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[Overview](https://www.softwareadvice.com/construction/freecad-profile/) Reviews [Alternatives](https://www.softwareadvice.com/construction/freecad-profile/alternatives/) # FreeCAD User Reviews ## Reviews summary - Overall rating: 4.3/5 - Total reviews: 142 ### Secondary ratings - Ease of use: 3.9/5 - Customer support: 3.8/5 - Value for money: 4.7/5 - Functionality: 4.1/5 ### Rating distribution - 5 stars: 65 reviews (46%) - 4 stars: 58 reviews (41%) - 3 stars: 14 reviews (10%) - 2 stars: 3 reviews (2%) - 1 star: 2 reviews (1%) ### Most mentioned pros - I think some Pros could be: supports the creation of 3D parametric components, which is essential for designing complex objects and assemblies; is available on multiple platforms; is designed to be modular and extensible - Claerly It's a simply and easy Viewer software, and you can read a lot of different cad file type. - It's a great piece of software that allows me to create detailed 3D models with precision and ease. ### Most mentioned cons - Snap function work very bad, dimensioning won't work and things go into error what ever you try to do. - it is not comparable to high-end programs, on a professional level it is not yet usable - I've experienced occasional crashes and other issues that can be frustrating. While these issues are not common, they can be disruptive when they do occur. ## FreeCAD customer reviews Showing reviews 1-25 of 142 (page 1). ### Good free tool, but not at the level of the bests. Ideal for small companies and simple project - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Rubén E. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Design - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: October 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I usually work with non-very complicated designs and I am used to created them from the typical 2D sketches, but I can highlight some features I like and the ones that helped me more: it is possible to import an STL file (a mesh) and convert it to a solid, which you can work with later (very useful if you want to modify any design found on the Internet); there are many plugins that help to improve FreeCAD, i.e. I use KiCadStepUp tool to import a KiCad PCB easily and be able to see the entire design with it's electronic part, which includes every electronic component. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros This is a good software for 3D design. It is for free and there is a great community that can give support to you, with a lot of tutorials in Youtube. Since I am a contributor of other free and open software like KiCad, it's great to have a 3D design tool like FreeCAD. Also it has many integrated tools to work with 3D and 2D designs, you can review models, import many file formats and convert some meshes like STL to a solid. #### Cons FreeCAD has some bugs and some of the functionality is not very intuitive. From my point of view, the bugs are its worst disadvantage and some of them are the next ones: the third-party components are sometimes not imported properly, that could be because the design is broken, but I experimented it several times, so I suppose there is some bug or incompatibility; the mesh-to-solid conversion sometimes fails; when you are designing a 3D part that has some features like chamfers or edge roundings, if you changes the previous steps and it makes the number of faces varies, the part will break down, so its important to keep this bug in mind and do those conflictive features in the last steps of the part design. #### Reasons for switching to FreeCAD Inventor and SolidWorks are non-free software. The licenses are expensive for personal projects, so I only used them for professional designs. I can't affort to pay those licenses.Also, after I started with Invertor, I notice that it couldn't import a mesh to convert it to a solid, so I started to used FreeCAD by that reason, and as I got used to use it and my projects are not very complex, I don't need any better. --- ### Excellent product for free - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Michael K. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Health, Wellness and Fitness - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: April 2020 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Love it. I used Pro/ENGINEER in the early 90's and it was such a wonderful leap over AutoCAD but hugely expensive. I used my outdated copy of AutoCAD for years until I discovered FreeCAD 5 or 6 years ago. Initially it was a steep learning curve but with the abundance of videos on YouTube and perseverance I am now quite adept at using it. I have designed/built a semi-automatic machine for my production and have several 3D printed tools used in that machine. FreeCAD has been a Godsend for developing and evaluating my ideas and I would definitely recommend it if you are a small business with minimal or no budget for expensive CAD software. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Price (free), functionality: solid modeling (not just a collection of lines, arc and circles) , features, (eventual) ease of use, ability to create .stl files for 3D printer. The software is parametric meaning you can adjust dimensions and update the model, ability to create assemblies. #### Cons Steep learning curve but thankfully with YouTube... I haven't looked for awhile but the documentation was lacking when I first got into it. I haven't had to use the forum for help so I can't speak to that but in searching the forum it seems to be very active with volunteers answering questions. #### Reasons for switching to FreeCAD I had an old version of AutoCAD that was great for creating drawings but lousy for developing concepts/models. --- ### FreeCad - Great hobbiest cad with a caveat - Overall rating: 3/5 - Reviewer: James G. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Libraries - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: October 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Freecad provides an easy method to develop rocket components. This allows students the opportunity to use a parametric 3d modeler to model 3d components that they can then print on a 3d printer and finally actually see their rockets "Blast Off!' It works well for our use at the library and could be useful for many hobbiest projects. It is probably not quite ready for most production work, but that could change soon one the topological naming issue is resolved. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros I use freecad to design high power rockets. I also teach it to our STEAM club students at our local library. It is a great exposure for them to using a parametric 3D modeler and with addons provides a simple way to develop rocket components (e.g., nosecone, fin-can, etc.) #### Cons Freecad has one major bug that needs to be fixed before I can generally recommend it. That is the infamous "topological naming problem". This issue is not unique to Freecad. Most parametric modelers have to deal with this issue in some way. In a nutshell, when you add, remove or slice sections of a model that has other sketches extruded from it, then all the surfaces get renamed. This causes the point of attachment of new sketches to be changed, so an extrusion may suddenly come out from the side instead of the top of the model. The Freecad development team is working on this issue, but as an open-source project developed primarily by volunteers progress is slow. Development work on this problem has recently picked up though. Once this is solved, I would not hesitate to recommend it to anyone need a parametric 3d modeler. #### Reasons for choosing FreeCAD Autodesk has licensing restrictions for use by minors. It was unclear whether we, as a library, qualified for their educational classroom. FreeCAD, with its open-source unrestricted license allowed us to freely use it for our STEAM clubs. --- ### Great open source program - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Gregory H. