Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to SolidWorks

SolidWorks

Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corp. develops and markets 3D CAD design software, analysis software, and product data management software. SolidWorks is the leading supplier of 3D CAD product design engineering software. subtitle

Product categories

3D 3D Modeling Architecture CAD CFD Computational Fluid Dynamics Design Tools Digital Drawing And Painting Electrical Numerical Computation Simulation Technical Computing

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to SolidWorks are FreeCAD, LibreCAD, and OpenSCAD. 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.

FreeCAD Landing Page
1

FreeCAD

An open-source parametric 3D modeler
Pricing:
- Open Source
#3D #3D Modeling #CAD 2 social mentions
LibreCAD Landing Page
2

LibreCAD

An open source 2D CAD application for Windows, Apple and Linux.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#3D #Architecture #3D Modeling 19 social mentions
OpenSCAD Landing Page
3

OpenSCAD

OpenSCAD is a software for creating solid 3D CAD objects.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#3D #Architecture #CAD 95 social mentions
SimFlow Landing Page
4

SimFlow

SimFlow is a powerful CFD software, focused on engineering and science.
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Freemium
- Free Trial
- $8000.0 / Annually
#CFD #Computational Fluid Dynamics #Numerical Computation
Fritzing Landing Page
5

Fritzing

Fritzing is an open-source initiative to support designers, artists, researchers and hobbyists to...
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Electronics #Simulation #CAD 26 social mentions
OpenFOAM Landing Page
6

OpenFOAM

OpenFOAM® - Official home of The Open Source Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Toolbox.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Technical Computing #Numerical Computation #3D 19 social mentions
Wings 3D Landing Page
7

Wings 3D

Wings 3D is a subdivision modeler inspired by Nendo and Mirai from Izware.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#3D #Digital Drawing And Painting #3D Modeling
JS.Sketcher Landing Page
8

JS.Sketcher

Parametric 2D and 3D CAD modeler written in pure javascript
Pricing:
- Open Source
#3D #Architecture #Photos & Graphics 1 social mentions
Dust3D Landing Page
9

Dust3D

Cross-platform open-source 3D modeling software
Pricing:
- Open Source
#3D #3D Modeling #Video Downloader 6 social mentions
QElectroTech Landing Page
10

QElectroTech

QElectroTech is a free software to create electric diagrams.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Electrical #3D #Energy 7 social mentions
ImplicitCAD Landing Page
11

ImplicitCAD

ImplicitCAD is a programmatic CAD program, implemented in Haskell.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#3D #3D Modeling #CAD
Slic3r Landing Page
12

Slic3r

STL-to-GCODE translator for RepRap printers Here comes Slic3r! Its features are: - speed
Pricing:
- Open Source
#3D #Architecture #CAD 3 social mentions