FreeCAD can be made to work, but it's very buggy. I've seen frequent error dialogs, redraw bugs, and menu state issues in my trivial usage of it. Since it's not

FreeCAD can be made to work, but it's very buggy. I've seen frequent error dialogs, redraw bugs, and menu state issues in my trivial usage of it. Since it's not at all intuitive to novices it can be hard to tell if one is using it wrong or it's just not working again. Often saving, exiting, and re-opening the model is the "work around" so it's very frustrating. It doesn't help that each version gets a lot of superficial UI changes so tutorial videos will often get you part way then some menu option no longer exists and you're stuck. I plan to try SolveSpace next as it seems to be a lot more stable - though in principle also a lot more limited.