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.
- This list is sorted by company name. Refer to: Category:Computer-aided design software , Category:Computer-aided manufacturing software and Category:Computer-aided engineering software for lists sorted by software name .
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Existing CAx software companies
| Company name | Annual revenue (US$) |
Product name | Product CAx type | Additional comments | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audaces (Website) | IDEA / DIGIFLASH / NEOPLAN / FESTO / VESTUARIO | CAD | Clothing Industry | ||
| Cad Design Solutions (Website) | CAD CONVERSION SERVICES / PAPER TO CAD & AUTOCAD CONVERSION | CAD TRAINING | CAD Customization & Automation | ||
| 12d Solutions (Website) | 12d model | CAE | Civil Engineering and Surveying | ||
| ACS (Europe) Limited (Website) | Caddie | CAD | |||
| Actify, Inc. (Website) | SpinFire Professional | ||||
| AeroHydro, Inc. (Website) | MultiSurf | CAD | Marine applications | ||
| SurfaceWorks | |||||
| Alibre, Inc. (Website) | Alibre Design | CAD | Mechanical design, engineering and manufacturing applications | ||
| AllyCAD (Website) | AllyCAD Professional Design | CAD | Civil, Mechanical, Surveying, Structural and Architectural design | ||
| ANDOR Co., Ltd (Website) | CADSUPER | ||||
| EASYDRAW | |||||
| DesignFlow | |||||
| Apperson & Daughters Website | CadStd | Lite & Pro | |||
| ArtiCAD Ltd. (Website) | ArtiCAD Pro and Lite | CAD | Design and visualization for kitchen, bedroom and bathroom trades | ||
| BathCAD | CAD | Design and visualization for bathroom trades | |||
| ASCON | KOMPAS 3D | ||||
| LOODSMAN:PLM | |||||
| Ashlar-Vellum | Argon | CAD | |||
| Cobalt | CAD | ||||
| Graphite | CAD | ||||
| Xenon | CAD | ||||
| Autodesk | $2,172M | AutoCAD and Architectural Desktop | CAD | ||
| Mechanical Desktop | CAD | ||||
| Autodesk Inventor | CAD | ||||
| 3DS Max | |||||
| Autodesk VIZ | |||||
| Revit | Originally of Revit Technology Corporation | ||||
| Alias StudioTools | CAID | ||||
| AutoDesSys, Inc. (Website) | BonZai 3D | CAD | 3D CAD solid modeling and quick vis package | ||
| form•Z (RenderZone Plus) | CAD | 3D CAD general purpose modeler (and photorealistic renderer) | |||
| AVEVA (Website) | AVEVA Plant | CAD | |||
| AVEVA Marine | |||||
| BobCADCAM (Website) | BobCADCAM | CAM | |||
| Bentley Systems | MicroStation | CAD | |||
| Powerdraft | |||||
| Bicycle Forest (Website) | BikeCAD | CAD | |||
| BrainSoftware (Website) | Spazio3D | CAD | Threedimensional CAD for interior decoration and furnishing | ||
| Spazio3D | CAD/CAM | Threedimensional CAD CAM for every kind of furnishing | |||
| CAD International (Website) | RealCAD | ||||
| LANDWorksCAD | |||||
| StrucPLUS | |||||
| CADMAI (Website) | CADMAI | ||||
| CADMATIC Oy (Website) | Plant Design in 3D | ||||
| Nupas-Cadmatic | CAD/CAE/CAM | Ship Design Software | |||
| Cadsoft Corporation | Envisioneer | ||||
| Cadsoft Build | |||||
| APDesign | AutoCAD add-on | ||||
| CAD Register (Website) | PartSpec | ||||
| PlantSpec | |||||
| CAD Blocks | |||||
| CAD Schroer GmbH | MEDUSA | CAD | Originally of Cambridge Interactive Systems (CIS)—later a subsidiary Computervision. | ||
