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3DPrinting is a place where makers of all skill levels and walks of life can learn about and discuss 3D printing and development of 3D printed parts and devices.

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I was able to completely migrate from Fusion 360 To FreeCAD (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Wanted to share this since this was a long Project. Since Autodesk started changing Fusions functionality, from limiting active projects, to changing their terms of service. Since I need a CAD tool for my 3D Printable designs, I started migrating to a new cross platform CAD tool. That happened to be FreeCAD.

Learning FreeCAD wasn't easy, but was well worth my time. And after slowly pecking at it for 11 months, I was able to re-build every design I made (that I cared about).

I've made my 3D Printable designs available on my GitHub if you are interested: https://github.com/the16bitgamer/16BitVirtualStudiosDesigns

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[–] u_tamtam 0 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I don't want to be this guy, but if you are willing to fork that much, perhaps you could consider donating some to FreeCAD? See it as an investment: in the end you would get a better version of a software that you truly own 🙂

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I don't really like what's been built so far and I'm not qualified to contribute, so it's entirely possible the more it's developed the more I'll come to dislike using it. I don't want to own freecad (yet).

[–] u_tamtam 2 points 11 months ago

Totally fair and fine :) Having kept an eye on the project for several years already, I think it's heading in the right direction (and no alternative has emerged), but yeah, the road ahead is very long!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

If they had a fund set up solely dedicated to a complete UI rework, with input from UX designers, I'd consider donating.