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FreeCAD is an open-source parametric 3D modeler made primarily to design real-life objects of any size. Parametric modeling allows you to easily modify your design by going back into your model history and changing its parameters.

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We are shutting down Ondsel | Ondsel (ondsel.com)

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It was a pleasure using it. I wanted to switch from Fusion to Ondsel and tried to learn it as an alternative.

Did you use Ondsel?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Until just now I had never heard of this team and their contribution to FreeCAD. Reading the article I think it outlines what they did and it sounds excellent.

As far as their success or failure of achieving their aims, I don't have any information to make a judgement either way.

I will say that making a business out of open source software is not something for the faint of heart and not something that has a track record of success, let alone a documented one. Mostly it seems to follow the pattern: "How do you make a small fortune from open source?" "Start with a large fortune."

I say this as a quarter century user, developer and advocate of open source solutions.