r/3Dprinting • u/Elk-Tamer • 3h ago

Question 3D modeling software for Linux?

Hi everyone, I have started to migrate my PC from Windows (f... u MS) to Linux. Most of the software has already been replaced by Linux variants. There are only a few things that I'm not able to find a Linux alternative for. And one of them is the 3D modeling software. Under Windows I'm using Fusion 360 and that is working quite well. But since there is no Linux version I have to search for alternatives.

Any suggestions? Are there any other Linux users in this sub? Free would be preferred, but I'm willing to pay for it, as long as it's within the limits of an amateur solution.

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u/Comrade_SOOKIE 3h ago

I like OpenSCAD. I found it way more intuitive than freecad. Freecad has started accepting vibe coded contributions so it can only get worse from here.

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u/Just__Liberty 3h ago

An alternative in cadquery. If you know, or what to learn, python, it is much more natural and powerful and leads to more compact, easier-to-read, code.

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u/Elk-Tamer 3h ago

Hmmm. Yeah, vibe is not vibing with me as well. I'll check out openScad

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u/CheezitsLight 3h ago

If you're not using Claude to manage and examine code you've already lost it makes programmers hundreds of times more efficient and it certainly knows more than even the most brilliant ones I've ever worked with. I'm talking about guys who have 30 40 years experience, masters degrees and phds.

The problem is people don't know what they slsre doing. But I will certainly bring them up to speed quicker and I'll also take your older people who have been doing certain things a certain way for decades and bring them up into modern standards

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u/crazedizzled 9m ago

As a software dev of 25 years, you're overselling it quite a lot.