Alternatives to Plasticity
Model solid and surface forms with CAD tools aimed at visual design. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Plasticity
Model solid and surface forms with CAD tools aimed at visual design.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Plasticity.
MoI 3D
Create precise curves and surfaces with a streamlined NURBS modeler.
MoI 3D is a paid NURBS modeler for Windows and macOS that pairs freeform drawing with CAD precision and supports pen-tablet input, but it has no Linux build.
Rhinoceros
Create and edit precise freeform 3D models for design and fabrication.
Rhinoceros provides precise curve and surface modeling with a broad design-plugin ecosystem, but it runs only on Windows and macOS, not Linux.
Shapr3D
Touch-first parametric CAD app originally built for iPad, now on desktop.
Shapr3D offers touch and stylus-first parametric CAD on iPad, Windows and macOS with a limited free tier, though it has no Linux version.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Blender
The free 3D creation suite: modelling, sculpting, rigging, animation, simulation, rendering, compositing and video editing.
FreeCAD
A parametric 3D modeller for real objects: design by sketching constrained 2D shapes, then change the parameters later.
KeyShot
Commercial real-time 3D rendering software for producing product visuals from CAD data.
ZBrush
Sculpt detailed digital models using brush-based tools.
