Need advice on CAD program/s

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7 years 14 hours ago #149365 by DangerToMyelf
Thank you for the explanation. You probably just saved me a lot of headaches!

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6 years 11 months ago #149560 by andypugh
I use Fusion360 mainly, but I hate myself for it and wish I used FreeCAD :-)

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6 years 11 months ago - 6 years 11 months ago #150317 by ikkuh
Replied by ikkuh on topic Need advice on CAD program/s
Have been using Fusion 360 for 2d and 3d cad, Eagle for PCB's.
I used Fusion 360 for almost four years now. But I stopped using it and forced myself to use FreeCAD.

My life is better now :) My files are my own, the rules do not change halfway so I suddenly can only use 80% of the software, I do not have to watch CYCNC video's anymore ;) (the early ones were great, but after the commercialization of the channel it is no longer fun to watch).

So I have been using FreeCAD for a few months now, very happy and the program gets better and better. Version 0.19 has a lot of things that bring it to about the possibilities that Fusion offered 2 years ago. Not everything is as fine-tuned, but the people at FreeCAD are active and very capable.

For pcb's I switched to KiCad EDA, much more then just pcb's. And with a special macro you can use the pcb designs in your FreeCAD model.
Not perfect yet, but the import of Eagle into Fusion was laughable to say the least in the beginning. With KiCad and FreeCAD you have two way synchonization and that is great.

Just my 2 cents worth.

Almost forgot: Both work great on Linux (I use Debian Buster at the moment with xfce). My 8 core i5 machine with 12Gb memory was slow as .... using Fusion, now it is a power station and everything runs smoothly.


FreeCAD:
www.freecadweb.org/

KiCad:
www.kicad-pcb.org/
Last edit: 6 years 11 months ago by ikkuh.
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6 years 11 months ago #150319 by DangerToMyelf
Thanks for the input. I recently downloaded FreeCad again. OMG! It's insanely better than the last time I used it (been a few years or more).

I think I'll stick with it. Have already designed some parts with it.

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6 years 11 months ago #150514 by pl7i92
Replied by pl7i92 on topic Need advice on CAD program/s
yes the new master has alredy improved in CNc Path stuff and the experimental ones are now on 4th axis and lathe

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6 years 11 months ago #150630 by DomCa
Replied by DomCa on topic Need advice on CAD program/s
I also suggest you stick wirh freecad.

Just started a month ago with linuxcnc and freecad and I am already milling my loudspeaker cases and other stuff.

There are more than enough tutorials on YT and people here and In the freecad forum are very helpful!!

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