HeeksCAD

Name: HeeksCAD
Price: 10 GBP

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#63 of 79

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Score

6.2

The facts below are what the maker publishes about HeeksCAD, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.

Plans and prices

From HeeksCAD's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.

Plan	Price	What it gives you
HeeksCNC 1.4	£10, paid once	Windows CAD/CAM application; creates NC code for milling machines

Each one read from HeeksCAD's own pages, with the date it was checked.

Cloud collaboration: Nochecked 24 Sep 2026
File import and export: Import: STEP, IGES, DXF; export/save: IGES, STEP, STL, DXFchecked 24 Sep 2026
File output: It saves IGES, STEP, and STL files.checked 11 Oct 2026
Founder and audience context: Dan Heeks is identified as the founder and says he runs a small precision engineering workshop with a Bridgeport milling machine and a hobby milling machine.checked 11 Oct 2026
Model imports: It imports solid models from STEP and IGES files and supports DXF lines, arcs, ellipses, splines, and polylines.checked 11 Oct 2026
Modeling: It can create primitive solids, extrude sketches, loft solids between sketches, and modify solids using blending or boolean operations.checked 11 Oct 2026
Modeling method: parametricchecked 24 Sep 2026
Purpose: HeeksCNC is described as open source 3D CAD/CAM software.checked 11 Oct 2026
Simulation: It provides solid simulation of material removal and can display g-code backplots in the graphics window.checked 11 Oct 2026
Source code: The maker links to source code and build instructions on GitHub and says building the software requires software skills.checked 11 Oct 2026
Support: The maker says the purchase supports online help, replies to buyers' emails, and bug fixes.checked 11 Oct 2026
Technology: The software uses wxWidgets for its interface, OpenCASCADE for solid modeling, and opencamlib for surface machining.checked 11 Oct 2026

Free plan: Yeschecked 24 Sep 2026
Trial limits: The trial adds unwanted text to each g-code file and opens a browser when Post Process or Simulate is pressed.checked 11 Oct 2026

Machine configuration: Users can configure a post processor for any machine by editing script files.checked 11 Oct 2026
Machining operations: It provides drilling, profile, and pocket operations and can post-process to g-code.checked 11 Oct 2026
Platforms: The maker describes the paid HeeksCNC application as being for Windows and says Ubuntu packages are available for the Linux version.checked 11 Oct 2026
Supported platforms: Windows, Ubuntu, Debian, OpenSUSEchecked 24 Sep 2026