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I’m using Fusion360, and I dislike it for a lot of reasons, but it’s easy to use. I tried FreeCAD, but it was very janky in comparison. Shapr3D was surprisingly good, but there’s no way I’m paying monthly for my hobby usage. I need precision prints, so I can’t just use Blender or similar.

Is there some magical unicorn software I’m not finding?

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[–] Grumpydaddy@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

I think the free version is more nuanced then that. By using the free version you agree to:

1.Use it for non commercial projects.

2 Place your designs in the public domain for anyone to use. Any design created from a free account is made public and may be used by others.

I didn't dig too deep so I'm not sure what restraints are placed on anyone using your design.

But at no point is Onshape claiming ownership of your design.