• MrSlicer@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    3d printing without basic cad skills is almost useless imo. I use freecad now but I’ve made tons of useful precision fit things using tinkercad.

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      1 year ago

      Freecad is based. It feels like a superpower to be able to imagine relatively high precision parts and make them real in just a few hours. Tailored exactly to your project.

    • DFTBA_FTW@lemmy.fmhy.ml
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      1 year ago

      🤮 Freecad is a barely functioning mess, fusion360 is a professional level cad that’s free for hobbiest and infinitely more usable.

      I spend most of my day doing cad work, I can jump between Catia, NX, Solidworks, Fusion360 with no problems but Freecad is just horrible. I want to like Freecad but the simplest things are the hugest pains in the ass, it’s feature set is huge but none of the features are actually polished.