Comparison of 3D computer graphics software

3D computer graphics software refers to packages used to create 3D computer-generated imagery.

Application	Latest release date and version	Developer	Platforms	Main uses	License
3ds Max	2024-10-16 v 2025.3	Autodesk	Windows	Modeling, animation (video games and films only), FX simulation, lighting, rendering	Proprietary
AC3D	2022-04-27 v 9.0	Inivis	Linux, macOS, Windows	Modeling	Proprietary
Alibre Design	2022-08-03 v 25	Alibre, LLC	Windows	Computer aided design	Proprietary
AutoCAD	2022-03-28 v 2023	Autodesk	macOS, Windows	2D computer aided design, 3D modeling, basic rendering, rudimentary animation (of camera, not objects)	Proprietary
Blender	2024-08-20 v 4.2.1^[1]^[2]	Blender Foundation	Windows, macOS, Linux, BSD, Solaris, AmigaOS 4, MorphOS	2D–3D cartoon animation, lighting, modeling, node based material creation, texturing, 3D texture painting, UV mapping, rendering (internal, external, 3D anaglyph and VR), 3D rigging and animation, sculpting, visual 3D effects, basic post-production video editing, motion tracking, Python scripting, fluid simulation, particles, physics, compositing	GPL-2.0-or-later^[3]
Carrara	2013-08-26 8.5.1.19	Daz 3D	Windows, macOS	Animation, modeling	Proprietary
Cheetah 3D	2021-02-20 v 7.5.1	Martin Wengenmayer	macOS	Animation, modeling, rendering	Proprietary
Cinema 4D	2022-04-20 S26	Maxon	macOS, Windows, Amiga OS^[4]	Animation, lighting, modeling, visual 3D effects, rendering, simulation	Proprietary
CityEngine	2018-09-18 v 2018.1	Esri	macOS, Windows, Linux	Procedural Modeling of 3D Cities	Proprietary
Cobalt	2020-02-04 v11	Ashlar-Vellum	macOS, Windows	Modeling, computer aided design, animation	Proprietary
DesignSpark Mechanical	2020-07-20 v5.0	SpaceClaim, RS Components	Windows	Modeling, computer aided design, rapid prototyping, 3D printing	Proprietary
Electric Image Animation System	2013-06 v9.1.0	EIAS3D	macOS, Windows	Animation, lighting, rendering, film, television, visual 3D effects	Proprietary
FreeCAD	2024-01-08 v 0.21.2^[5]	Jürgen Riegel, Werner Mayer, Yorik van Havre	macOS, Windows, unix, Linux	CAD, FEA with Calculix, Python scripting, parametric design, robot simulation, CAM, BIM, import and export	LGPL 2.0 or later
form-Z pro/jr/free	2020-02-? 9.0.2	Autodessys, Inc.	macOS, Windows	Animation, modeling, lighting, rendering, fabricating, set design	Proprietary
Hexagon	2018-02-16 2.5.2.109	Daz 3D	Windows, macOS	Subdivision modeling, UV mapping	Proprietary
HiCAD	2017-02-13 v HiCAD 2017	ISD Software und Systeme	Windows	2D/3D modeling, computer aided design, Automatic drawing generation, BIM, animation, HELiOS PDM integration, API scripting	Proprietary
Houdini	2024-05-31 v 20.5	Side Effects Software	Windows, macOS, Linux	Animation, lighting, modeling, visual 3D effects	Proprietary
iClone	2019-12-17 v 7.71.3626.1	Reallusion	Windows	Animation, film and television previz, videogame asset creation, lighting, visual 3D effects	Proprietary
Inventor	2021-01 v 2021.2.1	Autodesk	Windows	Modeling, computer aided design, rapid prototyping, 3D printing	Proprietary
LightWave 3D	2020-08-07 v 2020.0.2	LightWave Digital	macOS, Windows, Amiga OS^[6]	Modeling, animation, lighting, rendering, film and television previz, videogame asset creation	Proprietary
MASSIVE	? v 3.5	Massive Software	Windows, Linux	Artificial intelligence in models	Proprietary
Maya	2024-08-13 v 2025.2	Autodesk	Windows, macOS, Linux	Modeling, NURBS modeling sculpting, rigging, skinning, retargeting, animation, lighting, rendering, Bifrost fluids, Python scripting, Bifrost ocean simulation system, UV mapping, MASH procedural effects, time and graph editor, Arnold renderer, color management polygon modeling, visual 3D effects	Proprietary
Metasequoia	2022-12-23 4.8.4b	tetraface Inc.	Windows, macOS	Modeling	Proprietary
Modo	2022-06-21 16v2	The Foundry	macOS, Windows, Linux	Modeling, animation, rendering	Proprietary
Mudbox	2022-04-18 2023	Autodesk	macOS, Windows, Linux	Lighting, sculpting (the deformation of the model)	Proprietary
OpenSCAD	2021-01-31 v 2021.01	Marius Kintel, Claire Wolf	macOS, Windows, Unix, Linux	CAD, scripting, parametric design, CSG	GPL-2.0-or-later
PTC Creo (former Pro/Engineer)	2020 v 7.0	PTC	Windows, HP-UX, Unix	Modeling, computer aided design	Proprietary
Remo 3D	2025-02-17 v 3.1.2	Remograph	Windows, Linux	Modeling, virtual reality, real-time modeling, video game creation, computer aided design	Proprietary
Rhinoceros 3D	2020-12-08 v 7	McNeel	Windows, macOS	Modeling, computer aided design, scripting with Grasshopper, many plug-in for simulation, CAM, BIM, rendering, and more	Proprietary
Salome	2020-12-01 v 9.6	Open Cascade EDF CEA	Windows, Unix, Linux	CAD, scripting, parametric design, CSG, meshing, pre-post for CAE	LGPL 2.1 or later
Shade 3D	2022-11-08 v 23.1	FORUM 8 [ja]	macOS, Windows	Modeling, computer aided design, rendering, animation	Proprietary
Silo	2022-11-03 v 2023.0	Nevercenter	macOS, Windows	Modeling	Proprietary
Tekla Structures	2024-09-13 v 2024 SR 4.1	Tekla	Windows	3D modeling, reporting, 2D drawings, 3D drawings, CAD, CAM, BIM	Proprietary
SketchUp Pro	2021-01-05 ^[7] v 21.0.1 (Win64) v 16.1.1450 (Win32) v 20.0 (Mac64)	Trimble Navigation	macOS, Windows	Modeling, computer aided design	Proprietary
Solid Edge	2020-06-? 2021 ST13	Siemens Digital Industries Software	Windows	Computer aided design	Proprietary
SolidWorks	2022-07-11 v SolidWorks 2022 SP3.1	Dassault Systèmes	Windows	Computer aided design	Proprietary
SpaceClaim	2020-08-08 v 2020.R2	Ansys	Windows	Computer aided design	Proprietary
Verto Studio 3D	2021-02-12 v2.5.0	Michael L. Farrell	macOS, iOS	Mobile modeling, texture mapping, lighting	Proprietary
Wings 3D	2020-12-20 v 2.2.6	Dan Gudmundsson (maintainer)	macOS, Windows, BSD, Linux	Modeling, sculpting (the deformation of the model), UV mapping	BSD
ZBrush	2022-02-07 v 2022.0.5	Maxon	macOS, Windows	Modeling, texturing, lighting, sculpting (the deformation of the model), rendering	Proprietary

