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How does FreeCAD compare to SketchUP? Does anyone know of a FOSS 2D drawing tool? I do a lot of pipe drawings (P&ID) and Visio is not ideal and AutoCAD is proh

by pinot 10y ago

How does FreeCAD compare to SketchUP? Does anyone know of a FOSS 2D drawing tool? I do a lot of pipe drawings (P&ID) and Visio is not ideal and AutoCAD is prohibitively expensive.

pkaye 10y ago
I haven't used it in a while but there is QCAD. It doesn't do everything that AutoCAD does by no means but they have been working on it for a while.
- dejv 10y ago
  QCAD is great, but I would not consider it free: without paid package is not that usable. But this package is just 40 bucks, which is really cheap.
- dbcurtis 10y ago
  LibreCAD is a good QCAD near-clone that is open source.
pietrasagh 10y ago
Sketch-up us is useless toy from engineering point of view. Good for "sketchy" modeling. FreeCAD is fully parametric 3D cad system. It's great for precision design. Unfortunately buggy as hell.
CompelTechnic 10y ago
It may not be open source, but DraftSight is free to use (commercial use included) and has 99% of the functionality of autoCAD for 2D stuff, but its a bit anemic if you are doing 3D. I use it all the time at work, very easy to pick up if you are used to autoCAD (similar interface). https://www.3ds.com/products-services/draftsight-cad-software/ https://www.3ds.com/products-services/draftsight-cad-softwar...
triggercut 10y ago
I'm all for free but if you're doing actual engineering drawings have you checked out AutoCAD LT? Much cheaper than full blown AutoCAD.