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  1. #1
    I spent about a week recently learning some of Freecad.
    It is a very powerful program and i found it to be a steep learning curve.
    It plainly says its not production ready and there will be bugs. I found quite a few which made using it very tiresome.
    As i was only doing simple stuff i switched to Sketchup, which is great and a lot faster for the stuff i wanted.

    Freecad has the potential to be very powerful and useful , hopefully it will mature soon.
    I dont' have much experience with commercial 3d cad so couldn't say how it stacks up against the likes of Alibre & solidworks etc.
    I'm certainly going to keep my eye on it.

    Cheers
    Greeny

  2. #2
    Draftsight is by far the nicest free CAD package I've used. It's by the same company that release SolidWorks. Never used SolidWorks, so can't comment on that but I hear it's the canine's wotsits...

  3. #3
    I agree for a 2D package, but the OP wanted 3d!
    I use Draftsight for all my 2D work and my CNC work
    Art

    AKA Country Bubba
    (Older than Dirt)

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