Includes interactive 3D solid geometry editing, high-performance ray-tracing, network-distributed framebuffer support, image and signal-processing tools, path-tracing and photon mapping, a system performance analysis benchmark suite, an embedded scripting interface and libraries for robust high-performance geometric representation and analysis.
View all featuresThe code is licensed under Open Source Initiative approved license terms. You can see what every line does, customize it and share your work with the community. Contributions from the community make this one of the best CAD programs in the world. Moreover this software, along with updates and support will always be free of charge.
Look at the codeMike Muuss began the initial architecture and design of BRL-CAD back in 1979. Development as a unified package began in 1983. The first public release was made in 1984. BRL-CAD became an open source project on 21st December 2004.
Read our storyAvailable for free on BSD, IRIX, Linux, OS X, Solaris and Windows
