It seems like the FOSS community is continuing to grow, and FOSS apps keep getting better (Immich reallh blew my mind recently), which is a big win 😎 but there are still many apps I use that I would kill for an open source alternative. I am curious what you guys think? Are there any apps you’d love alternatives for?
@michel @Olgratin_Magmatoe @ClearCutCoconut
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@Olgratin_Magmatoe @ClearCutCoconut I’m very sorry for your bad user experience! What you’ve described, sounds like some basic user errors which would’ve been easily solved by sticking to good modeling practices. To be honest, these aren’t always easy to follow / learn in the first place. If you’re interested, have a look at the wiki: https://wiki.freecad.org/Feature_editing#Advice_for_creating_stable_models
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@michel is right. Every CAD suffers from it and the software may does a lot of heavy lifting to not let the user recognize it. It’s not easy to solve but we’re heavily (!!!) working on it. You can find updates regarding the toponaming project in every WIP Wednesday https://blog.freecad.org/2024/04/10/wip-wednesday-10-april-2024/
@michel @Olgratin_Magmatoe @ClearCutCoconut I’ve another thing to add: Please ask for help before getting frustrated! The #FreeCAD community is awesome and they’re willing to help you a lot! The forum is the best place to get high quality assistance: http://forum.freecad.org/
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The most egregious issue I had was in trying to loft between two faces, such that the curve between the faces was a 3D one.
In Fusion360, it’s pretty damn simple, you click the first face, ctrl+ click the second, then select the loft option. Then it’s pretty much done.
In FreeCad/Ondsel, in trying to look up a tutorial to see how such an operation is normally done, the only tutorial that got me remotely close was this one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fv53D00KdGQ
Following the tutorial would lead to errors, crashes, and even if it had worked, it is such a painful way to do this operation.
So this isn’t simply an issue with bad modeling practices. Maybe it’s a terrible tutorial and there is better options out there. But the ease in which it is possible to do this task in Fusion360 should be the gold standard.