• FizzyOrange@programming.dev
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    3 days ago

    Ok first impressions:

    1. Rotate is Shift-Right-Click?? Very weird default choice. Most programs use middle-click.
    2. I created a simple sketch with a couple of slots. Surprisingly smooth! Vastly improved from when I last tried it. Still not quite as good as SolveSpace for sketch creation, but to be fair SolveSpace was originally created to demo of a state of the art sketch solver… I couldn’t find the Dimension tool, but guessed the shortcut was D, which was correct.
    3. Extrude is misnamed as “Pad”. Why?
    4. Clone icon is a sheep :-D - actually the icons are all pretty great.
    5. Cut is called “Pocket”?? Actually the icon for this is not great. Minor issue though.

    I only made a very simple part, but I am impressed. This is significantly better than when I last tried it, when it basically didn’t work at all. I haven’t tried assemblies or anything complex (e.g. extruding up to a non-flat surface, degenerate geometry etc.), but definitely for simple tasks you could use it.

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      3 days ago

      It’s night and day, even between the “previous” version and this 1.0 release. You can change the navigation, they have presets that mimic other CAD programs / modelling software, so you can even have Blender style shortcuts if you want to for some reason.

    • BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk
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      3 days ago

      Pad and pocket are the same nomenclature as CATIA. Not sure if I’ve changed controls at some point, but hold middle mouse, click right mouse is how I rotate. New dimension tool, I’m not a huge fan of, but might just need some practice, for reference L and I give horizontal and vertical dimensions.

      Need to get on with a project to try V1.0 out again soon.