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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…
comment by wakeupcall · 2024-09-12 · in The first release candidate of FreeCAD 1.0 is out -
…projects. I could talk for hours on this stuff. [1] https://github.com/Open-Cascade-SAS/OCCT [2] https://github.com/realthunder/FreeCAD/releases
comment by jdevy · 2024-09-12 · in The first release candidate of FreeCAD 1.0 is out -
…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…
comment by mitthrowaway2 · 2024-05-21 · in Ask HN: How does modern FreeCAD compare with Solidworks? -
Topological naming problem is fixed in RealThunder's Link Branch of FreeCAD: https://github.com/realthunder/FreeCAD/releases I highly recommend Link Branch, it's full of all sorts of usability improvements. The fix is still being worked on…
comment by mitthrowaway2 · 2024-05-21 · in Ask HN: How does modern FreeCAD compare with Solidworks? -
…struggles with. It also includes the plugin that adds the "assembly with constraints" feature. https://github.com/realthunder/FreeCAD This YouTube channel has some great FreeCAD tutorialss. FreeCAD operates very much under a TIMTWOTDI…
comment by Fwirt · 2024-05-21 · in Ask HN: How does modern FreeCAD compare with Solidworks? -
…to understand and get around. Luckily there's a fork that fixes a significant number of the issues: https://github.com/realthunder/FreeCAD_assembly3 and https://github.com/realthunder/FreeCAD I've also heard of Ondsel, which is supposedly…
comment by slabity · 2024-05-21 · in Ask HN: How does modern FreeCAD compare with Solidworks? -
…But very much usable as a fusion360 replacement for simple to intermediate 3D printing work. [0] https://github.com/realthunder/FreeCAD/releases
comment by graypegg · 2024-03-08 · in Plasticity: CAD for Artists -
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).
comment by eternityforest · 2024-01-07 · in Linux Software: a curated list of Linux software -
…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! Vorta: It's the best…
comment by eternityforest · 2023-12-02 · in Ask HN: What are some unpopular technologies you wish people knew more about? -
…and be ready to lost in whole or in part compatibility with the users of an official FreeCAD . [0] https://github.com/realthunder/FreeCAD
comment by app4soft · 2023-10-24 · in Dune 3D – an open source parametric 3D CAD app bassed on OCCT -
It's been (mostly) solved in this dev branch: https://github.com/realthunder/FreeCAD/releases The team is working on a merge, but it's a big merge.
comment by mitthrowaway2 · 2023-02-05 · in FreeCAD Day 2023: Report and continued discussion -
…branch, which fixes its main topology issues. (They're working on merging but it's a big review). https://github.com/realthunder/FreeCAD/releases But setting that aside, rather than a philanthropic billionaire, I've long thought big…
comment by mitthrowaway2 · 2023-01-11 · in Guerrilla guide to CNC machining, mold making, and resin casting (2015) -
…"resulting shape is invalid" or a crash inside OpenCASCADE, depending on the selection order (!) — https://github.com/realthunder/FreeCAD/issues/202
comment by floatboth · 2022-02-04 · in FreeCAD: Open-source 3D parametric modeler