Re:Show HN: Chili3d – A open-source, browser-based 3D CAD ap...
by piyush_soni on Wednesday June 11, 2025 @07:25AM
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> But I just know, at some point Onshape will start charging us freeriders.
- I don't know about that, may be, may be not, but I don't know of any such plan in the short term at least. It gives University students a free 'professional' license so there's that too.
> Just fill pattern and text are always a struggle.
Feel free to create a support ticket about your pain points. Everyone can easily do that, and Onshape is surprisingly more responsive to support tickets than many other companies.
- I don't know about that, may be, may be not, but I don't know of any such plan in the short term at least. It gives University students a free 'professional' license so there's that too.
> Just fill pattern and text are always a struggle.
Feel free to create a support ticket about your pain points. Everyone can easily do that, and Onshape is surprisingly more responsive to support tickets than many other companies.