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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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