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Design for 3D-Printing

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837 points q3k | 1 comments | 04 May 25 17:38 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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lawn ◴[04 May 25 18:17 UTC] No.43888379[source]▶
What an impressive looking article (I've only skimmed it so far).

I've been meaning to try my hand at CAD and designing models to print but I haven't quite made the jump.

One thing that has given me pause is a good CAD program for Linux, does anyone has any good tips for a complete Newbie where to begin?

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retrochameleon ◴[04 May 25 18:27 UTC] No.43888444[source]▶
I use FreeCAD, but it definitely leaves some UX refinement to be desired. There are a couple of web based options like OnShape that seem to work well, too.
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nullc ◴[04 May 25 19:11 UTC] No.43888755[source]▶
All of Solidworks, Onshape, and Freecad have a very similar operating philosophy (I believe they're all based on the same backend engine). I used onshape for a while because I found freecad unusable but recent improvements solved most of those issues and now I prefer freecad.
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1. sho_hn ◴[05 May 25 02:19 UTC] No.43891410{3}[source]▶
OnShape and SolidWorks use Parasolid, FreeCAD uses Open CASCADE.