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I thought I would knock some dust off my drafting skills after a small chat with @captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works

Seeing this image on the tutorial made me realize, FreeCAD seems to be a Technical Geometry Super-Suite. It makes sense that CAD would grow to include all of these things. But I thought sharing the initial perspective of some one who hasn’t looked at this stuff in about 18 years might be interesting.

Granted I’m not actually familiar with most of this stuff, and none of it from the POV of FreeCAD. If this can deliver 10% of what I’m looking at, I’m in for a treat.

  • mindbleach@sh.itjust.works
    1·
    5 months ago

    All 3D modeling software has absolutely terrible controls. I’m not sure there’s a right way to do it through a 2D interface.

    • remotelove@lemmy.ca
      3·
      5 months ago

      I have seen people use pens and tablets for sculpting in Blender so that is an option. For my CAD work I do have a SpaceMouse but that is only really useful for large projects.

      Until we get holographic projection (Iron Man style) I am not quite sure what a 3D system would look like, TBH.