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Consumer Electronics - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: July 2024 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros -Open source -Easy to use -Many different workbenches -Many file formats supported -Preferred to Solidworks #### Cons -Near no customer service and sometimes sub-par tutorials -Getting the right install location can be difficult -Some operations fail unexpectedly -Hard to use with sheet metal fabricated parts #### Reasons for choosing FreeCAD It was hard to license, and expensive. FreeCAD is, well, free. Solidworks is better for sheet metal though. --- ### The only viable solution if you want free and offline cad package - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Marius K. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Information Services - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: July 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. It's a powerfull CAD tool, and the best part it's totally free. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 2/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Can create any part you can imagine, exports to 3d printing friendly formats, sketching and part design workbenches are relatively easy to learn. #### Cons There are some software quirks on of them is you can not attach sketch to surface and modify the body that the sketch is attached it will mess up the part, while there are ways around that I wish they would fix it in the next iteration of the software. Also if downloading official release the UI is outdated. #### Reasons for choosing FreeCAD You can not beat Open source price offering which is 0 bucks. #### Reasons for switching to FreeCAD They have changed how they treat the hobbyist license, also every year one needs to renew the license, while it's free, it's limited on how one can use their models as per their copyright. --- ### FreeCAD professional level tool - Overall rating: 3/5 - Reviewer: Marcelo M. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Textiles - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: September 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 2/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Excellent tool for designing structures in detail, elaborating analysis parameters for deformation and strength calculations. And it's still possible to do it on less powerful machines, so to speak. #### Cons Transferring the drawing to paper with a level of detail is already a little more difficult, it has a lot of loss, also if you need to make a large and detailed structure, only with FreeCAD it is very complicated, for that you would need some other tools, making a more complex job. #### Reasons for switching to FreeCAD Difficulties in accuracies and more complex and larger details --- ### FREECAD - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Darell B. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer & Network Security - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months - Reviewed: April 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. The most powerful features of Free CAD is the scripting environment. It was easy to create objects in the 3D scene and access and also modify your projects in the FreeCAD interface of the software. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros The most attractive feature is that it is free to use I am not very good at designing 3D projects but Free Cad seems to be for me a good platform to teach myself. There are other free design software out there but this one seems to have a lot of features for a free version I like the ease of use for a free open source program the menu items are well layed out #### Cons There are some limited features but for free open source it is not bad. Python scripting I think takes a little patience getting used to but once you catch on it goes pretty smooth for a beginner. #### Reasons for choosing FreeCAD Allowing me to learn on open source makes sense. #### Reasons for switching to FreeCAD I am a beginner creating 3D designs Free Cad allows me to learn while Fusion 360 is very good software Autodesk has opted not to make Fusion 360 free to use. Free Cad has very good open software option that keeps a beginner busy. --- ### Extraordinary 3D CAD functionality for FREE, yet you need to invest time to master it. - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: John C. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Mechanical or Industrial Engineering - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 6 months - Reviewed: May 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. This is a fully functioning free download that is probably worth the effort to learn (I'm still learning it). I have over 30 years experience using various other CAD systems, yet still need to get over the learning hurdle with this system to feel comfortable using it. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Surprisingly powerful and visually similar to other 3D CAD modelers. I was able to import an IGES assembly from another mid-range system without any issues. Although I was not able to then modify the assembly. A good number of tutorials are available on YouTube. #### Cons Functions are similar to other products, yet to me, it is not intuitive and requires investing more time to learn. The icons do not look as elegant as more premium systems, yet what can you expect for a FREE program that people worked hard to create on their own dime. #### Reasons for choosing FreeCAD The price is right. It promises useful functionality without worrying about paying a software maintenance contract. The product has a "fan base" of users and many free video tutorials on YouTube. #### Reasons for switching to FreeCAD No longer will have access to other CAD system. --- ### CAD software provides a good opportunity for rendering different models of houses and buildings. - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: James W. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: July 2018 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros In comparison with other AutoCad softwares,it is one of the different version software. We can make 3 D drawing through this software at different angles of projection which is is indeed the most fantastic feature. This software is used by everyone whether students or professionals but proved to be helpful to everyone. #### Cons Sometimes when we are updating modules, at that time some of the modules are not updated. So we feel that they will update in next versions of software. The learning curve of this software is quite difficult for the new users. For this sometimes some users have to take CAD classes in order to have good command on the usage of this particular software. --- ### FreeCAD, efficiency in 2D and 3D drawing - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Adedayo F. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Mechanical or Industrial Engineering - Company size: 501-1000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months - Reviewed: July 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I do design 2D and 3D drawings with this software which makes it my favourite,cause I make use of it everyday. