CadFaster|QuickStep is a free 3D STEP viewer, offering professional-level features, supporting common file formats like STEP, IGES, and DWG, with a choice of OpenGL/DirectX drivers. Designed to enable easy 3D model navigation, it provides optimized functionality.
With the innovative out-of-core rendering solution, users can open and view even the largest 3D files interactively. CadFaster|QuickStep is an excellent tool for design review, collaboration, and communication in CAD, CAE, and PCB companies. It supports hardware vertex/pixel shaders to achieve photo-realistic real-time rendering quality, which includes glossy and reflective materials, mirror surfaces, and bump mapped objects.
Sophisticated rendering algorithms are used to maintain the best possible user experience. Technologies such as occlusion culling and dynamic level of detail ensure ultimate rendering performance, even with complex 3D models. CadFaster|QuickStep features shaded display mode with optional silhouette/feature edge lines, perspective and orthogonal projections, innovative rotate, pan and zoom tools with single mouse click, dynamic edge highlighting, dynamic displaying textures, and advanced graphical effects via Shaders.
This software supports standard STEP, DWG, DXF, IGES, and HSF (Hoops Stream File) and professional version features include an exact tape measure tool, portable EXE export, advanced section view functionality, and support for 3DConnexion 3D mice. CadFaster|Quickstep is easy to use and can help speed up the design workflow by sharing large and complex CAD models between designers and reviewers. Overall, it is a highly recommended software for companies looking for a free 3D viewer with professional-class features.
Version R4: Improved DWG/DXF-file support, improved STEP-file support, dynamic highlight of components, automatic new version notification popup and improved picking performance.
Version R2: Totally renewed user interface, 3D DWG and DXF support, 3D IGES file support. New license policy and options.