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A comment on LeoCAD 21.03.

Re:LeoCAD 21.03 by cies on Monday March 15, 2021 @05:09AM (#26463877)
I had to search a bit to find it's GPLv2 licensed.

https://www.leocad.org/docs/license.html

Did some 3D lately and used TinkerCAD, which runs from the browser. Very intuitive and had more than enough features to achieve what I needed.

https://www.tinkercad.com

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Re:LeoCAD 21.03 by app4soft on Monday March 15, 2021 @05:51AM (#26464071)
> TinkerCAD, which runs from the browser. Very intuitive...

TinkerCAD is proprietary software by AutoCAD... And we remember what has happen[0] with its another 'free' app - Fusion360 (RIP).

Thanks, but no.

BTW, LeoCAD is a much better choice for kids and AFOLs.

[0] https://twitter.com/MvdH74169613/status/1369334245043404815

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Re:LeoCAD 21.03 by snoopen on Monday March 15, 2021 @08:39AM (#26465320)
I don't understand this reaction. Fusion360 continues to be free (as in beer) for personal. Not only that but startups can apply for a free licence each year.
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Re:LeoCAD 21.03 by app4soft on Monday March 15, 2021 @09:07AM (#26465623)
> I don't understand this reaction.

You may get a better explanation from FreeCAD team on Twitter.

[0] https://twitter.com/FreeCADNews

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Re:LeoCAD 21.03 by haswell on Monday March 15, 2021 @10:02AM (#26466190)
Is there a particular tweet you’re trying to highlight? As a casual bystander, this comment isn’t helpful...
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Re:LeoCAD 21.03 by app4soft on Monday March 15, 2021 @11:31AM (#26467163)
There are a lot of FreeCADNews' threads, so here I would link just few of them.[0,1]

Also read related discussions on HN.[2,3]

[0] https://twitter.com/FreeCADNews/status/1306932199564947457

[1] https://twitter.com/FreeCADNews/status/1313167577284304897

[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24494653

[3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24503950

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Re:LeoCAD 21.03 by cies on Monday March 15, 2021 @06:20AM (#26464235)
good point!
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