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by pwgentleman 1984 days ago
I was quite skeptical when you said "2nd place, after Blender". That was 20 minutes before. I just finished writing down a full score, including lyrics, without ever using this before. This is amazing software, both in looks and usability. I'm just sad I didn't discover this earlier.
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app4soft 1984 days ago
> That was 20 minutes before.

:)

JFTR, My actual Top5 list of FLOSS apps is:

1. MuseScore

2. Blender

3. SolveSpace

4. AzPainter

5. OpenOrienteering Mapper

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haberman 1984 days ago
Wow, what makes you prefer SolveSpace to FreeCAD or programmatic cad like CadQuery? What do you use it for?
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app4soft 1984 days ago
> what makes you prefer SolveSpace to FreeCAD or programmatic cad like CadQuery?

I prefer GUI apps over CLI/scripting.

SolveSpace is my main 2D/3D CAD since SolveSpace 2.0 became[0] FLOSS. (previously used KOMPAS-3D, but it is proprietary)

Now I'm QA (tester) & i18n (localization) contributor to the SolveSpace development for 6 years now, so you may ask me anything about it.

Itself I'm a teacher of design and technology, with a bachelor degree in technical drawing & CGI + master degree in PM, so really like to take part in FLOSS development as UI/UX QA & PM, see my profile on GitHub[1]

In last 20 years for curious reasons also I use OpenSCAD QCAD/LibreCAD, FreeCAD and a lot of other FLOSS CAx & GIS apps from-time-to-time (mostly for testing & bug reporting).

> What do you use it for?

For all CAD-related works (see my #DailySolveSpace[1] resources): solid 3D modeling & producing 2D drawings, simple CAE analyzing, etc.

JFTR, I'm moderator of /r/SolveSpace sub on Reddit too.

[0] https://librearts.org/2013/08/solvespace-released-under-gpl/

[1] https://github.com/Symbian9

[2] https://git.io/DailySolveSpace

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ognarb 1984 days ago
I think you forgot to add Krita.
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app4soft 1984 days ago
> I think you forgot to add Krita.

No, I'm NOT forgot to add it ;P

I just use AzPainter[0,1] for painting, due to it is much faster & much more compact in comparison to Krita, even to GIMP.

And that is why AzPainter is on my Top list ;)

[0] https://git.io/azpainter

[1] https://github.com/Symbian9/azpainter

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