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Autodesk 3DS Max

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Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Autodesk 3DS Max

Wings 3D Inkscape FreeCAD Bforartists Blockbench Silo LibreCAD OpenSCAD Mitsuba OctoPrint

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Autodesk 3DS Max are Wings 3D, Inkscape, and FreeCAD. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.
  1. Wings 3D is a subdivision modeler inspired by Nendo and Mirai from Izware.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #3D #Digital Drawing And Painting #3D Modeling

  2. Inkscape is a free, open source professional vector graphics editor for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Graphic Design Software #Digital Drawing And Painting #Art Tools 482 social mentions

  3. An open-source parametric 3D modeler
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #3D #3D Modeling #CAD 2 social mentions

  4. Bforartists is a fork of Blender.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #3D #3D Modeling #Digital Drawing And Painting 1 social mentions

  5. Modern, open source 3D model editor.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #3D #Game Development #Digital Drawing And Painting 13 social mentions

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    Silo is a focused 3D modeling application with the ability to effortlessly switch between organically sculpting high-poly models and precisely controlling hard-edged surfaces.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #3D #3D Modeling #Digital Drawing And Painting 3 social mentions

  7. An open source 2D CAD application for Windows, Apple and Linux.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #3D #Architecture #3D Modeling 19 social mentions

  8. OpenSCAD is a software for creating solid 3D CAD objects.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #3D #Architecture #CAD 95 social mentions

  9. Mitsuba is a research-oriented rendering system in the style of PBRT, from which it derives much inspiration.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #3D #Game Development #3D Rendering

  10. OctoPrint is the snappy web interface for your 3D printer that allows you to control and monitor all aspects of your printer and print jobs, right from your browser.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #3D #Architecture #CAD 110 social mentions

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    STL-to-GCODE translator for RepRap printers Here comes Slic3r! Its features are: - speed
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #3D #Architecture #CAD 3 social mentions

  12. appleseed is an open source, physically-based global illumination rendering engine primarily designed for animation and visual effects.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #3D #3D Rendering #3D Modeling 1 social mentions

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