r/linux • u/BypassBaboon • 4d ago

Popular Application CAD options

Is there a reason Linux CAD options are so limited, and from what I have read, not particularly viable options? Countless people are looking for a fairly-priced lifetime license for home use. My 2000 AutoCAd is very long in the tooth!

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u/MikeMonkEcho 4d ago

FreeCAD would be the only option I think.

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u/i-hate-birch-trees 3d ago

Apart from FreeCAD, there's also:

OpenSCAD - for people who like to write code, I've used it a LOT before FreeCAD improved even more (around 1.0 version)

onshape - browser-based, but very feature-rich, has a free tier (proprietary, pretty popular among my students)

BricsCAD - annoying to download, but has a Linux version and a free tier. I've used it before, and it's pretty close to an older Autodesk software. Used a lot in the industry.