Solvespace might be exactly what you’re looking for. It is FOSS and works well for simple models. Some functionality is missing though, for example chamfers and fillets.
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infinitepcg@lemmy.world 11 months ago
We need something like Affinity for CAD. Surely it must be possible to make a CAD program that can do the basics you need for 3D printing without all the advanced simulations and analysis. I just want to draw some sketches and extrude them.
elDalvini@discuss.tchncs.de 11 months ago
thegreekgeek@midwest.social 11 months ago
I’ll definitely need to check this out, thanks!
mea_rah@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I wish I had time and domain knowledge to add those two to Solvespace. It’s the only thing that I’m really missing. And for 3D printing design chamfers are really necessary, the models print much nicer when there are no sharp corners.
grayman@lemmy.world 11 months ago
OpenCAD. But it’s like Photoshop vs Gimp. But also with a bigger learning curve.
atocci@kbin.social 11 months ago
Gimp I got the hang of pretty quickly coming from Photoshop, but switching to OpenCAD has not been a smooth transition from AutoCAD.
grayman@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I agree with that statement.
monotremata@kbin.social 11 months ago
I'd say it's more like Premiere vs ffmpeg.
grayman@lemmy.world 11 months ago
That’d be open SCAD.
monotremata@kbin.social 11 months ago
Oh, I literally misread it as OpenSCAD. Laughing at my stupid brain right now.
Bluetreefrog@lemmy.world 11 months ago
FreeCAD. I’m not sure why more people aren’t using tbh.
kboy101222@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Every time I’ve used FreeCAD it felt miserable to use. Idk if I was doing something wrong, but it felt horrendous
Maalus@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I’ve used it for the past year, and no - you aren’t doing anything wrong. Had the same experience, and the privilege to compare it to Solidworks. There is no contest, other than price ofc
kboy101222@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Hell, I’d rather use Blender than FreeCAD. FOSS devs really need to get some UI and UX designers involved. Or at least someone with the skill set to know how to make not-ass UIs and UXs
the16bitgamer@lemmy.world 11 months ago
IMHO its because the software lack a lot of polish. At times i found FreeCAD is better that fusion. But for the amount of pain it takes to get the software to work, it makes me want to look elsewhere.
But man are the tools in freecad good, when they work. Just wish it was multithreaded
Maalus@lemmy.world 11 months ago
FreeCAD is soooo shitty. The history breaks all the time - small changes introduce so many issues you might just be better off by starting over.