
Also it has many integrated tools to work with 3D and 2D designs, you can review models, import many file formats and convert some meshes like STL to a solid.įreeCAD has some bugs and some of the functionality is not very intuitive. Since I am a contributor of other free and open software like KiCad, it's great to have a 3D design tool like FreeCAD. It is for free and there is a great community that can give support to you, with a lot of tutorials in Youtube.

I use KiCadStepUp tool to import a KiCad PCB easily and be able to see the entire design with it's electronic part, which includes every electronic component.

Opmerkingen: I usually work with non-very complicated designs and I am used to created them from the typical 2D sketches, but I can highlight some features I like and the ones that helped me more: it is possible to import an STL file (a mesh) and convert it to a solid, which you can work with later (very useful if you want to modify any design found on the Internet) there are many plugins that help to improve FreeCAD, i.e.
