>> I'm going to reiterate this. FreeCAD is different than it use to be.
I agree, its gone from "really awful" to "quite annoying" which is a big improvement, but still massively behind proper tools like SolidWorks ... I generally use Open Source stuff because its better ... but freecad just isnt. ... I had a quick play with Solidcraft, a project that has apparently been built in a week and it is already easy to use and far superior to FreeCad in my opinion, I think I can happily use that as it stands. On Mon, 12 Oct 2026 at 22:11, Billy Huddleston via Emc-users < [email protected]> wrote: > I'm going to reiterate this. FreeCAD is different than it use to be. > What was the last version you used? I personally find Fusion harder to use > now. > But, That's because I'm use to FreeCAD's work flow. It's going to be the > same coming from Fusion to FreeCAD. > > And no, you don't have to be a dedicated open source idealist to use > FreeCAD. I use it because to run Fusion, I have to run Windows or use a > VM, and it sucks under a VM, and I > personally > detest windows above Windows 7. (And even then preferred Linux) > > Thanks, BIlly > > On 10/12/26 4:44 PM, Chris Albertson wrote: > > > >> On Oct 12, 2026, at 11:29 AM, Les Newell<[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> I could work on FreeCad now as long as I kept away from the CAM side. > TBH though every time I have tried FreeCad I've ended up wanting to tear my > hair out (what little I have left). That doesn't really give me a big > incentive to work on it. Although I'm not keen on Autodesk's policies I > mostly end up modelling in Fusion. The free personal use CAD is fine for > anything I want to do. The CAM however is crippled to the point of being > useless. > > This is pretty much it. You have to be dedicated open source idealist > to use FreeCAD over Fusion360. FreeCAD can work, but it just takes 3X > more mouse clicks for any given task. > > > > But you can also use both, the files move usig .STEP format. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > -- > Billy Huddleston Inner Vision > > *William Huddleston > Inner Vision Development* > Office: 865.560.2752 <(865)%20560-2752> > Fax: 865.560.2703 <(865)%20560-2703> > > http://www.ivdc.com <http://www.ivdc.com> > *Development and Consulting... Simplified.* > > <http://www.facebook.com/pages/Inner-Vision-Development/120023721424> < > http://twitter.com/ivdc> <http://www.linkedin.com/in/ivdccorp> > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
