CAD AND 3D - FREE SOFTWARE

MINOS 2

A CAD design program. It can design and manipulate many different 3-D shapes. Maybe you could use it to design a new better looking computer. Something we could all use. Imagine if Bill designed the computer, as well as, the software. Kind of makes you ill doesn't it? (880KB)

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BEHEMOT

Behemot Graphics Editor is a full-featured ray-tracing renderer and editor. It allows you to create elaborate 3-D scenes, objects and models with varying light sources, textures and views. (4.4MB)

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POV RAYTRACER

This is a tool to create realistic 3-D graphics. Someone make some good games please. (9.7MB)

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CADSTD

A 2-D CAD program. You can use CadStd Lite for: Computer Aided Design, Drafting, Teaching CAD, Creating Blue Prints, Architectural Drawings, Sheet Metal Designs, Drawing Room Additions, Simple Schematics, Pattern Layouts, Set Designs, As An Alternative To Expensive CAD Programs, Mechanical Drawings, Street Maps, Hobby Drawings, House Plans, Model Airplane Designs, Boat Design And Many Other Things. (1.4MB)

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DESIGN WORKSHOP

A tool for creating 3D models, images, and walkthroughs, from sketches to presentations. (7.1MB)

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FREECAD

FreeCAD is meant to be an introductory 3D Computer Aided Design (CAD) package with Motion Simulation capabilities. It is suitable for anyone interested in learning 3D CAD and Motion Simulation for free before upgrading to commercial packages. Ad supported. (5.1MB)

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DESI - III

DESI-III is a professional 2D CAD system which uses EUROPEAN drawing standards. It has a very user friendly interface and a very steep learning curve. DESI-III uses a real database, thus file clutter is impossible. DESI-III's cursor position is always visible in a relative, polar or absolute mode. (965KB)

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1D STOCK CUTTER

1D Stock Cutter is a powerful, quick, compact, easy to use and universal tool for those users, who need to optimize cutting of any linear material. (639KB)

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INSTACAD

InstaCAD a 3D CAD/Modeling program. It is simple and fast and imports DXF files. (3.4KB)

DOWNLOAD updated Sep 12 '05

CORNER

Corner is a program to calculate odd corners made from sheet materials like aluminium, steel, or glass. It could be the corners of aluminium or steel facades - or perhaps strangely shaped fishtanks. (517KB)

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A9CAD

A9CAD is a general purpose 2-dimensional freeware CAD program. It supports industry standard DWG/DXF drawing formats. With A9CAD you can draw shapes such as line, rectangle, circle, poly-line, text and dimension; performing drawing modifications like move, scale, rotate, explode, trim, fillet and mirror; edit color, fill mode, line type and line width; change entity attributes via properties window; manage drawing styles and settings; and configure drawing environments. (15.6MB)

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POWER SYSTEM SIMULATOR

Power System Simulator is graphical editor for power system modelling. Application implements element connections in natural way. After solving, power flow results are shown on the same graph. It also shows actual active power flows which are represented with arrows on power lines. (614KB)

DOWNLOAD added Jan 20 '05

DWG GATEWAY

AutoCADŽ converter from SolidWorks Corporation. No need to upgrade to the next version of AutoCADŽ software. Open and edit any DWG file using any version of AutoCAD. (3.6MB)

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GOOGLE SKETCHUP

Google SketchUp is an easy-to-learn 3D modeling program whose few simple tools enable you to create 3D models of houses, sheds, decks, home additions, woodworking projects, even space ships. You can add details, textures and glass to your models, design with dimensional accuracy, and place your finished models in Google Earth, share them with others by posting them to the 3D Warehouse, or print hard copies. (19MB)

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ANIM8OR

Anim8or is a 3D computer animation program that is designed to allow straightforward creation of animations. You interactively create and edit objects, figures, and scenes directly on the computers screen. The basic interface is similar to most 3D animation and CAD programs. (671KB)

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FREE 2D

Solid Edge 2D Drafting includes a wealth of tools designed to ease the transition of 2D AutoCAD users updating to Solid Edge, including import wizards, WYSIWYG of imported files (matching of AutoCAD fonts and color schemes) and many other capabilities that make it a compelling application for AutoCAD 2D users looking for more value and productivity from their 2D CAD seats. (239MB)

HOMEPAGE added Sep 11 '06

EASYCAD IRIS 2D

Shape your ideas in just a few minutes with EasyCAD Iris, the room visualization software to design your wall tile and flooring patterns without prior knowledge of computer graphics. (1.4MB)

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LIVE DXF2BMP

Live DXF2BMP is free software that converts CAD generated drawing to raster image; drawings can be generated by any CAD program that support DXF format such as AutoCADŽ. (1.6MB)

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PROGECAD

Reads and writes AutoCADŽ DWG files from 2.5 to 2008, has industry standard AutoCAD Commands, has AutoCADŽ Menu, Script, Font Compatibility. Free for non-commercial use. (85MB)

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CADDIT

AutoCAD functionality for free personal use only. DWG 2008 DXF read and write. Similar icons, commands and interface. IntelliCAD AutoLISP interpreter, temporary point snap (like oSnap), layers, blocks. Hatch, block and xref editing. 3D shading and rendering options. Optional approx. 10000 Symbols ALE library. Free for personal use. (92MB)

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MINI CAD VIEWER

Mini CAD Viewer is a compact Free CAD viewer. It is designed to be easy to use for the non-CAD user. It supports dwg & dxf formats. (3.9MB)

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