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Autodesk is a monopoly! We need FOSS for AutoCAD desperately (architecture.live)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (4 children)

Having used autocad for nearly 40 years, I will say they stick it to their customers pretty fiercely. I still use 2010 with 3rd party software to get it to run on win10 at home. I do a lot of solid models and assemblies as well as technical 2D drawings and renderings.

FreeCAD is impressive, but it lacks an easy to use interface. NanoCAD and LibreCAD are not open source but are free and are both better 2D alternatives.

Edit: LibreCAD is open source.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

According to the LibreCAD website, it is open source.

https://github.com/LibreCAD/LibreCAD

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Ahh, I was mistaken. Libre is open source.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

freecad is like gimp. devs with godcomplex ruin it for the rest of the world. i'd rather use krita, blender etc.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

I've found the FreeCAD community to be extremely helpful

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

LibreCAD ... not open source

FYI, "libre" means free, as in free speech:

https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Isn't LibreCAD GPLv2?