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FreeCAD is an open-source parametric 3D modeler (www.freecad.org)
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[–] 24 points 8 months ago (5 children)

I use it regularly for my 3d printer, nice simple software, but be warned it has quirks...

Still able to do 90% of the stuff I want to do

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  • [–] 13 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    It's very quirky compared to Fusion360. If they made it at least a little bit smoother to use, at least for my tastes in CAD Software; I would be all in.

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Yeah I am having too much friction getting Fusion360 to work on my Linux Mint, I know there are methods but with the registration as a hobbyist and using a container.... Got too much, you can blame me as a user not being invested enough to get it working, and installed FreeCAD from the Linux store hassle free.

    The quirks I can work around, sometimes it makes me go back and redesign another iteration to avoid the quirk and then also improve my design as a bonus

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago*

    I haven't had any luck with Fusion360 and bottles lately. I saw the installer once after some tinkering and the program never launched.

    Granted, I've recently had all of my bottles stop working for some reason, despite not changing anything.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago

    Same for me. I got a 3D printer and was more interested in downloading files than creating my own. But when I got into FreeCAD it opened a world of customisation.

    It took me a long time to learn and I'm still learning, like ensuring I'm constraining in a way which allows resizing later on in the design.

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