Cadwork

Contact sales Produce & Issue Documents

Timber and wood construction BIM software with CAD/CAM integration, IFC support, and prefabrication detailing for mass-timber projects.

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2.2 /5 composite score

C1 1/5 reflects contact-sales/quote-only pricing model with no public pricing disclosed (RF1); C2 2/5 reflects CAD/CAM integration and proprietary scripting without documented public API; C3 2/5 reflects specialist timber-construction workflow requiring domain expertise and vertical market experience (steep learning curve); C4 4/5 reflects full IFC import/export support (early adopter since 2004), DWG/DXF, and STEP interoperability; C5 2/5 reflects 8,500+ licenses deployed globally but limited general-AEC ecosystem integrations. Specialist product for timber contractors and prefabrication-focused firms.

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Rubric Scorecard

How we grade →

Criterion	Score	Evidence
Value for the price	1/5	Contact sales
Agent Friendliness	2/5	API: Cadwork API (scripting SDK for customization)
Ease of adoption	2/5	--
Portability & lock-in	4/5	5 file formats Source →
Interoperability	2/5	2 integrations

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Evidence

File formats

Format	Direction	Support
IFC 2x3	both	full
IFC 4	both	full
DWG	both	full
DXF	both	full
STEP	export	full

Integrations

CNC/CAM systems Saw data formats (DXF/DWG)

Sources

Formats

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