I have definitely used it post 1.0, not 1.1 since that just released in March of this year though. I have a hard time believing they have fixed all the issues I have with it between 1.0 and 1.1. I would love to see it get better, but unfortunately I just don’t have a lot of hope without significant changes made to detoxify the community. To me it is one of those “the first step is admitting you have a problem” situations, and so far they seem unwilling.
As for F360 going downhill, not in a way I notice as a hobbyist (other than making it much harder to install under wine recently…). That said, I only use F360 because they have a free for hobbyist/makers option. Most everyone I know that uses CAD professionally use Solidworks (outside of YouTubers that seem to be getting paid by Autodesk occasionally), so I have long assumed F360 isn’t “the best” option, just the one that I could reach.
True, many many companies have solid works because they invest heavily in marketing to universities, but holy shit it is slow, horrible, buggy, and crashes a ton, but it has a good ecosystem with Altium for mechanical+ electrical design so companies get locked in. It is all about marketing.
Creo (I think that was it) is really the way to go. Like FreeCAD, it is not very intuitive, but it can handle assemblies that would send solid works and inventor into the depths of error and lagging hell.
I have definitely used it post 1.0, not 1.1 since that just released in March of this year though. I have a hard time believing they have fixed all the issues I have with it between 1.0 and 1.1. I would love to see it get better, but unfortunately I just don’t have a lot of hope without significant changes made to detoxify the community. To me it is one of those “the first step is admitting you have a problem” situations, and so far they seem unwilling.
As for F360 going downhill, not in a way I notice as a hobbyist (other than making it much harder to install under wine recently…). That said, I only use F360 because they have a free for hobbyist/makers option. Most everyone I know that uses CAD professionally use Solidworks (outside of YouTubers that seem to be getting paid by Autodesk occasionally), so I have long assumed F360 isn’t “the best” option, just the one that I could reach.
True, many many companies have solid works because they invest heavily in marketing to universities, but holy shit it is slow, horrible, buggy, and crashes a ton, but it has a good ecosystem with Altium for mechanical+ electrical design so companies get locked in. It is all about marketing.
Creo (I think that was it) is really the way to go. Like FreeCAD, it is not very intuitive, but it can handle assemblies that would send solid works and inventor into the depths of error and lagging hell.