Open CAD Studio
Open CAD Studio: a modern, Open Source 2D + 3D CAD application that reads and writes DWG and DXF natively built in Rust, with GPU-accelerated rendering.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Features
Properties
- Lightweight
Features
- Dark Mode
- Ad-free
- No registration required
- Parametric Modeling
- Works Offline
- Portable
- Rust
Open CAD Studio News & Activities
Recent activities
- HakanSeven8125 liked Open CAD Studio
HakanSeven8125 added Open CAD Studio as alternative to QCAD and Autodesk Design Review
HakanSeven8125 added Open CAD Studio as alternative to DraftSight, GstarCAD and NetCAD GIS- HakanSeven8125 updated Open CAD Studio
HakanSeven8125 added Open CAD Studio as alternative to Autodesk AutoCAD and Autodesk DWG TrueView- HakanSeven8125 updated Open CAD Studio
- HakanSeven8125 added Open CAD Studio
Open CAD Studio information
What is Open CAD Studio?
Open CAD Studio: a modern, Open Source 2D + 3D CAD application that reads and writes DWG and DXF natively built in Rust, with GPU-accelerated rendering.
Starts < 1 second. Size 30 MB
No license. No converters. No workarounds. Just open, draw, save.
What's in it: Full 2D drafting — LINE, PLINE, CIRCLE, ARC, ELLIPSE, SPLINE, HATCH, OFFSET, TRIM, EXTEND, FILLET, MIRROR, ARRAY, ROTATE, SCALE, EXPLODE… the entire AutoCAD-style command set
Native DWG & DXF (R13–R2018) read/write — the de-facto industry-standard format, without third-party library licenses
3D modelling with ACIS solids tessellation — BOX, SPHERE, CYLINDER, EXTRUDE, REVOLVE, LOFT, SWEEP, ARRAY3D — and 3DSOLID/REGION/BODY entities from DWG render correctly
Paper space + layouts — multi-tab model space, viewport projection with inline MSPACE overlay, VPORTS presets, plot styles (CTB/STB), PRINT directly to system printer
Full dimensioning — linear, aligned, angular, radial, diameter, ordinate + DIMSTYLE with everything (DIMASZ, DIMSCALE, DIMEXO, DIMEXE…) MLEADER, MTEXT, tables, GD&T tolerances, MLINE — with dedicated style managers
STL, STEP AP203, OBJ import/export, PDF plot, WBLOCK, XREF — everything you need to fit into an existing CAD chain GPU-accelerated via wgpu — scales smoothly to large models with many solids
Under the hood: Rust for memory safety and performance, iced for the UI, wgpu for the GPU rendering. Cross-platform: Windows, macOS, Linux. GPL-3.0 license.


