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Some people won't touch freecad because of the dated UI. But to me, the main problem with freecad was lack of good organisation among workbenches. Its just too
by kramerger 4y ago
Some people won't touch freecad because of the dated UI.
But to me, the main problem with freecad was lack of good organisation among workbenches. Its just too much back and forth between half finished workbenches to get anything done.
- ur-whale 4y ago> Some people won't touch freecad because of the dated UI. Not just that. The UI is horrendous. There is, as you note, no logic to the "workbenches". The geometry engine (the "kernel", if you like CAD tongue) is ancient and weak. The parametric modeling system is not something I've ever managed to make work. The scripting language is - even though they use one of the best languages ever - hard and convoluted to use to build 3D models. Polygonal mesh modeling is close to non existent. NURBS modeling is weak. Getting complex fillet + hole working is a complete crapshoot. I could go on for a long time. I do understand it's free software and that there are very few alternative out there, but when you're used to open source stuff like Blender, OpenSCAD, Wings3D and Gimp, FreeCad is simply laughable. It pains me to say this: folks have been pouring their heart and soul into building FreeCad, but the result is just crap.