9 Free CAD Software to Download

3D 3D Modeling CAD Architecture

ZBrushCore Landing Page

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ZBrushCore

Take the leap into 3D graphics with ZBrushCore! From the makers of ZBrush, the world's leading digital sculpting application.

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SketchUp Make Landing Page

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SketchUp Make

SketchUp Make is a best in the class CAD software capable of performing 2D and 3D rendering and designing, however, best for the 2D projects.

One of the most popular 3D modeling software, SketchUp Make, is used mostly for architectural purposes and sometimes for other niches in the 3D design market.

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DraftSight Landing Page

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DraftSight

Discover Dassault Systèmes®' DRAFTSIGHT™ Professional CAD software that lets you create, edit, view and markup any kind of 2D drawing. Learn more here.

DraftSight is a free 2D CAD editor that is good for professional CAD users, students and educator, especially if you need to create, edit and view your project in the native DWG file format.

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FreeCAD Landing Page
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FreeCAD

An open-source parametric 3D modeler
Pricing:
- Open Source
Although it is open source and free, FreeCAD is on par with other popular CAD programs due to its capability in creating real 3D solids, support for meshes, 2D drafting, right hand coordinate system plus many more features.

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OpenSCAD Landing Page
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OpenSCAD

OpenSCAD is a software for creating solid 3D CAD objects.
Pricing:
- Open Source
For those who want to work on the specifics, especially engineers, OpenSCAD is your ideal 3D modeling platform. It does not have interactive modeling for you to design your model, but instead relies more on what you defined in the parameters through the script files.

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KiCad Landing Page

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KiCad

A Cross Platform and Open Source Electronics Design Automation Suite

Want to design your next Printed Circuit Board (PCB) and don’t know where to start? Check out KiCAD. KiCAD is a free and open source PCB design tool that includes a project manager and 4 main software such as schematic editor, printed circuit board editor, GERBER file viewer and footprint selector for component association.

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QCAD Landing Page

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QCAD

QCAD is an application for computer aided drafting in 2D.

Since it is open source, QCAD’s focus is more towards modularity, extensibility and portability. Its 2D CAD platform is powerful but yet easy to use even for a beginner who has little to no experience in CAD applications.

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LibreCAD Landing Page
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LibreCAD

An open source 2D CAD application for Windows, Apple and Linux.
Pricing:
- Open Source
Here’s another high quality 2D-CAD modeling platform, LibreCAD, an easy-to-use software with a lot of high quality features included in it. LibreCAD has features such as snap to grid for drawing, usage of layers, measurements inside your drawing and plenty others to make your life easier when you’re drawing on a 2D-CAD platform.

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nanoCAD Landing Page

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nanoCAD

nanoCAD is a pro-grade 2D CAD system with native DWG support and full customizability.

If you’re looking for other CAD tools that comes with full .dwg support, nanoCAD is next on the list. Although you can use it for free, nanoCAD still comes with many benefits that you usually need to pay for at a premium price, such the famous Command Line tool, SNAP and ONSAP, large number of precision tools and many others that you may find useful.

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