Application	Latest release date and version	Developer	Platforms	Main uses	License
Bryce	2010-12-23 7.1.0.109	Daz 3D	Windows (32-bit), macOS (10.7 and above)	Animation, landscape modeling, fractal geometry	Proprietary
Clara.io	redesigned in 2015-03-31	Exocortex	Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer	Modeling, animation, rendering	Proprietary
E-on Vue	2021-12-09 v 2021.2	E-on Software (part of Bentley Systems)	macOS, Windows	Animation, landscape modeling, lighting	Proprietary
POV-Ray	2013-11-09 v3.7.0	The POV-Team	macOS, Windows, Linux, AmigaOS	Lighting, visual 3D effects	AGPL-3.0-or-later
SketchUp Make	2017-11-14 ^[7] v 18.0.16975 (Win64) v 18.0.16976 (Mac64)	Trimble Navigation	macOS, Windows	Modeling, computer aided design	Proprietary
Softimage	2014-04-14 "2015" (final release)	Autodesk	Windows, Linux	Modeling, animation, video game creation, lighting, rendering, visual 3D effects	Proprietary
solidThinking Evolve (predecessor of Altair Inspire Studio)	?-? v 9.0	Altair Engineering	macOS, Windows	Modeling	Proprietary
trueSpace	2009-05-25 v 7.61	Caligari Corporation	Windows, AmigaOS	Animation, modeling	Proprietary
VistaPro	2005 v 4.2	Hypercube Engineering, Monkey Byte Development	Windows	Landscape modeling	Proprietary

