New Version of the BEST Fully Free 3D CAD

[@viteota]

Freecad has made huge leaps recently. For most users it is much better than those almost free alternatives there. I would sell my adsk stocks at this point.

[@treborrrrr]

Great, then I can buy them cheaply from you. There's more to being free to be able to compete. Autodesk will do just fine, for now.

[@mikescholz6429]

I’m trying to figure out if building an open source true 4-axis CNC toolpath generator is a realistic project for me to jump into, then expand into true 5-axis. Only then might autodesk start sweating a little.

[@za_ozero]

I am using freecad for several years now once ive got into 3d printing and its always does the job. Not from first try occasionally, but success is 100% for me. Great tool overall

[@Open5to6]

Nice video! I'm glad to see FreeCAD getting a little well deserved attention on its latest release milestone. Good demo of the corrected topological naming problem. And good tip/trick for the trim tool.

[@MarinusMakesStuff]

FreeCAD is looking pretty good now! If I ever see a good reason to leave Fusion360 I'll be moving to FreeCAD for sure. Let's hope it keeps progressing. I still see a lot of QOL improvements that are lacking, but it's definitely getting there!

[@CADCAMLessons]

FreeCAD has been making great strides! It's always exciting to see open-source software evolve. Hopefully, those quality-of-life improvements will continue to roll out, making the transition even more appealing. Keep an eye on its progress! 😊

[@MrAndrew990]

Id go after solid works blender or fusions clientele. Modernizing the User Interface The current UI, reminiscent of early 2000s computer software, can be off-putting to new users and those familiar with other CAD programs. A reskinned color palette and customizable UI would greatly improve the overall user experience. Robust Error Handling and Prediction Algorithms Proper error handling and prediction algorithms. easier said than done but the key here is preventing frustration. By detecting potential error states before an operation is complete, the software should warn users and help them familiarize themselves with the limitations. This would significantly enhance the software's value and usability.

[@tunedstylespecs]

Well solidworks and fusion are great softwares but expensive, so I am going away from them. Solidworks costs thousands per year and fusion from 250 went past 600 for a yearly subscription. I have been doing CAD from years but know that a stable version of freecad is ready I will support the developers. I know that the softwares have free version but slowly they are limiting what is offered in free, or if you want to use your designs for profit you have to pay them. Blender is a different type of CAD software for animation, game development, rendering etc but is is also free and developed by the community just like freecad.

[@josephmccormick6602]

Thank You for the Comments.

[@abdulsadiq8873]

I’m very interested in the BIM workbench, haven’t seen any recent tutorials on it so I’ll be going in raw….wish me luck

[@printing_fan]

I think it’s time to take another look at this. I have stuck with Fusion for many years, but this release and fix of the major bug might be enough for me to try again.

[@CADCAMLessons]

Give it a try and see how it compares to Fusion for your needs. Happy modeling! 😊

[@bartz0rt928]

For my 3d printing hobby projects, this fix alone probably makes Freecad a viable alternative to Fusion! The only other thing I've really missed in Freecad is selective padding of sketch features (i.e. extruding only a part of a sketch, instead of the whole thing). Is that in the new version? It's something I could definitely work around if I have to, but I'd prefer not to.

[@ColeFunseth]

I'm pretty sure you can pad specific parts of a sketch in 1.0.0 now. It's not as intuitive as in fusion but the capability is there now.

[@tunedstylespecs]

I have been working with inventor, fusion and onshape for quite some time but Freecad is where I would rather invest my time now as the subscricption cost is constantly increasing which makes me feel uncomortable for the future. In addition they slowly remove cababilities to force you to go to the paid version. Also fusion and onshape workflow is on cloud so despite having a fast pc it is still relatively slow to respond althought there are a lot more user friendly and easy to comprehend. Freecad requires from new users to alter their workflow a bit.

[@jclosed2516]

@@tunedstylespecs That are exactly the reasons I switched to FreeCAD. As a do a lot of 3D printing and electronic repairs, including repairs where mechanical parts have to be replaced (that are most times weird formed shapes that are broken), the use of CAD is really needed. FreeCAD gives me enough tools to do all I need, and then some more. Since I switched I never looked back.

