Comment on What programs do you wish a good FOSS alternative existed, but doesn't or most of the FOSS alternatives simply aren't good?

wjrii@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

FreeCAD still crashes for me a lot, across versions and distros and different PCs. I just don’t know what the deal is; maybe bad luck.

Then, its kernel, being the only truly viable open source one, is understandable but also has some limitations commercial tools don’t, and I’m just talking about super basic stuff like giving up on a fillet or chamfer as soon as two vertices touch.

The workflow is much improved, but I still get frustrated trying to use it for my stupid keyboard and other 3D printing projects. I have Alibre Design on my Windows partition, and with the improvements in gaming (seriously OP, it’s WAY better), CAD is the main reason I even bothered to keep my old SSD on Win.

There are probably things I do at work in MS Office that Libre would have a hard time with, but frankly I just don’t care. :-)

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