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FreeCAD is an open-source parametric 3D modeler (www.freecad.org)

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[–] notaviking@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago (3 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

[–] Dettweiler42@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 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.

[–] notaviking@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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

[–] Anivia@feddit.org 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

OnShape is another option that has a free plan and works on Linux, since it runs in the browser

[–] ramasses@social.ozymandias.club 1 points 3 weeks ago

To be fair, fusion 360 also has a free plan, and they also have a version of it that runs in the browser. However, it might be the slowest 3d modeling ever known to man, but it does still work.

[–] Dettweiler42@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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.

[–] Digestive_Biscuit@feddit.uk 4 points 1 month 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.

[–] idunnololz@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Yeah learning freecad was a huge pain. Hiwever it does support most things so at least the featureset is good.