CATIA Alternatives & Competitors
(173)4.1 out of 5
Looking for alternatives to CATIA? Tons of people want Product and Machine Design Software. What's difficult is finding out whether or not the software you choose is right for you. Inventor, Fusion 360, Rhinoceros, and Solid Edge are the most popular alternatives and competitors to CATIA.
Top Alternatives to CATIA
- Inventor
- Fusion 360
- Rhinoceros
- Solid Edge
- Creo Parametric
- Alias
- NX
- Creo Direct
- Inventor(381)4.4 out of 5Optimized for quick response
Inventor® 3D CAD software offers an easy-to-use set of tools for 3D mechanical design, documentation, and product simulation.
Categories in common with CATIA: - Fusion 360(311)4.5 out of 5
Fusion 360 unifies design, engineering, and manufacturing into a single platform.
Categories in common with CATIA: - Rhinoceros(153)4.4 out of 5
3D NURBS Modeller
Categories in common with CATIA: - Solid Edge(120)4.1 out of 5
Complete hybrid 2D/3D CAD system that uses synchronous technology for accelerated design, faster change, and improved imported reuse.
Categories in common with CATIA: - Creo Parametric(98)3.8 out of 5Optimized for quick response
Creo Parametric provides a broad range of powerful yet flexible 3D CAD capabilities to accelerate the product development process.
Categories in common with CATIA: - Alias(56)4.0 out of 5
Alias® industrial design software powers your creative process with a range of sketching, modeling, surfacing, and visualization tools.
Categories in common with CATIA: - NX(40)4.0 out of 5
Design to Siemens NX is an integrated product design solution that streamlines and accelerates the product development process for engineers who need to deliver innovative products in a collaborative environment.
Categories in common with CATIA: - Creo Direct(12)4.0 out of 5
Creo Direct is a stand-alone app that enables casual CAD users to create new geometry or modify any existing 3D CAD design, regardless of file format.
Categories in common with CATIA: - Onshape(390)4.7 out of 5Optimized for quick response
Onshape is a modern CAD system that eliminates design gridlock and helps engineers do their best work. Onshape unites advanced modeling tools and design data management in a secure cloud workspace that has rapidly become the primary CAD system for thousands of companies worldwide.
Categories in common with CATIA: - FreeCAD(44)4.3 out of 5
FreeCAD is a parametric 3D modeler made primarily to design real-life objects of any size.
Categories in common with CATIA: - AutoCAD Mechanical(83)4.2 out of 5
AutoCAD® Mechanical design software is AutoCAD software built for manufacturing. Part of the Digital Prototyping solution, it includes all the functionality of AutoCAD, plus libraries of standards-based parts and tools to help automate common mechanical CAD tasks and accelerate the mechanical design process.
Categories in common with CATIA: - KeyCreator(107)4.5 out of 5
KeyCreator Direct CAD software allows designers and manufacturers to create and edit designs quickly, regardless of what CAD system created the design or how it was constructed. This saves hours in fixing CAD files.
Categories in common with CATIA: - Altair Inspire(32)4.2 out of 5
Altair Inspire allows design engineers, product designers and architects to investigate structurally efficient concepts quickly and easily.
Categories in common with CATIA: - Altium Designer(100)4.5 out of 5
Altium Designer bridges all facets of the PCB design process to keep you seamlessly connected to every aspect of your design at all times.
Categories in common with CATIA: - IronCAD(22)4.1 out of 5
IronCAD's mission has and continues to be the creation of award winning 3D Design Collaboration Solutions that lead the industry in their ease-of-use and design productivity.
Categories in common with CATIA: - Solidcam(22)4.0 out of 5
SolidCAM runs directly inside your existing SOLIDWORKS or Autodesk Inventor CAD system, with seamless integration and full tool path associativity - design changes initiate automatic tool path updates to the CAD model.
Categories in common with CATIA: - Creo Elements/Direct Modeling(10)4.0 out of 5
Creo Elements/Direct Modeling (formerly CoCreate Modeling) provides robust, comprehensive direct modeling capabilities.
Categories in common with CATIA: - Inventor LT(16)3.9 out of 5
Inventor LT™ software introduces 3D mechanical CAD into your 2D workflows.
Categories in common with CATIA: - nTopology(8)5.0 out of 5
The nTop Platform approach removes geometry bottlenecks in design by achieving more efficient workflows, dramatically improving team collaboration with faster iteration, enabling smarter, more complex designs to meet performance demands.
Categories in common with CATIA: - Autodesk Product Design & Manufacturing Collection(5)4.0 out of 5
Work where design and manufacturing technology meet
Categories in common with CATIA:
#1
VA
Ability to work with AutoCad interface inside a 3D CAD software.
