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Subject:    Re: [gentoo-user] best CAD app for industrial machining/molding?
From:       caveman رجل الكهف 穴居人 <toraboracaveman () pr
Date:       2021-04-21 21:08:07
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thoughts on onshape.com?

rgrds,
cm.

------- Original Message -------
On Monday, 19 April 2021 03:40, Sid Spry <sid@aeam.us> wrote:

> On Sun, Apr 18, 2021, at 9:47 PM, caveman رجل الكهف 穴居人 wrote:
>
> > hi.
> > i want to design complex shapes, and then
> > send them to some manufacturers. so my
> > drawings need to be very accurate, and
> > compatible with the manufacturers.
> > plus, it would be nice to have the ability
> > of being able to test how structurally
> > strong my design is. e.g. how well it
> > supports loads, and where are the pressured
> > points, etc.
> > thoughts on what to use? should i use
> > autocad? else? how should i think? any
> > tips?
>
> As the other poster has suggested, FreeCAD cantechnically
> do all of these things. But the biggest issue with it is that its constraint
> engine is not as advanced (by way of heuristics) as that of Autodesk
> or Solidworks. Practically what this means is if you change a base feature
> FreeCAD will give you gibberish instead of what might make sense in
> context.
>
> If you are a hobbyist, and are not very RMS-inclined, then just using
> a subscription to Fusion 360 will be fine. It is what a lot of hobbyists
> use. In fact, even if I were RMS-inclined, I'd probably use Fusion 360
> for prototyping and then put the design into FreeCAD.
>
> Fusion 360 will do stress analysis for free, I think. The other CFD
> analyses are paid, and can run upwards of $13k/yr, so in case you need
> them it would be worth it to use FreeCAD.



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