Compare the Top CAD Software in Africa as of November 2025 - Page 6

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    Gemini CreativeSTUDIO

    Gemini CreativeSTUDIO

    Gemini CAD Systems

    CreativeSTUDIO helps you shorten the time to market, reduce costs, and be ready for e-commerce by digitizing the entire product development process. Creating a new product means more than drawing its patterns. It starts with design sketching, browsing, and choosing fabrics and accessories, it then passes through pattern design, grading, sampling, elaborating the tech-pack, creating the content for e-commerce publishing, customization, manufacturing planning, sourcing, costing, product care, recycling, and more. None of the above is news for you, they are part of your usual product development process today. Our goal is to help you do all these activities in a digital, integrated, and collaborative environment.
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    MBDVidia

    MBDVidia

    Capvidia

    Automatically assign balloon numbers, designate major & minor criticalities and track revision changes from the authority or native CAD. Produce machine-readable PMI. Heal GD&T errors, repair conflicting data, and optimize CAD with MBD ready check. Examine easy-to-read views and measurement data that are populated in a customizable Excel form. Examine easy-to-read views and measurement data populated in a customizable MBD-rich form like Excel, Net-Inspect, HTML, PDF, etc. Import measurement results data back into MBD model for CAD model with PMI that is human & machine-readable. With MBD ready check, make sure your PMI is machine readable to drive downstream automation.
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    Meshmatic

    Meshmatic

    VRSQUARE

    Convert your 3D CAD files into optimized mesh content for different visualization projects such as rendering, AR, VR, web, and game engine development, and 3D printing, No need to have extensive 3D knowledge. Just choose your end goal and Meshmatic will automatically convert and optimize your file in just a few clicks. Meshmatic’s key feature are: - Read and write Solidworks, CATIA, STEP, FBX, OBJ, 3ds Max, STL, SKP, Creo, GLTF, Datasmith, and other 3D formats. -Meshmatic has one of the most accurate tessellation algorithms in the market. -Automated algorithms optimize and prepare your file for the next step in your 3D pipeline. These tools include: mesh cleanup, hierarchy cleanup, duplicate instantiation, small parts removal, internal part deletion, LOD generation, and UV unwrapping. -Meshmatic is desktop application so your files stay on your PC or local network. -Fully automated optimization means you don’t need extensive 3D knowledge. -No programming skills required.
    Starting Price: $60
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    nanoCAD Mechanica
    Mechanica is nanoCAD’s 2D drafting and 3D mechanical design module. It is based on an advanced parametric engine and works with a large library of standard parts. It enables users to carry out fast development of high-quality mechanical engineering drawings and project documentation. nanoCAD platform provides you with a full set of basic and advanced design tools for creating and editing 2D/3D objects. It offers multiple drawing and editing methods for most geometric elements. nanoCAD platform is the base on which you build a more powerful CAD system to your specifications. Mechanica extends the nanoCAD platform with an array of mechanical drawing and engineering calculation utilities coupled with a vast library of standard and user-defined parts. The synergy speeds up the parametric drafting process. Advanced tools for designing shafts and pipelines. Drawing projections made with engineering standards.
    Starting Price: $199 per year
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    Caddie

    Caddie

    Caddie Limited

    2D draughting and 3D modelling software for the construction and engineering industries. Caddie combines accurate drawing with GIS information (SG Diagrams, Satellite Imagery, ArcGIS content, Open Streetmap information etc.) in many different projections allowing users to create working drawings, 3D models and photo-realistic renders of their schemes. Caddie uses the industry standard .DWG format for storing drawings and can be licenced for single user, multiple user or cloud licenced. Caddie includes vertical applications for Architecture (2D and 3D), Civils, Digital Terrain Modelling, GIS, Landscape Architecture, Mechanical Engineering, Photo-realistic rendering, Steelwork, Surveying, and Town Planning. Caddie outputs to printers and plotters, PDF, 3D printers and many other formats. In addition to normal image formats Caddie also supports MrSID and ECW formats for imagery. A 14 Day trial version with full functionality allows potential users to evaluate the software at no cost.
    Starting Price: $30 per month per licence
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    PROFIS Engineering Suite
    Hilti PROFIS Engineering Suite is a user-friendly, cloud-based software that makes designing structural connections faster and easier in construction projects with time saving productivity features. Design connections for multiple base materials and applications. Design anchors in multiple base materials such as concrete, masonry, and concrete over metal. Not just for anchors, PROFIS Engineering designs post-installed rebar, base plates, and diaphragm shear fasteners for metal deck attachments. Help save time with productivity features such as Smart Design anchor layout, import loads, running multiple load combinations and developing design templates. New to PROFIS Engineering? Sign up for a free 30-day trial of the premium version or try the free standard version.
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    Bechtle PLM

