List of CAD companies
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List of Computer-Aided Design (CAD) companies and their software products. CAD software has been produced since the 1970s through to the present for a variety of computer platforms. This software may include applications for Computer-aided engineering (CAE), Computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) and Product Data Management (PDM).
i do not care about u so go find a job 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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[edit] Existing CAD software companies
| Company name | Annual revenue (US$) |
Product name | Product CAx type | Additional comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12d Solutions (Website) | 12d model | CAE | Civil Engineering and Surveying | |
| ACS (Europe) Limited (Website) | Caddie | CAD | ||
| AeroHydro, Inc. | MultiSurf | CAD | Marine applications | |
| SurfaceWorks | ||||
| Alibre, Inc. (Website) | Alibre Design | CAD | Mechanical design, engineering and manufacturing applications | |
| ANDOR Co., Ltd (Website) | CADSUPER | |||
| EASYDRAW | ||||
| DesignFlow | ||||
| Apperson & Daughters Website | CadStd | Lite & Pro | ||
| ASCON | KOMPAS 3D | |||
| LOODSMAN:PLM | ||||
| Ashlar-Vellum | Argon | CAD | ||
| Cobalt | CAD | |||
| Graphite | CAD | |||
| Xenon | CAD | |||
| Autodesk | AutoCAD and Architectural Desktop | CAD | ||
| Mechanical Desktop | CAD | |||
| Autodesk Inventor | CAD | |||
| 3DS Max | ||||
| Autodesk VIZ | ||||
| Revit | Originally of Revit Technology Corporation | |||
| Alias StudioTools | CAID | |||
| BobCADCAM (Website) | BobCADCAM | CAM | ||
| Bentley Systems | MicroStation | CAD | ||
| Powerdraft | ||||
| Bicycle Forest (Website) | BikeCAD | CAD | ||
| 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 | ||
| CGTech (Website) | Vericut | CAM | Verification software | |
| CoCreate (formerly subsidiary of Hewlett-Packard) | OneSpace Modeling 2007 | CAD | Originally called SolidDesigner | |
| OneSpace Modeling Personal Edition (PE) | CAD | Free Dynamic Modeling Software | ||
| OneSpace Drafting 2007 | CAD | Originally called ME10 | ||
| OneSpace.net | CPD | For Internet-based collaboration | ||
| Model Manager | ||||
| DATACAD LLC | DataCAD | |||
| DataCAD LT | ||||
| o2c_Interactive! | ||||
| Dassault Systemes (Website) | $1,100M | CATIA | CAD/CAE/CAM | |
| COSMOS | CAE | |||
| 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 | ||
| SmartTeam | PDM | Originally of Smart Solutions | ||
| Enovia | PDM | |||
| MatrixOne | PDM | |||
| DELMIA | MPM | Originally of Deneb Robotics Inc. | ||
| ABAQUS | CAE | |||
| Delcam (Website) | DUCT | |||
| PowerMILL | CAM | |||
| PowerSHAPE | ||||
| FeatureCAM | CAM | |||
| CopyCAD | ||||
| PowerINSPECT | ||||
| ArtCAM | ||||
| DP Technology (Website) | Esprit | |||
| 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 | ||
| EXAPT (Website) | EXAPT | CAM | ||
| FastCAM | FastCAM | CAM | ||
| Gehry Technologies (Website) | Digital Project[1] | |||
| Version R2[2] | Based on CATIA | |||
| General CADD Products, Inc. | General CADD Pro | |||
| Graphisoft | ArchiCAD | |||
| Graphisoft Constructor | ||||
| Graphisoft Estimator | ||||
| Graphisoft Change Manager | ||||
| 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 | ||
| Informatix | MicroGDS | |||
| Piranesi | ||||
| Intergraph | GeoMedia | |||
| IGDS | ||||
| Intergraph | ||||
| InterAct | ||||
| SmartPlant | ||||
| SmartSketch | ||||
| KitchenMaster (Website) | ||||
| Ironcad (Website) | IronCAD | |||
| Kovac Software (Website) | ||||
| AutoTRAX EDA (Website) | AutoTRAX | |||
| MachineWorks (Website) | MachineWorks | CAM | Verification software | |
