System Requirements

intuitive & practical 3D without CAD expertise
affordable & universal many 3D/2D interfaces

Supported Operating Systems

3D-Tool Basic / Advanced

3D-Tool Premium

Windows 7 x86/x64 (32/64bit)
Windows 8 / 8.1 x86/x64 (32/64bit)
Windows 10 x86/x64 (32/64bit)
Windows 11 x64 (64bit)


Windows 10 x64 (64bit)
Windows 11 x64 (64bit)

3D-Tool Premium: End of support for Windows 7 and Windows 8

Software Requirements

  • All 3D-Tool versions require graphics drivers that support at least OpenGL 1.2.
  • 3D-Tool Premium requires Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 [x86/x64] Redistributable to read CAD data. If it is not available, this software is automatically installed when 3D-Tool is installed.

Minimum Hardware Requirements

  • 3D-Tool Basic, Advanced, Premium and the 3D-Tool Free Viewer run on a desktop PC, laptop or tablet PC with at least 4 GB of RAM and a screen resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels or higher.
  • No special or dedicated graphics card is required. 3D-Tool also works with onboard graphics cards.

Recommended Hardware

  • For 3D-Tool Advanced, we recommend a desktop PC or laptop with at least 8 GB of RAM.
  • For 3D-Tool Premium, we recommend a desktop PC or laptop with at least 16 GB of RAM.
  • We recommend a Full-HD screen resolution. A special CAD graphics card is not necessary, however, we recommend a dedicated graphics card that supports OpenGL 3.3. or higher, such as the current Nvidia GeForce or AMD Radeon cards.