Dirk comments on Is there no good inexpensive CAD software?

[–] Dirk@lemmy.ml 48 points 1 year ago (5 children)

FreeCAD: Pros: free, open source. Cons: workflow as rough as sandpaper, constantly crashes.

It has a learning curve (like all software), yes. But I cannot confirm the crashes.

[–] Naich@lemmings.world 37 points 1 year ago (1 child)

The 1.0.x versions have been rock solid for me. I like using it, but that might just be the Stockholm syndrome kicking in.

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[–] KingRandomGuy@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Yeah 1.0 has been quite stable for me. I especially recommend the weekly releases with features planned for 1.1, like better sketch projection tools and snapping.

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[–] shelf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 year ago (1 child)

I love freecad but even the latest release has some occasional crashes. For instance if you try to use PartDesign_Chamfer or PartDesign_Fillet and then go back and edit any of the sketches those were applied to things start to get wacky.

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[–] JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 3 points 1 year ago

I agree I have had some chamfer and fillets trouble that even wasn't there before (a not-completely-tangent arc cutout from a square exposes this clearly) and will cause faces to shoot to "random" positions. Things can get wonky also because the Topological Naming Problem isn't 100% gone, but a model getting messed up is not the same as crashing.

Still haven't had a single crash in 1.0.2.

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[–] Jocarnail@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago*

It is getting better, but I still get crashes in 1.0. I feel like there are some specific tools and features that are a lot more prone to crashes and others that are quite solid. I had crashes in particular with the thickness tool and some joins in the assembly workbench.

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