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In coming time you can see freecad massively improving. This space lacks good opensource solution. I have tried creating my parts, tried tinkercad (which is s

In coming time you can see freecad massively improving. This space lacks good opensource solution. I have tried creating my parts, tried tinkercad (which is simple but limited) Tried fusion. And pretty much other things don't support mac. I've a hunch lots of vibe coders are going to come and launch stuff like freecad and Gimp (which I never liked, can't even get simple tasks done in gimp) Future is bright for opensource powered by LLM coding on steroids.

criddell 7mo ago
Freecad is limited by Open Cascade which is the modeling kernel at the heart of the program. I started with Open Cascade then moved on to Granite from PTC (not open source) and the latter is just so much easier, faster, and stable. I’ve heard Parasolid and whatever it is that Autodesk uses these days are both excellent as well. It would be nice for there to be a more modern open source modeling library.
- faangguyindia 7mo ago
  U only need to get a prototype working, post on show HN and it will attracted others who see point in it. It would be nice to have a CAD which is user friendly. I don't like fusion either but it's necessary evil.
- kwk1 7mo ago
  There is promising news on the development of OpenCASCADE front: https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/QQRAAF-occt3d-8-kernel-evolution/ https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/QQRAAF-occt3d-8-kerne...
Gigachad 7mo ago
Linkedin sentence structure + baseless LLM promotion. There is no evidence here the latest update was vibe coded. It's fairly offensive to devalue the work that the FreeCAD developers put in like this.
- NetMageSCW 7mo ago
  You might want to learn to read comments before commenting on them.
- funkyfourier 7mo ago
  They recently posted rules about submitting AI generated code: https://blog.freecad.org/2026/03/16/rules-regarding-ai-generated-patches/ https://blog.freecad.org/2026/03/16/rules-regarding-ai-gener...

criddell 7mo ago

Freecad is limited by Open Cascade which is the modeling kernel at the heart of the program. I started with Open Cascade then moved on to Granite from PTC (not open source) and the latter is just so much easier, faster, and stable. I’ve heard Parasolid and whatever it is that Autodesk uses these days are both excellent as well. It would be nice for there to be a more modern open source modeling library.

faangguyindia 7mo ago
U only need to get a prototype working, post on show HN and it will attracted others who see point in it. It would be nice to have a CAD which is user friendly. I don't like fusion either but it's necessary evil.
kwk1 7mo ago
There is promising news on the development of OpenCASCADE front: https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/QQRAAF-occt3d-8-kernel-evolution/ https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/QQRAAF-occt3d-8-kerne...

Gigachad 7mo ago

Linkedin sentence structure + baseless LLM promotion. There is no evidence here the latest update was vibe coded. It's fairly offensive to devalue the work that the FreeCAD developers put in like this.

NetMageSCW 7mo ago
You might want to learn to read comments before commenting on them.
funkyfourier 7mo ago
They recently posted rules about submitting AI generated code: https://blog.freecad.org/2026/03/16/rules-regarding-ai-generated-patches/ https://blog.freecad.org/2026/03/16/rules-regarding-ai-gener...