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CadQuery

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Free plan

Plans and prices

PlanPriceBilled
Free and open source$0—

From CadQuery's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026. Every plan

What the maker publishes

Assembly design
Yes source
File import and export
Import: DXF, STEP, XML (XCAF), XBF. Export: DXF, SVG, STEP, STL, AMF, TJS, VRML, VTP, 3MF, glTF, XML (XCAF), XBF. source
File formats
The project lists STEP, DXF, STL, VRML, AMF, and 3MF among its supported output formats. source
Free plan
Yes source
Install options
The documentation describes installation with conda or pip and says conda is the better tested and more mature option. source
Integrations
CadQuery can be used with CQ-editor and JupyterLab, and its documentation provides instructions for both. source
Intended use
The project says CadQuery can be used as a Python library without a GUI, including in servers and scientific or engineering scripts. source
License
The repository states that CadQuery is licensed under the Apache Public License, version 2.0. source
Modeling features
It supports fillets, curvilinear extrudes, parametric curves, lofts, and nested assemblies. source
Modeling method
parametric source
Parametric design
Its models can be customized by changing parameters in a script. source
Professional services
Some core maintainers offer consulting for integration, custom features, training, code reviews, and CAD automation. source
Python compatibility
The installation page says Python 3.9 and newer are supported, while warning that bleeding-edge Python may be affected by dependency support lag. source
Support
Users can ask general questions in GitHub Discussions or the CadQuery Google Group. source
Supported platforms
Linux, macOS, Windows source
Supported systems
The documentation says CadQuery can be installed via pip on Linux, macOS, and Windows. source
Visualization
CadQuery includes visualization capabilities using trame and vtk. source
What it does
CadQuery is a Python library for building parametric 3D CAD models with scripts. source