FreeCAD 1.0 finally dropped! - eviltoast
    • sexual_tomato@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      21 minutes ago

      In a past career, I was a mechanical design engineer; I’ve probably spent 10,000 hours of my life in SolidWorks. Not once did I feel like a 3d mouse would speed me up or otherwise solve my problems. I trialed a spacepilot for several months and just couldn’t be arsed after awhile. What do others get out of them?

      • B0rax@feddit.org
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        2 minutes ago

        For some people it simply does not help with the workflow. For me it is a significant upgrade as it allows me to never use the normal mouse to move around in 3D, and allows me to quickly move the view to where I want it to be. Without it, moving in 3D just feels clunky to me.

        But as I said, it is a preference.