With cnc machines and 3d printers becoming all but ubiquitous, and greedy companies rug pulling hobbiest, increasing license costs and moving services arbitrarily into the cloud for the sake of monetization, the need for an open source alternative is obviously a pressing concern. The same story happened with Blender, and then the project hit critical mass, and now it is out pacing pretty much every other 3d modeling software both in terms of financing and feature additions.

Adoption is slow because funding isn't there, and funding isn't there because adoption is slow. It's just a case of the chicken and the egg. Id argue the funding isn't there just yet, but it's importance and support grows year after year. The interface is ugly, sure, but it does its job fine. It doesn't have the footprint that autodesk has, sure, but you're implying it's not real software, capable of fulfilling its intended role, which is wrong full stop.įreecad absolutely can stand toe to toe with any cad package out there. The money changing hands is largely a moot point.įreecad is used commercially.

I think commercial sale is largely irrelevant to the discussion.

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