

OnShape is sluggish with bigger designs on my way-old iMac. Because Fusion is a native app, I think Fusion is faster. THis means OnShape runs on any computer, even Linux. Fusion is a bit of a local/cloud hybrid while OnShape is 100% cloud/Web based. > One difference is the OnShape is 100% web browser based while Fusion runs as a native app on Windows or Mac but has a cloud-based component.

I've used both but have settled on Fusion360. > I think OnShape and Fusion360 are competitors as they can do much the same thing and have similar modeling features. > On Wed, at 7:52 PM Chris Albertson > wrote: I doubt most of us will run into any issues that *Require* Altium.Īlso, it is a lot easier to share PCB designs around HBRC if the tool is totally free.
#Brl cad example files free#
With regards to Altium, the KiCAD is free and very usable these days. If you can afford a SolidWorks license, go for it. No arguments, but the Original Post was about FLOSS software, hence the emphasis on free. > Still, is Solidworks "THE" Gold Standard of CAD / CAM programs?
#Brl cad example files code#
But I did not get the 918MAKER code to work. > Solidworks used to give you 12 months as a 'Maker' for free. Altium sort-of has a free version called Circuit Maker which also has you keep your projects public. In industry, what I see pretty universally is Solidworks for MechE design and Altium for EE / PCB design. > I think this leaves out one Gorilla in the room: Solidworks. > I so greatly appreciate your comments, Chris, and all who've contributed to this discussion. On 4/22/20 8:19 PM, Michael Cheponis wrote: Other people can chime in with opinions of their own. Short term, I would not touch FreeCAD except for fairly simple systems. The assembly system fiasco pretty much rules it out for serious work right now. There are 3 semi-competing assembly modules - A2P, A3, and A4. Its primary problem is that the development team can't decide how they When we had our presentation about M-CAD, we presented Fusion-360 (not really free, put prettyįree for non-commercial use), SolveSpace (unclear if it scales to larger systems), OpenSCAD, and Frankly, BRL-CAD does not look like it has a very active My first experience was awful, but that was well over aĭecade ago, so it could have improved. I personally alleviate some of the tedium by using a Python library to Many of us are using OpenSCAD, which involves writing a program that renders your parts. There is not a lot to choose from in FLOSS (Free Libre Open Source Software) right now.
