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Re:My mouse driver is asking for a firewall exemption (2019) by franga2000 on Monday August 23, 2021 @11:11AM (#28277001)
Out of curiosty, which CAD software do you use on Linux? While I don't use CAD very often, all the software my engineer friends swear by only runs on Windows so any Linux recommendations would be appreciated.
Re:My mouse driver is asking for a firewall exemption (2019) by horsawlarway on Monday August 23, 2021 @11:56AM (#28277826)
Not OP, but I finally switched away from Fusion 360 to FreeCAD - https://www.freecadweb.org/

I'll be honest, Fusion 360 is still a lot better in a lot of ways (advanced feature set, ease of use, layout and hotkeys, etc), and if I were employed to do CAD full time, I'd still be using it (helps that the company would be buying the license).

FreeCAD is workable, though. And since I'm mostly just making parts to 3d print, it gets the job done nicely.

TinkerCAD is another option (https://www.tinkercad.com/) and it's honestly the easiest CAD tool I've ever used. But it's not really comparable to the real parametric CAD tools.

Re:My mouse driver is asking for a firewall exemption (2019) by zsmi on Monday August 23, 2021 @12:07PM (#28278013)
I'm an EE so most of my work, that requires a lot of mousing, is layout which involves various Cadence/MentorGraphics tools. I think most of the mechanical engineers here use NX. It's industrial grade, very expensive, and not open-source, etc. The mechanical engineers used to use windows too and moved off it a couple of years ago. No idea why.
Re:My mouse driver is asking for a firewall exemption (2019) by CapitalistCartr on Monday August 23, 2021 @01:02PM (#28278836)
Yeah, my CAD software, Rhino, is all that ties me to Windows.
Re:My mouse driver is asking for a firewall exemption (2019) by programmer_dude on Monday August 23, 2021 @11:56AM (#28277821)
FreeCAD?