T, X_B, SLDPRT, GTS, TIN, ASE, B3D, GLM, GLX, GLA, LMTS, LWO, NURBS, NMF, OCT, PLY, VRML, MDC, MD2, MD3, MD5, SMD, BSP, WMF, EMF, PDF, CGM, SVG, SVGZ, EPS, PS, Hewlett-Packard HPGL (PLT, HGL, HG, HPG, PLO, HP, HP1, HP2, HP3, HPGL, HPGL2, HPP, GL, GL2, PRN, SPL, RTL, PCL), GED, RLA, RPF, CEL, PIC, CAL, CG4, GP4, GIF, CUT, PAL, DDS, FAX, HDR, IFF, ICO, EXR, IMB, JPG, JPEG, J2K, J2C, JNG, JP2, KOA, PCT, PICT, MNG, PSP, PCD, PSD, PDD, PNG, PPM, PGM, PBM, RAW, G3, BW, RGB, RGBA, SGI, RAS, TIF, TIFF, TGA, VST, ICB, VDA, WIN, BMP, RLE, DIB, WAP, WBMP, WBM, XBM, XPM, PCX PDF, DWG, DXF, SWF, CGM, DXT, SVG, PLT, STL, OBJ, OBJF, NMF, LMTS, NC, BMP, GIF, JPG, PNG, TIF, TIFF, WMF, EMF, SWF Varies depending on the license type Windows Alibre Design by Alibre, LLC 2D/3D Windows Version 28 2024 en, de, ja, fr, zh-Hant, pl, cs, es, da, pt-BR, sv DXF, DWG, STEP, IGES, SAT, 3DM, STL, OBJ, PLY, 3DS, WRL, Inventor, ProE, SolidEdge, CATIA, Parasolid, Solidworks DXF, DWG, STEP, IGES, SAT, BIP, EMF, PDF, STL, Solidworks, Parasolid $1,000 - $2,000 Allplan by Allplan GmbH 2D/3D architecture, engineering, road, bridge, BIM Windows Version 2023 2022 en, es, fr, de, ru, zh-Hant, ja, pl, cs, it, pt-BR and others DXF, DWG, IFC, DGN, PDF, STL, OBJ, C4D, SKP, WRL, LandXML DXF, DWG, IFC, DGN, PDF, STL, OBJ, C4D, SKP, WRL, 3DS $4,000 - $9,000 Archicad by Graphisoft 2D/3D architecture, BIM macOS Version 27 2023 rowspan="2" rowspan="2" en, de, es, fr, it, pt, ru, ja, pl, cs, hu, nl, fi, sv, no, da, tr, el, zh-Hans, ko, zh-Hant rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" 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, FBX 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, SGI, Keyhole Markup Language, TGA/Targa, TIF/TIFF, U3D, WRL, WMF $4,250 Windows AutoCAD by Autodesk 2D/3D, architecture, drafting macOS, No for discipline-specific vertical products, e.g. AutoCAD Architecture 2026.1.1 2025-11-06 rowspan="4" rowspan="4" pt-BR, en, cs, fr, de, hu, it, ja, ko, pl, ru, zh-Hans, es, zh-Hant rowspan="4" rowspan="4" rowspan="4" DXF, DWG, DWS, DWT, WMF, SAT, 3DS, FBX, DGN 3DS (requires 3dsout), DXF, DWG, PDF, DWF, FBX, BMP, DGN $245 per month; $1955 per year; $5865 per 3 years Windows Android iOS Autodesk Inventor 3D Windows 2024.1.1 2023-08-08 en and others ACIS SAT, DXF, DWG, IGES, Pro/Engineer, STEP, .dwf, .wire, .catpart, .catproduct, .jt, .x b, .x t, .prt (NX), .asm, .g, .neu, Solidworks, ProE, Catia, .stl ACIS SAT, DXF, DWG, IGES, STEP, .dwf, .catpart, .catproduct, .bmp, .gif, .jpeg, .png, .tiff, .iges, .jt, .pdf, .x b, .x t, .g, .neu, STL (file format), .xgl, .zgl $300 per month; $2415 per year;