    Bechtle PLM

    Bechtle PLM

    Bechtle PLM is a comprehensive product-lifecycle-management solution and service concept that helps businesses accelerate their time-to-market by strengthening the network of individual business segments and optimizing how they work together. It goes beyond core PLM components of design, production, and replacement parts management by offering a holistic approach that considers the entire IT landscape, including hardware, infrastructure, software, business applications such as BI, CRM, ERP, CAD, PDM, CAM, DMS/ECM, and AI, to create an integrated, turnkey PLM environment. The solution supports all lifecycle phases from beginning-of­-life (product and design development), through middle-of­-life (supplier collaboration, warranty, and product information management), to end-of­-life (recycling, disposal, remarketing) and enables parallel development stages, improved information quality, reduced reliance on physical prototypes, and faster response times.
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    CADopia

    CADopia

    CADopia

    CADopia is a powerful Computer-Aided-Design software for engineers, architects, designers and drafters — virtually anyone who creates, edits, or views professional drawings. CADopia 19 is available in 12 languages – Chinese, Czech, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish. CADopia Professional Services can help you maximize the returns on your investment in CAD technology. CADopia provides upfront consulting services, custom application development, staff training,technical support, and project outsourcing solutions. Productivity enhancing drafting tools such as custom construction plane, entity snaps, grids, entity and polar tracking allowsyou to complete your drawings precisely and efficiently.
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    Phitomas

    Phitomas

    Phitomas

    Technology is growing faster than ever, but business processes don’t always keep up, and companies that can’t keep up with the pace of change and adapt to disruptive innovation often find themselves floundering. To remain competitive in the market, businesses are increasingly embracing digital transformation and shifting their focus to a new business model: the intelligent enterprise. Intelligent enterprise refers to the approach of utilizing the latest technologies and new service paradigms to improve business performances in real-time. As a result, it accelerates innovation and automation, creates new business models, and provides remarkable experiences. Phitomas’ goal is to create an intelligent enterprise for our customers to help them evolve in this fast-changing economy so that they do not cease to exist. At Phitomas, we help you to create more connected operations, drive greater operational efficiency and reduce costs.
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    CADISON

    CADISON

    CADISON

    CADISON Piping and instrumentation design software - P&ID Designer is a comprehensive solution for creation of PFD/P&ID, Instrumentation (measurements, hook-up’s, I/O‘s), specifications and calculations (media, pipe specification, pump sizing, pipe sizing, etc.), and reports generation. It is a rule-based P&ID engineering solution that effectively supports an engineer to accurately design a plant as per engineering standards (DIN, EN ISO 10628, ANSI, etc.) and also provides flexibility to configure the system as per company standards. This P&ID software allows project planning processes and diagrams to merge seamlessly in such a way that all project-related data is dynamically available to the users. This in turn allows integration of all preliminary project planning done earlier with basic and detail engineering, and then merged with two-dimensional layout planning.
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    Stallion 3D

    Stallion 3D

    Hanley Innovations

    Stallion 3D quickly generates aerodynamic performance data (lift, drag and moments) for new and existing CAD designs. Get superior RANS results without having to make a single grid. Grid generation in Stallion 3D is fully automatic. This eliminates the most time consuming and painful bottleneck in CFD. Stallion 3D quickly and accurately predicts the aerodynamic performance of your designs using its proprietary CFD algorithm (HIST). The software imports your CAD models and generates the 3D aerodynamic data needed to verify your designs and ensure your success. Reports of lift, drag, yaw, roll, pitch magnitudes and related forces and moments in the coordinates direction. Plots of 2D line graphs of Cp, velocity, mach number, density and temperature at constant coordinates locations long the STL surface (for example, you can plot Cp (x) at any span location along the wing).
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    Dv TDM

    Dv TDM

    Practical Programs

    Total Document Management (Dv TDM) is a robust globally recognized solution for managing everything from day-to-day business documents to technical documents and drawings throughout their entire lifecycle. Dv TDM Dv TDM supports Microsoft Office documents (i.e., Word, Excel, Outlook) along with engineering documents/drawings such as AutoCAD, Microstation, PDF, and many more. Share documents and drawings on the web, control versions, view and markup documents without the need for the native file application and more. It is designed with an extensive set of configurable features that serve to address a wide spectrum of lifecycle business processes for almost any type of electronic file. Dv TDM provides document viewing capabilities for over 200 common file formats without the need for the native application to be installed on the accessing user's machine. Dv TDM is packed with Workflow, Knowledge Group, Transmittals modules and much more to make managing documents and drawing files easy.
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    KeyCreator

