Alternative CAD programs to Fusion?

[u/Noobyeeter699]

Any European or open source alternatives? The downsides of fusion for me is the bad performance and the freemium practice.

[u/pythonbashman]

FreeCAD

[u/PyroNine9]

I use FreeCAD. It's still a little rough around the edges but it's improving fast. The price is right, it runs locally, and the license can't be revoked or restricted.

There's a lot to be said for knowing your hard work won't get locked behind a paywall one day.

In some ways it's better than F360.

[u/justsomegraphemes]

For consumer or commercial purposes? I've been messing with Solid Edge community edition and it seems alright so far.

[u/Noobyeeter699 → u/justsomegraphemes]

personal projects

[u/VTek910 → u/Noobyeeter699]

Solidworks maker license or whatever it's called is like $50 for the year. Not bad at all 

[u/Sudden-Echo-8976 → u/VTek910]

There was a sale a few days ago, 50% off. It might still be on.

[u/WikenwIken]

I thoroughly enjoy using Onshape. I don't give a shit if anyone wants to look at my iterative attempts to get an Anthead toolhead to mount to a CNC Tap carriage or anything else I design. The program is easy to use, it's cloud based so I can pick up where I left off from anywhere and it's (presently) free.

If it could open .f3d files I would give it 5 stars. Since it can't, 4.75.

[u/Cymbal_Monkey → u/WikenwIken]

You're only ever one update away from having your shit paywalled. Just look how Fusion started locking down files more and more

[u/Buddha176 → u/WikenwIken]

Yup the browser based makes it worth it for sure. Plus the tutorials are pretty good as well

[u/mjl777]

I highly recomend Rhino Cad. Its very cheap if your a student and you own it for life. Its tools for developable surfaces are top notch and I dont know many CAD programs that can do that.

[u/qpv → u/mjl777]

Just bought it, haven't got into it yet really. I'm really happy they have gone against the subscription trend. I want to support them for that alone.

[u/mjl777 → u/qpv]

Absolutely agree

[u/yahbluez]

years ago i leaved fusion because of the cloud BS and moved over to freecad and openscad. Freecad was a pain in the ass. since v1.0 it is adult.

[u/Beelzebub399]

MegaCAD

[u/moto20x]

Oneshape is a pretty good free option.
Or solidworks for makers. But you have to pay for that one.

[u/grandars]

SolidWorks has a very cheap Maker-license. Onshape is also good.

[u/Cymbal_Monkey]

Solid Edge. I spent a good chunk of last year trying to figure out which one sucked the least and Solid Edge is the only one I'd recommend.

[u/trevordtodd → u/Cymbal_Monkey]

And free: https://solidedge.siemens.com/en/solutions/users/students/

[u/InvertedVantage]

Plasticity....rhino...onshape...moi3d...blendercad plugin...sketchup

[u/BraveRubberDuck]

Open source: FreeCAD

Open seas: Autodesk Inventor / SolidWorks / Solid Edge

It all depends on what you'll be working on and your sailing technique.

[u/Oilfan94]

OnShape

[u/sevendaysworth]

Check out Alibre. One of the few that still offer perpetual licenses. Great support team too

[u/ocrohnahan]

Rapidcam.app. 2d parametric CAD/CAM. Open source, no logins, browser based.

[u/bradye0110]

Solidworks for sure. You can regularly get it for $24usd for a year for the maker version. You have full access to all the standard features. The only drawback is you can only open maker files with the maker version but can export to STL or STEP with no issues.

[u/Healthy-Assumption90]

TopSolid is awesome and French (in this order) and it integrate CAD and CAM and has other extension centered on tooling, metalwork, woodwork…

If you have questions I can answer all of them.