> The poor quality of FreeCAD is the main reason my 3D printer is collecting dust. As a Linux-only user the proprietary alternatives mostly aren't available to me, and FreeCAD is bad enough that I'd rather not do CAD at all. The Ondsel fork was looking promising for a while, but sadly that died off.
I've only ever used openSCAD, Freecad, and on shape.
And for me, Freecad had increased my use of my 3d printer, originally built in 2016.
Cad has a specific workflow, which is true regardless of the tool. Sticking to the right order of operations goes a long way to having a positive XP as does some basic intro tutorials.
It's not a tool you can bumble around and figure out easily, even with XP in similar tools.
I've only ever used openSCAD, Freecad, and on shape.
And for me, Freecad had increased my use of my 3d printer, originally built in 2016.
Cad has a specific workflow, which is true regardless of the tool. Sticking to the right order of operations goes a long way to having a positive XP as does some basic intro tutorials.
It's not a tool you can bumble around and figure out easily, even with XP in similar tools.