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  • The first release candidate of FreeCAD 1.0 is out
    11 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 11 Sep 2024
    I still recommend RealThunder's fork (https://github.com/realthunder/FreeCAD/) at the moment, even though his fork is a bit lagging at the moment.

    Most of his contributions to the topology fixes got merged back into freecad now, but his enhancements to UI/behavior aren't (yet), and they make a night and day compared to ondsel too.

    I didn't find any significant limitation to RealThunder's assembly3.

    In any case, while far from most commercial offerings, FreeCAD is progressing and the future looks bright. I've stopped using f360/onshape in the last years for my hobby designs. Once you know the specific limitations of freecad+occt (something you learn in each cad program) and how to work them around effectively, it's already pretty powerful.

  • Ask HN: How does modern FreeCAD compare with Solidworks?
    9 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 21 May 2024
    I used to use SolidWorks. Now I use FreeCAD as a complete replacement.

    Two tips:

    (1) use RealThunder's Link Branch (https://github.com/realthunder/FreeCAD/releases). This fixes one of FreeCAD's fundamental problems.

    (2) use the "Part Design" workbench. That's the one that is built around the SolidWorks workflow: sketches with constraints -> parts, etc.

    FreeCAD still hasn't settled on "one correct way" to do assemblies of parts. There are various plugins that each offer their own take on how to do it. You'll have to pick the one that you like most.

    You don't need to use Python. You can use spreadsheets, equation-driven dimenisons, and so on. You can make dimensioned drawings using the TechDraw workbench.

  • Linux Software: a curated list of Linux software
    2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 6 Jan 2024
    Nice! I'd add FreeCAD, and also the RealThunder fork https://github.com/realthunder/FreeCAD which adds enhancement(seems to be getting slowly merged to mainline).
  • Ask HN: What are some unpopular technologies you wish people knew more about?
    56 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 2 Dec 2023
    Lithium Titanate batteries. Nothing else is lightweight, safe, currently available, and lasts 20000 cycles.

    ESPHome. It's a framework for declaratively building firmware for microcontrollers, based on rules like "This pin is an input with debouncing, when it changes, toggle this".

    Contributing to them has probably been the most fun I've had programming in years.

    We just need power management, and a C++ implementation of the Native API client. It's so close to being able to replace most of what I'd normally code by hand in Arduino.

    https://esphome.io/

    RealThunder's fork of FreeCAD: https://github.com/realthunder/FreeCAD

    They fix so many issues. Linear patterns can duplicate other linear patterns!

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  • Dune 3D – an open source parametric 3D CAD app bassed on OCCT
    5 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 23 Oct 2023
    JFTR, FCStd-files produced by RealThunder's LinkStage[0] (fork of FreeCAD) is not fully backward compatible with an official FreeCAD app, and wise versa.

    So, if you are planning to use LinkStage app for some large project, be ready to use only one app for the whole project and be ready to lost in whole or in part compatibility with the users of an official FreeCAD.

    [0] https://github.com/realthunder/FreeCAD

  • RealThunder Snap channels
    1 project | /r/FreeCAD | 25 Sep 2023
    edge is where all the exciting new features got released. It contains the latest commit from the FreeCAD Link Branch (https://github.com/realthunder/FreeCAD). Unlike the convention, here, the user is encouraged to try the edge release, to help improve all new features so that they can one day land in upstream FreeCAD.
  • Github version with Midnight UI?
    1 project | /r/FreeCAD | 16 Aug 2023
    I downloaded this latest version 2023.01.31 from Github but i have no idea how to install it and if it is the right version that will work with Midnigh GUI.
  • BIM Workbench has no models in the Column tool?
    1 project | /r/FreeCAD | 29 Jul 2023
    My setup I'm using RealThunders 2023.05.21 release
  • "One transformed shape does not intersect support" when Mirrored
    1 project | /r/FreeCAD | 26 May 2023
    Alternative solution is to use Realthunder's build. It doesn't have that limitation in addition to a whole bunch of other QoL additions.
  • Link3/Realthunder MacOS Mojave
    1 project | /r/FreeCAD | 12 May 2023
    As for your question, better to open a ticket on realthunder's Link repo: https://github.com/realthunder/FreeCAD/issues
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