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From: john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com>
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Subject: Re: SolidWorks is cool, sort of (but FreeCAD might be better)
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2025 16:26:06 -0700
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On Tue, 17 Jun 2025 22:55:50 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro
<ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

>On Tue, 17 Jun 2025 11:01:10 -0700, john larkin wrote:
>
>> The Edrawings viewer thing is fun, except for all the insane licensing
>> nonsense.
>
>Why not try something without “all the insane licensing nonsense”.
>
><https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gxLV4aD7bc>

I don't want to do mechanical design myself. I have two guys who do
that, and they use Solidworks.

All I want is a viewer for various SolidWorks files and Step files and
DWGs and DXFs. Edrawings is pretty good but needs a painful
re-licensing ordeal roughly twice a week. For every computer you use
it on.

I'd rather not do CAD entry of schematics either. I have a drawing
table for schematics and guys to enter them too.