If you just want to make parametric models and don't care about any of that, you're probably best off with something else.Īs far as I know, there are no better option than FreeCAD if you are coming from a Onshape operating knowledge background. More users and feedback would help FreeCAD immensely, so it'd be great if you're willing to learn its somewhat-different UI and controls (and also to save frequently!). That all makes me able to tolerate FreeCAD's very noticeable wrinkles. I also strongly dislike the vendor lock-in business model that "free" options like Fusion 360 use. OpenSCAD/CADquery) doesn't really appeal to me, which surprises me since I write code for a living. I prefer using open source software and am very understanding that this project is still in a very early stage and has very few contributors. They did provide migration tools, but they didn't work perfectly in my experience. In some cases, I've recreated models from scratch in the latest version. I hold onto a copy of FreeCAD 0.16 to make sure I can open files I created years ago. The lack of built-in assemblies is probably the biggest pain point for me.Īlso, the file format changed significantly enough to break accessing older files once in the 5 years I've been using it.
However, I feel like it's been in the experimental phase for long enough: it's time to pick the best one and collaborate to add any missing features/functionality that the other ones have. That's a good initial approach because it allows several developers (or teams) to experiment with different approaches.
That means it'll sometimes crash and many of the features are still evolving.įor instance, there are several competing implementations for assemblies of multiple parts, which you can install as plugins. It's great if you consider that it's only at version 0.18.
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