Onshape – Product Development Platform

Post by WillAdams » Fri, Aug 01, 2025, 6:12 PM UTC

lm28469 wrote: post #10

WillAdams wrote: post #8

For folks who are curious, the product in question here is physical objects and Onshape is a CAD program. Their licensing kerfuffle was a bit more subdued than Autdesk's on-going slow motion crash (maybe AD has finally come to a rest) --- as noted elsethread, all documents on a free account are public. The opensource alternatives are a wide-ranging lot: - BRL CAD --- intensely old-school, it is one of the oldest open…

I recently had to choose a CAD software and went for freeCAD. I wanted something local without subscriptions. It's ugly and relatively unstable but I'm not dropping $50-$150 a month nor learning how to use an online tool that can be unplugged at any moment

Post by lm28469 » Sat, Aug 02, 2025, 9:25 AM UTC

WillAdams wrote: post #11

lm28469 wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I recently had to choose a CAD software and went for freeCAD. I wanted something local without subscriptions. It's ugly and relatively unstable but I'm not dropping $50-$150 a month nor learning how to use an online tool that can be unplugged at any moment

Dune 3D seems quite attractive/contemporary, and I believe more stable --- would it be something you would want to try?