    KeyCreator

    Kubotek USA

    KeyCreator is the legendary manufacturing-oriented workhorse 3D/2D CAD software that has seen it all and remains the go-to problem-solving tool for leading suppliers and designers. Discover the most compatible, efficient, and agile drafting solution available. Direct read of native drawings from the most comprehensive list of any drafting software; CATIA V5 & V4, PTC Creo, Siemens NX, SolidWorks, Solid Edge, DWG/DXF & CADKEY. Full control to revise drawing views, revision blocks, and add dimensions without the original CAD software. Automated drawing views and custom borders created as layouts in the main file. Comprehensive options to adjust view contents and look. Quickly add section, detail, and shaded isometric views. Easy-to-learn, professional-grade detailing. All style settings in dialogs. No complex set of variables and settings to remember. Import solids from any major CAD program and rotate, slice, and measure.
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    CAESES

    CAESES

    FRIENDSHIP SYSTEMS AG

    CAESES® foundation is a powerful and flexible parametric 3D modeler. The main purpose: Robust variable geometry with fewer parameters. Create a clean and robust parametric geometry that is ideal for automated meshing and analysis. Integrate, launch and control your simulation runs. Let it be your flexible GUI for process automation incl. 3D post-processing. CAESES® offers integrated methods for automated design explorations and shape optimization. Optimize imported geometries by using the shape deformation and morphing techniques of CAESES. CAESES® is a command-driven platform that can be fully scripted and customized. Includes batch mode capabilities. Accelerate your shape optimization process by mapping the results of an adjoint flow analysis to the geometry parameters. Get your flexible CAESES model in just a few days! Customized to your needs and easy to use. No CAESES expertise required.
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    Visiativ

    Visiativ

    Visiativ

    Visiativ creates and develops digital tools to empower individuals and teams in improving efficiency, enhancing productivity, and ultimately increasing business performance. We understand how projects evolve and that every business is unique in terms of legacy systems and infrastructure. We work with clients to define their digital transformation roadmap – from diagnosis, through development to implementation, training, communications, and follow-up. Visiativ helps companies to sustainably maximize their potential. With proven experience working with over 23,000 SMEs and mid-cap companies, worldwide, recognized expertise and a large, co-development community, Visiativ makes digital transformation an acceleration lever for the enterprise, thus improving the relationship, experience and satisfaction of both client and employee. More than 35 years’ experience working with businesses in all sectors and geographies, from SME’s to global players.
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    CAMplete TruePath

    CAMplete TruePath

    CAMplete Solutions

    Have you ever wondered why your tool paths look great in your CAM System but not on your milling machine? This is no longer something you have to consider, because with CAMplete TruePath the answer is clear. CAMplete TruePath bridges the gap between your CAM systems and your 5-axis machines. It provides everything needed to post process, verify and simulate 5-Axis tool paths in a 3D environment. CAMplete TruePath is an easy-to-use application that takes you from your CAM System to your machine efficiently and safely. Using toolpath data from all industry leading CAM Systems, TruePath’s customizable post-processor allows you to output your NC programs the way you need, with no on-machine editing required. 5-axis simulation, visualization and verification tools give you the confidence of knowing how your machine will behave before you run a single line of G-code. CAMplete works closely with CAM companies, their applications engineers and end users to ensure compatibility.
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    card_1

    card_1

    IB&T Software GmbH

    The professional CAD software card_1 provides unique features when working on projects, thus increasing your lead on the competition: you'll always be one step ahead. Whether you are surveying, planning routes or presenting projects, you can be sure you're putting your time to best use when working on your PC. The card_1 Version 9.0 offers unique solutions for your project work, enabling you to work even more efficiently and confidently than ever before. We're certainly on the right track and will continue to develop card_1 into an even more intelligent and professional system. Join us on our journey! With this innovative and comprehensive CAD solution, specifically tailored to the needs of civil engineering, you can reach your targets in no time at all. The components of card_1 have all been designed with one goal in mind: enabling you to work most efficiently on your surveying and planning projects.
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    ModuleWorks

