About DesignSpark Mechanical

Start your prototyping journey with our free-of-charge software, and upgrade anytime to our Creator or Engineer paid subscription plans for advanced features Compare our subscriptions here:

Generate Bill-of-Materials and get instant online quotes

All it takes to create a BOM is the click of a few buttons, and it is in your desired format You can then request a quote as well as stock information in seconds through the RS online or Allied Electronics websites

Work with a variety of industry standard file formats

Switching from another CAD software to DesignSpark Mechanical? Pick up where you’ve left off This feature also allows you to easily collaborate 3D PDFs and exchange files with other MCAD software, including STL, SKP, OBJ, and AutoCAD DXF

You can also get your model ready to print by exporting directly to STL, the standard format for 3D printing This means you’ll have a functional prototype in a trice

Create your own technical drawings with full GD&T and support annotations.

You will want to share your 3D mechanical design across other programs, such as AutoCAD, CATIA, ArchiCAD, and others DesignSpark Mechanical enables you to work with the standardized STEP and IGES file formats when you get the paid add-on modules

Market Leading Global Hosting Partner

DesignSpark Mechanical is provided in partnership with TraceParts S A , a premier supplier of 3D digital content for engineering applications It provides free access to over 100 million CAD models and hundreds of supplier catalogs To improve productivity while using DesignSpark Mechanical, you can tweak and customise things like command shortcuts, design views, rendering, application color scheme, and interface

Measure and Quality Tools

Our engineering design software comes with a built-in set of powerful tools to analyse geometry for the size, shape, and quality of bodies

Design with no restrictions With DesignSpark Mechanical, you can create intricate designs using equations, the dedicated 3D sketch mode, and constraints

Make your creations look realistic

Produce impressive high-quality prototypes when you take advantage of the different graphics styles available in the Display tab This allows you to add a degree of realism to your design