Software | Type | Used for | Price* | Platform |
TinkerCAD | 3D modeling | Simple creations | Free | Doesn’t apply |
AutoCAD | CAD | 2D drawings, documentation, complex and large 3D models, mechanical parts | $1 610/ year | WindowsiOS |
Maya | 3D modeling | High quality renders, animations, simulations, texturing | $1 545/ year | WidowsiOSLinux |
3Ds Max | 3D modeling | Detailed 3D content for games, product visualizations, environments and effects for films | $1 545/ year | Windows |
Fusion 360 | CAD | Product design, engineering and simulating tests, CAM | $495/ year | WindowsiOS |
Mudbox | 3D modeling | 3D design of characters, concepts, environments, content creation | $80/ year | WidowsiOSLinux |
Arnold | Rendering | Renders of highly complex scenes, lightning | $630/ year(pack licenses available) | WidowsiOSLinux |
Revit | CAD | Architectural designs, MEP engineering, structural and reconstruction design | $2 310/ year | Windows |
Inventor | CAD | 3D mechanical designs, sheet metal, electrical, tube and pipe designs, assemblies | $1 985/ year | Windows |
Powermill | CAD | CAM programming, CNC machine optimization, 3- and 5- axis programming | Contact Autodesk for pricing | Windows |