I was recently using entirely legitimate professional software becuase I was sick of Fusion360’s cloud crap. Admittedly I wasn’t using it at a professional level, but previously I would’ve said the same thing about FreeCAD, which was what drove me to my entirely legitimate alternatives.

But just recently I was trying FreeCAD, and struggling a bit with the interface, when I checked the latest version which was 1.0.0.

So I updated and it’s had a complete UI overhaul. It now looks and runs like pro software. It has a modern look, and the UI interactions are extremely smooth.

My favourite part of it is the spreadsheet system. It’s fully-fledged spreadsheet software, and when you’ve made all the calculations, you just have to name the cells you need, and then you can access them as variables from the design. It’s really powerful for parametric design. That part of it was already much better than autodesk’s parameter system.

Anyway, I’m not going back to Fusion or any of the pro software again. I’m doing my latest project in FreeCAD and it’s a super smooth experience.