MLCad vs nTop
| MLCad | nTop | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| Free trial | No | No |
| Paid from | — | Free |
| Open source | No | No |
| Platforms | Linux, Windows | Linux, Windows |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Supported platforms | Windows 95/98/ME, NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Linux (as listed on the download page) | Windows 11; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.9 for nTop Automate |
| File import and export | LDraw-compatible files; MPD; image export: BMP, JPEG, GIF, TIFF, PNG | CAD: STEP, Parasolid, CATIA V5, Creo, Inventor, Siemens NX, SolidWorks, ACIS; mesh: STL, OBJ, PLY, 3MF, OFF; CAE: Abaqus, ANSYS, LS-DYNA, Nastran, Patran, CGNS, UNV; other: implicit, LTXC, CSV, VDB, PNG, CLI and manufacturing slice formats |
| Modeling method | — | parametric |
| Assembly design | — | Yes |
| Surface modeling | — | Yes |
Both are listed in Best 3D CAD Software. On The Geeks Club, nTop scores higher on our published basis.