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by rightbyte 2153 days ago
Ye I agree. I tried the assembly addon but I could not get the flow and it did not feel native to the app. If I remember correctly the wiki named three alternative addons.

Honestly my biggest problem with FreeCAD might be that I have already learned Solid Edge and Solid Works in school and at work.

Learning to use CAD software is a nightmare and I rather not do it again.

Since I only do wood work out of work it is just simpler to draw by hand than trying to learn FreeCAD properly to maybe learn that it can't do what I want anyway.

The "auto dimension tool" (I do not know the real name) is a magic ruler that let you change dimensions and inter object relations by just clicking stuff. It introduces constrains too. I understand why it would be a nightmare to program.