FreeCAD 0.20 Release Notes

Re:FreeCAD 0.20 Release Notes by inamberclad on Thursday June 16, 2022 @12:26PM (#31767923)

I like FreeCAD a lot, but it's too hard to create assemblies and reference other bodies in an assembly. I gave up and moved to Fusion360 where all these things Just Work.

However, I miss the KiCAD plugin with really good integration for the updating board outline and component placements from CAD.

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Re:FreeCAD 0.20 Release Notes by sschueller on Thursday June 16, 2022 @03:09PM (#31769751)

I have canceled my auto renewal for Fusion 360 as I have moved completely to Linux and their product does not work without using an unofficial Wine setup (also my space mouse does not work in Wine, it works perfectly in FreeCAD and Blender). They do have a web version but it is not available to paying customers?! They also keep removing features from the paid version I have. I'm done with this garbage. I can't even easily export my work.

I tried a few times to switch but now I have to.

What's really cool is how easily I can export Kicad projects and import them into blender. Check out my latest PCB render: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svU7NyfJJKY

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Re:FreeCAD 0.20 Release Notes by jbay808 on Thursday June 16, 2022 @12:43PM (#31768164)

I find the FreeCAD shapebinder system for external references is a lot more stable and maintainable than, say, external references in SolidWorks. It takes more clicks and more work though.

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