I visited a friend who is a professional medical engineer, and watched him work on a 3D design on some software paid for my the university they worked at. The options and features looked very practical!
Although I am not even close to working on so complicated projects, I did love the funtionalities. So now i have decided to put in the effort and learn a decent program, instead of using Tinkercad. I have been very happy with Tinkercad, but some things are only doable with workarounds or very creative methods.
The question is, what software should i start learning?
-FreeCAD
-Fusion 360
-AutoCAD
-Sketchup
-Blender
-LibreCAD
-Something else entirely?
I tried Onshape and now switched to ondsel which is freecad but with a different user interface.
I’ve had success with it. I find onshape to be a little easier to work with, but I find owning my files more important.
Seems like they have closed down in 2024?
https://ondsel.com/blog/goodbye/
My understanding is many of their changes were merged back into Freecad for the 1.0 release.
The 1.0 interface is a night & day improvement on the previous UI, so I’d say that was a good call.
Didn’t follow that, thx for the info! I’ll look to use freecad instead.
I recommend installing the open light and open dark theme for a better user experience in FreeCAD. Everything seems a bit clear and easier to use, YMMV
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