[Lab] A SolidWorks Christmas ...

[Sebastien Bailard]

On November 19, 2010 01:34:57 pm Richard Guy Briggs wrote:
> Are there any open source alternatives that are worth considering?  I
> don't know solid modelling...

A lot of folk use 
http://openscad.org/ 
for their works, along with:
http://narocad.com/
and
http://www.heeks.net/

They're not in the same class as Solidworks, of course.

You won't find professional engineers using them for major projects,
but RepRappers still find them useful for stuff.  (professional
engineers included.)

Prusa-Mendel, for example, was done up in openscad.
http://reprap.org/wiki/Prusa_Mendel

Cheers,
-Sebastien