    ModuleWorks

    ModuleWorks

    We increase your competitiveness and accelerate your time to market by quickly and reliably integrating a broad spectrum of the leading and industry-proven CAD/CAM technology into your software solution. As an independent company with a global reach that works in partnership with its customers, we continuously invest in developing innovative technology to enable you to master every challenge. ModuleWorks is a leading provider of software components and solutions for CAD/CAM systems and CNC machining. Offering 5-axis, 4-axis and 3-axis machining and simulation technology, our comprehensive product portfolio and cutting-edge software components are used in many of the leading CAM systems and digital manufacturing solutions worldwide. ModuleWorks Digital Manufacturing optimizes the performance and efficiency of milling and turning processes throughout the CAM and PLM enterprise industries with a powerful combination of toolpath generation components, 3D simulation software.
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    Demo3D

    Demo3D

    Rockwell Automation

    Provide your prospect with realistic-looking videos of your proposal, a bill of materials, and a CAD layout to demonstrate your commitment. Demo3D is unique in providing the features and functionality you need to create impressive models fast, without spending the project budget before you even get it. Demo3D allows a wide range of equipment to be prototyped and tested with different controls and operating logic. Users verify synchronization, flow, sequencing, and functionality before committing to physical builds, saving time and money. Demo3D models reduce the physical prototyping necessary to develop new machines and are a powerful way to demonstrate operation to project stakeholders. Assemble impressive and accurate demonstration models, create CAD layouts, and generate a bill of materials from plug-and-play catalog elements in time for those initial project discussion meetings.
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    CADObject
    CADObject is a unique development of "ExonIT" LLC which allows to create of application systems and WEB services that provide interaction between CAD and GIS apps. Creation and managing of project documentation exacting the customer's requirements. Decreasing the operational costs thanks to real-time updating of documentation. Maintenance of the history of the object lifecycle with instant access to the needed information in real-time. Integration with existing enterprises' systems. The main difference between CADObject and other similar products is, that in process of data exchange between CAD and GIS, CADObject creates an object data model whilst converting. During this process, all the standard graphic symbols are recognized, united into separate objects according to a certain classifier, and transferred to a spatial database. Each object has a specific entry in the database, which allows the development of analytical spatial solutions.
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    CAD+T

    CAD+T

    CAD+T

    Powerful 3d interior design software based on AutoCAD® and Inventor® specialized in the furniture industry form the basis for an initial, fast and professional planning for your new project. In addition to the high usability, the software is characterized by its large range of functions. These include the quick, time-saving visualization of interior furnishings including walls, windows and doors, wall openings, the cabinet configurator, and much more. Whether interior designer, carpenter, joiner, shopfitter, or exhibition stand designer, the range of functions enables the designer, the draftsman as well as the client a fast and realistic presentation of the project. The CAD+T planning module based on Autodesk AutoCAD® is particularly suitable for doing the first design of interior fittings including walls, windows, and doors as well as wall openings as fast as possible. Schedule with materials from the leading hardware suppliers.
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    LightningCAD

    LightningCAD

    RoleModel Software

    Dynamic, user-guided design, delivered over a browser, with instant access to estimations, parts lists, shopping carts, 3D-printer-ready files, etc. Output tailored to your needs. Your business rules are built into the software. We extract your expertise and put it into code that empowers your team to focus on the complex parts of their job while your system does the rest. No learning curve. Visual design as simple as drag and drop places control into the hands of your sales team, your customer, or any user you choose. Use your engineers at the right time, not when you’re forced to. Cloud-based design to enable your team. LightningCAD systems are easily accessible with no installation necessary, supporting collaboration in your organization and beyond. Design, share, and produce without the holdups. From construction blueprints to ready-to-print 3D surgical toolkits, your custom system delivers what you need. Quickly, intuitively, and automatically updated as you design.
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    SPULLOWS

    SPULLOWS

    SPUDWEB Technologies

    All calculations right from number of convolutions, width, fatigue life cycle, stress, weight, movement calculations, tie-rod, sleeve, shroud, end pipe length and vibration calculations are done automatically. After the calculations, SPULLOWS also generates manufacturing drawing in ACAD or any other 2D drafting software of the bellows with assembly and child part drawing along with BOM (Bill of Materials), Standards / Schedules used, a 3D model, and costing sheet. All these outputs are generated automatically by a click of a button. The material options in the software consist of all the standard materials used in the manufacture of bellows, like SS, MS, Inconel to just name a few of them. However, the user has an option to add a new material into the database by going to the Admin screen and adding new material.
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    CADMeister

