• Guenther_Amanita@feddit.de
    0·
    6 months ago

    Sadly, I couldn’t fine even one that was at least usable in my experience.

    I model a lot for 3D-printing, and of course tried FreeCAD.
    It had a very steep learning curve and is very unique in its workflow, compared to other CADs.
    I somehow got the hang of it, but it still was very much not usable.
    It crashed every 5 minutes, the UI is very convoluted, and even the simplest tasks take half an hour, compared to the 2 minutes it takes on other software.

    Since Fusion360 doesn’t work on Linux, there’s pretty much only Onshape.
    Apart from being a SaaS-product (“cloud based”), and therefore out of your control, which I strongly dislike, it’s absolutely great UX wise.

    But good news, there are people working on a solution. I will add the name of the project later if I can remember it again.
    Edit: found it: https://github.com/dune3d/dune3d

    There are also people forking the engine and some core features of FreeCAD and want to turn it into something better, but I don’t know if they’ve made something out of that idea yet.

  • mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    01·
    6 months ago

    Honestly? Not much. FreeCAD is an abomination, so I’m keeping one of my computers on Windows so that I can still use Fusion360

    • glasgitarrewelt@feddit.de
      1·
      6 months ago

      FreeCAD isn’t an abomination. Maybe it feels like one for you, but that isn’t the truth for everyone.

      I for one enjoy it very much. My workflow for building carports with the arch and part workbench feels quite solid, no crashes and I am fast enough to make profit.