Name	Windows	macOS	Linux	Unix	BSD	iOS	Android	Other
3ds Max	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
AC3D	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Art of Illusion	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Java virtual machine
AutoCAD	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Blender	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	^{[os 1]}
Carrara	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Cheetah 3D	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Cinema 4D	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Amiga OS
Clara.io	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	ChromeOS
DesignSpark Mechanical	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Electric Image Animation System	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
form-Z	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
HiCAD	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Houdini	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
IClone	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
LightWave 3D	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	^{[os 2]}
MakeHuman	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Massive	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Maya	Yes	Yes	Yes	dropped^{[os 3]}	No	No	No
Metasequoia	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Modo	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
POV-Ray	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	^{[os 4]}
Remo 3D	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Shade	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Silo	Yes	Yes	dropped in 2.5	No	No	No	No
SketchUp	Yes	Yes	SketchUp for Web^[8]	?	?	Yes	Viewer only
Tekla Structures	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Softimage	Yes	No	XSI 2.0 and later	dropped	No	No	No
Solid Edge	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
solidWorks	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
solidThinking	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
SpaceClaim	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
trueSpace	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Amiga OS}
Verto Studio 3D	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No
E-on Vue	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Wings 3D	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
ZBrush	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No

	Modeling	3D Painting	Animation	Rendering	3D Tracking	Compositing
3ds Max	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Some
AC3D	Yes	?	?	No	No	No
Blender	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Electric Image Animation System	dropped^[9]	?	Yes	Yes	No	?
Cinema 4D	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	R16 or later	No
Clara.io	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	No	?
Cobalt	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	No	?
HiCAD	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Houdini	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
IClone	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	?	?
Lightwave 3D	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
MakeHuman	parameter-based	No	No	No	No	No
Maya	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	dropped (Maya Live)	dropped (Maya Composer, Maya Fusion, and Maya Composite)
Metasequoia	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No
Modo	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Remo 3D	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
Shade	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
Softimage	Yes	3.7 or later	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Solid Edge	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	No	?
SketchUp Make	Yes^[10]^[11]	?	Yes^[10]	Yes^[10]	No	No
SketchUp Pro	Yes^[10]^[11]	?	Yes^[10]	Yes^[10]	No	No
Wings3D	Yes	?	No	Yes	No	?

