FreeCAD: A free and open source multiplatform 3D parametric modeler

Re:FreeCAD: A free and open source multiplatform 3D parametr... by Unbeliever69 on Friday September 18, 2020 @09:58AM (#24516821)

Yeah. This is the a similar problem with alternatives to 2D AutoCAD replacements. 2D CAD application can pretty much all do the same things. However, most of the really useful productivity features such as dynamic blocks, sheet sets, constraints etc. are absent from the cheaper or free alternatives.

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Re:FreeCAD: A free and open source multiplatform 3D parametr... by stavros on Friday September 18, 2020 @10:44AM (#24517401)

I'm a hobbyist, so I don't care if things like finite element analysis simulations are missing, but I do want basic things like constraints, some of which I think SolveSpace is missing.

One big "quality of life" thing that even OnShape is missing that Fusion has is the ability to dimension a line from another line, i.e. you can specify a dimension as "line_23 / 2", which allows you to do math with the other element as a variable. It's a pretty small feature, but extremely useful.

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Re:FreeCAD: A free and open source multiplatform 3D parametr... by app4soft on Friday September 18, 2020 @12:29PM (#24518809)

> but I do want basic things like constraints, some of which I think SolveSpace is missing

SolveSpace has a lot of constraints & this is a key feature of SolveSpace.

What "missing constraints" you talking about?

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Re:FreeCAD: A free and open source multiplatform 3D parametr... by stjohnswarts on Friday September 18, 2020 @04:33PM (#24521606)

Freecad does constraints.

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