My first time trying out some CAD DESIGN SOFTWARE
Has anybody worked with Autodesk?
Any open source alternatives out there?
#cad #blueprint #design
Discussion
No but does it support STL file format? Hehe
Hey! Nice to see such topic here!
As an engineer and 3d printing enthusiast, I struggled a long time with cad software on Linux. CAD tools was the only reason I had a windows machine for more than 10 years.
Short path, in my experience, you won't have luck until put yourself to learn a different way to do things.
My tips are: LibreCAD for Autocad similar 2d design, and FreeCAD for 3d and specific stuff. For the latter, take a look on the releases by a developer named realthunder.
Short story to give you hope: I saw complex examples in the internet, and although saw it was possible, I thought that it would be much harder to design in FreeCAD than in commercial alternatives. Some time ago I just designed an entire 3d printer in FreeCAD.
Good luck!
Agree with nostr:npub17vh5rvgxfqqnc8nqk5f9ap6u9x9ldghu9ra73v0jsedflm8yl0fsy7jjae that freecad is powerful, but it is still buggy compared to the proprietary CAD software. For Linux users onshape is great as it is in the browser.