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Is there no good inexpensive CAD software? (lemmy.radio)
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[–] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

I'm intrigued but confused. What's the difference between 3DEXPERIENCE and xDesign? Are they the same thing or different? Do you need both or just one or the other? They're called "packages" so do you need some kind of base install and then choose which package to put on top of it? All of the demonstration videos show it running in a browser but people in this thread are complaining about lack of Linux support

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    The 3DExperience package is the classic Solidworks, so it’s purely parametric and has a ton of legacy and advanced features some people need. It also really only runs on Windows, and don’t even bother with Wine lmao

    xDesign is kind of their cloud-only Fusion competitor. It runs in a browser and has SubD modeling. I haven’t really worked in this one, but I would bet it’s missing features from Desktop Solidworks that would be dealbreakers for a lot of people.

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