Price (free), functionality: solid modeling (not just a collection of lines, arc and circles), features, (eventual) ease of use, ability to create. FreeCAD has been a Godsend for developing and evaluating my ideas and I would definitely recommend it if you are a small business with minimal or no budget for expensive CAD software. I have designed/built a semi-automatic machine for my production and have several 3D printed tools used in that machine. Initially it was a steep learning curve but with the abundance of videos on YouTube and perseverance I am now quite adept at using it. I used my outdated copy of AutoCAD for years until I discovered FreeCAD 5 or 6 years ago. I used Pro/ENGINEER in the early 90's and it was such a wonderful leap over AutoCAD but hugely expensive. It is available as a Snap package named freecad-realthunder ( ).Love it. Side note: There is a FreeCAD experimental branch called 'Link branch' created by a user named 'realthunder' that has become popular. freecad.pip install py_slvs for Assembl圓. freecad.pip: Install python packages for user (not system-wide).Į.g.freecad.cmd: Run FreeCAD command line interface.There are multiple apps/commands included in the snap: edge contains automated (daily) builds from the latest master commit.( Use this if you want edge with fewer updates.) beta contains automated weekly promotions from edge.( Use this if you don't know what you're doing.) stable contains the latest upstream release, i.e.There are three maintained channels for this snap: Open source (LGPL license) and completely modular, allowingįor very advanced extension and customization.įreeCAD is multiplatfom, and reads and writes many openįile formats such as STEP, IGES, STL and others. Your model history and changing its parameters.

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