Sujet : Re: SolidWorks is cool, sort of (but FreeCAD might be better)
De : jl (at) *nospam* glen--canyon.com (john larkin)
Groupes : sci.electronics.design comp.sys.raspberry-piDate : 18. Jun 2025, 03:19:49
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On Wed, 18 Jun 2025 00:09:30 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro
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On Tue, 17 Jun 2025 16:26:06 -0700, john larkin wrote:
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I don't want to do mechanical design myself. I have two guys who do
that, and they use Solidworks.
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Is it really a good idea to have all the work you have done locked up in a
proprietary format under the control of someone else?
STEP files are ASCII and not proprietary. Any good 3D program will
import STEP. So we archive everything as native SolidWorks and as
STEP.
But SLDASM files look nicer. Pretty colors.
>
Perhaps ask them what they think of open-source alternatives like FreeCAD?
They do beautiful work, so I'm not about to tell them how to do it.
Does FreeCAD import and export STEP?
| Date | Sujet | # | | Auteur |
| 17 Jun 25 |  SolidWorks is cool, sort of | 38 | | john larkin |
| 17 Jun 25 |  Re: SolidWorks is cool, sort of (but FreeCAD might be better) | 37 | | Lawrence D'Oliveiro |
| 18 Jun 25 |  Re: SolidWorks is cool, sort of (but FreeCAD might be better) | 36 | | john larkin |
| 18 Jun 25 | Re: SolidWorks is cool, sort of (but FreeCAD might be better) | 35 | | Lawrence D'Oliveiro |
| 18 Jun 25 |  Re: SolidWorks is cool, sort of (but FreeCAD might be better) | 2 | | Sergey Kubushyn |
| 18 Jun 25 |   Re: SolidWorks is cool, sort of (but FreeCAD might be better) | 1 | | Crash Gordon |
| 18 Jun 25 | Re: SolidWorks is cool, sort of (but FreeCAD might be better) | 32 | | john larkin |
| 18 Jun 25 | Re: SolidWorks is cool, sort of (but FreeCAD might be better) | 31 | | Lawrence D'Oliveiro |
| 18 Jun 25 | Re: SolidWorks is cool, sort of (but FreeCAD might be better) | 30 | | john larkin |
| 19 Jun 25 | Re: SolidWorks is cool, sort of (but FreeCAD might be better) | 29 | | Lawrence D'Oliveiro |
| 19 Jun 25 | Re: SolidWorks is cool, sort of (but FreeCAD might be better) | 28 | | john larkin |
| 19 Jun 25 | Re: SolidWorks is cool, sort of (but FreeCAD might be better) | 19 | | Lawrence D'Oliveiro |
| 19 Jun 25 | Re: SolidWorks is cool, sort of (but FreeCAD might be better) | 18 | | john larkin |
| 20 Jun 25 | Re: SolidWorks is cool, sort of (but FreeCAD might be better) | 17 | | Lawrence D'Oliveiro |
| 20 Jun 25 | Re: SolidWorks is cool, sort of (but FreeCAD might be better) | 16 | | john larkin |
| 21 Jun 25 | Re: SolidWorks is cool, sort of (but FreeCAD might be better) | 15 | | Lawrence D'Oliveiro |
| 21 Jun 25 | Re: SolidWorks is cool, sort of (but FreeCAD might be better) | 1 | | piglet |
| 21 Jun 25 | Re: SolidWorks is cool, sort of (but FreeCAD might be better) | 2 | | john larkin |
| 23 Jun 25 | Re: SolidWorks is cool, sort of (but FreeCAD might be better) | 1 | | Lawrence D'Oliveiro |
| 22 Jun 25 | Re: SolidWorks is cool, sort of (but FreeCAD might be better) | 11 | | candycanearter07 |
| 22 Jun 25 | Re: SolidWorks is cool, sort of (but FreeCAD might be better) | 8 | | john larkin |
| 22 Jun 25 | Re: SolidWorks is cool, sort of (but FreeCAD might be better) | 4 | | Jeroen Belleman |
| 23 Jun 25 | Re: SolidWorks is cool, sort of (but FreeCAD might be better) | 1 | | john larkin |
| 23 Jun 25 | Re: SolidWorks is cool, sort of (but FreeCAD might be better) | 2 | | Lawrence D'Oliveiro |
| 23 Jun 25 | Re: SolidWorks is cool, sort of (but FreeCAD might be better) | 1 | | john larkin |
| 22 Jun 25 | Re: SolidWorks is cool, sort of (but FreeCAD might be better) | 1 | | The Natural Philosopher |
| 23 Jun 25 | Re: SolidWorks is cool, sort of (but FreeCAD might be better) | 2 | | Lawrence D'Oliveiro |
| 23 Jun 25 | Re: SolidWorks is cool, sort of (but FreeCAD might be better) | 1 | | john larkin |
| 23 Jun 25 | Re: SolidWorks is cool, sort of (but FreeCAD might be better) | 2 | | Lawrence D'Oliveiro |
| 23 Jun 25 | Re: SolidWorks is cool, sort of (but FreeCAD might be better) | 1 | | john larkin |
| 19 Jun 25 | Re: SolidWorks is cool, sort of (but FreeCAD might be better) | 8 | | Lasse Langwadt |
| 19 Jun 25 | Re: SolidWorks is cool, sort of (but FreeCAD might be better) | 7 | | john larkin |
| 20 Jun 25 | Re: SolidWorks is cool, sort of (but FreeCAD might be better) | 3 | | Lasse Langwadt |
| 20 Jun 25 | Re: SolidWorks is cool, sort of (but FreeCAD might be better) | 2 | | Lawrence D'Oliveiro |
| 20 Jun 25 | Re: SolidWorks is cool, sort of (but FreeCAD might be better) | 1 | | john larkin |
| 20 Jun 25 | Re: SolidWorks is cool, sort of (but FreeCAD might be better) | 1 | | Robert Riches |
| 20 Jun 25 | Re: SolidWorks is cool, sort of (but FreeCAD might be better) | 2 | | The Natural Philosopher |
| 22 Jun 25 | Re: SolidWorks is cool, sort of (but FreeCAD might be better) | 1 | | john larkin |