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Do you actually use any of those?

Solidworks is the standard, but the price is crazy (from $5k to $10k per user per year).

The online tools I tried I found to be much less usable than FreeCAD. But I only design simple pieces, so my needs are easy to meet. It's possible that for complex parts FreeCAD is too limited.



For simple parts for someone willing to use online tools TinkerCad has a much easier learning curve and is far less buggy.

Unless you need parametric design, want a GUI, and won't use closed source, FreeCAD is not a good choice.


I don't trust online tools to still be there in the future. They can be taken offline at any time. FreeCAD will still work then.


Yes, I use OnShape as my main driver and Fusion less frequently.




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