Best Engineering Software for AutoCAD

Compare the Top Engineering Software that integrates with AutoCAD as of July 2025

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This a list of Engineering software that integrates with AutoCAD. Use the filters on the left to add additional filters for products that have integrations with AutoCAD. View the products that work with AutoCAD in the table below.

What is Engineering Software for AutoCAD?

Engineering software is software used by engineers to design, analyze and manufacture various products. It includes a wide range of applications such as CAD/CAE software, analysis tools, optimization tools, and programming tools. Engineering software can be used for a variety of tasks such as designing mechanical parts, analyzing structural stability, simulating system performance, and optimizing product designs. These applications enable engineers to optimize their designs for cost reduction and increased efficiency. Compare and read user reviews of the best Engineering software for AutoCAD currently available using the table below. This list is updated regularly.

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SilicaCAD

FSC

SilicaCAD Professional is a 2D/3D DWG-native CAD for general-purpose drafting. The program is original and based on 22 years’ of CAD experience (since 1999), SilicaCAD offers very high compatibility with AutoCAD® offers more advanced features and exclusive tools essential. The best solution for AEC, and MCAD in all sectors of CAD use. SilicaCAD is the best economic solution, it is a perpetual licensing with more Extra CAD functions at a fraction of the cost of other CADs software. DWG is the same AutoCAD’s file format, so when you open an existing DWG file with SilicaCAD, there’s no file conversion and no data loss. We provide industry-standard compatibility with AutoCAD®, which means you can get to work immediately using DWG files, commands, fonts, blocks, hatches, and Linetypes. You can finally buy a DWG-compatible ACAD at an extremely affordable price.

2 Ratings

Starting Price: $350 per user

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SharkCAD

Punch CAD

Made for professional users, SharkCAD® has superior mesh-based and solid modeling tools that will make your architectural, mechanical, prototyping, and design projects a breeze. This is the perfect CAD software for those who have advanced past the basic 3D modeling CAD tools and are ready to swim with the big fish. Don’t get caught by underperforming software, get SharkCAD. Whether you run a solo engineering or design firm, or employ a big crew, SharkCAD will give you the power you need at a price you can afford. It includes 2D drafting and 3D modeling toolsets, with easy switching 2D/3D views. SharkCAD can help you accomplish 3D prototyping, photorealistic rendering, and designs for product manufacturing or packaging, architectural drawings, home remodeling plans, interior design, inventions, and more. Don’t waste another minute on entry-level software you’ve outgrown. SharkCAD can give you professional quality CAD design tools that won’t cost you an arm and a leg.

2 Ratings

Starting Price: $999.99

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SketchBook

Autodesk

Use the digital drawing and painting app to render ideas and create illustrations. SketchBook drawing and painting software lets designers, architects, and concept artists sketch ideas quickly and create stunning illustrations. Professional drawing tools with a beautiful interface, ideal for those on the go. Designed for both stylus and touch input. With professional drawing tools and a beautiful interface, SketchBook offers a clean, uncluttered workspace for quick access to your tools whenever you need them. Get familiar tools in a digital space, including pencils, inks, markers, and over 190 customizable brushes that can incorporate textures and shapes. Professionals rely on SketchBook for its precision and speed, but mostly because it feels right. Import your SketchBook illustrations into Revit. Use your SketchBook file as an underlay, and build your model on top of the sketch. Use SketchBook to sketch ideas and iterate quickly.

1 Rating

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GeoHECHMS

CivilGEO, Inc.

GeoHECHMS greatly speeds up the creation, analysis, and review of stormwater models. It is a data wrapper to the industry-standard US Army Corps of Engineers HEC-HMS software using an AutoCAD compatible graphical user interface. GeoHECHMS offers: • Automated HEC-HMS Workflows • AutoCAD Civil 3D & ArcGIS Integration • Automated Watershed Delineation • Detention Pond Design • Purpose-Built Stormwater Design Tools • Automated TOC & Lag Time • Automated CN Computations • Comprehensive Report Generation GeoHECHMS lets you quickly compare different scenarios and alternatives, such as pre-development conditions with different post-development designs. Rapidly construct, design, analyze and compare detention and retention ponds.

1 Rating

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progeCAD

progeSOFT

progeCAD is an AutoCAD® compatible 2D/3D CAD application that works with AutoCAD® DWG files from AutoCAD® 2.5 through AutoCAD® 2021 and imports Autodesk Revit® and IFC files! The best solution for AEC, MCAD and all generic CAD usages. progeCAD sells with perpetual licensing and offers more CAD functions than AutoCAD® LT at a fraction of the cost of AutoCAD®, ArchiCAD® or Microstation®. DWG is progeCAD's native file format. It is the same AutoCAD’s file format, so when you open an existing DWG file with progeCAD, there's no file conversion and no data loss. We provide industry standard compatibility with AutoCAD®, that means you can get to work immediately using DWG files, commands, fonts, blocks, hatches and Linetypes. Furthermore, progeCAD imports Autodesk Revit® and IFC BIM objects.

