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FreeCAD vs. Studio 5000

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
FreeCAD
Score 7.8 out of 10
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FreeCAD is an open-source CAD software that specialized in 3D design. New features are added to FreeCAD by an active community of developers.N/A
Studio 5000
Score 10.0 out of 10
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Rockwell Automation offers the Studio 5000 suite of design and engineering applications, including Studio 5000 Architect engineering environment, Studio 5000 Logix Designer for management of Allen-Bradley Logix controllers, Studio 500 View Designer for graphic terminals and alarms, the Studio 5000 Application Code Manager libraries of re-usable code, and Studio 5000 Logix Emulate experiment and debugging environment.N/A
Pricing
FreeCADStudio 5000
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FreeCADStudio 5000
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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FreeCADStudio 5000
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User Ratings
FreeCADStudio 5000
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
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10.0
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User Testimonials
FreeCADStudio 5000
Likelihood to Recommend
FreeCAD
It is a great cad software if you are wanting to try something without the commitment of a payment plan. It has the ability to do most of what other cad systems do and has some functionality that is way superior to other cad systems. It could be better with things like assemblies and larger part count developments
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Rockwell Automation
As I said before, it's the only tool known to man capable of programming Rockwell PLC's, so if any colleague needed to program one I 100% would recommend it. So, this software is appropiate only when using Rockwell PLC's. As far as I know it would program any other brand.
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Pros
FreeCAD
  • Importing CAD formats
  • Converting mesh formats to solid and surface objects geometry
  • Fixing errors in geometry cad
Grant Nelson | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Rockwell Automation
  • The tag system it uses for programming makes it easier than other softwares
  • Programming Rockwell PLC's
  • The management of the ladder code is easier
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Cons
FreeCAD
  • Would be great if it was cloud based
  • If it had some basic analysis tools
  • Had a rendering function
Grant Nelson | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Rockwell Automation
  • Price, it's realy expensive
  • Sometimes configuring communication with other devices can be hard
  • I'd like the ability to programm with languages such as C or Python
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Alternatives Considered
FreeCAD
Freecad is used often when receiving files from multiple sources and the need to work with cad in various forms from meshes to solid cad. Often when receiving scans of 3d objects the format is easy to work with and convert to traditional cad later on. There is no other cad that can bridge the gap between all the cad formats that we found yet.
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Rockwell Automation
Studio 5000 is a good product. Compared to Omrom's CX-Programmer feels more advanced and with more functions, altough that depends on the PLC being programmed. I choose Studio 5000 because there are no other options when programming Rockwell PLC's
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Return on Investment
FreeCAD
  • It has allowed us to do some cad work that no other systems has allowed us to do and is key to getting that done fast
  • It has lots of online support through forums and blogs for trouble shooting
  • It could have an updated interface to make the functionality more user friendly for first time users
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Rockwell Automation
  • Well, there is one customer that only uses Rockwells PLC's, so I could say that Studio 5000 is a must have and a good percent of the bussiness depends on it.
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