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submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

I'm in need of a CAD program with an easy aproach for someone with zero experience on this type of software.

3D printing is not a concern

I intend to draw the blueprints for my house. The building is old, no blueprints exist for it, and I intend to make renovations to it, so having blueprints to work on to plan the renovations will be a huge help.

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[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Bricskcad (paid native solution for Linux easy find on torrent) kompas 3d v21 russian development with russian interface works under wine easy to pirate too,freecad,librecad

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

for 2d your best bet would be qcad (free) and draftsight (paid). some distros have qcad in their repositories.

a little more sophisticated would be freecad with its bim workbench and blender with the bonsaibim addon. both of them let you draw in 3d and print floor plans off of those model.

for a quick mockup you can try sweethome3d.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

FreeCAD is the most common solid FOSS modeler. I do not think any solid modeling system is that simple. They tend to need training and continuous use. That was my experience with SolidWorks and NX anyway.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

FreeCAD is pretty capable but it's openly 3D focused and doesn't make for a great 2D only solution. However, for some simple work with remodeling, it might be fine.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The draft workbench and sketcher workbench in FreeCAD are both only for 2D projects.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Sketcher is used as the first step for an extrusion iirc but draft is what he wants. It is just more built for 3D models to be turned into drafts rather than making a draft from scratch.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

I currently combine Draft, Bim and Sketcher to plan my house. You can also use Tech Draw and Part Design in some areas. I think FreeCAD has a steep learning curve with all the features it has, but it's also incredibly powerful.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Learning and using it don't are barriers.

I could draw the blueprints by hand, on paper, but doing it in a digital format will make it easier to edit, review, etc.

I'll check FreeCAD.

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[-] [email protected] -3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

pirate solidworks. fuck dassault systemes, but they make a damned good cad program, with excellent documentation on how to do just about everything under the sun (and some stuff that even the sun don't shine on)

use a win10 ltsc VM with device passthru for running it, it won't know the difference.

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