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CAE is an area where open source has always been terrible. They just can't do the very complex UIs that are needed. They're good at back-end stuff, but people n
by averagewall 10y ago
CAE is an area where open source has always been terrible. They just can't do the very complex UIs that are needed. They're good at back-end stuff, but people need to point and click. FreeCAD is nice but endlessly more frustrating and unintuitive than SolidWorks/etc. At least from my experience.
- phkahler 10y ago>> They just can't do the very complex UIs that are needed. Check out SolveSpace. You are free to contribute to the UI as well.
- Hydraulix989 10y agoUsers shouldn't feel obligated to fix open source software that they don't like.
- seanp2k2 10y agoSure, but at least it's an option for those so inclined, unlike commercial software, where your choice is just to not buy it or convince the developer to fix it for you (which works if you're a big enough user of their software).