1 Rating

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InEight

InEight

InEight is a leader in construction project controls software, empowering over 850 companies taking on challenging projects in industries including construction and engineering; transportation infrastructure; mining; water; power and renewables; and oil, gas and chemical. Uniquely suited to capital construction and other complex work, our integrated, modular software manages projects worth over $1 trillion globally, taking control of project information management, costs, schedules, contracts, and construction operations, and delivering insights with advanced analytics and AI. InEight's solutions adapt and scale to meet the dynamic needs of modern construction, driving operational excellence and successful project outcomes.

1 Rating

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COMSOL Multiphysics

Comsol Group

Simulate real-world designs, devices, and processes with multiphysics software from COMSOL. General-purpose simulation software based on advanced numerical methods. Fully coupled multiphysics and single-physics modeling capabilities. Complete modeling workflow, from geometry to postprocessing. User-friendly tools for building and deploying simulation apps. The COMSOL Multiphysics® software brings a user interface and experience that is always the same, regardless of engineering application and physics phenomena. Add-on modules provide specialized functionality for electromagnetics, structural mechanics, acoustics, fluid flow, heat transfer, and chemical engineering. Choose from a list of LiveLink™ products to interface directly with CAD and other third-party software. Deploy simulation applications with COMSOL Compiler™ and COMSOL Server™. Create physics-based models and simulation applications with this software platform.

1 Rating

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Asite

Asite

Asite is an open construction platform that enables organizations working on capital projects to come together, plan, design, and build with seamless information sharing across the entire supply chain. Asite’s range of solutions connect dispersed teams across the lifecycle of capital assets, enabling them to build better and build resilience. With Asite, capital project owners stay at the forefront of innovation, maintaining a golden thread of information throughout a project to facilitate the creation of digital twins.

Starting Price: $375.00/month/user

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PDF Conversion SDK

Visual Integrity Technologies

Add PDF Features with 2 API Calls Open, Edit, and View PDF. All that's needed is two API calls and a configuration file. Within a day, you can add, open, import, edit and view PDF features in your app. When formats don't match one-to-one, the SDK neutralizes the differences. This includes adding cropping, fills, color management and fonts. The PDF Conversion SDK processes all PDF versions including ISO Standard PDF 2.0. Any PDF from file or print-ready memory is valid input. Conversions flow straight through without intermediate steps or compromised quality. No printer driver. The PDF Conversion SDK runs on Windows, MacOS and Linux. It supports .NET. Example code included. Removes redundant information & compresses data. This ensures great performance for fast web and application viewing. Search for objects and text strings. Convert PDF to your native file format. Change the contents of a PDF page. Extract images from PDF. Retrieve metadata from PDF (layers, geospecification, etc).

Starting Price: $199 per year

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Revizto

Revizto

Revizto unifies BIM intelligence and makes it immediately accessible and actionable for the entire project team. With Revizto’s advanced Issue Tracker predefined workflows project team members can identify and manage model-based issues in the 3D space and 2D sheets, including addressing clash groups. Revizto provides unified access to a project’s data both for 2D and 3D workflows, so anyone can use it depending on project requirements.

Starting Price: $600.00/year/user

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RFEM

Dlubal Software

The FEA program RFEM allows for quick and easy modeling, structural and dynamic calculation, as well as the design of models with member, plate, wall, folded plate, shell, and solid elements. Due to the modular software concept, you can connect the main program RFEM with the corresponding add‑ons in order to meet your individual requirements. The structural analysis program RFEM provides structural engineers with a 3D FEA program that meets all requirements in modern civil engineering. Efficient data input and intuitive handling facilitate the modeling of simple and complex structures. The structural analysis program RFEM is the basis of a modular software system. The basic program RFEM is used to define structures, materials, and loads for planar and spatial structural systems consisting of plates, walls, shells, and members. The program also allows you to create combined structures as well as model solid and contact elements.

