So I recently switched to All Linux, All The Time. No real complaints. But back in my windows days, I more or less realized that Fusion 360 really is That Damned Good. Basically every aspect and feature is intuitive in ways that just seem wrong for a CAD tool

It looks like I can use wine and some funky scripts to run a significantly older build and… I might do that. Or I’ll go back to tinkercad. And, obviously, FreeCAD is what I should use and FreeCAD might have the worst UX on the planet.

Are there any good middle ground tools? Not quite as good as FreeCAD but works on linux/wine? Or am I gonna get my TinkerCAD on?

Thanks

  • duckythescientist@lemmy.sdf.org
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    1 year ago

    OpenSCAD is my primary CAD program, but it’s not for everyone. CadQuery looks interesting but in a similar vein. I’ve used Onshape some and liked it, but it’s not free as in speech or beer, but it does have a free hobbyist level (at present).

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      1 year ago

      If you like OpenSCAD, you should definitely give CadQuery a try. I’ve used both, and CadQuery absolutely blows OpenSCAD out of the water.