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- Alibre Design - parametric 3D
MCAD solid modeling, includes tools for PDM and online collaboration (reviews)
- Argon
- Ashlar-Vellum's entry level surface and solid modeler (sites,
reviews)
- ASCON
- developer of KOMPAS-3D for Mechanical CAD
- AutoCAD
Mechanical - AutoCAD 2000 with add-ons for mechanical design (AutoCAD
Mechanical Reading Room)
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Autodesk Inventor - a solid modeling application designed to handle
large assemblies that operates independently of AutoCAD (Inventor
directory,
reviews)
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Autodesk Mechanical Desktop - solid modeling application (MDT
directory,
reviews)
- BRL-CAD
new - cross platform, open source CSG solid
modeling system, systems used are silicon graphics 3030, 4D iris, Encore
Multimax and more,
- CAD X11
- mechanical CAD system ideally suited for design and manufacturing
applications by GrayTech Software
- Cadra
- suite of CAD/CAM products includes Cadra Design Drafting, a
mechanical design documentation tool; CadraNC, an NC programming
application; and Cadra integration with SolidWorks, and integrated
drawing production system and 3D solid modeler. From SofTech.
- CATIA - an integrated suite of
CAD/CAM engineering tools, especially popular in the automotive and
aerospace industries, from Dassault Systemes. (CATIA
directory,
reviews)
- Concepts 3D
- precise conceptual modeling, by CADSoft Solutions
- I-deas -
mechanical design automation software suite, which offers Web-based
collaborative tools, owned by UGS (I-deas
directory)
- IronCAD - solid modeling
application that features drag-and-drop capabilities, automatic 2D
layout creation and the ability to import and export most popular CAD
and solid modeling programs. (sites)
- Key Creator -
(formerly CADKEY), 3D solid modeling CAD/CAM for conceptual design,
modeling and rapid prototyping, by Kubotek (CADKEY
directory)
- MTS I-DEAS Pro
- a new noise and vibration user tool that adds an MS-Windows
interface to the entire suite of existing I-DEAS software. From
MTS Systems Corporation.
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OneSpace Designer Modeling - products include OneSpace Designer
Modeling, 3D Access, Model Manager, Project Data Manager, data and
process adapters, and various add-on modules, by CoCreate (reviews)
- Pro/ENGINEER - a
solid modeling package in which 2D sketches of lines, arcs, and splines
are created and then converted into 3D objects or parts. From Parametric
Technology Corporation. (Pro/E
directory,
reviews)
- Pro/DESKTOP - by
PTC (sites,
reviews)
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Sensable - creators
of touch-enabled 3D design modeling programs including FreeForm
Concept
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Solid Edge Viewers
- free viewer for Solid Edge, Unigraphics, Parasolid files
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Solid
Concept
- offers parametric 3D modeling, assembly, automatic drafting and
rendering tools, plus a CAD-integrated 2.5-axis turning and milling
CAM module
- Solid Edge - a parametric
feature-based solid modeling system, from PLM Solutions (Solid
Edge directory, reviews)
- SolidMaster - feature-based
solid modeling, free-form surfaces and 2D drafting by CADMAX (reviews)
- SolidThinking
- concept modeling aimed at industrial designers
- SolidWorks - parametric 3D
MCAD system that includes sheet metal, 3D sketching, basic surfacing and
robust data translation capabilities (SolidWorks
directory,
reviews)
- SurfCAM Solids
- stand-alone, parametric solid modeling software for the manufacturing
engineer or NC programmer
- thinkdesign -
surface/solid modeling program that creates parts, assemblies and
drawings and works in concert with thinkshape, for advanced surface
modeling and thinkreal for photorealistic rendering. From think3. (think3
directory,
reviews)
- T-FLEX Parametric
- solid modeling software offers parametric or imported 2D converted
to 3D, 3D from primitives using Boolean operations and 3D assemblies
from 3D components, by Top Systems
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Unigraphics
- high-end solid and surface modeling software, from PLM Solutions
(formerly UGS) (Unigraphics
directory,
reviews)
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VariCAD -
full-featured solids modeling runs on Linux and Windows (reviews)
- VX - full-featured solid/surface
modeling and CAM software by VX Corporation (reviews)
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