LDraw Alternatives

SketchUp

SketchUp (formerly Google Sketchup) is a 3D modeling computer program for a wide range of drawing applications such as architectural, interior design, civil and mechanical engineering, film, and video game design—and available in a freeware version, SketchUp Make, and a paid version with additional functionality, SketchUp Pro. SketchUp comes with a 3D Gallery that lets you search for models and share yours.

Features:

• 3D modelling
• 3d sketching
• Clear and fast workflow
• Pencil
• 3d Drawing
• Browser based
• Cabinet design
• Image to 3D
• Interior Design
• Mechanical Design

LEGO Digital Designer

Free, CAD-like design tool for building LEGO models using official LEGO bricks and parts.

Features:

• Lego
• 3D modelling

Stud.io

Stud.io is a powerful but intuitive CAD-like software for building model brick creations, giving the feeling of building with LEGO in real life. It's fully integrated with Bricklink.com to provide a complete online experience that allows sharing and building with others, discovery of other user creations and even buying and selling of parts and set through an extensive marketplace.

Features:

• 3D modelling
• ChromeOS-like

Mecabricks.com

Mecabricks is the first web service to create, publish and display 3D models and 3D Renderings made with LEGO® bricks. No need to install any plugin, it simply works.

Features:

• 3d renderer
• 3D modelling
• 3d renderer
• Lego

BricsCAD Shape

BricsCAD Shape lets you create without limits. Sculpt your ideas in solids from the start. It’s the power of free-form modeling with full CAD accuracy.

Konstruktor

Konstruktor provides a 3D environment on your screen in which you build Lego models out of predefined bricks and other subunits. The program comes with well over a thousand pieces already available, and as you make new items you can save them as submodels and use them repeatedly in your finished scenes. The rendered scenes scale up or down depending on how many pieces there are, and can be saved in JPG or PNG format.

LeoCAD

LeoCAD is a CAD program for creating virtual LEGO models. It has an easy to use interface and currently includes over 6000 different pieces created by the LDraw community.

Features:

• Lego
• Emulates x86 instructions

MLCAD

MLCad (Mike's Lego CAD) is a powerful CAD system specifically designed to create building instructions as known from Lego, for your own Lego models and creations. MLCad reads and writes LDraw (a program of James Jessiman) compatible files but in an extensive window based environment. The program helps to create building instructions, which show step by step how to build a model.

Assetforge

Asset Forge allows anyone to create 3D models and 2D sprites using building blocks. Finished assets are compatible with most available game engines. You'll have access to a large library of pre-made blocks, they're each grouped in different categories. You can place an unlimited number of blocks in your creation after which it's possible to export and use in the game engine for your choice.

Features:

• 3D modelling
• Building blocks
• Built-in 3D model viewer

LDCad

LDCad is a multiplatform LDraw (virtual LEGO) editor that lets you edit LDraw model documents in real-time.

Features:

• 3D modelling
• Portable