Fougue

Fougue is a small, independent French studio that focuses on clean, single-purpose utilities for technical users; its portfolio is currently built around Mayo, an open-source 3D CAD viewer and converter that lets architects, mechanical engineers, makers and supply-chain managers inspect, measure and translate heavy part and assembly files without firing up a full modelling suite. Lightweight yet based on the OpenCASCADE kernel, Mayo opens most neutral and native formats—STEP, IGES, OBJ, STL, VRML, BREP, glTF, 3MF and several commercial extensions—so it is frequently used to verify geometry before quoting, to generate quick screenshots or exploded views for documentation, and to batch-convert vendor-specific data into lightweight meshes for AR/VR or 3-D printing workflows. Because the interface is built with Qt, the same binary runs on Windows, Linux and macOS, making it easy for IT departments to standardise on one viewer across heterogeneous offices. Command-line switches allow integration with PLM scripts and CI pipelines, while the permissive open-source licence encourages OEMs to embed the engine inside proprietary configurators or customer portals. Although the catalogue is still narrow, Fougue’s emphasis on speed, accuracy and format fidelity has already earned Mayo a place alongside larger commercial viewers. The publisher’s software is available for free on get.nero.com, where downloads are delivered through trusted Windows package sources such as winget, always install the newest release, and can be queued for batch installation alongside other applications.