**Katharina 🍪** @spacekookie · 2018-05-30T20:45:10Z

Katharina 🍪 @spacekookie

Are there any #CAD modeling tools other than #SketchUp, #freeCAD or #openSCAD that you would recommend (that run on Linux)?

I "need" to model the layout of my future workshop and I'm not entirely sure what the best tool would be (I suck with anything other than #KiCAD 😅😁)

May 30, 2018, 20:45 · Tusky · 1 · 2

**igor, the blessed algorithm** @hirojin@mastodon.social · May 30, 2018, 21:05

**igor, the blessed algorithm** @hirojin@mastodon.social · May 30, 2018, 21:05

@spacekookie what about solvespace?

would that fit you in any regard?

**Katharina 🍪** @spacekookie · May 30, 2018, 21:34

**Katharina 🍪** @spacekookie · May 30, 2018, 21:34

@hirojin I've never used it but it seemed similar to openscad? Which I haven't been using that much either, it seems okay but I'm worried that more complex models will just confuse me :P

I actually quite liked FreeCAD but I failed to find tutorials and documentation on a workflow outside of "a simple part", like...putting miltiple parts together to make something bigger that fits together, etc :P

**igor, the blessed algorithm** @hirojin@mastodon.social · May 30, 2018, 21:43

**igor, the blessed algorithm** @hirojin@mastodon.social · May 30, 2018, 21:43

@spacekookie running make, as i type this

**Katharina 🍪** @spacekookie · May 30, 2018, 21:47

**Katharina 🍪** @spacekookie · May 30, 2018, 21:47

@hirojin I'm confused...

**igor, the blessed algorithm** @hirojin@mastodon.social · May 30, 2018, 21:50

**igor, the blessed algorithm** @hirojin@mastodon.social · May 30, 2018, 21:50

@spacekookie built solvespace from a git clone, since the newest stuff isn't released yet

**Katharina 🍪** @spacekookie · May 30, 2018, 22:01

**Katharina 🍪** @spacekookie · May 30, 2018, 22:01

@hirojin Aaaaaaah! Sorry, I'm tired and couldn't connect "solverspace" and "typing make" XD

I guess I could give it a try

**Yorik van Havre** @yorik@mastodon.social · May 31, 2018, 02:32

**Yorik van Havre** @yorik@mastodon.social · May 31, 2018, 02:32

@spacekookie #Blender, #SweetHome3D or maybe simply #LibreCAD ? It's 2D, but for layout work it might do the job well

**Katharina 🍪** @spacekookie · May 31, 2018, 11:09

**Katharina 🍪** @spacekookie · May 31, 2018, 11:09

@yorik I don't just need it for 2d layout, I live in a roof apartment so the height parameters are really important.

**Yorik van Havre** @yorik@mastodon.social · May 31, 2018, 15:24

**Yorik van Havre** @yorik@mastodon.social · May 31, 2018, 15:24

@spacekookie then i'd go with #FreeCAD (but I have a biased opinion :D ) or #Blender, both would be adequate, FreeCAD is more technical, Blender easier for free-form modeling, depending on what you need more