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Last time I tried FreeCAD it seemed like a bunch of really good tools that had kind of been thrown in a bag and shaken around a bit. All the bits were there but

by taneq 5y ago

Last time I tried FreeCAD it seemed like a bunch of really good tools that had kind of been thrown in a bag and shaken around a bit. All the bits were there but it just seemed so clunky. Then I tried Fusion 360 and it's like the exact same Lego pieces had been rearranged into something that made sense, with the timeline and nonlinear editing tying it all together. Is FreeCAD different now, or was I expecting it to be something it's not, or was I just using it wrong?

phkahler 5y ago
>> Last time I tried FreeCAD it seemed like a bunch of really good tools that had kind of been thrown in a bag and shaken around a bit. All the bits were there but it just seemed so clunky. That's my impression too - and it tends to crash. If you look at how FreeCAD imports DWG files for example, it runs an external instance of a DWG->DXF converter built from (I think) LibreDWG, and then it uses their other python DXF importer to bring it in. In a way it makes sense because LibreDWG is GPLv3 only (not LGPL) so they can't directly incorporate it. But the awkward way it gets used feels like the way a lot of FreeCAD is put together. OTOH it can do a LOT and it is Free Software.