[TriEmbed] Looking for recommendation

[Jeffrey Crews]

2 notes: for some reason, the latest version of FreeCAD threw some weird
errors with Ubuntu 19.10. Specifically the pulldown menus were BLANK and
the various suggested fixes didnt work.

I used the prior version (I want to say... 17?) and it was fine.

Also there is another OS CAD program called BRL-CAD which I believe uses
the same engine as FreeCAD. It was made by the Army's Ballistic Research
Laboratories. I've tried it, it certainly has a different interface, but
it's still CSG modeling.

On Tue, Apr 14, 2020, 09:49 John Vaughters via TriEmbed <
triembed at triembed.org> wrote:

> Oh, I would say many open source solutions have effectively put alot of
> software out of business or severely reduced the cost of many. But CAD is
> just an example where highly specialized software is just hard to create,
> and the Masters of that Universe continue to get paid by big money, so it
> is a hard nut to crack when the best developers in that market are getting
> paid very well. It's the same with PCB software, highly specialized
> solution. Sure you can get some damn good software for free, but is it
> really as good as the paid versions? Not really.
>
> Not that it matters, the Open Source versions are VERY useful. Especially
> for Hackers like all of us.
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> `,~)
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> John Vaughters
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> On Tuesday, April 14, 2020, 09:14:23 AM EDT, Pete Soper via TriEmbed <
> triembed at triembed.org> wrote:
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> Hey, Linux caught up with Solaris in many regards, so it isn't always
> the case that open source is always second class.
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>    :-) :-) :-)
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> -Pete
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> On 4/14/20 8:48 AM, John Vaughters via TriEmbed wrote:
> > Jeff,
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> > You are going to be disappointed with FreeCAD. Open Source CAD has not
> and probably will never catch up to paid versions. But for those on a
> budget and has time, open source is still pretty good and useful.
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> > John Vaughters
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