What CAD software do you guys use?
#Best 3D modeling software?
brisk pier
hushed edge
Fusion360 mostly
tall ore
Fusion 360 exclusively.
dark thorn
Fusion 360. Tried FreeCAD before it. Didn't like it.
north dew
Onshape
wanton wagon
Blender 🗿
mossy knoll
Creo
frigid ember
Fusion and Inventor, yay having my business pay for Fusion, and my normal job pay for inventor
hoary stirrup
Fusion 360 and Alias Concept (Design), with OpenSCAD for weird things
summer ginkgo
Fusion 360 has been vary user intuitive. Ive been able to stumble my way threw and it has been awesome. Also onshape had been great and multi platform has been a game changer. And freecad i have been able to make many modes and print so its vary usable although they have had some problems with parametric modeling so ive always come back to fusion. If your a student they have a free license for 1 years that you can renew every year that your a student. But you cannot use it for commercial work in that case
light crow
123d design, TinkerCad, FreeCad, Fusion 360
short stirrup
FreeCAD
wheat swallow
Onshape
Ohshape does not have a Maker tier price. ALL data in the free version of Onshape is PUBLIC. They need to create Maker tier that is reasonably priced and allows for private data.
summer ginkgo
Yeah I agree
Not sure if they see us as the active market though
I dont mind for all the features i get with onshape just the ability to use on my phone and to share links with others is huge
wheat swallow
I can use Fusion 360 ($545.00 yearly) but am also going to go with Shapr3D because it is less expensive ($299 Billed annuallyfor Pro) to get ALL of the features. I do not like limitations but can not afford Fusion 360. I am also looking in to Solidworks for Makers.
summer ginkgo
I can use Fusion 360 ($545.00 yearly) but am also going to go with Shapr3D beca...
Fusion also had an educational side. Unless your going to use it for work
wheat swallow
Fusion also had an educational side. Unless your going to use it for work
The free version of Fusion 360 does not give me what I need. I am not elegible for the educational version.
summer ginkgo
Really sucks that fusion moved to a more paid business model Ok so tell us more about shaper3d looks awesome that you can use your tablet
wheat swallow
Really sucks that fusion moved to a more paid business model Ok so tell us more ...
Shapr3D uses Direct Modeling where you do operations right on a model. You still use sketches to define stuff though and you can still change parameters if you have designed everything properly. It was originally created as an iPad app but there are also Mac and Windows versions now.https://shapr3d.com
north dew
I don't know how the direct modelling of Shapr3d works. But parametric modelling in Onshape is super useful for design iterations.
I'm not making any money from my designs and most of them will be released open-sourced afterall, so I just use the free plan
wheat swallow
I don't know how the direct modelling of Shapr3d works. But parametric modelling...
I refuse to use Onshape because ALL of my data would be public.
slate ore
TinkerCad, Fusion 360, and Blender. TinkerCad is terribly under rated. And slogging my way into learning Blender.
eager river
JSketcher is kind of new and works completely in the browser.
Try it out at https://autodrop.cloud/jsketcher/
Source is on github.
It uses feature history and constraint based sketches.
quaint apex
It's pretty neat!
short stirrup
TinkerCad, Fusion 360, and Blender. TinkerCad is terribly under rated. And slogg...
Freecad is also underrated imo
I don’t make complex models though
lone lichen
Onshape for personal use, solidworks for robotics, and I’ve touched Creo, fusion, and solidedge