Starting Price: €697.50 rent 1 month

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ReluxDesktop

RELUX Informatik AG

ReluxDesktop is a high-performance, intuitively-operated application for simulating artificial light and daylight. It provides you with rapid and efficient support on all the different aspects of big and small projects, without taking any unnecessary roundabout routes. Simulation of lighting and sensors in real-time! Calculation of absolute values, national and international standards, compatible with CAD and BIM systems, plus a great deal more. The application is available to you free of charge thanks to the support of our partners in the industry. Make ReluxDesktop your day-to-day tool, you'll be surprised how much time you save with it! Add-on for other programs. Useful functions for Autodesk Revit. Add-on for ReluxDesktop. Real tunnel calculation based on the current standards.

Starting Price: free of charge

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RSTAB

Dlubal Software

RSTAB is a powerful analysis and design software for 3D beam, frame, or truss structure calculations, reflecting the current state of the art and helping structural engineers meet requirements in modern civil engineering. Use the successful structural frame & truss analysis software RSTAB for your design of beam, frame, or truss structures consisting of steel, reinforced concrete, timber, aluminum, or other materials. With RSTAB, you can easily and quickly define a structural model and then calculate the internal forces, deformations, and support reactions. There are design add-ons at your side that you can use to consider the material- and standard-specific requirements.

Starting Price: €487.50 rent 1 month

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HydroCAD

HydroCAD Software Solutions

HydroCAD Stormwater Modeling provides easy TR-20, TR-55, SBUH, and Rational hydrology, plus TC calculations, pond storage, outlet hydraulics, pump routing, underground storage, pollutant loading, and more. Special features include direct CAD import, dam breach routing, skimmers, tubes, siphons, local rainfall data import, and a constantly expanding chamber library. Interactive graphical environment is fast and intuitive, producing better results in less time on every project.

Starting Price: $295.00

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Simcad Pro

CreateASoft, Inc.

Simcad Pro lets you visualize, analyze and optimize process flow systems in an interactive 2D/3D simulation modeling environment. Plan, optimize, and re-arrange processes and procedures while optimizing layouts, facility improvement, automation and scheduling. Simcad Pro integrates live and historical data to provide the most effective simulation tool on the market. Applications in multiple industries including manufacturing, automation, logistics, distribution warehouse, food and beverage, services, and more. Multi-Threaded - 64 bit Engine. On-the-fly simulation - Make real-time changes to the model while the simulation is running. Animate the model in 2D, 3D and VR with Ray Tracing, light effect, and shadows. Singular model building environment. Smart, Spatially Aware Agents, Sub-Flows, Collision Avoidance and Real-Time Connectivity. Spaghetti Diagrams, Congestion Analysis, Heat Maps, Efficiency and OEE. Extensive reporting and analysis tools. Scenario Analyzer.

Starting Price: $4950.00/one-time/user

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Tulip

Tulip

Tulip's flexible, no-code frontline operations platform helps manufacturers create front-end applications that guide operators, collect data from workers, machines, and devices, and track metrics against your KPIs. With Tulip, companies can digitally transform their operations in days, gaining real-time visibility of their operations to increase productivity, reduce errors, and drive continuous improvement.

Starting Price: $1,200 per year

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ClearCalcs

ClearCalcs

ClearCalcs is a cloud structural engineering software that enables engineers and designers to streamline their repetitive calculations with easy-to-use calculators for beams, columns, foundations, and more. With calculators available for the US standards, Eurocode, Australian standards, New Zealand standards, and Canadian standards, ClearCalcs is a one-stop shop for improving your productivity and design capability. Calculations can be linked together with one click, saving on time and errors, copy-pasting loads, and reports print to a simple, one-page PDF for easy checking.

Starting Price: $79.00 USD / month

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IDEA Architecture

4M

IDEA Architecture offers advanced 3D BIM modeling within an AutoCAD-like look and feel. You only need to master very simple 2D commands like polylines, entity snaps, copy... and you will soon be drawing in 3D using our libraries of 3D BIM objects. You just need to draw the floor plans using the intelligent and parametric objects of our AutoBLD menu and IDEA Architecture will build the 3D from it. A simple double-click on any of our objects will display its properties for an easy modification. Unlike other BIM Architectural Software, IDEA Architecture uses DWG as its native file format and includes features to convert the 3D BIM objects into simple vectors that can be further viewed and modified in AutoCAD®. You can therefore freely share 2D or 3D files with most of CAD users. Our Architectural Software includes all the features of 4MCAD , our alternative to AutoCAD®.

Starting Price: $1,395 one-time payment

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Plateia

CGS Labs

BIM ready solution for roadway design & reconstruction. Plateia is a professional, BIM-ready, 3D road design and reconstruction software solution. Using its flexible, dynamic data model, it supports BIM workflows and processes, and IFC standardized data format. Carefully designed UI and workflows are consistent with the road design engineering practice. This makes Plateia fast-to-learn and easy-to-use. It provides the commands and tools to support the entire design process. From preliminary to detailed design, from the initial input of survey data to complex 3D road models with analysis tools, to documentation and publishing features. Plateia is a professional, BIM-ready, 3D road design and reconstruction software solution. It provides the commands and tools to support the entire design process, from preliminary to detailed design, from the initial input of survey data to complex 3D road models with analysis tools, to documentation and publishing features.

