Comment on I liked Fusion 360, I like Onshape - but I'd rather like something that I won't lose over the whims of one company. So, what?

Rolive@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• olafurp@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Seconded FreeCAD. It was my first CAD software and I didn’t have massive amount of trouble with it being a hobbyist with no CAD experience.

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  • Rolive@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It was also my first CAD program. Perhaps not having experienced others makes it easier to tolerate the quirks of FreeCAD.

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• RandomLegend@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I started on FreeCAD but now went for Ondsel.

  Their UX redesign is really nice and works much better for me

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  • AdrianTheFrog@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I think if you install enough plugins you can get that similar experience from freecad

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    • RandomLegend@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      sure, but i am happy with what Ondsel preconfigured for me me. And since it’s freecad in the core anyway

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    • neclimdul@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Some of the nightlies are actually ahead of ondsel in features actually. But while you can get close, the theme and UI changes don’t work very well in freecad. You might be able to write some plugins to do it but I haven’t seen them.

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      • AdrianTheFrog@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I haven’t used ondsel myself but can’t you configure modernui to look similar?

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• lambda@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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