It will now be for me to find out if the functionality added by moving to the commercial license justifies the cost. I also like how I can make a design for a friend who's not an engineer and have them mess with it without having them spend money on the software.Thanks Seth, that's indeed what I came to understand after moving from personal use to commercial. Having both tools at my disposal just makes me a better designer. There are things that I like and dislike about both packages. Lastly, learning freeCAD has taught me a few tricks that I've brought back to SW. It takes me 4 min to load SW and I have to type a 3D experience password twice (because the remember me function doesn't work).įreeCAD runs well on older machines, so I can mess around with designs while I chill in the living room on a tablet. Yesterday I needed a 3mm shim, it took me less then 5min to fire up FreeCAD and design it. Thanks to 3D experience and SW increased loading time it's just faster to fire up FreeCAD and get something drafted quickly. Like you could make a box, link the x and y value in the sketch and link the z value to the extrude. It makes it super quick to make changes to designs. I really like the 2D sketching workflow, with the constraint system (it's a much better relation system)įreeCAD has this great spreadsheet function where you could basicly toss your data into a spreadsheet and reference it in commands. For larger jobs that require assemblies I stick with SW. I do a lot it 3D printing designs for home, a lot of things like holders, clips or storage boxes FreeCAD is a great fit for that kind of work. Non-reddit communities are listed in our getting started guide We welcome community contributions to this wiki! Related Communities

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