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Can you briefly outline what features of SketchUp you like best? Have you looked at FreeCAD?
by GregBuchholz 10y ago
Can you briefly outline what features of SketchUp you like best? Have you looked at FreeCAD?
- exDM69 10y agoI don't know if you've used it, so this may be hard to describe. What I like the most is the simple drawing tools that have intelligent "snapping" (to axes, edges, surfaces, etc), which makes it really easy to draw things that have exact dimensions and align perfectly with all the other pieces. This coupled with the smart move/replicate tool makes it a breeze to design furniture with elaborate joinery. I've not tried FreeCAD. It looks like it could work for my use case, although it looks much more complex and I do like the simplicity of SketchUp, even if it makes it a bit more limited tool (desinging round shapes in SketchUp is a pain, it's a very polygon-oriented tool).
- GregBuchholz 10y agoI'm just a newbie when it comes to 3D modeling. I've never used SketchUp, so I don't know how they compare in complexity, but FreeCAD does have quite a wide assortment of "snapping" features: http://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/index.php?title=Draft_Snap http://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/index.php?title=Draft_Snap
- exDM69 10y agoLooks handy, I'm going to try it out! SketchUp is so simple, I'd call it 3d drawing app, Just the pen tool and snapping is enough to get stuff done.