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open-cad-foundation

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A place to discuss open source CAD and how to create a foundation to support it.
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FreeCAD Project Association 2023 Annual report and 2024 plans
2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 20 Mar 2024

Ondsel managed to make FreeCAD intuitive, it's actually quite usable already! I never could get things done in FreeCAD. Some would say it's a skill issue, and they'd be right. And yet Ondsel "just works" for me.
One downside is that Ondsel has recently put the download behind a sign up for their SaaS offerings. Even though there's a free tier, requiring a sign up is very anti-user and not really indicative of the open-source CAD saviour we all want...
For now they still have releases on github, though:
https://github.com/Ondsel-Development/FreeCAD/releases
But it really should be available on their official website and not hidden behind a dark pattern (IMHO).