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Netflix Becomes Max-Level Patron Of Blender's Development Fund (www.cartoonbrew.com)
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[–] whereIsTamara@lemmy.org 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Someone do any CAD. I’m pretty surprised at how shitty the free cad options are. I just use it for 3d printing. Fusion360 (free) is the only decent product out there.

[–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

FreeCAD isn't terrible, especially since v1, it's rough round the edges at times, but definitely usable.

[–] whereIsTamara@lemmy.org 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

But compared to Fusion360, it’s archaic—borderline unusable imo.

What I really want to use is Shapr3D, but there’s no way I’m paying $40/m for the pleasure of making a model or two a month.

Plasticity looked promising, and I was willing to drop the parametric in a pinch, but I had trouble with getting the size right because it’s scale-agnostic.

[–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What are you trying to model? It's far from unusable.

[–] cheesorist@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

I tried using freecad a while back my previous experience being two years in blender and light designs in fusion360 that i picked up very quickly

designing a very simple shape that would've taken me a minute on blender or fusion, took me a good 20-30 minutes navigating errors and ui to find simple tools like extend, even after being found, making them work is an extra hassle

I would love to use freecad but its not worth the learning curve for me when i only design basic things to 3d print