	Imports				Exports
	EXR	DDS	KTX	others	EXR	DDS	KTX	others
3ds Max	Yes	Yes	?	BMP, Cineon, TGA, JPG, PNG, Cineon, Radiance HDR, SGI, RLA, RPF, AVI, MPEG and QuickTime, GIF, TIFF, PSD, MOV, YUV	?	?	?	?
Art of Illusion	No	No	No	GIF, JPG, PNG, BMP, HDR, SVG^[12]	?	?	?	JPG, PNG, BMP, TIFF, HDR, QuickTime
AC3D	?	Yes	?	GIF, JPG, PNG, BMP, PPM, Targa, TIFF	?	Yes	?	GIF, JPG, PNG, BMP, PPM, Targa, TIFF
Blender	Yes	Yes	?	TGA, JPG, PNG, DPX, Cineon, Radiance HDR, Iris, SGI Movie, IFF, AVI and QuickTime, GIF, TIFF, PSD, MOV	Yes	?	?	TGA, JPG, PNG, DPX, Cineon, Radiance HDR, Iris, SGI Movie, IFF, AVI and QuickTime, GIF, TIFF, PSD, MOV
Electric Image Animation System	?	?	?	TGA, JPG, PNG, BMP, Radiance HDR, AVI and QuickTime, TIFF, PSD, MOV	?	?	?	PNG, BMP, AVI and QuickTime GIF, TIFF, MOV
Cinema 4D	Yes	Yes	?	Radiance HDR, BodyPaint 3D, TIFF, PSD	Yes	Yes	?	Radiance HDR, BodyPaint 3D, TIFF, PSD
Clara.io	Yes^[13]	Yes^[13]	?	PNG, JPG	?	?	?	?
Cobalt	?	?	?	BMP, GIF, JPEG, PICT, PNG, PPM, XBM, XPM	?	?	?	BMP, GIF, JPEG, PICT, PNG, PPM, XBM, XPM
Houdini	Yes	?	?	?	Yes	?	?	?
IClone	?	?	?	JPG, BMP, GIF, TGA, PNG, AVI, WMV, MP3, WAV, popVideo	?	?	?	JPG, BMP, GIF, TGA, PNG, WMV, AVI, MP4, popVideo, FLV, iWidget
Lightwave 3D	Yes	?	?	TGA, JPG, PNG, AI, EPS, BMP, IFF, Radiance HDR, AVI and QuickTime, GIF, TIFF, PSD, MOV	Yes	?	?	TGA, JPG, PNG, BMP, Radiance HDR, IFF, AVI and QuickTime, GIF, TIFF, PSD, MOV
MakeHuman	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Maya	Yes	?	?	Ai, Aiff, Pix, AVI, Cineon, EPS, GIF, Jpeg, Swf, Maya IFF, Maya16 IFF, MacPaint, PSD, PNG, Quantel, Quickdraw, MOV, RLA, SVG, SGI, SGI16, SGI Movie, TGA, TIF, BMP, HDR	Yes	Yes	?	Maya IFF, AVI, QT, GIF, Softimage, RLA, BMP, TIF, SGI RGB, Alias PIX, Jpeg, EPS, Cineon, Quantel, TGA, Macpaint, PSD, PNG, Quickdraw
Metasequoia	EX version only	Yes	No	BMP, JPG, PNG, IFF, TGA, PPM, TIFF, PSD, Radiance HDR	?	?	?	?
Modo	Yes	?	?	TGA, BMP, FLX, GIF, HDR, HDR, JP2, JPG, JPEG, PNG, SGI, EPS, AI, PSD	Yes	?	?	TGA, BMP, FLX, GIF, HDR, JP2, JPG, JPEG, PNG, TIF, MOV, MWV, PSD
Remo 3D	?	Yes	?	BMP, GIF, JPG, PNG, PNM, SGI (RGB), TGA, TIF	?	?	?	JPG, PNG, SGI (RGB), TIF, XPM
Shade	Yes	(DDS Converter plugin)	?	?	Yes	(DDS Converter plugin)	?	QuickTime VR, Piranesi EPix
Softimage	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Solid Edge	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
SketchUp Make	?	?	?	JPG, PNG, TIF, TGA, BMP	?	?	?	JPG, PNG, TIF, BMP
SketchUp Pro	?	?	?	JPG, PNG, TIF, TGA, BMP	?	?	?	JPG, PNG, TIF, BMP, MOV(on Mac), AVI (on Windows)^[14]
E-on Vue	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Wings3D	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?

