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From: Lasse Langwadt <llc@fonz.dk>
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Subject: Re: nice STEP viewer
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2024 21:27:24 +0200
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On 9/24/24 05:43, Sergey Kubushyn wrote:
> john larkin <JL@gct.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, 24 Sep 2024 01:17:27 -0000 (UTC), Sergey Kubushyn
>> <ksi@koi8.net> wrote:
>>
>>> john larkin <jl@650pot.com> wrote:
>>>> https://3dviewer.net
>>>>
>>>> No registration, no hassles, includes measurements.
>>>
>>> Unfortunately, it is ONLINE i.e. ABSOLUTELY USELESS for all practical
>>> purposes.
>>>
>>
>> I think that viewing a STEP file is useful. I can see what my
>> mechanical guys are doing.
>>
>> edrawings is a huge pain to install and soon breaks.
> 
> Just go get FreeCAD. Not just enables you to view and measure objects in
> STEP format but it is also a full blown 3D CAD that allows you to make your
> own 3D models from scratch.
> 
> They blew it for Linux because it is mostly Python so it is not included in
> standard Fedora anymore, but works just fine under Windoze.
> 

Fedora has python, just not the nearly 15! year old obsolete version ...
and freecad is not going to keep 2.x support either