>Has anyone tried this recently? I did a few years ago and it wasn't really usable. I use it on the regular for making small mechanical parts for 3d printing.

>Has anyone tried this recently? I did a few years ago and it wasn't really usable. I use it on the regular for making small mechanical parts for 3d printing. When I was on windows I used autodesk inventor for this, but that doesn't work on linux, so here I am. It's certainly got some issues, but they can be sidestepped with some basic experience. I wouldn't recommend it to an engineering design firm, but I'd happily suggest it to a student startup, at least to try and see if it works for them before they spring several grand for autodesk. Mostly I'm just happy that it continues to be worked on, and look forward to each new version.