Comparison of 3D computer graphics software

General information

Current software

Inactive software

Operating system support

Features

I/O

Image, video, and audio files

General 3D files

Game and renderer files

Cache and animation files

CAD files

Point clouds and photogrammetry files

GIS and DEM files

Supported primitives

Modeling

Lookdev, Shader writing

Lighting

Path-tracing rendering

Level of detail (LoD) generation, baking

See also

References

Wikiwand - on

	Imports			Exports
	FBX	Other formats	Web, mobile, and VR^{[io 1]}	FBX	Other formats	glTF	Web, mobile, and VR^{[io 1]}
3ds Max	Yes	3DS, PRJ, AI, COLLADA, HTR, OBJ, SHP, SKP, TRC	VRML	Yes	3DS, AI, ASE, COLLADA, HTR, OBJ	?	M3G, VRML97
AC3D^[15]^[16]	Yes	3DS, AC3D, COLLADA, Lightwave, Massive, Milkshape Ascii, OBJ, OFF, Pointfield, Points, Terragen, Triangle, Vector	VRML 1.0, glTF	?	3DS, 3D Studio ASE, AC3D, Dive, DVS, DXF, COLLADA, Lightwave, Massive, Milkshape Ascii, OBJ, Triangle	?	VRML 1.0, VRML 2.0, X3D
Blender^[17]	Yes	COLLADA, 3DS, PLY, OBJ, SVG	X3D, glTF	Yes	COLLADA, PLY, OBJ, SVG, PC2	Yes	X3D
Electric Image Animation System	Yes	3DS, OBJ, LWO, MDD		?	3DS, OBJ, LWO	No
Cinema 4D	Yes	OBJ, 3DS, QD3D, LWO/LWS	VRML 1, VRML 2	Yes	OBJ, 3DS, QD3D, W3D	Yes	VRML 1, VRML 2
Clara.io	Yes	OBJ, Collada, 3DS, LWO, GEO, PLY, SHP, XGL, ZGL, AC, BLEND, CSM, LWS	VRML, Three.js	Yes	OBJ, Collada	Yes	Three.js, Babylon.js
Cobalt	?	3DS, AI, ASCII Text	VRML	?	AI, ASCII Text, RAW Triangle	?	Shockwave 3D, VRML
Houdini	Yes	?		Yes	?	Yes
IClone	Yes	OBJ, SKP (via 3DXChange)		Yes	OBJ (via 3DXChange)	?
Lightwave 3D	Yes	3DS, COLLADA, OBJ, LWO, VideoScape	VRML, VRML97	Yes	3DS, COLLADA, OBJ, LWO	?	VRML, VRML97
MakeHuman	No	N/A		Yes	COLLADA, MHX, OBJ, STL	?
Maya	Yes	Maya Ascii, Maya Binary, MEL, OBJ	VRML2	Yes	Maya Ascii, Maya Binary, Mel, OBJ, GE2, RTG	?	VRML2
Metasequoia^[18]^[19]	EX version only	3DS, COB,^{[io 2]} LWO, OBJ, ROK (Rokkaku Daiō), SUF (DoGA CGA System)	glTF	EX version only	3DS, PMD, OBJ, COLLADA^{[io 3]}	Yes	^{[io 4]}
Modo	Yes	LXO, LWO2, LWOB, 3DS, GEO, OBJ, COLLADA		Yes	LXO, LWO, PLT, GEO, OBJ, COLLADA	Yes	X3D
Remo 3D	Yes	3DC, 3DS, AC, Collada, OpenFlight, LWO, LWS, OBJ, P3D, PLY, STA, SHP	OSG^{[io 5]}	Yes	3DS, AC, Collada, DOT, OpenFlight, OBJ, P3D, STL	?	OSG^{[io 5]}
Shade	Yes	OBJ, SketchUp, XML; (Pro) 3DS, COLLADA, LWO		Yes	COLLADA, DXF, OBJ, XML; (Pro) 3DS, LWO	glTF Converter for Shade3D plugin	VRML 2.0, Flash (SWF)
Softimage	Yes	?		Yes	?	No
Solid Edge	?			?		?	PDF
SketchUp Make	?	SKP, 3DS^[14]		?	COLLADA, SKP	?
SketchUp Pro	?	SKP, 3DS^[14]		Yes	COLLADA, SKP, EPS, EPX (removed v16+), 3DS, OBJ	?	PDF, VRML
E-on Vue	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Wings3D	?	3DS, AI, EPS, LWO, LXO, Nendo, OBJ, SVG, Wings3D		dropped in 1.3.1	3DS, COLLADA, LWO, LXO, Nendo, OBJ, SVG, Wings3D	?	VRML 2.0

