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Out of curiosty, which CAD software do you use on Linux? While I don't use CAD very often, all the software my engineer friends swear by only runs on Windows so
by franga2000 5y ago
Out of curiosty, which CAD software do you use on Linux? While I don't use CAD very often, all the software my engineer friends swear by only runs on Windows so any Linux recommendations would be appreciated.
- programmer_dude 5y agoFreeCAD?
- horsawlarway 5y agoNot OP, but I finally switched away from Fusion 360 to FreeCAD - https://www.freecadweb.org/ https://www.freecadweb.org/ I'll be honest, Fusion 360 is still a lot better in a lot of ways (advanced feature set, ease of use, layout and hotkeys, etc), and if I were employed to do CAD full time, I'd still be using it (helps that the company would be buying the license). FreeCAD is workable, though. And since I'm mostly just making parts to 3d print, it gets the job done nicely. TinkerCAD is another option (https://www.tinkercad.com/ https://www.tinkercad.com/) and it's honestly the easiest CAD tool I've ever used. But it's not really comparable to the real parametric CAD tools.
- zsmi 5y agoI'm an EE so most of my work, that requires a lot of mousing, is layout which involves various Cadence/MentorGraphics tools. I think most of the mechanical engineers here use NX. It's industrial grade, very expensive, and not open-source, etc. The mechanical engineers used to use windows too and moved off it a couple of years ago. No idea why.
- CapitalistCartr 5y agoYeah, my CAD software, Rhino, is all that ties me to Windows.