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When I make stuff I always have exact dimensions and positions I need to use so almost none of what I am doing can be freely drawn with the mouse. With openscad
by ndnxhs 8y ago
When I make stuff I always have exact dimensions and positions I need to use so almost none of what I am doing can be freely drawn with the mouse. With openscad I can type in my exact values and be sure that nothing was accidentally moved by mouse.
- hathawsh 8y agoSame here. I've dabbled in various CAD software packages but I always come back to OpenSCAD because it lets me build a well structured text file with every detail of my model, with no possibility of hidden variables. I'm willing to give up a whole lot of features just to have that precious text file.
- bacon_waffle 8y agoI'd say exact dimensions are the norm for FreeCAD too - the mouse isn't used for freely drawing shapes in any workbench that I'm familiar with. With the Sketcher workbench in particular, the constraints control the geometry; the mouse is essentially used for selection and input of relationships between shapes. For example (I've only skimmed this video, there are likely better ones), check out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgstQi9jpGc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgstQi9jpGc
- alpaca128 8y agoThey should link these videos on their website somewhere. The first time I started FreeCAD I was completely lost(well, I'm not really a CAD expert), but some videos on YouTube explain the basics really well. Now I find the sketching pretty intuitive, albeit a bit clunky and slow. The number one feature I'm missing is the program telling me WHAT degrees of freedom are still unconstrained in a sketch.