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I tried to use FreeCAD, I'm new to CAD, and I found it very frustrating, I was able do to some complex parts but it took me time, it crashed multiples times and
by y04nn 6y ago
I tried to use FreeCAD, I'm new to CAD, and I found it very frustrating, I was able do to some complex parts but it took me time, it crashed multiples times and the drawing was not as parametric as I expected it to be (again I'm not an export).
Now I'm using Solvespace, and I'm very pleased, almost never crashed, sleek interface, there is a keyboard shortcut for every function, I can easily go back to a previous sketch to update quotes, it has a short and helpful documentation, the more you use it the faster you can do things (specially when you know keyboard shortcuts). It has some drawbacks, it lacks some nice functionalities you can have with FreeCAD plugins like threads, easy chamfer and fillet. Also sometimes while drawing a sketch it goes in 3D constrains mode and I can't extrude, very frustrating.
- TacticalTable 6y agoThis mirrors my experience, FreeCAD is practically new user hostile and horrifically buggy. I'm very inexperienced and had really only used Autodesk Inventor and Fusion360 previously, but FreeCAD was like moving from modern Photoshop to an early version of Gimp