| Stheno | |||||
| Camtek | PEPS | CAM | |||
| CAXA | CAXA EB | CAD | 2D Drafting | ||
| CAXA Solid | CAD | 3D Solid | |||
| CAXA CAM | CAM | 2-5 Axes NC milling | |||
| CCG (Website) | Profiles | CAD | Window and Door Industry | ||
| CGTech (Website) | Vericut | CAM | Verification software | ||
| CADdrafter.net (Website) | Services | CAD | Drafting Services | ||
| Chief Architect, Inc. (Website) | Chief Architect, Better Homes and Gardens Home Designer | CAD | home design software for home owners and professionals | ||
| Cimatron (Website) | CimatronE | CAD/CAM | |||
| CoCreate (formerly subsidiary of Hewlett-Packard) (Website) | OneSpace Modeling 2007 | CAD | Originally called SolidDesigner | ||
| Modeling Personal Edition 2.0 | CAD | Free Explicit Modeling Software | |||
| OneSpace Drafting 2007 | CAD | Originally called ME10 | |||
| OneSpace.net | CPD | For Internet-based collaboration | |||
| Model Manager 2007 | PDM | ||||
| DATACAD LLC (Website) | DataCAD | CAD | |||
| DataCAD LT | CAD | ||||
| o2c Interactive | |||||
| Dassault Systemes | $1,100M | CATIA | CAD/CAE/CAM | ||
| Cosmos/M | CAE | Originally of SRAC | |||
| DesignStar | CAE | Originally of SRAC | |||
| CosmosWorks | CAE | Originally of SRAC | |||
| SolidWorks | CAD | Originally of SolidWorks Corporation | |||
| ACIS 3D Modeler | Kernel | Originally of Spatial Corp. | |||
| Euclid-IS | CAD | Originally of Matra DataVision | |||
| Open CASCADE | Kernel | Originally of Matra DataVision | |||
| STRIM | CAD | Originally of Matra DataVision | |||
| ENOVIA SmarTeam (Website) | PDM | Originally of Smart Solutions | |||
| ENOVIA (Website) | PDM | ||||
| MatrixOne | PDM | ||||
| DELMIA | MPM | Originally of Deneb Robotics Inc. | |||
| ABAQUS | CAE | ||||
| DataSolid (Website) | CADdy++ Mechanical Design | CAD | Parametric CAD, solid modeling, dimensional constraints and photo-realistic rendering | ||
| CADdy++ basic | CAD | Entry level 2D and 3D CAD, solid modeling and rendering | |||
| CADdy classic | CAD | Entry level 2D CAD, originally of ZIEGLER-Informatics | |||
| CADdy++ Eventmanagement | CAD | 2D and 3D Event Management System | |||
| Delcam (Website) | DUCT | ||||
| PowerMILL | CAM | ||||
| PowerSHAPE | CAD | ||||
| FeatureCAM | CAM | ||||
| CopyCAD | |||||
| PowerINSPECT | |||||
| ArtCAM | |||||
| DAKO (Website) | WorldCAT family | CAD | WorldCAT is a family of CAD programs including interfaces to many other CAD programs, an own model kernel and a special file format (WID). WorldCAT is mainly for mechanical engineering. | ||
| DP Technology (Website) | ESPRIT | CAM | ESPRIT is a family of CAM (computer-aided manufacturing) software products for programming CNC (computer numerical control) machine tools. | ||
| DpS CAD-center ApS (Website) | PCschematic ELautomation | CAE | Electrical CAD software | ||
| PCschematic Electronics | CAE | CAD software for electronics | |||
| PCschematic PowerDistribution | CAE | For documentation of LV installations | |||
| PCschematic Tele | CAE | For documentation of Tele and Computer installations | |||
| Engineered Software | PowerCADD | CAD | |||
| EPLAN Software & Service (Website) | EPLAN Electric P8 | E-CAD / CAE | Software for electrical project planning and engineering | ||
