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If you don’t mind dropping a small amount of coin, Solidworks has a new maker version that is full fledged Solidworks for under $100 a year. Small price for the gold standard in my opinion. I think FreeCAD is better then CAD sketcher for blender. Much higher learning curve.

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nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Lack of Linux or BSD support is a dealbreaker for me.

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- xenspidey@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Yeah that does suck, I’m stuck with windows for work anyways so that’s not a big deal to me
  
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  - nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    I haven’t had a Windows install at home or work that I’ve “owned” for over a decade so, it’s a lot more of an inconvenience to me, to be fair. I don’t want to re-learn an OS that I spent so much effort removing from the realm of “my problem”.
    
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fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Orrrrrrr… You know… Keep using FreeCAD, supporting the need for FOSS solutions since it seems to be working well and won’t have the price hike that will eventually come with all commercial products.

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Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I hadn’t heard that, thanks! An annual $100 is well within what I’m willing to pay for my hobbyist use.

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- xenspidey@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Yeah it’s totally worth it, don’t get me wrong, I like FreeCAD but it does have it’s limitations. The solidworks license comes with their sculpting tool as well.
  
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- u_tamtam@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  I don’t want to be this guy, but if you are willing to fork that much, perhaps you could consider donating some to FreeCAD? See it as an investment: in the end you would get a better version of a software that you truly own 🙂
  
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  - Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    I don’t really like what’s been built so far and I’m not qualified to contribute, so it’s entirely possible the more it’s developed the more I’ll come to dislike using it. I don’t want to own freecad.
    
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    u_tamtam@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Totally fair and fine :) Having kept an eye on the project for several years already, I think it’s heading in the right direction (and no alternative has emerged), but yeah, the road ahead is very long!
    
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  - clb92@feddit.dk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    If they had a fund set up solely dedicated to a complete UI rework, with input from UX designers, I’d consider donating.
    
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