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by 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