Starting Price: $263 per 30 days

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BIM Collaborate Pro

Autodesk

Design collaboration and coordination for smarter project delivery. BIM Collaborate is cloud-based design collaboration and coordination software that connects AEC teams, helping you execute on design intent and deliver high-quality constructible models on a single platform. Stay up to date with design progress. Make smarter decisions with project insights. Assess constructability with automatic clash detection. For design teams, BIM Collaborate Pro, formerly known as BIM 360 Design (read the FAQ), adds cloud collaboration capabilities for model co-authoring (includes Revit Cloud Worksharing, Collaboration for Civil 3D, and Collaboration for Plant 3D). Autodesk® BIM Collaborate and Autodesk® BIM Collaborate Pro connects architecture, engineering, and construction teams on a single platform for improved project outcomes. Improve communication with easy feedback tools. Accelerate timelines with live design co-creation (BIM Collaborate Pro only).

Starting Price: $70.83 per month

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Revit MEP

Autodesk

Revit Building Information Modelling software helps engineers, designers and contractors across the mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) disciplines model to a high level of detail and co-ordinate with building project contributors. Streamline the engineering design process with Revit. Use a single model to enhance the communication of design intent, before construction begins. Conduct simulations and interference detection earlier in the design process. Use conceptual energy analysis data for engineering-driven calculations. Design, model and document building systems in the context of a full building information model, including architectural and structural components. Model for MEP fabrication with tools that automate the fabrication model layout. Prepare a model for detailed co-ordination of fabrication and installation. Revit helps team improve accuracy, and speed delivery.

Starting Price: $1,503 per year

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Autodesk PD&M Collection

Autodesk

Accelerate your product design and manufacturing processes. The collection is an integrated set of professional-grade applications that connect everyone, from concept to production, with shared tools to streamline your product development process. Create high-performing product designs and production system layouts. Extend product capabilities and prevent product failures. Connect your team and your data from design to manufacture. See how the collection gives you the power to create your most ambitious ideas, collaborate more efficiently, automate busywork, and explore more design options than ever before. Increase win rates and deliver faster, with a connected and automated toolset, quickly configure and deliver products to customer spec. Use advanced simulation to validate and optimize products and manufacturing processes. Develop products and processes that optimize material use and minimize waste.

Starting Price: $2,855 per year

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Guthrie CAD Viewer

Guthrie CAD/GIS

Our CAD Viewer 2021 is a standalone application that is capable of viewing all AutoCAD and MicroStation drawings. CAD Viewer can be operated with remote desktop access software such as TeamViewer in a tele-commuting environment. We also offer an advanced version of CAD Viewer, CAD Markup 2021, that includes markup and measurement features. Easy to view and print all AutoCAD® DWG/DXF/DWF formats including AutoCAD 2022. View Adobe® PDF, MicroStation® DGN, Inventor, and other CAD formats. One time fee for a perpetual license. Fast technical support that you can not expect with other free viewer software. No registration required to download and use. Quick download and simple installation. Instantly load and print CAD drawings. Convert and Publish CAD drawings as PDF or JPEGs. Convenient network installation and network license for multiple users licenses. CAD Viewer features include save to PDF, convert DWG to PDF, DXF to PDF, DGN to PDF, with the option to output drawings individually.

Starting Price: $65 per user

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K-Display View

Kubotek3D

K-Display® View software means less effort getting all the design details to everyone in your chain. Programs and apps for reading, navigating, and measuring all major CAD file formats on any device. With K-Display View, you will always be prepared for the next CAD file, no matter what it is. K-Display requires no additional CAD software and is designed with an intuitive interface, allowing manufacturing, sales, support, and service departments to easily view and interrogate files. You can relax because K-Display View is a local install, read-only program so you will never save a changed version of the file or need to upload sensitive/customer data to the Internet. Powered by Kubotek’s next-generation Kosmos technology, K-Display employs full multi-threaded processing guaranteed to bring a new level of speed when opening larger files. K-Display View has desktop and mobile compatible versions, supporting Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, and iOS.

