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Comment by MegaDeKay | original | OpenSCAD the Programmers Solid 3D CAD Modeller
[−]MegaDeKay · 2026-10-10 Sat 18:45 UTC · link
I agree with your ordering of the various programs out there but FreeCAD 26.3 is now available as a release candidate with a wonderful collection of improvements. I'd think for many people, FreeCAD is now "good enough" for a lot of things. I'm building a virtual pinball cabinet and the whole thing is modeled in FreeCAD.

Mango Jelly's overview of some of the biggest new features: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdTyFHY-5r4

[−]the__alchemist · 2026-10-10 Sat 18:51 UTC · link
Ty! I will give it a shot. I last did 2 years ago.
[−]happyPersonR · 2026-10-10 Sat 19:11 UTC · link
The mcp integration may be seen as both a blessing and a curse but tbh, it’s very interesting :) and hopefully as folks post and comment on more models that are generated with it, we can get a better training set.

I actually still use the freecad gui because it’s cheaper but I can totally see how someone new might just wanna use the MCP.

[−]WillAdams · 2026-10-11 Sun 12:40 UTC · link
Will there be an update of all documentation?

I tried to follow along w/ a book which was purportedly for 1.1, but it turned out to actually cover 1.0