App equivalents · Creative work
3D and CAD: the Mac and Windows equivalents
macOS
- Blender — runs on both
- Cinema 4D
Windows
- Blender — runs on both
- 3ds Max
- SolidWorks
- Fusion 360 — runs on both
BothYou may not have to switch at all
Blender, Fusion 360 run on Mac and Windows alike, so this job can survive the move intact.
What to know
Several industrial CAD packages — SolidWorks and 3ds Max among them — are Windows-only.
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