    CADMeister

    CADMeister

    With tools to make every part of your process more human and a support team excited to help you, getting started with inbound has never been easier. All come together in one place. Mastercam has seen the manufacturing industry evolve over the past 35 years and has advanced their technology along with those changes. Mastercam delivers CAD/CAM software tools for all types of programming, from the most basic to the extremely complex including 2-axis machining, multiaxis milling and turning, wire EDM, router applications, free-form artistic modeling and cutting, and 3D design. We believe that Mastercam should be your first and only choice when selecting a CAM package to meet your business’ requirements.
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    GoCAD Collaboration
    GoCAD Collaboration encompasses our overall CAD integration offerings for customers with diverse needs. Our solutions are purpose built, configurable and designed to help customers optimize their CAD Data Management processes. It provides out of the box customizable and flexible bi-directional integrations between CAD and PLM to increase the velocity of innovation and reduce the product's time to market.
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    CADMATIC Hull
    From basic to detailed production design, hull design software creates 3D models and automatically extracts accurate production data for construction parts of any complexity. We have created our hull design software to make your project execution as simple as possible, no matter your project's complexity. Our CAD/CAM software solution covers all stages of hull design, starting from basic design and creating documentation for classification to a complete 3D detailed model and automatic extraction of production data. Store hull structures topologically for quick and easy modifications. Take your design concepts to the next level with the HiLTop module. Set up and control special dependencies from a single location. Get up-to-date production information directly from the 3D model. Visualize and simulate your build strategy. Define your own report layouts and data fields. CADMATIC Hull allows you to 3D model the entire hull structure from hull surface import until the end of your project.
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    CADMATIC Outfitting
    Integrated database-driven design for P&IDs, preliminary and detailed 3D modeling, pre-outfitting, and production data. CADMATIC Outfitting and Piping lets you easily coordinate your complex multidisciplinary engineering projects. Organize and verify the work of your designers and their 3D models wherever their location thanks to our powerful data-driven application. The intelligent system automatically selects the correct components, materials, and sizes in your machinery, outfitting, and piping design. Our optimized user interface combined with industry-leading customer service makes CADMATIC Outfitting and Piping easy to learn and implement, making your projects run smoothly and efficiently. Ensure consistency of your diagrams in multi-user and multi-site projects. Compare diagrams with the 3D model to identify variations and safeguard reliability. Seamlessly produce 3D models and documentation for approval. Complete and accurate design at all assembly and production stages.
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    CADWorx

    CADWorx

    Hexagon PPM

    CADWorx® Design Review allows the review and publishing of CADWorx models by designers, managers, owners and other stakeholders. Discover how you can improve collaboration by utilizing tools for markups, design comments and redlining. By using CADWorx Design Review, users are able to create realistic visualizations and access the intelligent information. Whether it is one model file or multiple model files, the intuitive interface and its performance-based makes manipulating and moving around even the largest models quick and smooth. Collaborate and review designs more quickly and intuitively with CADWorx Design Review with tools for markups, design comments and redlining. There is no need to manually load the separate model files that make up a design. If files are externally referenced, these are automatically included in the review model. Powerful visualization tools provide settings for color, transparency, model shadows, layers, specs, service and line numbers.
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    Inventor Nastran
    CAD-embedded finite element analysis software. Use a wider variety of study types and materials in your analysis. Inventor® Nastran® delivers finite element analysis (FEA) tools for engineers and analysts. Simulation covers multiple analysis types, such as linear and nonlinear stress, dynamics, and heat transfer. Inventor Nastran is available only in the Product Design & Manufacturing Collection. The Product Design & Manufacturing Collection delivers tools that work right inside Inventor—including advanced simulation, 5-axis CAM, and nesting, plus AutoCAD and Fusion 360.
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    MaxxCAM

    MaxxCAM

    MaxxCAM Solutions ApS

    MaxxCAM generates efficient tooling and has the best auto and interactive tooling engine in the industry. Auto tooling & interactive tooling Auto and interactive microjoint placement Auto tooling of special shapes Auto tooling of counter sink, tapping, forming Full Wilson Wheel support Graphical turret loading Auto part removal by chute or picker device Feedrate control Cost estimation for parts and nests Auto part ID tooling Nesting: MaxxCAM's irregular and rectangular nesting engine will allow nesting on multiple sheets and sizes at the same time, resulting in mind blowing results. MaxxCAM CAD/CAM solutions are available world wide. More information can be found on our webpage.