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I hope it's becoming useable for professionals. Linux next a real cad solution so bad. Right now I'm running a Windows VM to get that part of my workflow done
I tried the Ondsel flavor, which brought in a few of the 1.0 changes early. Definitely an improvement, but not there yet, IMHO. Still a confusing workflow based on old paradigms and similar-but-different workbenches, and some functionality still just doesn't work that great. I'm a rank amateur who was pleased with himself for finally doing a couple of assemblies, and who generally values cash more than time for hobbies, but I still find it more frustrating than most of the commercial suites.
I got a permanent license for Alibre Design, which I like a lot, but I'm hoping FreeCAD 1.0 will be good for my linux machines and will continue developing for when my version of Alibre feels long in the tooth.
Does OnShape not fit the bill? Seems like a good piece of software, from a novice POV.
I like OnShape, but I hate their free-tier licensing and paid-tier pricing. Last time I tried it though, sending the browser to full-screen was pretty nice.
It's weird and cloud based. I had trouble with it moving quickly and the feature set seemed weak in comparison to something like solid works or inventor.