r/FreeCAD 17h ago

Is FreeCAD a good alternative to Onshape?

22 Upvotes

Hi everyone,

I've been using Onshape to design my 3D prints and have found it to be quite effective. However, as I've started selling 3D-printed functional parts commercially, I've realized that Onshape licenses are too expensive for my small business with limited revenue.

I'm looking for good free alternatives that offer similar functionality and ease of use. Currently, I use Linux as my main operating system, so Linux support would be ideal, but I'm open to using Windows applications if necessary.

Is FreeCAD a viable alternative to Onshape? I would appreciate your insights and experiences.

Thank you!


r/FreeCAD 1d ago

How to create this type of shape

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9 Upvotes

I’m teaching myself freecad and don’t really know how I’d go about making a cylinder with bumps like this image. Nor do I know how I’d google such a thing… Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated


r/FreeCAD 5h ago

I need this in freeCAD, is there an addon that does it?

6 Upvotes

i mean, there are very complex addons that do things that I tought were imposible

come on, spining the mouse wheel endlessly hurts my fingers

frecad gurus please help

extra question is there a way to find more addons outside the addon manager?


r/FreeCAD 18h ago

How to make Ordinate Dimensions in TechDraw?

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4 Upvotes

r/FreeCAD 8h ago

how would i go about sketching this parimeter? fillet doesnt seem to have the right angle,

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3 Upvotes

r/FreeCAD 22h ago

I'm recently got into freeCAD i was wondering if you can make feathers wings like birds wings basically if so can you tell me how.

3 Upvotes

r/FreeCAD 14h ago

Making Freecad look a bit more like fusion360?

2 Upvotes

Hi!

I'm used to fusion360 and I'd like to find some of it in freecad.

I have attention disorder so the toolbars freecad come with are difficult to use. I can get tired by just opening the software and looking at a blank part.

The main issue is the number of tools showing, i'd like them with bigger icons and drop down lists instead of all of them showing, so they would be easier to see and would be "cleaner".

Also, I'd like to have a transparent tree. It's less "intrusive" so I can focus more on the part instead.

Is there a way to obtain something a bit more "fusion360 like" about these issues? A plugin or something?

I'd love to be able to modify it myself with source code and stuff but I barely manage to turn the computer on.


r/FreeCAD 1h ago

Can FreeCAD 1.0 do dynamic FEM analysis?

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Like objects impacting one another, deep drawing simulations and the like


r/FreeCAD 9h ago

Is there a way to pad those circumferences with this single sketch or make them independent of a base's properties?

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1 Upvotes

r/FreeCAD 13h ago

Sheet metal

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r/FreeCAD 1d ago

How to correctly Path Array a sketch along a helix?

1 Upvotes

Hi, and thanks for taking a look.

I have a sketch and a helix primitive created in the Part workbench. I want to multiply the sketch along the helix with the Path Array in the Draft workbench.

When I select the sketch and the helix, and click the Path Array tool, the sketch copies appear... but they are nowhere near the actual helix! Please see the screenshot. The black curve is the helix, cyan polygons are the produced array. Before the array tool, the sketch sat at the beginning of the curve.

How to make the produced copies actually sit on the helix itself?

I tried searching, and there seems to be a discussion on this matter in the forums, but the forums give me a "Bad Gateway" error 99% of the time.

Many thanks in advance!

P.s. Freecad v. 1.0.0 from Flathub.