thoughts on onshape.com? rgrds, cm.
‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Monday, 19 April 2021 03:40, Sid Spry <s...@aeam.us> wrote: > On Sun, Apr 18, 2021, at 9:47 PM, caveman رجل الكهف 穴居人 wrote: > > > hi. > > i want to design complex shapes, and then > > send them to some manufacturers. so my > > drawings need to be very accurate, and > > compatible with the manufacturers. > > plus, it would be nice to have the ability > > of being able to test how structurally > > strong my design is. e.g. how well it > > supports loads, and where are the pressured > > points, etc. > > thoughts on what to use? should i use > > autocad? else? how should i think? any > > tips? > > As the other poster has suggested, FreeCAD cantechnically > do all of these things. But the biggest issue with it is that its constraint > engine is not as advanced (by way of heuristics) as that of Autodesk > or Solidworks. Practically what this means is if you change a base feature > FreeCAD will give you gibberish instead of what might make sense in > context. > > If you are a hobbyist, and are not very RMS-inclined, then just using > a subscription to Fusion 360 will be fine. It is what a lot of hobbyists > use. In fact, even if I were RMS-inclined, I'd probably use Fusion 360 > for prototyping and then put the design into FreeCAD. > > Fusion 360 will do stress analysis for free, I think. The other CFD > analyses are paid, and can run upwards of $13k/yr, so in case you need > them it would be worth it to use FreeCAD.
