CAD and 3D
Drafting, modelling, BIM and rendering packages for architecture, product and engineering work.
Titles in this category
Most transferred firstAutodesk AutoCAD 2027
Precision 2D drafting and 3D modelling with the full toolset, the specialised industry libraries and native DWG throughout.
SketchUp Pro 2026
Push and pull modelling that stays fast to think in, with LayOut for documentation and the full extension and import set enabled.
Autodesk Revit 2027
Building information modelling where the model carries the data, and every plan, section and schedule is generated from it rather than drawn separately.
SolidWorks 2026 Premium
Parametric mechanical design with assemblies, drawings, simulation and the Premium add-in set for routing, tolerance analysis and rendering.
Lumion Pro 2025
Real time architectural visualisation that takes a CAD or BIM model and turns it into rendered stills, walkthroughs and panoramas in a single session.
Chaos Enscape
A real time rendering plugin that lives inside the modelling application, so the render window updates as the model is edited.
Chaos V-Ray for SketchUp
A production renderer that plugs into the modeller and turns a working model into photographic output without exporting the geometry anywhere else.
Autodesk 3ds Max 2027
Polygon modelling, animation and rendering with the full modifier stack, particle and physics systems and the bundled renderer set included.
Autodesk AutoCAD Architecture 2027
The drafting platform with architectural objects layered on top, so walls, doors and windows behave as building components while the file stays native DWG.
Rhinoceros 8
A general purpose NURBS modeller that draws, edits and translates surface geometry between the file formats every other package in a design office expects.
Autodesk Maya 2027
The animation and modelling package that most character pipelines are built around, with the full rigging, simulation and rendering stack in one installer.
Adobe Substance 3D Painter
Texture painting directly onto a model with layered smart materials, generators and masks that update themselves as the mesh underneath changes.
GRAPHISOFT ArchiCAD 29
A building information modelling package where the model is the drawing set, so plans, sections and schedules all update from one coordinated source.
Pixologic ZBrush 2026
Digital sculpting at polygon counts other packages will not carry, with the retopology, texturing and printing tools needed to get the result back out again.
Autodesk Inventor Professional 2027
Parametric mechanical design with assemblies, sheet metal, weldments and simulation in one package, driven by a feature history that can be edited at any point.
Siemens NX 2506
An integrated modelling, simulation and manufacturing package for product development, covering solids, surfaces, assemblies and toolpath generation in one environment.
CATIA V5-6R2022
The long serving mechanical design platform used across aerospace and automotive work, covering part modelling, surfacing, large assemblies and drafting.
ANSYS Products 2026 R1
The full simulation package covering structural, thermal, fluid and electromagnetic analysis, installed as one set rather than as individual solvers.
NI Multisim Professional
Schematic capture with a SPICE engine underneath, so a circuit can be probed with simulated instruments before any part is ordered or any board is cut.
Autodesk AutoCAD Electrical 2027
The drafting engine with an electrical controls toolset layered on top, so schematics carry wire numbers, component tags and generated reports rather than being drawings of lines.
Maxon Cinema 4D Studio
Modelling, animation, simulation and rendering in one package, with the procedural toolset that makes motion graphics work reasonable to build and reasonable to change.
LightBurn
Layout, editing and machine control for laser cutters in one application, so artwork is drawn, arranged, given power and speed settings and sent to the machine without a separate sender.
Altium Designer
Schematic capture and board layout in one environment, with constraint driven routing, a 3D board view and the manufacturing output set generated from the same project.
CLO Standalone
Garment design with real cloth simulation, so a 2D pattern is sewn together and draped on a body in the same window and a fit change is seen without cutting fabric.
Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D 2027
Civil engineering design on a model rather than on lines, where surfaces, alignments, profiles and corridors update each other and the drawings update with them.
Blender
A complete 3D pipeline in one package covering modelling, sculpting, UVs, rigging, simulation, rendering, compositing and a video sequencer.
PTC Creo
Parametric product design covering solid modelling, assemblies, surfacing, simulation and drawings, with the full help centre included offline.
Luxion KeyShot Pro
Real time rendering that takes CAD geometry straight in, with a material library, HDRI lighting and animation, and no scene setup ritual before the first image.
CorelDRAW Technical Suite 2026
Technical illustration and documentation tooling that takes CAD geometry in and produces dimensioned, standards-compliant drawings for manuals and parts catalogues.
Autodesk AutoCAD Mechanical 2027
The drafting package with a mechanical engineering layer on top, carrying standard parts libraries, machinery generators and automatic bill of materials tooling.
STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition
Structural analysis and design across steel, concrete and timber, with the international design code set included and results reported per member.
CSI ETABS Ultimate
Building analysis and design built around storeys and floor systems, taking a model from geometry through seismic analysis to detailed member design and drawings.
Adobe Dimension
Scene composition and rendering aimed at product and packaging visuals, placing artwork onto three dimensional models and lighting the result photographically.
Marvelous Designer Enterprise
Garment simulation built on real pattern pieces and stitches, producing cloth that drapes and folds correctly on a moving character or a static form.
Autodesk Fusion 360
Parametric modelling, simulation, rendering and machining toolpaths in one application, so a part moves from sketch to cut file without leaving the environment.
Autodesk Revit LT 2026
Building modelling and documentation in a lighter package, where plans, sections and schedules all come from one coordinated model.
Reallusion Character Creator
A character generation and rigging system that produces game ready and render ready humans without modelling a base mesh from scratch.
D5 Render
A real time ray traced visualisation package that takes a model straight out of a modelling application and produces lit stills and walkthroughs without a render queue.
Mastercam 2026
Computer aided manufacturing that turns a solid model into verified toolpaths and machine ready code for milling, turning and wire work.
Autodesk AutoCAD LT 2027
The two dimensional drafting and detailing package, carrying the full drawing, annotation and layout toolset without the modelling and customisation layers.
Chaos Corona for 3ds Max
A physically based renderer for the modelling host, aimed at photographic interior and exterior work with very few settings to get wrong.
Vectric Aspire Pro
Design and toolpath software that turns flat artwork into carved relief models and machine ready cutting paths for routers and engraving machines.