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KiCad for electronics development. Blender for 3D graphics. Gimp for photo editing. Inkscape for illustration. Though I'd recommend FreeCAD over OpenSCAD as
by LeifCarrotson 2y ago
KiCad for electronics development.
Blender for 3D graphics.
Gimp for photo editing.
Inkscape for illustration.
Though I'd recommend FreeCAD over OpenSCAD as a 3D modeling tool for most users as an alternative to traditional CAD tools...and therein lies the distro problem.
- WillAdams 2y agoGood points. I was trying to think of unusual programs with non-standard approaches. Perhaps rather than FreeCAD either BRL-CAD, or maybe the recently announced Dune 3D: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40228068 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40228068 Also, Blender w/ CADsketcher (the Solvespace solver) is quite good: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34856383 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34856383 Though maybe Solvespace would be a better match? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33571555 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33571555
- synergy20 2y agodrawio for diagrams
- radlad 2y agoGimp is really not great for photo editing IMO - it really shines at photo manipulation. (i.e. it is Photoshop, not Lightroom.) For RAW development (a la Lightroom), DarkTable and RawTherapee exist. I've only tried the former, and found it incredibly difficult to use. I also prefer Krita for digital illustration (though maybe that's unfair - it's best at digital painting specifically.) Of course, if you need vector support, Inkscape is the obvious answer.