3DPrinting
3DPrinting is a place where makers of all skill levels and walks of life can learn about and discuss 3D printing and development of 3D printed parts and devices.
The r/functionalprint community is now located at: or !functionalprint@fedia.io
There are CAD communities available at: !cad@lemmy.world or !freecad@lemmy.ml
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No bigotry - including racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, or xenophobia. Code of Conduct.
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Be respectful, especially when disagreeing. Everyone should feel welcome here.
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No porn (NSFW prints are acceptable but must be marked NSFW)
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Do not create links to reddit
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If you see an issue please flag it
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No guns
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No injury gore posts
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No, all CAD software sucks. I use FreeCAD myself and just got used to the jank.
FreeCAD has possibly the worst UI I have ever used combined with some of the worst UX of any software. But it has every feature I need, it's free and it works (mostly).
I haven't used it in awhile, but OnShape I think had the best UI, for being in a browser.
There are some macros out there I've found that make FreeCAD a lot better. I kinda wish they had a half-decent reference for macro writing; they'll point you to their unfinished out of date wiki if you ask.
Omg. I swear they rename/move a bunch of things every update so every guide is just a little bit out of date.
The answer they give you is "If you want it written, YOU write it." Which...it's no wonder open source software doesn't hold up, right? It's made by idiots who think it's up to end users to write the manual.
Idk Creo has pretty awful UX
100% this. Ive been through 4 different cad packages professionally and every single one of them is terrible bad awful garbage. Pick your flavor of garbage and get with it.
After a few months of forcing myself to learn it, FreeCAD really isn't that bad. It's miles better than Creo.