| EPLAN Fluid | E-CAD / CAE | Software for fluid engineering | |||
| EPLAN PPE | E-CAD / CAE | Software for measurement and control technology | |||
| EPLAN Cabinet | E-CAD / CAE | Software for cabinet design | |||
| EXAPT (Website) | EXAPT | CAM | |||
| Fast AG (Website) | GraphiteOne | CAD | |||
| FastCAD (Website) | FastCAD v6.5 & v7 | CAD | High Speed, minimal install drafting package | ||
| FastCAM | FastCAM | CAM | |||
| Gehry Technologies (Website) | Digital Project[1] | ||||
| Version R2[2] | Based on CATIA | ||||
| General CADD Products, Inc. (Website) | General CADD Pro | Low Cost 2-D CAD | Generic CADD for Windows | ||
| Gerber Technology (Website) | AccuMark | CAD | Clothing Industry | ||
| Gibbs and Associates (Website) | GibbsCAM | CAM | CNC programming for 2-to-5 axis milling, 2-4 axis turning, multi-tasking, and wire-EDM | ||
| GRAITEC (Website) | GRAITEC Advance (Advance Steel, Advance Concrete, Advance Design) | CAD / CAE | Analysis and design solution for the construction engineering field, steel / concrete modeling and detailing | ||
| Graphisoft | ArchiCAD | ||||
| Graphisoft Constructor | |||||
| Graphisoft Estimator | |||||
| Graphisoft Change Manager | |||||
| Holistic City (Website) |
Streetscape Pro | CAD | A simple, free tool for creating street sections. | ||
| CityCAD | CAD | A Parametric City Information Modelling tool for Urban Designers and Planners. | |||
| IGE+XAO Group (Website) | $19M | SEE Electrical (Website) | Electrical CAD | For small to medium businesses—manufacturing | |
| SEE Electrical Expert | Electrical CAD | For large businesses—manufacturing | |||
| SEE Electrical Harness(Website) | Electrical CAD | Electrical Harnesses Design | |||
| Ing.-Buero FRIEDRICH (Website) | TARGET 3001! | EDA | |||
| IMSI/Design (Website) | TurboCAD Professional | CAD | Parametric CAD, solid modeling, dimensional constraints and photo-realistic rendering available in Standard, Architecural, Mechanical and Platinum Editions | ||
| TurboCAD Deluxe 2D/3D | CAD | Value priced 2D and 3D CAD, surface modeling and realistic rendering for both Windows and Mac | |||
| TurboCAD Designer 2D | CAD | Value priced 2D CAD for Windows and Mac | |||
| DesignCAD 3D Max | CAD | Entry level 2D and 3D CAD, surface modeling and rendering | |||
| DesignCAD Express | CAD | Entry level 2D CAD | |||
| Informatix (Website) | MicroGDS | ||||
| Piranesi | |||||
| intelitek (Website) | spectraCAD Engraver | CAD | Educational CAD system | ||
| spectraCAM Turning | CAM | Educational CAM system | |||
| spectraCAM Milling | CAM | Educational CAM system | |||
| Interfacial (Website) | Interfacial | CAD | |||
| Intergraph | GeoMedia | ||||
| IGDS | |||||
| Intergraph | |||||
| InterAct | |||||
| SmartPlant | |||||
| SmartSketch | |||||
| Ironcad (Website) | IronCAD | CAD | |||
| KitchenMaster (Website) | |||||
| Kubotek Corporation (Website) | KeyCreator | CAD/CAM | Formerly CADKEY | ||
| REALyze | CAD | Model repair and editing | |||
| Spectrum | 3D CAD Viewer | ||||
| LAB (Website) | SUM3D | CAM | CAM for MOULDMAKERS | ||
| BAMBOO | CAM | EDM wire cut | |||
| DRILLMATRIX | CAM | Automatized Multidrilling | |||
| ELECTRODEX | CAD | Create Electrodes | |||
