HeeksCAD

Plans and prices

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

What the maker publishes

Cloud collaboration

No source

File import and export

Import: STEP, IGES, DXF; export/save: IGES, STEP, STL, DXF source

File output

It saves IGES, STEP, and STL files. source

Founder and audience context

Dan Heeks is identified as the founder and says he runs a small precision engineering workshop with a Bridgeport milling machine and a hobby milling machine. source

Free plan

Yes source

Machine configuration

Users can configure a post processor for any machine by editing script files. source

Machining operations

It provides drilling, profile, and pocket operations and can post-process to g-code. source

Model imports

It imports solid models from STEP and IGES files and supports DXF lines, arcs, ellipses, splines, and polylines. source

Modeling

It can create primitive solids, extrude sketches, loft solids between sketches, and modify solids using blending or boolean operations. source

Modeling method

parametric source

Platforms

The maker describes the paid HeeksCNC application as being for Windows and says Ubuntu packages are available for the Linux version. source

Purpose

HeeksCNC is described as open source 3D CAD/CAM software. source

Simulation

It provides solid simulation of material removal and can display g-code backplots in the graphics window. source

Source code

The maker links to source code and build instructions on GitHub and says building the software requires software skills. source

Support

The maker says the purchase supports online help, replies to buyers' emails, and bug fixes. source

Supported platforms

Windows, Ubuntu, Debian, OpenSUSE source

Technology

The software uses wxWidgets for its interface, OpenCASCADE for solid modeling, and opencamlib for surface machining. source

Trial limits

The trial adds unwanted text to each g-code file and opens a browser when Post Process or Simulate is pressed. source