Have you tried onShape? It is surprisingly good for being web-based CAD software. Been using it for free for years.

>>2785898
I have but I dont like web-based apps.

>>2785912
then mail me a fucking letter and I'll tell you how to do it without using the web.

>>2785897
pirate it or get it through your institution
so probably pirate it

You can sketch on freecad too. You can even simulate with add ons and do the complex shapes instead of sketching them like screw threads.

>>2785897
Just pirate it like 99% of people do
>muh torrents aren't safe
Skill issue.
Or just purchase a license with a cloned cc, they're pretty cheap anyway.

>>2785898
Not intuitive imo I really ducking locked fusion man but they got greedy with it

Fusion worked well with people coming from solidworks and inventor

>>2785897
>I dont want to pirate it unless its only option.

Learn to use a computer. There's no excuse for not getting comfy on the high seas. If you can learn CAD you can learn piracy. I've pir8ed since 1999 and many here much longer.

>>2785897
Moi3d

>>2786128
I don't know if it's a wives tale but I basically never pirated solidworks because apparently it phones home. If they find out you made any money using the program they sic a lawyer on you for like $3k and say pay us and we will give us a license; don't and we will ruin your ass.

I'd probably only use it with advanced fire walls and an airgapped pc.

>>2786243
>install with wifi turned off
>block it via firewall
>cut your balls off so you can't spread your retard genes
>???
>profit
You have no business being nowhere near a computer.

>Using proprietary software
ISHYGDDT

>>2785897
you will need a seperate computer without a modem to effectively use high dollar pirated software. you will never prevent it from phoning home if it wants to.

>>2786243
> If they find out you made any money using the program

Lot of heavy lifting being done by the word "if" here.

That being said a license isn't very expensive if actually you're making money via solidworks.

>>2785897
>>2785978
>>2786078
dassault systems releases cracks and keygens for their own products on many torrent sites and then the telemetry in their software will let them pull enough information from your computer to determine if you are a business or employee or not. If you are or ever do work for someone, they will note down every file you touch and just wait until you rack up about a million bucks in damages before they reach out to you with a lawsuit.
Depending on the situation, they just force you to buy a real license, but its always at their discretion.

this happened to me at my work btw.
employee was running windows 7 and it was eol and time to upgrade, they were not paying the $1000 a year grift so their license key was useless unless they paid $5000 in back fees for all the license maintenance they didnt pay.
I decided fuck it and cracked it and 3 years later they made us buy a new license or they were going to sue us.

>>2787299
I meant to add
if you do crack their software, either run it in a vm or run it on a dedicated laptop and keep it offline or on a vpn.
you are generally safe as a hobbyist, but their telemetry is invasive and really you should not be okay with that.

>>2785913
Shut up faggot. Web based cloudshit is bottom of the barrel and HTML5 and javascript have been forced to do so much shit (poorly) and so much of your information is scraped you should avoid it like the plague.

>>2785913
Webapps are trash, kid

>>2787301
Are all torrented solidworks with telemetry? I downloaded a cracked version a while ago and the installation wasn't straightforward, it asked me to disable the internet connection and use local license that was generated on my pc

>>2785897
FreeCAD, openSCAD, Solvespace, or whatnot should do pretty fine. They're open source and free as well.

>>2787299
I had this happen to me.
Never used 3d cad but had to design a rd shield for a pcb I was making.
Downloaded solidworks from a torrent, installed it, found it too complicated for a beginner so closed it and did what I needed with some freeware shit.

Few weeks later the owner of the company got an email from siemens saying a computer in the company was running a pirated version of their software. They wanted like €2000 or something for a licence but the owner decided to argue with them and they came down on him.
Of course the torrent I downloaded was the full version with every add on you can think of so they came back to him looking for like 30k.
Week or two later I got a new job and left

>>2785897
Im getting stressed just looking at that thing trying to think how am i supposed to machine that thing on 3 axis cnc and what to say and how to complain on time

>>2787712
1 op, 2 rotations,


First top, profile circle, drill holes , profile lower shelf, hog out with an insert em in steps, finish with a finish em p decent stick out

Rotate towards solid jaw, new origin , profile rounded corner and support fin, rotate towards solid jaw again profile other round side and fin or just pop her in a fixture where you cut out a relief for the part

>>2787501
Why is it machine shop owners are always cheap pieces of shit,

Last week the owner of my shop, bitched about how I did a crappy job programming a part . I just hit page up twice so that he could see his own name under the setup notes denoting that he wrote that shit not me

Then he just went “oh, we’ll do better when making parts think about how you can make them better” and walked off

Then bitched that I was watching the machine while proofing it rather than sweeeping or wiping random
Shit down

>>2787262
>you will need a seperate computer without a modem to effectively use high dollar pirated software. you will never prevent it from phoning home if it wants to.
exactly, I only run unpirated software or linux on most machines.

