Mac OS, 64 bit Intel until recently, Arm64 right now. It's still the Intel build, that works impressively well through Rosetta 2. The current version is 0.19. I haven't run into significant issues with it for quite a while. It's been pretty solid since 0.14 in my usage. That's a bit off the beaten track, perhaps; I mostly do my modeling in a 5000 line Python script, and use my own export to PovRAY rather than the FreeCAD Render workbench. But I did use that a bit, in some experiments with the KiCAD importer. That's pretty slick, converting a PCB layout to a 3d CAD model.
paul > On Aug 23, 2021, at 2:19 PM, Alan Perry <ape...@snowmoose.com> wrote: > > What OS were you running it on? When I first started trying to use it a > couple years ago on a Mac, it didn’t work so well. I started trying to make > it work better and then realized that I was spending most of my time trying > to make the tool work and not so much time modeling the part that I was > trying replicate and threw in the towel and started using Fusion 360. Using > Fusion 360 has had some advantages when getting the part made (there is a > common language for tweaking the model). > > alan > >> On Aug 23, 2021, at 09:59, Paul Koning via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> >> wrote: >> >> I haven't used it for 3d printing work, but from other use I can recommend >> FreeCAD3d. That is open source software, so free for everyone, not just for >> "students". >> >> It has a GUI, and it can also be scripted using Python, which is a great way >> to construct very complex models. I've used it to model a SF spaceship. >> >> paul >> >>> On Aug 23, 2021, at 12:29 PM, Rob Jarratt via cctalk >>> <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: >>> >>> I think I may need to get a small part 3d printed (some plastic board >>> mounting guide rails from a PDP 11/24 H7140 PSU). What software is best for >>> a novice? Preferably free! >>> >>> >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> >>> >>> Rob >>> >>