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SolidWorks (stylized as SOLIDWORKS) is a brand within Dassault Systèmes that develops and markets software for solid modeling computer-aided design (CAD), computer-aided engineering (CAE), 3D CAD design, collaboration, analysis, and product data management. [2] The company introduced one of the first 3D CAD applications designed to run on a ...
Solid Edge is available in Design and Drafting, Foundation, Classic, or Premium. The Premium package includes all features of Classic plus mechanical and electrical routing software, and engineering simulation abilities for computer-aided engineering (CAE). [2] Solid Edge is a direct competitor to SolidWorks, Creo, Inventor, IRONCAD, and others.
Electronic design automation (EDA), also referred to as electronic computer-aided design (ECAD), [1] is a category of software tools for designing electronic systems such as integrated circuits and printed circuit boards.
Creo Elements/Direct Drafting now owned by PTC, and formerly called ME10 is a CAD software application exclusively for 2D drawings, especially in mechanical engineering and electrical engineering. The program was first developed by Hewlett Packard in Germany. HP released the first version 1986.
This free 3D CAD software is offered as a payment free download, but requires a one-time registration with DesignSpark.com to receive the latest community news and product promotions. To create engineering drawings in the same framework, a paid subscription to the DesignSpark Creator or Engineer plan is needed.
Availability of free and open-source CAD software and high costs of advanced and 3D CAD software may restrain the growth of the CAD software market. [25] Free and open-source CAD software packages include FreeCAD , [ 26 ] [ 27 ] [ 28 ] BRL-CAD developed for the US Army, [ 29 ] [ 30 ] QCAD Community Edition , [ 31 ] LibreCAD [ 32 ] and others.
Originally written in C during the 1980s, Electric was distributed for free to universities [6] and sold by Applicon as "Bravo3VLSI" during the mid 1980s. [ 6 ] [ 9 ] In 1988, Electric Editor Incorporated was founded to sell Electric, and starting in 1998 it is distributed as free software by the Free Software Foundation and by Static Free ...
Pro/DESKTOP (commonly referred to as Pro/D and formerly known as DesignWave [1]) is a discontinued computer-aided design (CAD) program from Parametric Technology Corporation (PTC), that allowed users to design and model in 3D and create 2D drawings.