Audience
Engineers and professionals interested in an offline 3D CAD viewer and converter solution to visualize and convert their CAD files
About CAD Assistant
Open Cascade CAD Assistant is a powerful offline 3D CAD viewer and converter with simple and intuitive interface, free for both personal and commercial use. Originally developed as a testbed and showcase for the Open CASCADE Technology on mobile platforms, the solution has been appreciated as fast and handy 3D viewer by thousands of end-users on mobiles and desktops worldwide. CAD Assistant brings the power of open technologies to the hands of engineers working with 3D data. CAD Assistant is based on open source libraries (Open CASCADE Technology, Qt, FreeType, FreeImage, etc.) and employs open formats for CAD and mesh data (STEP, IFC, IGES, BREP, glTF, JT, PLY, STL, OBJ, 3DM). It also supports a set of other file formats like DXF, SAT (ACIS), XT (Parasolid). Viewing mesh models with associated data is an additional functionality included in CAD Assistant. Mesh can be read from files in PLY format.
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Pricing
Starting Price:
Free
Free Version:
Free Version available.
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Company Information
Open Cascade
Founded: 2000
France
www.opencascade.com/products/cad-assistant/
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Product Details
Platforms Supported
SaaS
Windows
Mac
Linux
iPhone
iPad
Android
Training
Documentation
Live Online
Support
Phone Support
Online
CAD Assistant Frequently Asked Questions
CAD Assistant Product Features
CAD Viewers
Editing
View .IGES Files
View .STEP Files
View .STL Files
View 3D Files
Annotate
Batch Conversion
Collaboration Tools
Track Changes
View .DWF Files
View .DWG Files
View 2D Files