Spent hours and hours learning how to use it to draw a part. Got it done, but then didn't use it for a long time. Next time, couldn't remember how.

Finding Cadquery less of a hurdle for casual use. Wish I could run it from Termux though.

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jwrallie 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I used it once or twice to open an existing .step file just to know if I was exporting it correctly from KiCad.

Speaking of KiCad, I am convincing lots of people to move from EAGLE to it now that EAGLE is about to be killed by AutoDesk, and everyone seem to be having a good time.

I am hoping FreeCAD can become good to the point I can convince people to move to it too.

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devmor an hour ago | parent [-]

KiCad is frustrating because it’s actually good enough to make a lot of models but it’s just unfriendly enough to make it take way too long to do… but it’s also still way easier than learning how to do it in a full-featured cad program.

I would kill for something like KiCad with more refined controls.

	▲	imtringued 8 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		There's HorizonEDA. Just be prepared to spend a ridiculous amount of time setting parts up.

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dsrtslnd23 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Cadquery looks interesting. In particular STEP support compared to OpenSCAD. Thanks for mentioning.

	▲	klauswunderlich 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Try Build123d! It is just a joy to work with.