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239 points antome | 1 comments | 20 Nov 24 04:39 UTC | HN request time: 0.198s | source
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eblanshey ◴[20 Nov 24 10:56 UTC] No.42192703[source]▶
Like others have mentioned, Blender has become quite the successful open-source story. They used to be riddled with bugs and UX issues, much like FreeCAD was. Yesterday FreeCAD released v1 of their software, and they seem to be on the same redemption path as Blender. It's too bad their v1 release didn't gain much traction on here, as more people ought to give FreeCAD another whirl. The improvements there are massive. And it's the only proper parametric CAD software available on Linux.
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amelius ◴[20 Nov 24 11:09 UTC] No.42192766[source]▶
To what extent can Blender replace FreeCAD for mechanical engineering purposes?
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1. regularfry ◴[20 Nov 24 12:26 UTC] No.42193308[source]▶
Rigging. The assembly bits in FreeCAD just haven't been great historically, and the Ondsel assembly layer is very new. If you want to visually check for clashes I can see how someone might prefer to just import a bunch of STLs into Blender, rig them up, and wiggle them about.