	Imports			Exports
	OpenFlight (FLT)	other 3D game files	3D renderer files	OpenFlight (FLT)	OGRE	other 3D game files	3D renderer files
3ds Max	Yes			Yes	No
AC3D^[15]^[16]	No	Quake III BSP, Quake II (MD2), Quake III Mesh (MD3), Irrlicht irrmesh, Renderware, SMF		No	Yes	DirectX X, Second Life Sculpted Prim, Quake II (MD2), Quake Map, SMF, Unreal Tournament	POV-Ray POV, RenderMan RIB
Blender	dropped			dropped	(blender2ogre addon)		POV-Ray POV
Electric Image Animation System	?			?	?
Cinema 4D	?			?	?
Clara.io	?	DirectX X, Irrlicht irrmesh	POV-Ray POV	?	?	Quake II (MD2), Quake III Mesh (MD3), Doom 3 (MD5)
Cobalt	?			?	?
Houdini	?			?	?
IClone	?			?	?
Lightwave 3D	?	Quake II (MD2)		?	?	Quake II (MD2)
MakeHuman	No			?	Yes	Doom 3 (MD5)
Maya	Yes			Yes	No		Mental Ray MI, RenderMan RIB
Metasequoia	No	^{[io 6]}		No	No	DirectX X^{[io 6]}	RenderMan RIB^{[io 7]}
Modo	?			?	?
Remo 3D	?	DirectX X, Quake II (MD2)		?
Shade	?			?	?	DirectX X, Second Life Sculpted Prim, Blue Mars	RenderMan RIB
Softimage	?			?	?
Solid Edge	?			?	?
SketchUp Make	?			?	?
SketchUp Pro	?			?	?	dotXSI
E-on Vue	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Wings3D	?			?	?	BZFlag, DirectX X, Renderware	Kerkythea, POV-Ray POV

	Imports				Exports
	STL	DXF	DWG	others	STL	DXF	DWG	others
3ds Max	Yes	Yes	Yes	IGE, IGS, IGES, IPT, WIRE, IAM, LS, VW, LP, SAT, Catia V4/V5, JT, ProE, RVT, PRT, SolidWorks,^{[io 9]} STEP, WIRE	Yes	Yes	Yes	ATR, BLK, DF, IGS, LAY, LP, SAT, VW
AC3D	Yes	Yes	No	LDraw (Lego), SOF Airfoil	Yes	Yes	No	Inventor, LDraw (Lego)
Blender	Yes	Yes^{[io 10]}	No		Yes	Yes^{[io 10]}	No
Electric Image Animation System	?	Yes	?		?	Yes	?
Cinema 4D	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	?
Clara.io	Yes	Yes	?		Yes	?	?
Cobalt	?	Yes	Yes	ACIS SAT, CATIA v4, CCAD, CGM, CO (native), Drawing board, Facet, Grid Surface, IGS (IGES), Parasolid XT, Pro/E, Rhino 3DM, Spline, STP (STEP)	?	Yes	Yes	ACIS SAT, CATIA v4, CGM, CO (native), Drawing board, Facet, Grid Surface, IGS (IGES), Parasolid XT, PDF, Pro/E, STP (STEP)
Houdini	External^[22]		No		External^[22]		No
IClone	?	?	?		?	?	?
Lightwave 3D	Yes	Yes	No		Yes	Yes	No
Maya	Windows and Mac only^[23]	Windows only^[23]		IGES, StudioTools Wire	Windows and Mac only^[24]	Windows only^[24]		IGES, StudioTools Wire, Open Inventor2
Metasequoia	Yes	Yes	No		Yes	Yes	No
Modo	Yes	Yes	No	SolidWorks^{[io 9]}	Yes	Yes	No
Remo 3D	Yes	Yes	No	DW (Designer Workshop)	Yes	No	No
Shade	Yes	Yes	No		Yes	Yes	No
Solid Edge	Yes	Yes	Yes	IGES, STEP, JT, ACIS (SAT), ProE, SolidWorks,^{[io 9]} NX, SDRC, Microstation, Inventor, CATIA (V4/V5), Parasolid, XML, MDS	Yes	Yes	Yes	IGES, STEP, EMS, JT, XGL, XML, Parasolid, CATIA (V4/V5), ACIS (SAT), Microstation
SketchUp Make	?	?	?		?	?	?
SketchUp Pro	Yes	Yes^[14]	Yes^[14]		Yes	Yes^[14]	Yes^[14]
E-on Vue	?	?	?		?	?	?
Wings3D	Yes	?	?		Yes	?	?

	Imports
	ASTM E57	LASer (LAS)	Leica Cyclone PTS/PTX/PTG	Autodesk ReCap RCS/RCP	VisualSFM NVM
3ds Max	?	?	?	Yes	?
Blender	?	(Blender LiDAR Importer addon, Blender-Photogrammetry-Importer addon)	?	?	(Blender-Photogrammetry-Importer addon)
Houdini	Lidar Import geometry node		?	?	?