I’m using Fusion360, and I dislike it for a lot of reasons, but it’s easy to use. I tried FreeCAD, but it was very janky in comparison. Shapr3D was surprisingly good, but there’s no way I’m paying monthly for my hobby usage. I need precision prints, so I can’t just use Blender or similar.

Is there some magical unicorn software I’m not finding?

  • cAUzapNEAGLb@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Do make sure to retry freecad if you havent in a while - they finally merged their big update that made faces not break - its still got a learning curve but its far less frustrating now

  • PerogiBoi@lemmy.caEnglish
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    6 months ago

    OnShape. If you’re familiar with Fusion360, OnShape requires almost no additional learning. Workflows are pretty much the exact same. It’s free under the guise that everything you make is OnShapes IP. But if you’re looking to model casually and aren’t making things you wish to patent, it’s great.

    Not open source if that’s a requirement.

    • Grumpydaddy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      6 months ago

      I think the free version is more nuanced then that. By using the free version you agree to:

      1.Use it for non commercial projects.

      2 Place your designs in the public domain for anyone to use. Any design created from a free account is made public and may be used by others.

      I didn’t dig too deep so I’m not sure what restraints are placed on anyone using your design.

      But at no point is Onshape claiming ownership of your design.