30 Reasons to use FreeCAD in 2026

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With every update I so much hope that #FreeCAD is finally usable beyond a dozen edges and I always start optimistic and enjoy the constrains-workflow in Sketcher.
Until I reach that magic point where the solver crashes, my sketch turns into spaghetti, pad-actions throw errors due to imaginary non-closed loops, I have to create hundreds of unnecessary copies because you only ever can extrude one body from one sketch and start over again to randomly try the same actions in a different order.
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FreeCAD at #FOSDEM 2026
FOSDEM fell on the 31st January and the 1st of February this year and, as ever, FreeCAD had a presence at the excellent event in numerous ways.

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FreeCAD at FOSDEM 2026

FOSDEM fell on the 31st January and the 1st of February this year and, as ever, FreeCAD had a presence at the excellent event in numerous ways. Once again our main visible presence was on the joint…

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Designed a mount for the power socket.... #freecad 👍
Tengo pequeños avances de tangentes en Draft de #FreeCAD. Ya puedo dibujar tangentes de punto a circunferencia con la herramienta línea. Le he añadido el punto de tangencia al snap perpendicular para probar que funciona. Pero esto no sirve para tangente de circulo a circulo. Que sigue siendo necesaria la herramienta de tangentes y la tengo sin interfaz aún.

A veces un diseño funciona… hasta que lo usas de verdad 😅
He mejorado mi colgador Libre/Ocupado reaprovechando piezas y añadiendo un núcleo en TPU para que ajuste mejor al pomo.
Pequeños cambios, gran diferencia.
📘 Nueva guía corta: restar y unir objetos en FreeCAD, sin dramas.
Gracias a la gente de #Engineering por el empujón constante 💙
https://open.substack.com/pub/kris3dmind/p/colgador-libre-ocupado-v2?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=605l05

#Impresión3D #FreeCAD #Maker #Diseño3D #AprenderHaciendo #Engineering

Finally trying #FreeCAD again after touching it a decade ago.

I cant believe how powerful it is for a free software. It even has a built it CFD package.

A decade ago I tried it but since it wasn't as polished as solidworks was at the time I didnt give it much of thought.

Today im running into challenges solidworks cant solve but FreeCAD can. Even at my job im starting to lean on freecad more than solidworks for certain projects.

Wie fixiert Ihr ein USB-Kabel?

How do you fix a USB cable?

#freecad #3dprinted