• kersploosh@sh.itjust.works
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    7 months ago

    Pro/E doesn’t leave you waiting. Instead, it abruptly exits with no warning.

    (No, I’m not calling it Creo. I’m old and stuck in my ways.)

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      7 months ago

      CATIA let’s you pull the trigger. When it shits the bed, you get a little window with “Click OK to terminate” and you can’t do anything but click OK.

      Didn’t save for the last hour? Too bad. Better luck next time.

  • vatlark
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    7 months ago

    They are outside on the venn diagram?

  • Firoaren@sh.itjust.works
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    7 months ago

    Would you like to report the error? Are you sure? Can you bear the weight of abandoning this? Quitter?

  • CH3DD4R_G0B-L1N@sh.itjust.works
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    7 months ago

    FreeCAD will at least respond to you. It might want you to interpret its mystical signals to decipher what it wants, but it will not ice you out.

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    7 months ago

    OTOH, Solidworks will report you to the authorities with a detailed description of every room in your house and the contents of your refrigerator.

    • kassiopaea@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      7 months ago

      I found out the hard way that they’re very aggressive when it comes to unlicensed use. If your machine has a wireless card they’ll even use that to triangulate your location.