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kitesay | 11 days ago

Spent hours and hours learning how to use it to draw a part. Got it done, but then didn't use it for a long time. Next time, couldn't remember how.

Finding Cadquery less of a hurdle for casual use. Wish I could run it from Termux though.

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jwrallie|11 days ago

I used it once or twice to open an existing .step file just to know if I was exporting it correctly from KiCad.

Speaking of KiCad, I am convincing lots of people to move from EAGLE to it now that EAGLE is about to be killed by AutoDesk, and everyone seem to be having a good time.

I am hoping FreeCAD can become good to the point I can convince people to move to it too.

devmor|11 days ago

KiCad is frustrating because it’s actually good enough to make a lot of models but it’s just unfriendly enough to make it take way too long to do… but it’s also still way easier than learning how to do it in a full-featured cad program.

I would kill for something like KiCad with more refined controls.

cracki|10 days ago

Autodesk should have started their own ECAD from scratch. They have mountains of CAD know-how in house. Their acquisition of EAGLE did nobody any favors.

I am not sad to see it go. The only ones I know of who used to use EAGLE were those who got hooked on it when it was either free or the cheapest option for hobbyists and small businesses. It didn't win any UI/UX competitions, certainly not against the joy that is modern programs for solid CAD.

NegativeK|10 days ago

Traditional CAD software feels vaguely like programming -- it took a _lot_ of work to understand the fundamentals.

But once I did (on commercial software), switching to Freecad really wasn't that bad.