It allows you to draw walls, rooms, windows, furniture, etc. You can redesign your home and can see a 3-D version of how everything looks. It helps people to design the interior of their home in a very intuitive way. It develops as an alternate option to AutoCAD. The software and its plugins are under the Eclipse Public License which means anyone can modify its source code to develop its own application without the permission of Archimedes team. It works on Linux, Mac OSX, and Windows but before installing it, you have need to install Java Virtual Machine. QCAD – 2D Archimedes: An architecture open CADĪrchimedes is a free and open source CAD (Computer Aided Design) software built Eclipse’s Rich Client Platform.