| MOSAIX | CAD | Nesting | |||
| RAVE | CAD | RAster to VEctor image | |||
| SERCOM | PC <-> CNC Trasmission | ||||
| SHOT | CAD | CAD for shoe's maker | |||
| Lattice Semiconductor | ispLever | CAD | FPGA design | ||
| Lectra (Website) | Modaris | CAD | Clothing Industry | ||
| MachineWorks (Website) | MachineWorks | CAM | Verification software | ||
| MacroVision Ltd (Website) | Eagle Eye | Framework/Kernel | 2D/3D graphics applications | ||
| Malz++Kassner GmbH (Website) | CAD6 Studio | Formerly CAD/DRAW 4 Level 2 | |||
| MecSoft Corporation (Website) | MecSoft Corporation | CAD / CAE | CAD/CAM Systems for programming CNC machines for 2-to-5 axis milling & turning | ||
| Metamation (Website) | MetaCAM | CAM | Sheet metal | ||
| Missler Software (TopSolid) | TopSolid'Design | CAD | |||
| TopSolid'Mold | CAD | ||||
| TopSolid'Wood | CAD | ||||
| TopSolid'Cam | CAM | ||||
| TopSolid'Pdm | PDM | ||||
| Module Works (Website) | 5AxCore | CAM | Software libraries | ||
| MSC Software | $300M | MSC Nastran | CAE | ||
| MSC Patran | CAE | ||||
| ADAMS | CAE | ||||
| MTC Software, Inc. (Website) | ProNest | CAM | Advanced level nesting software | ||
| TurboNest | CAM | Intermediate level nesting software | |||
| Design2fab | CAM | HVAC layout software | |||
| GeoPoint | CAM | Turret punch software | |||
| NAPA (Website) | NAPA | CAE | |||
| NAPA Steel | |||||
| NC Graphics | Toolmaker | ||||
| machining STRATEGIST | Until June 2002 | ||||
| Depocam | |||||
| Nemetschek | Allplan BIM | CAD | |||
| Vectorworks | CAD | Formerly MiniCAD | |||
| Open Mind Software (Website) | hyperMILL | CAM | |||
| OmniCAD (Website) | OmniCAD | CAD | |||
| OptiTex (Website) | |||||
| PDS | CAD | Pattern Design | |||
| Marker | CAD | Textile Marker Making | |||
| 3D Runway | CAM | Fabric simulation system | |||
| Modulate | CAD | Made-To-Measure pattern creation | |||
| Parametric Technology Corporation | $700M | Pro/ENGINEER | CAD | ||
| CADDS 5i | CAD | Originally of Computervision | |||
| Pro/DESKTOP | CAD | Originally Designwave of Computervision | |||
| Pro/MECHANICA | CAE | ||||
| Pro/Concept | CAID | Originally called 3D Paint | |||
| Pro/Designer | CAID | Originally called CDRS | |||
| Windchill | PDM | ||||
| Granite | Kernel | ||||
| ProductView (Division) | |||||
| Planit (Website) | Edgecam | CAM | Originally of Pathtrace | ||
| Alphacam | CAM | Originally of Licom | |||
| PYTHA Lab GmbH (Website) | PYTHA | CAD | |||
| QARM Pty Ltd | OneCNC | CAM/CAD | Milling, Lathe, Wire EDM, Profiling | ||
| QikDraw Systems (Website) | QikDraw Professional | ||||
| QikQuote | Shed, Verandahs, etc. | ||||
| QikLink V | Graphical Documentation & Presentation system | ||||
| QikDraw V3D | House Package | ||||
| QDElect | Electrical Package (electrical drawings) | ||||
| SAMTECH (Website) | SAMCEF | CAE | |||
| EuroPlexus | CAE | ||||
| BOSS_Quattro | CAE | ||||
| Sescoi (Website) | WorkNC | CAM | |||
| Sigma Design (Website) | Arris | CAD | |||
| Builderscad | CAD | ||||
| Shehala IT Limited (Website) | CAD | CAD | |||
| SmartCAMcnc (Website) | SmartCAM | CAM | |||
| SOFTTECH GmbH (Website) | SPIRIT | ||||
| AVA NTi | |||||
| PRO NTo | |||||
| SolidCAM (Website) | SolidCAM | CAM | |||
