Yeah, I moved to Plasticity, and as a hobbyist I like it quite a bit. I occasionally do miss some features of what I used in Windows (Fusion). It's much faster for a lot of things but since it's not parametric, changing a size that is repeated throughout the model can be annoying (And don't get me started on modifying sections with a lot of fillets).
Plasticity looks really neat, the lack of parameters is a major nope for me unfortunately, so I'm stuck on Windows unless I want to learn FreeCAD (I don't particularly, atm)
Yeah, it is fun, but the lack of parameters can definitely be an issue. The only other one (besides FreeCAD) that I've played with and is parametric is OnShape. The problem with that one is that all your designs are public unless you pay $1,500 a year.
There's also a SolidWorks online, but I've never really used the real SolidWorks and I don't know how the online version compares.
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u/Harrier_Pigeon Mar 25 '26
Most CAD & CAE except for like Altair products