OpenSCAD has pretty nice UX (though massively outdated UI look & feel) but of course describing your part in code is a very different use case from most other CAD tools.
Yes I know it’s schematic capture and PCB layout, but I’m giving it as an example for two reasons:
The UX is genuinely really good and easy to use even for a novice following YouTube tutorials because it follows the norms of a schematic/PCB software package you’d expect to pay for (OrCAD, Altium, etc.)
It’s open source and used in industry so GIMP and Inkscape have ZERO excuses for their horrific UX which is the prime reason industry professionals don’t want to spend an age re-learning all of their workflows.
There I said it, I’ll get down off this soapbox now.
I thought it was just me! I’ve been using Inkscape for a long time now and I always feel I’m wrestling with the damn thing. I understand the principles behind vectors but I’ll be damned if I can consistently achieve what I’m attempting to accomplish.
cough Inkscape cough …
Why are y’all looking at me like that?
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There’s no cad somewhere on this planet with good UX.
OpenSCAD has pretty nice UX (though massively outdated UI look & feel) but of course describing your part in code is a very different use case from most other CAD tools.
Counter point: KiCAD
Yes I know it’s schematic capture and PCB layout, but I’m giving it as an example for two reasons:
The UX is genuinely really good and easy to use even for a novice following YouTube tutorials because it follows the norms of a schematic/PCB software package you’d expect to pay for (OrCAD, Altium, etc.)
It’s open source and used in industry so GIMP and Inkscape have ZERO excuses for their horrific UX which is the prime reason industry professionals don’t want to spend an age re-learning all of their workflows.
There I said it, I’ll get down off this soapbox now.
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FreeCAD has improved a lot though with the 1.0 update.
Inkscape’s UX is horrendous. Looks alright, but it’s unusable garbage.
I thought it was just me! I’ve been using Inkscape for a long time now and I always feel I’m wrestling with the damn thing. I understand the principles behind vectors but I’ll be damned if I can consistently achieve what I’m attempting to accomplish.
Not sure if Inkscape works the same, but this game helped me when I was struggling with drawing curves in Adobe Illustrator.