List of CAx companies and their software products. Software using computer-aided technologies (CAx) has been produced since the 1970s through to the present for a variety of computer platforms. This software may include applications for Computer-Aided Design (CAD), Computer-aided engineering (CAE), Computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) and Product Data Management (PDM).
The list is far from complete or representative as the CAD business landscape is very dynamic: almost every month new companies appear, old companies go out of business, companies split and merge. Sometimes some names disappear and reappear again.
Existing CAx software companies
Past CAD Brands
Acquired, orphaned, failed or rebranded.
- Alias
- Acquired by Autodesk
- Applicon
- Acquired by UGS Corp.
- CADAM INC
- Acquired by Dassault Systèmes
- CADCentre
- Rebranded as Aveva
- Baystate Technologies
- Acquired by Kubotek Corporation
- BARCO NV
- Now called Ucamco for printed circuit board applications
- Camsco
- Acquired by Gerber
- CIS (Cambridge Interactive Systems)
- Acquired by Computervision
- CADKEY
- Acquired by Baystate Technologies
- Calma
- Acquired by Computervision
- Claris
- Published "ClarisCAD", abandoned in transition of company to FileMaker Inc.
- Computervision
- Acquired by Parametric Technology Corporation
- Diehl Graphsoft
- Acquired by Nemetschek
- Investronica
- Acquired by Lectra
- Matra DataVision
- Acquired by Dassault Systèmes
- Microdynamics, Inc.
- Acquired by Gerber
- NC Graphics
- Acquired by Parametric Technology Corporation
- Revit Technology Corporation
- Acquired by Autodesk
- Spatial Corp.
- Acquired by Dassault Systèmes
- SDRC
- Acquired by UGS Corp.
- SRAC
- (Structural Research and Analysis Corporation) acquired by SolidWorks Corporation
- SolidWorks Corporation
- Acquired by Dassault Systèmes
- SDRC-IDEAS
- Acquired by Unigraphics Solutions
- Unigraphics Solutions a.k.a. UGS Corp.
- Acquired by Siemens
In-house CAD software
Developed by companies for their own use. Some are no longer used as the organizations are now using commercial systems.
Open source CAD software projects
2D
- SagCAD â€" Open source 2D CAD program. Maintained on SourceForge.
- PythonCAD â€" Open source 2D CAD in Python on SourceForge.
- JCAD â€" Open source 2D CAD in Java. Maintained on SourceForge.
- RibbonSoft QCad
- Archimedes â€" Architectural CAD program.
- LibreCAD Open source 2D CAD and a fork of QCad
3D
- avoCADo â€" Open source 3D CAD program in Java. Maintained on SourceForge.
- AutoQ3D â€" an award-winning 3D Design and Draft tool which enables you to draw 3D models easily. It has a high degree of AutoCAD command set compatibility.
- BRL-CAD
- FreeCAD â€" a general purpose 3D CAD modeler, implementing Open CASCADE. Maintained on SourceForge.
- Wildcat CAD â€" Open source 3D solid modeler and CAD application. Not to be confused with Wildcat! BBS.
- IRIT â€" A solid modeling environment that allows one to model basic, primitive based models using Boolean operations as well as freeform surface's based models.
- GuIrit - A graphical user interface for IRIT
- SvLis â€" The Set-theoretic Kernel Geometric Modeller. A CSG modeller written in the C++ language and accessed through a call interface.
- Open CASCADE â€" an SDK for 3D CAD, CAM, CAE, ...
- HeeksCAD â€" a CAD application written by Dan Heeks. The solid modelling is provided by Open_CASCADE. Maintained on Google Code.
- HeeksCNC â€" an add-on for HeeksCAD. Maintained on Google Code.
- lignumCAD â€" a tool for designing furniture, based on OpenCASCADE and Qt. Maintained on SourceForge.
- NaroCAD - a parametric modeling CAD application.
- PythonOCC â€" Python wrappers for OpenCASCADE.
- FreeCAD â€" an OpenSource CAD/CAE, based on Open CASCADE, Qt and Python.
- SolidModeller â€" a parametric solid modeller. Includes a constraint based parametric sketcher. Maintained on SourceForge.
- CADMAI â€" a CAD framework which can either be used as a standalone CAD application or as an integration module for 3rd party applications or SOA environments.
PLM
- OpenPLM - PLM framework based on Python (programming language) / Django (web framework), Open CASCADE, Xapian, Graphviz.
See also
- List of EDA companies
- Comparison of CAD software
- CAD data exchange
- CAD/CAM in the footwear industry
References
External links
- The Engineering Design Revolution:The People, Companies and Computer Systems That Changed Forever the Practice of Engineering. By David E. Weisberg
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