QCAD Alternatives

QCAD is described as 'Application for computer aided drafting in 2D. With QCAD you can create technical drawings such as plans for buildings, interiors, mechanical parts or schemas and diagrams' and is a CAD software in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to QCAD for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and SaaS apps. The best QCAD alternative is FreeCAD, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like QCAD are LibreCAD, Autodesk AutoCAD, SOLIDWORKS and Open CAD Studio.

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  1. AutoQ3D CAD icon
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    AutoQ3D CAD is a full 2D and 3D CAD application that allows you to create, edit and share your drawings and designs. It is intended for everybody as professionals, sketchers, architects, engineers, designers, students and more.

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    • Paid
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    • Mac
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  2. All the productive tools and smart features for 2D drafting and design that you expect at a reasonable price. With DWG 2010 as its primary drawing file format and DXF support.

    55 ARES Commander alternatives

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    • Paid
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  3. DesignCAD icon
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    Easy-to-use 2D/3D CAD tool that’s perfect for novice designers, but powerful enough to create high-quality designs, models and animations.

    51 DesignCAD alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  4. NASSCAD icon
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    Exact analytical solids in your browser. Import, edit and export native STEP B-Rep — multi-body assemblies, OpenCASCADE WASM.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  5. Lithium™ is Ashlar-Vellum's entry level 2D CAD application for macOS and Windows which is intuitive, easy to use and provides all the necessary tools for creating professional 2D drawings or 3D wireframe designs.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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  6. 2-D engineering drawing editor that supports hierarchical object description. It is inspired by Hewlett-Packard's proprietary HP PIGLET (Personal Interactive Graphic Layout EdiTor), which later became the commercial Graffy editor by DURST CAD.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
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  7. ActCAD  icon
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    ActCAD is a 2D & 3D CAD software with the functionality of the industry leaders. We offer two product options:

    • ActCAD Standard for 2D Drafting Power Users
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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  8. BabaCAD icon
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    First Bosnian Computer Aided Design software. 2D vector geometries polyline, circle, arc, hatch, block, georeferenced raster images. Commercial BabaCAD for Mac (23.99) available on MAC APP STORE.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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  9. MegaCAD 3D is the ideal synthesis of an innovative solid and surface modeling system and a full-feature 2D drafting program. If you are developing your model in 3D or if you are drawing a 2D design, each step will automatically be transferred from one dimension into the other...

    66 MegaCAD 2D/3D alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  10.  1 like

    Ideal for garden design, mechanical engineering drawings, electrical / electronic, building and room plans, and general diagramming. Output in PDF format for the web. Copy and paste graphics. Create standard symbols to re-use. Scale, mirror and rotate.

    19 TigerCad alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  11. Simple, powerful and professional 2D drafting and design tool for everyone.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  12. SAMoCAD icon
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    SAMoCAD designed to create simple drawings, primarily to architectural drawings. Development of the program is far from complete, but it is already possible to draw. There is partial DXF format support, at the moment almost all drafted in the program can be saved in DXF and can...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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