The best things I like in Inventor are:
1. Keybord shortcuts when entering the first letter for features
2. When approaching...Read more
Reviewers say compared to CATIA, Inventor is:
More usable
Easier to do business with
Easier to set up
#2
KC
Fusion 360 is a great 3D solid modeler and advanced TSpline surface modeler that offers fantastic usability and performance. The software runs on Mac or Windows which is nice for a mixed...Read more
Reviewers say compared to CATIA, Fusion 360 is:
Easier to set up
Easier to do business with
More usable
#3
AT
The interface is very easy to understand and start working.
Also you have a huge quantity of tools to do anything, and this fact allow you to achieve the same in some ways. That feature provide...Read more
Reviewers say compared to CATIA, Rhinoceros is:
Easier to set up
Easier to do business with
More usable
#4
GP
The 3D/solid design environment is rather easy to use.
Reviewers say compared to CATIA, Solid Edge is:
Easier to set up
Easier to do business with
More usable
#5
IP
Been using ProENGINEER for more than 15 years and regardless of what name it's called now, from my perspective and the type of work done in the Aerospace industry, it is the best. Had the...Read more
Reviewers say compared to CATIA, Creo Parametric is:
Easier to do business with
Easier to set up
#6
DM
I'm an automotive/product designer using this program for the past 8 years. Alias allows a great deal of freedom with the surfacing and the ability to create 'Class A surfaces'. There's multiple...Read more
Reviewers say compared to CATIA, Alias is:
Easier to set up
#7
UM
NX is best software present in the market for designing. All major companies are switching to NX from catia. It is very easy to learn and work with it. It's level of rendering options cannot be...Read more
Reviewers say compared to CATIA, NX is:
Easier to set up
Easier to do business with
Easier to admin
#8
UM
Creo is a great improvement over Wildfire. It's a bit easier to resolve conflicts and dependencies, and has a slightly cleaner and more user-friendly interface and GUI.
I'll also say that...Read more
Reviewers say compared to CATIA, Creo Direct is:
More usable
Better at support
#9
IA
To create quick 3D models to help into my work. To help CAD designers and suppliers to develop faster toolings
Reviewers say compared to CATIA, Onshape is:
Easier to set up
Easier to do business with
Better at support
#10
TN
open source and free, it's an alternative to Solidworks and Catia for simple use, more modules have to be implemented but as an open source software it can be hard to do it, so do not count on it....Read more
Reviewers say compared to CATIA, FreeCAD is:
More usable
Better at support
Better at meeting requirements
#11
UE
Autocad mechanical is a very basic and user friendly design software which enables its users for a quicker learning.
Reviewers say compared to CATIA, AutoCAD Mechanical is:
Easier to set up
Easier to admin
More usable
#12
UA
Keycreator's ability to be able to bring in complex surface and solid model geometry from any neutral solid and create tooling. KC allows us to turn CAD models into CNC machined aluminum tooling...Read more
Reviewers say compared to CATIA, KeyCreator is:
Easier to set up
Easier to do business with
More usable
#13
JC
This software is incredibly intuitive and really provides an excellent finished product. The software runs relatively quickly and will typically error right away, which is a nice feature. I did not...Read more
Reviewers say compared to CATIA, Altair Inspire is:
More usable
Better at support
#14
UH
DRC rule checker helped me clear issues quickly. Compred to other tools, this made life easier by highlighting and showing issues in a very efficient way. Another thing I love about the tool is...Read more
Reviewers say compared to CATIA, Altium Designer is:
Easier to set up
More usable
Easier to admin
#15
GP
The speed with which complex 3D models can be created. The possibility of finding plugins for many industrial sectors.
Reviewers say compared to CATIA, IronCAD is:
More usable
#16
UE
Easy to understand, very easy to generate Gcodes, since I am a fan of Solidworks over all, it was easy for me to adapt
Reviewers say compared to CATIA, Solidcam is:
Better at support
More usable
#17
UO
Creo is an excellent solid modeling tool.
Reviewers say compared to CATIA, Creo Elements/Direct Modeling is:
More usable
#18
RS
Inventor es una aplicación que le ayuda a solventar la mayoría de los problemas de producción. Además, este software es excelente para definir las especificaciones industriales. Tiene una interfaz...Read more
Reviewers say compared to CATIA, Inventor LT is:
More usable
Better at support
#19
NK
The interface of nTopology is extremely intuitive and operates through a system of function blocks that act as visual code. Similar to Rhino, functions are found using a search bar which is one of...Read more
Reviewers say compared to CATIA, nTopology is:
Better at support
More usable
Better at meeting requirements
#20
GC
Planning never been so easy in this industry. That program is so easy to use (like other products of Autodesk) and easy to learn.Once you get used to Autodesk's top-menu, every product of them...Read more
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