Please, notice that I use git version 0.r3069.ga7d297c-1 (from ) a newer version may behave much better. Things I miss most in Part/PartDesign workbenches is snapping. But then you loose parametric behaviour when changing some parameters in history. You can always make things better by copy/paste the last model (without history) into a new FreeCAD document. Here is an example of FreeCAD model which starts to be big with history (when its history is kept the file has 32MiB and is saving for about 10 seconds): When the history is kept then also not so big models can look big. It is not such a problem of the model itself as the fact that also the whole history how the model was built is kept.
(I guess this is a common feature of big CADs.) It is good to save a lot (especially before deletions or changes in history) but saving gets really slow with bigger models. The way/history how your model was built is stored so if you need to modify some parameters in previous steps there is good chance you can change it in history and the later steps will rebuild appropriately. Some of the FreeCAD bugs/limitations are actually OpenCasCade bugs/limitations. If you know python you can work around the bugs (or detect that something is wrong) from the "python console". It is somewhat buggy so it can be hard to use if you do not know python. Here is an example of an OpenSCAD model which just starts to be more complicated:įreeCAD looks more like a real CAD. CGAL path will be ok with bigger models, but you cannot "debug" with it easily. The internal path gets very slow for more complicated models (about 5000 triangles, which corresponds to about 400 lines of OpenSCAD script). One is internal (debug) and the other is CGAL. It is good for simple things which need to be highlly parametric. You write a script which builds your part. Seems to be a lot of good things being said about it.OpenSCAD is more like a scripting language. But.I really think I'm going to give it another try, so I can compare. I would find myself taking too much time to draw a simple diagram and print it out to scale. The learning curve was probably more than I was willing to take on.
#YOUTUBE DELTACAD FULL#
I know it's a much more full featured program than DeltaCAD and I think that's what was slowing me down on it. I'm sure it will run fine if I reinstall it. I uninstalled it when it quit running properly on my PC. I have a copy of TurboCAD that I may reinstall, to try again. If you should see your way to getting a cheap copy of a non current Turbocad at some point I'd be happy to send you the config file that I use for my 2D work that I've fine tuned so it's got what I want without a lot of clutter. The key is to take the time to customize them to present the tools that you use the most. As delivered the stock toolbars are often confusing and laid out in some vague attempt to service both the 3D and 2D user and it just doesn't work well. It's both the strength of the program if you set them up or the biggest problem if you don't set them up. Part of the "problem" with Turbocad and Intellicad is that the toolbars are customizable. It sounds like you know enough now to really appreciate some of the extras and shortcuts that TurboCAD, IntelliCAD or, if you're independently wealthy AutoCAD can provide. But if I could show you how easy it is to select and alter elements while zooming here and there all without having to jump from one mode to the other using tool bar selections like DC demands you do I think your eyes would pop out. Randy, I'm glad you're able to use DC to do what you want. When that happens the program competes for brain time with the project being drawn and that's not a good thing.įor me DeltaCAD has too many things that just get in the way. I'm willing to accept different ways but those capabilities need to be there or the program gets in the way too much. When I look at alternatives I try to be as objective as possible. I later found a demo of Intellicad that I liked and that seemed to have it all but I stuck with TC because I was used to it. But as I tried to do some things and found that I couldn't I changed and tried out two or three other demos before finding TurboCAD and sticking to it. May even have been an early version of it as the name looks very familiar. Well, actually I STARTED on one much like DeltaCAD. THis is VERY true and why even though I've seen a couple of good CADs I will stick with the one I started and learned on. The TurboCAD literature once mentioned that most CAD users stick with the one they learn first.
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