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Can't even take a short break from 3D designing stuff. Glad I'm switching over to FreeCAD. All I wanted was to grab some dimensions from an old model.

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[–] space@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Give Solid Edge (from Siemens) a try. It has a free for hobby use edition. It's not perfect, but I'm pretty happy with it, and none of the stupid restrictions of Fusion.

[–] AKADAP@lemmy.ml 28 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Fusion 360 used to be free for the hobbyist too. FreeCAD is GPL licensed, so it will always be free.

[–] uis@lemm.ee 7 points 8 months ago

Also GPL is broader free

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 3 points 8 months ago

Last time I tried FreeCad it crashed just about every time I touched constraints. Is that still an issue?