I’m using Fusion360, and I dislike it for a lot of reasons, but it’s easy to use. I tried FreeCAD, but it was very janky in comparison. Shapr3D was surprisingly good, but there’s no way I’m paying monthly for my hobby usage. I need precision prints, so I can’t just use Blender or similar.

Is there some magical unicorn software I’m not finding?

  • Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    12 hours ago

    I haven’t used it in awhile, but OnShape I think had the best UI, for being in a browser.

    There are some macros out there I’ve found that make FreeCAD a lot better. I kinda wish they had a half-decent reference for macro writing; they’ll point you to their unfinished out of date wiki if you ask.

    • idunnololz@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      6 hours ago

      Omg. I swear they rename/move a bunch of things every update so every guide is just a little bit out of date.

      • Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        11·
        6 hours ago

        The answer they give you is “If you want it written, YOU write it.” Which…it’s no wonder open source software doesn’t hold up, right? It’s made by idiots who think it’s up to end users to write the manual.