[@Udilshik498]

Спасибо огромное за ваш труд 😊

[@Tome4kkkk]

Arrays and fillets... However trivial it may sound for an average 3d printer user EASE of creating such features is going to be the decisiv3 factor in choosing modeling software.

[@Larsbor]

So does all the plugins work in the new version ..?

[@Gammelhof]

I use freecad to all my projekts and i love it, the only thing i cant fix is text on a cup, any tips for that, thanks

[@pedalritter007]

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[@jhonny1392]

MangoJellySolutions. Good luck !.

[@lapiswolf2780]

If only I learned about FreeCAD at the beginning of my university term when I needed to use and suffer with AutoCAD rather than at the very end after being delayed with my work for weeks.

[@kairu_b]

FOSS is the way

[@CADCAMLessons]

Absolutely! It’s a fantastic choice for many users. 😊

[@benvandermerwe2359]

This new version 1 is good. I use it for parts design for 3D printing. Wonder if there is a import of Solid Edge .par files?

[@imacmill]

Looks like the Linux AppImage does not run on Linux Mint 21.

[@dmmgualb]

I think the toponame problem is far far from solved. IMO, it is sorted in some few specific cases, and is alive and present in the majority of real life situations. Look: I'm not a hater, I actively use Freecad as my main CAD program, but I saw very little improvement in the topological name problem. I'd like Freecad would somehow ask us to confirm/change when he is renaming primitives, or let us rename primitives.

[@Larsbor]

I am really confused so 1 is the newest while 2 was the previous one ..!?…

[@jclosed2516]

This is 1.0, while before it was 0.21, so the previous version had a lower version number.

[@bobconlin5413]

How do I get the new version installed into Linux Mint? The Software Manager only installs 0,19.

[@lexboegen]

I am running the latest Mint and it is in my Software Installer app as a Flatpak. I an in the USA. If you are somewhere else, it may take a little while to show up for you. I expect that if you enable Flatpak installations, you will get it.

[@RobertsTrailersandReviews]

Go on the side of FreeCad from there you can die and install on your Mint!

[@dikoman516]

I wish FreeCAD had a more intuitive interface. At the moment the learning curve for this amazing program is very hard ...

[@CADCAMLessons]

That's why I make beginner tutorials. I want to make it easier to learn FreeCAD.

[@aizel330stream]

I wish freecad could be as intuitive as onshape... at the moment it's very difficult for me to switch to freecad coming from onshape as freecad feels clunky and slow 😩😢

[@MichaelZeagler]

That's a pretty common gripe about open source stuff. People programming something out of interest usually make something that's just what they're interested in. If they're not UI people that aspect can be pretty lackluster.

[@Danielo515]

We need an event like blender 3.8 for free cas

[@kozko-xe1xl]

Thankz

[@congoetz9426]

Haha! Looks like it was designed in the 90ies!

[@fooboomoo]

i just wish it wouldn't choke so much on complex dxf files.

[@Tome4kkkk]

What "Cloud" is is just someone else's computer :D

[@radarmusen]

If it’s an apple it’s a McCloud

[@fog1257]

Yes.. that's the problem. Also if working in the "cloud" you're limited to their storage space and must always use the latest version, automatically you're a beta tester.

[@vg23air]

nice but they used a version of python that requires win 8 and tons of us will never upgrade past 7

[@NLGeebee]

What would be a mistake because from jan 14 2020, Win7 is no longer supported. Only safe when your PC is not networked.

[@vg23air]

@@NLGeebee and in use since released and never been a problem, and we dont have to LOSE capability by being forced to bow to MS

[@mikemalone9678]

Understandable. You could move to Linux Mint Cinnamon, but FreeCAD won't install on that at the moment, complaining about missing dependencies (which seem to be from ancient libraries). I will have to wait until this is resolved as I don't want Flatpak or Snap on my system.

[@vg23air]

@@mikemalone9678 ill just be one of many users stuck on 0.21