John --
Yeah, that's true. But open source software is usually good enough (e.g.
LibreOffice, Ubuntu, etc).
The problem I've run into is putting the time and effort into learning a
package (SketchUp, Komodo, MS Money, MS Office and lately, Windows) and
having it either die or go to a software license model (where they want
a yearly fee). Or, they want me to put all my info on the web, under
onerous license agreements.
My use cases aren't often deep or subtle enough to need the
latest/greatest.
Kevin
On 4/14/20 8:48 AM, John Vaughters via TriEmbed wrote:
Jeff,
You are going to be disappointed with FreeCAD. Open Source CAD has not and
probably will never catch up to paid versions. But for those on a budget and
has time, open source is still pretty good and useful.
John Vaughters
On Monday, April 13, 2020, 05:42:37 PM EDT, Jeff Highsmith via TriEmbed
<[email protected]> wrote:
I haven’t tried FreeCAD, but I have Rhino and SolidWorks at work (designing
exhibits for a kids museum, some electromechanical) and I prefer OnShape, for
its ease of use (over SolidWorks and Rhino) and its parametric modeling (over
Rhino). It’s also great to be able to use OnShape on a variety of devices. My
understanding is that OnShape was created by the folks who created SolidWorks.
But now I’m off to download and try FreeCAD.
Jeff :)
One more vote for FreeCAD, which I have used for several years, but I will say
that I started using OnShape a few months ago and I haven't used FreeCAD since.
I love being able to design a part right on my mobile phone. I still have to
use my PC to slice the part before printing, but everything else I do on my
phone.
I too use FreeCAD (you can create your objects by coding if you
are comfortable with python) and openscad. If you are going to use a
commercial solution, you can choose not to beat around the bush and
just go solidworks, which has a cheap/free .edu license. Everyone
else is measured against solidworkds.
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