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[-] Anivia@feddit.org 5 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Come on. The 1.0 release is a huge milestone, but saying it's better than the entry level commercial options is just disingenuous.

I have actually switched over to it because I run a small 3D printing business as a side income, which isn't nearly profitable enough to afford an onshape license, and although Fusion360 has an affordable startup license it simply won't work on Linux and my hackintosh laptop isn't powerful enough for cad.

It is at a point where it is very usable if you are willing to invest the time needed to learn it, but the learning curve is much, much steeper than that of OnShape or Fusion360, especially if it is your first CAD program. There is also a huge lack of beginner tutorials for it, and the documentation is intended for advanced users, which complicates the learning curve even further, because Fusion360 and OnShape have a huge amount of beginner tutorials for them.

For a hobbyist that just wants to model a few things and not sell them I would always recommend OnShape or Fusion360 over FreeCAD, or even Tinkercad if said person just wants to model extremely simple things.

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