| SpaceClaim (Website) | SpaceClaim | CAD | |||
| Static Free Software (Website) | The Electric VLSI Design System | EDA | |||
| Sprut Technology ([1]) | Sprutcam | CAM | |||
| Surfware (Website) | SurfCAM | CAM | |||
| Tebis (Website) | Tebis | CAM | |||
| think3 (Website) (Formerly Cad.Lab) |
ThinkDesign Styling | CAD/CAID | |||
| ThinkDesign Engineering | CAD | ||||
| thinkPLM | PDM | ||||
| Top Systems (Website) | T-FLEX Parametric CAD | CAD/CAE/CAM | |||
| Siemens PLM Solutions (Formerly UGS Corp, Unigraphics Solutions) |
$1,100M | NX | CAD/CAID/CAE/CAM | ||
| NX Nastran | CAE | ||||
| Solid Edge | CAD | ||||
| Parasolid | Kernel | ||||
| Femap | CAE | ||||
| EMS | CAD | Originally of Intergraph | |||
| BRAVO | CAD | Originally of Applicon | |||
| I-DEAS | CAD | Originally of SDRC | |||
| NX I-deas | CAD | Transition product from I-DEAS to NX | |||
| Teamcenter | PLM | ||||
| Tecnomatix | MPM | ||||
| Transoft Solutions Inc. (Website) | AutoTURN | CAD | AutoCAD / MicroStation add-on for vehicle swept path simulation | ||
| Ulusal CAD ve GIS Cozumleri A.S. | NetCAD | CAD GIS | Major Turkish CAD & GIS and Engineering Solutions Company | ||
| Upperspace | DesignCAD[3] | ||||
| VariCAD s. r. o. | VariCAD | CAD | |||
| Vero International | VISI-Series | CAD/CAM | |||
| machining STRATEGIST | CAM | ||||
| Virtual Architecture (Website) | VA HouseDesigner | CAD | CAD software | ||
| VX (Website) | VX CAD | ||||
| Zuken | CR5000 | CAD | Electrical CAD software | ||
| Cadstar | CAD | Electrical CAD software |
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
- CADKEY/Baystate Technologies
- Acquired by Kubotek Corporation
- CIS (Cambridge Interactive Systems)
- Acquired by Computervision
- 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
- 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
Proprietary CAD software
Developed by companies for their own use. Some are no longer used as the organizations are now using commercial systems.
| Company | Field | System |
|---|---|---|
| Boeing | Aerospace | AGPS |
| TIGER | ||
| CATERPILLAR | Heavy Equipment | CAPT |
| Dassault Aviation | Aerospace | CATIA |
| Ford Motor Company | Automotive | CATIA |
| FIDES | ||
| General Motors | Automotive | CGS |
| GMSolid | ||
| CADANCE | ||
| Lockheed | Aerospace | CADAM (evolved into CATIA) |
| McDonnell Douglas | Aerospace | CADD |
| Mercedes-Benz (Daimler-Benz) | Automotive | SYRCO |
| Nissan | Automotive | CATIA |
| Northrop | Aerospace | NCAD |
| Renault | Automotive | UNISURF |
| Toyota | Automotive | TOGO |
| CADETT | ||
| TINCA |
Open source CAD software projects
- See also: Category:Free computer-aided design software
- BRL-CAD
- BRL-CAD
- RibbonSoft
- QCad
- SagCAD
- SagCAD open source 2D CAD program.
- avaCADo
- avoCADo :: Open source 3D CAD program in Java.
- Archimedes
- Archimedes (CAD) architectural CAD program.
- PythonCAD
- PythonCAD open source 2D CAD in Python.
- JCAD
- JCAD open source 2D CAD in Java.
- Wildcat CAD
- Wildcat Open source 3D solid modeler and CAD application.
See also
External links
- History of CAD software and evolution of leading CAD software vendors
- CADxp Info CAD end-users portal
References
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