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Just want to thank everyone that engaged with my post today everyone was so chill and inspiring. I want to encourage us all in this community and all over Lemmy to continue to be kind and helpful. I had so many bad experiences on Reddit with hate keepers and know it alls and I’m glad we got this opportunity to be something better.

Ps: what cad software did you start on and what do you use now? Any tips and tricks will be greatly appreciated!

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

For Mac and Windows only, limited to 10 editable designs and 1 drawing at a time.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The window part kills me... Wish there was a real Linux alternative.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Last time I checked it almost worked in Wine.. No issues with the actual CAD stuff, but IIRC the window for managing projects was broken so once I had reached the limits of the free version I couldn't close any open projects.

I use FreeCAD primarily. It's powerful but the UI is a bit clunky and occasionally you have to spend a lot of time on something that feels like it ought to be a simple operation. Perhaps I ought to try OpenSCAD too

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I used to run Fusion 360 in Chrome on my Chromebook and then chromium when I flashed the Chromebook to Ubuntu after my support schedule ended. I get it for free through the school district where I work and am using my two licenses on my computer and on my friend's computer where I definitely do much of my modeling. -cough- lie -cough-

If you or anyone you know has an email account from an educational institution, you should be able to access it for free!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Shit I didn't know about the education email thing, I'll have to give that a shot soon.

I'm currently using the hobby license of it.

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

But you can save your files locally, and then delete them. The 10 file limit isn't really a limit. It's an annoyance.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can just need to switch them between editble and read-only to save the hassle. But I have 14 on-going projects right now, it's a giant pain to keep within that limit.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I didn't realize you could toggle them. Thanks.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

The 10 file limit really isn't that bad, I just set my files in Fusion 360 from "editable" to "read only" and it frees up more space.

Then if I need to edit an older one I just go in reverse.

And the 1 drawing at a time thing I didn't know was a thing as I normally only have 1 open but there have been a couple times I've been working in more than 1.