#FreeCAD 1.1 is now in Release Candidate, actually it has been since late November. But the second release candidate came out today. I should give it a shot (after making several backups).
Edit: Finally found the (preliminary) release notes.
https://wiki.freecad.org/Release_notes_1.1
@chrishuck Okay, so I probably have 2,000 hours in F360 and 5 hours in FreeCAD. Hardly a fair comparison.
My first big issue with FC was, I couldn't select anything in sketches. Then I found the pick radius preference.
My second is that the sketch constraints are very different and I don't always know what I've constrained.
FC has a lot more/better keyboard shortcuts, and the Spacemouse worked out of the box.
1/N
For an ongoing #TTRPG project, I've been messing around with CAD software to make diagrams for maps and player handouts.
Big learning curve so far, but I think it'll help to have clear diagrams of locations.
I used #TinkerCAD as I found #FreeCAD a little too intimidating.
Published the design on Thingiverse:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:7263365
This is a work-in-progress though, I still need to print it and test.
Just modeled a Sennheiser headphones mount in FreeCAD 1.0.2 for 3D-printing.
Occasionally this mount has a "face expression" of a permanent shock as if it just had a doom-scrolling session for ten hours straight.
Update: Published on Thingiverse:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:7263365
I've been making an effort to use #freecad more. This week has been using the #gridfinity workbench to make some socket organizers. #printables is full of them, but it's quick and easy enough to draw up exactly what I need quickly and drop it into #prusaslicer and send it to my #Prusa XL.
FreeCAD has come a long way in a short time and the roadmap for 1.1 looks like it hasn't lost any momentum.
#100DaysToOffload Day 23:
Today I learned about top down design for mechanisms on #Freecad following MangoJellys Tutorial. It's amazing how much it improved in the last year.
I remember that some years ago I tried Freecad for the first time, and it was such an stressfull situation, that I abandoned it until I heard that 1.0 was realeased and tried it again.
Here is the tutorial I followed:
It’s not a complex part by any means, but it didn’t exist and now it does — and it actually works for the intended purpose, too. I’m going to call this one a win.
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