Starting Price: $29 per month

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ABViewer

CADSoftTools

ABViewer is universal software for PC for working with drawings. It enables you to view, edit, convert, measure and print DWG and other CAD files, as well as 3D models and raster images. You can work with a separate fragment of a drawing or, on the contrary, with a group of files. All this at an attractive price! ABViewer allows converting single files or a group of files. Batch conversion provides a wide range of export settings, for example, black-and-white mode, specifying the output file size, etc. The 3D section panel has controls for setting up visual display of 3D models and section planes. The panel is available in the 3D Viewer mode. The commands and options of the 3D Section panel enable to customize 3D model viewing. To display parts of a model, section and gizmo use the settings located at the top of the form. It is possible to create several planes at the same time.

Starting Price: $48

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Amethyst CADwizz Ultra

CADwizz

This is the latest version of our top-selling CAD viewer. It supersedes the CADwizz MAX and CADwizz LE versions, and has been completely rewritten. In addition to greater stability and improved 3D features, the program offers increased speed and performance through OpenGL and DirectX rendering. AutoCAD is not required, small and lean, easy-to-use interface, greater stability, improved 3D features, increased speed and performance, supports the latest versions of AutoCAD, and it's compatible with Windows 10. Quickly and easily select AutoCAD files with the built-in File and Thumbnail explorers. Browser style Forward/Back buttons allow easy file navigation. Render 3D models as wireframe, hidden line, flat shaded, or gouraud shaded. Select either parallel or perspective projections. Supports hidden line removal on printing. Directly open zipped archives and view multiple drawings. Mark-up drawings with redline annotations.

Starting Price: $19 per user

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Apowersoft CAD Viewer

Apowersoft

An easy-to-use, yet full-featured CAD software that can view, annotate, measure, edit and convert your drawings quickly. Anyone can open and view all versions of AutoCAD drawings completely and accurately, and even edit and model their designs quickly and easily due to its exclusive analytical technique. No matter if it's a higher or lower DWG file, this CAD software allows you to open it without such problems as unclear fonts, wrong mild steel types, inexplicable Latin character garbled, etc. It also has a useful toolkit to modify and re-model the designs.You can annotate your drawings with text, linear, ellipse, rectangle, etc. In addition, add annotative dimensions to the objects in your draft without damaging the quality including linear, radial, angular, ordinate, arc length, etc. Measure the distance, angle, radius, area, volume, arc length, coordinate, and even edit the drawings as you go.

Starting Price: $19.95

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Easy CAD Viewer

BENZSOFT

Easy CAD Viewer allows you to view and print various AutoCAD drawings on your PC easily and quickly. It also enables you to manage 2D and 3D CAD drawings. Easy CAD Viewer works with AutoCAD DWG, DXF, DWF files of all versions as early as AutoCAD Release 9 and as recent as AutoCAD 2020. Easy CAD Viewer is the fastest multiple-threading CAD drawings viewer available for Microsoft Windows all versions. The software is more than a viewer, it converts DWG, DXF, DWF drawings to image formats such as BMP, JPG, GIF, PNG, TIFF, and TGA. You also can access Easy CAD Viewer by right-clicking any drawing stored on your PC. You can view and manage your CAD files even if you don't have AutoCAD software installed, since Easy CAD Viewer is a standalone program. Full zoom control including zoom in, zoom out, zoom extents, zoom to fit, zoom to window. Rotate drawings clockwise or anticlockwise for easy review. Obtain geometric information from drawings such as distance, length, mass, and volume.

Starting Price: $69

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SolidView

SolidView

SolidView is a basic version of the software offered at $99. The product allows the user to view, rotate and print STL and SolidWorks files, and will measure SVD files (the SVD format can be created from any file opened by a user with SolidView/Pro). This allows a workgroup to easily publish files with one copy of SolidView/Pro and multiple copies of either SolidView or SolidView/Lite. The SolidView user can also edit and save SVD files. SolidView/Pro is the centerpiece product. The greatest benefit of SolidView/Pro is the ability to open native CAD files without having to own expensive CAD software. Simply purchase the specific interface(s) you need for popular CAD programs. In addition, SolidView/Pro can translate, scale, rotate, mirror, copy and combine 3D data, as well as perform complex measurements. It can publish SVD files to be opened with SolidView and SolidView/Lite. It also includes a mold analysis feature. Network licenses are available.

Starting Price: $99

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Predator Software

Predator Software

Since 1994, Predator Software focuses on automating manufacturers worldwide with innovative and award-winning software applications. Predator Software is an industry leader in Industry 4.0, lean manufacturing, industrial networking solutions and automation via shop floor control or SFC. Predator's SFC technologies include CNC networking, machine monitoring, OEE, production data management, data collection, machine simulation & verification, tool & gage crib management, traveler management, CNC post processing, flexible manufacturing systems and robotic cell control software.

Starting Price: $250

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