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
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I’m slowly making my way through the learning curve for FreeCAD. Already in far enough that I have no plan to touch Fusion again.
Agree the UI isn’t great, but once you get the tools organised how you want them and get your head around the slightly different ways of doing things it is super powerful.
I’m all about the FreeCAD. I was one of the main people answering questions and posting on the FreeCAD reddit before reddit completely died on the 10th of June. Feel free to ask questions here.
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).
If you like OpenSCAD, you should definitely give CadQuery a try. I’ve used both, and CadQuery absolutely blows OpenSCAD out of the water.