You want to pirate, not only run on separate machine for muh "no phone home" there is also an aspect of "no phone to trojan HQ". Not saying that all pirated software is trojan'ed, but if say 0.5% of it is and you got a lot of stuff, probably you're gonna get trojaned. Heck even vanilla linux some guy tried to trojan with the .xz exploit recently

>>2785986
>freecad
did they ever fix the fatal flaw? I used it for some simple stuff for 3D printing, but was hoping they would fix it.

>>2787860
>just hit page up twice so that he could see his own name under the setup notes denoting that he wrote that shit
Kek

>>2785897
Just use FreeCAD

>>2786243
If you're making money with pirated software, pay for a license or to get sued eventually. If you're just using it to learn you'll probably be ok

>>2785986
FreeCAD for the win

>>2787381
i just use simplewall to stop any of it from using the network
been using cracked sw since 2014

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>>2785897
>>2786243
>>2787299
>>2787501
>>2788889
Damn, I've been using cracked Solidworks and have never even thought about this stuff. Guess I'm fucked lads.
Sadly I'm not an engineer so my stuff is only hobbyist grade.
As a side note does anyone have good learning resources for Solidworks? Always looking to improve.

>>2785913
ok, what's your address?

>>2785897
Do people really shit on the streets that often in India?

>>2790460
does the tin man have a sheet metal cock?

Isn't like $50 a year for hobbyists or something? Just buy the subscription you broke bitch.

>>2789666
Solidworks Phones Home only if it's ever been online. As long as you're not a complete retard that operated SW on an internet capable PC then you're fine.

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I have an offline computer just for running solidworks

>>2785897
I love these fake, overly complicated part examples that can be made from a single block with 3 holes drilled in it.

Even if you die cast it, you still have to drill the same 3 holes most likely.

>>2785897
I use freecad. Together with a 3d printer is a very powerful combination

I've used many CAD packages but in the end I just bought Rhino. It's not parametric, but I'd rather pay 1k once rather than pay 1k a year forever. Fuck SaaS.

>>2785897
the only way to get it for free is if you're a student and your university has an agreement with dassualt systems to hand out free installs to students
otherwise just pirate it
idk about this "phoning home" shit people are talking about, maybe if you have a domain-joined computer and install a pirated version they'd be able to tell and would try suing your work. I've been pirating it for years for making simple parts to 3d print and have never gotten a letter or anything
although I do run it on linux so maybe they're just impressed I got it to run inside wine

buy a Rhinoceros cdrom for $40 on ebay

>>2787299
A guy I knew in college was using a pirated version of Solidworks and one day he got an email from them listing every single time he used the software. They know, and they will do something about it eventually.

Someone suggested running sw on a vm, I tried installing our legit sw copy on a vm at the office but it didn't let me.

>>2791193
I use it in a vm (as linux is my main os) and it works fine. It doesn't take much to configure a vm to make it not look like a vm to things like sw

>>2790515
Oh I absolutely have, oh well lads guess it's over.

A legit installation of SW can know if a file was made with a cracked copy. That's why we have to seats at my job now.

>>2787299
Bullshit, i use SW 2022 that i downloaded on piratebay, made over 150k on upwork as my main job, if they charged something reasonable for an independent engineer like me, I'd be ok with buying, but the prices they ask for to get some simulation modules? Fuck you, I'll grab for free and you wont even make a cent from me

>>2790971
My CAD/Additive Manufacturing instructor loved having us make these parts, and even have fusion generate designs like these.

>>2791759
Can other software open their file formats and save them without watermark?

>>2791070
>I've used many CAD packages but in the end I just bought ...
What's about Designspark? Simply the best 3D Sw i ever used, free base version and very affordable.

>>2787480
>FreeCAD, openSCAD, Solvespace
gtfo

>>2790971
Pro tip, almost all parts on earth are just blocks with holes in it cut to fancy shapes to help sell them