| Malz++Kassner GmbH (Website) | CAD6 Studio | Formerly CAD/DRAW 4 Level 2 | ||
| 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 | |||
| NAPA (Website) | NAPA | CAE | ||
| NAPA Steel | ||||
| NC Graphics | Toolmaker | |||
| machining STRATEGIST | Until June 2002 | |||
| Depocam | ||||
| Nemetschek | AllPlan FT | CAD | ||
| VectorWorks | CAD | Formerly MiniCAD | ||
| Open Mind Software (Website) | hyperMILL | CAM | ||
| OmniCAD (Website) | OmniCAD | CAD | ||
| 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) | ||
| QARM Pty Ltd | OneCNC | CAM/CAD | Milling, Lathe, Wire EDM, Profiling | |
| QikDraw Systems | QikDraw Professional | |||
| QikQuote | Shed, Verandahs, etc. | |||
| QikLink V | Graphical Documentation & Presentation system | |||
| QikDraw V3D | House Package | |||
| QDElect | Electrical Package (electrical drawings) | |||
| Sescoi (Website) | WorkNC | CAM | ||
| Sigma Design | ||||
| ARRIS (Website) | Architect's Studio and other components | |||
| SmartCAMcnc (Website) | SmartCAM | CAM | ||
| SOFTTECH GmbH (Website) | SPIRIT | |||
| AVA NTi | ||||
| PRO NTo | ||||
| SolidCAM (Website) | SolidCAM | CAM | ||
| 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) |
thinkiD DesignXpressions | CAD/CAID | ||
| thinkdesign | CAD | |||
| free2Design (Website) | CAD | Legal, free forever 2D commercial license, fully compatible with DXF/DWG formats | ||
| thinkPLM | PDM | |||
| UGS (Formerly Unigraphics Solutions) |
$1,100M | NX | CAD/CAID/CAE/CAM | |
| NX Nastran | CAE | |||
| Parasolid | Kernel | |||
| SolidEdge | CAD | |||
| FEMAP | CAE | |||
| EMS | CAD | Originally of Intergraph | ||
| BRAVO | CAD | Originally of Applicon | ||
| I-DEAS | CAD | Originally of SDRC | ||
| Teamcenter | PDM | |||
| Tecnomatix | MPM | |||
| Upperspace | DesignCAD[3] | |||
| VariCAD s. r. o. | VariCAD | |||
| Vero International | VISI-Series | CAD/CAM | ||
| machining STRATEGIST | CAM | |||
| VX | VX CAD | |||
| Zuken | CR5000 | CAD | Electrical CAD software | |
| Cadstar | CAD | Electrical CAD software |
[edit] Companies which no longer exist
Taken-over, bought-out, buy-in, out of business or just renamed.
- Alias
- Bought by Autodesk
- Applicon
- Bought UGS Corp.
- Baystate
- Bought by Kubotek
- CADAM INC
- Bought by Dassault Systemes
- CADCentre
- Now called Aveva
- CIS (Cambridge Interactive Systems)
- Bought by Computervision
- Calma
- Bought by Computervision
- Claris
- Published "ClarisCAD", abandoned in transition of company to FileMaker Inc.
- Computervision
- Bought by Parametric Technology Corporation
- Diehl Graphsoft
- Bought by Nemetschek
- Matra DataVision
- Bought by Dassault Systèmes
- Revit Technology Corporation
- Bought by Autodesk
- Spatial Corp.
- Bought by Dassault Systèmes
- SDRC
- Bought by UGS Corp.
- SolidWorks Corporation
- Bought by Dassault Systèmes
- Unigraphics Solutions
- Now called UGS Corp.
[edit] 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 | TIGER 3D |
| CATERPILLAR | Heavy Equipment | CAPT |
| Ford Motor Company | Automotive | PDGS |
| FIDES | ||
| General Motors | Automotive | CGS |
| CADANCE | ||
| Lockheed | Aerospace | CADAM (evolved into CATIA) |
| McDonnell Douglas | Aerospace | CADD |
| Mercedes-Benz (Daimler-Benz) | Automotive | SYRCO |
| Nissan | Automotive | CAD-I |
| Northrop | Aerospace | NCAD |
| Renault | Automotive | UNISURF |
| Toyota | Automotive | TOGO |
| CADETT | ||
| TINCA |
[edit] Open source CAD software companies
- U.S. Army Research Laboratory
- BRL-CAD
- RibbonSoft
- QCad
- SagCAD
- SagCAD
- Open CASCADE
- Open CASCADE (Website)
- avaCADo
- avoCADo :: A new open source 3D CAD program.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- History of CAD software and evolution of leading CAD software vendors
- CADxp Info CAD end-users portal
