OwlCAD AlternativesOnly apps categorised as 3D Printing Tools

The best 3D Printing alternative to OwlCAD is SketchUp. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Hew or Autodesk Tinkercad. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to OwlCAD and 11 are 3D Printing Tools so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting 3D Printing Tool alternatives to OwlCAD are Shapr3D, Microsoft 3D Builder, Womp and CaDoodle.

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  1. SketchUp icon
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    Comprehensive 3D modeling software ideal for architecture, engineering, film, and gaming. It includes features like easy-to-use interface, sun and shadow analysis, color experimenting, and mock-up creation. Available in freeware and professional versions for diverse needs.

    183 SketchUp alternatives

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  2. Hew icon
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    Free, open-source 3D modeler that works like SketchUp: draw on a face, push/pull, snap to what's there. Every shape is a watertight solid. Native on macOS, Windows, Linux, and in the browser. Imports .skp.

    9 Hew alternatives

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  3. Tinkercad is a super easy-to-use, browser based 3D design tool. With Tinkercad you can create 3D printable items: toys to play with, decoration to light up your home or jewelry to express yourself. You dream it, you can make it!

    77 Autodesk Tinkercad alternatives

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    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  4. Shapr3D icon
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    From design to manufacturing. Teams collaborate with more impact. Instinctive design meets multidevice capability and full interoperability for the ultimate 3D design workflow.

    54 Shapr3D alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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    • iPad
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  5. View, capture, personalize, and print 3D models. Download many kinds of 3D files and edit them using the 3D modeling space. Take a picture with your webcam and make it 3D.

    122 Microsoft 3D Builder alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  6. Womp icon
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    Womp is a free and beginner friendly browser based 3D design software, allowing anyone to easily create professional and 3D printing ready creations live from virtually any device and without any technical knowledge.

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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    Womp - Discover Page with 3D assets
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  7. CaDoodle icon
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    CaDoodle is a local drag-and-drop CAD application for Linux (Arm,x86), WIndows (X86), and Mac (Arm,x86) and ChromeOS. Users models are stored locally, and the application runs entirely locally. CaDoodle has a drag and drop interface that is cross-trainable with TinkerCAD.

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  8. MakerSCAD icon
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    MakerSCAD is a web-based parametric 3D design software with a block-based programming language to create objects for 3D printing, animations, games and websites.

    111 MakerSCAD alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Online
    • Chrome OS
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  9.  2 likes

    ImplicitCAD is a programmatic CAD program, implemented in Haskell. Unlike traditional CAD programs, programmatic CAD programs use text descriptions of objects, as in programming. Concepts like variables, control structures and abstraction are used, just as in programming.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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  10. 3D Orchard icon
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    3D Orchard is a free online platform for crowdsourced design. It includes free, built-in CAD tools and everything needed to turn an idea into a physical product. Because the computer-aided design (CAD) tools are built-in and free, people can edit and evolve each others 3D models.

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  11. SelfCAD  icon
     9 likes

    SelfCAD is a simple but powerful 3D modeling software being used by beginners, professionals as well as both small and large businesses to create their 3D designs. With the program, users can be able to model, sculpt, render, and even slice designs.

    62 SelfCAD alternatives

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    • Freemium
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    • Online
    • Chrome OS
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