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros I loved everything about this software,the ease of use is just too easy for me. #### Cons Absolutely nothing,this is perfect software for 3D designs. --- ### Review FreeCAD - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Steven R. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Automotive - Company size: 1001-5000 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: January 2025 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros Claerly It's a simply and easy Viewer software, and you can read a lot of different cad file type. #### Cons The possibility of creation are really like a CAD software are pretty bad. --- ### I switched to freecad and I found it good enough for my work project - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Mechanical or Industrial Engineering - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months - Reviewed: January 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I use freecad to model my complex mechanical component parts, and 3d print them. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros The 3d design/ modelling is quite exciting. Freecad is easy to use. And it integrates well #### Cons They use different (but similar) names than what I am used to in their 3d comands but I could understand them right away. And they are all working fine. #### Reasons for switching to FreeCAD Autocad is expensive for me. --- ### Freecad, 3d drawing for beginners. - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Electrical/ Electronic Manufacturing - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: October 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered When I started 3D printing, I needed software to get started. So I discovered freecad which helped me to realize my very first markets. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros I like the simplicity of his workshop Parts . Which thanks to known shapes allow to realize new shapes. #### Cons What I hate the most are the bugs of this software, usually it leads to start the design from scratch. --- ### Best free multiplatform CAD - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Thomas M. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Design - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 12 months - Reviewed: January 2023 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Coming from a paid win software, this was the first linux alternative I tried. There was no big deal in getting familiar to the tool layout. Great simulation tools, similar workflow to other CAD. #### Cons Nothing to say here. It is a very capable software that I use. #### Reasons for switching to FreeCAD because of linux, wanted to divorce MS Win for good. --- ### Easy and free 3D cad software - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Mechanical or Industrial Engineering - Company size: 201-500 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: November 2019 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros It’s free and it’s very easy to use. And the best thing is that it runs on Mac! You can creat a 3D model from a 2D, and a 2D from a 3D. #### Cons I like everything about this software, since I never had any problem with it and it’s enough for what I need --- ### Low Cost Parametric CAD and Blueprinting - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: David M. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Software - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: August 2020 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Very satisfied. It did what I needed it to do for a super reasonable price. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros I was doing some quick prototyping of a new product and needed a CAD/drafting package. I started with the free version of FreeCAD and found it fully functional, with all the features and options that I needed. Once I learned the system upgrade was the logical choice. #### Cons I found the environment difficult to learn and not intuitive, however, I am not experienced in this area, being a chemical engineer not a mechanical engineer which I am sure would have been much more comfortable. I needed to generate the drawing for some manifolds that we needed to import into Computational Fluid Dynamics. #### Reasons for choosing FreeCAD Feature set and value for the money. --- ### Free CAD for 3D printing - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Information Technology and Services - Company size: 201-500 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 6 months - Reviewed: December 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros I really enjoy using FreeCAD. It's a great piece of software that allows me to create detailed 3D models with precision and ease. I love that it's open-source, which means that it's constantly being updated and improved by a dedicated community of users. #### Cons One thing I dislike about FreeCAD is that it can be a bit slow at times. When working with large models or assemblies, it can take a while for the software to respond to my commands, which can be frustrating. I also find that the rendering can be slow, which can make it difficult to visualize my designs in real-time.Another thing I don't like about FreeCAD is that it can be a bit buggy. I've experienced occasional crashes and other issues that can be frustrating. While these issues are not common, they can be disruptive when they do occur. --- ### Great program for any designer or architect! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: blake s. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months - Reviewed: April 2018 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I was skeptical about this program at first but it really grew on me. I had a bit of a learning curve learning the macros and functions, but once you re-program yourself to acclimate to this program it's really a breeze. #### Cons Only con would be that there are other programs that are performing at a little higher rate with a bit more exposure. I had to do some searching for reviews and tutorials on this product to get myself in tune with it. --- ### Satisfying - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Bruno A. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: June 2018 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Easens my work in the field #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros Easy to use and the fuctionalities are well illustrated. User friendly and not that complex to do your work #### Cons It has some various complex architectural techniques to execute. Some procedures require programming. --- ### An excellent option to 3D desing - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Greysi N. M. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Civil Engineering - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months - Reviewed: January 2019 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros I really like the high quality of the software and its philosophy to make accessible useful functionalities to CAD designers, professionals and students. #### Cons Although free access is one of its great strengths, the software has useful and quite limited tools. However, this does not prevent this software from standing out as one of the best options for simple range designs. --- ### Free CAD software that works like a charm. - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Product usage: Used other for less than 12 months - Reviewed: April 2018 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. It is an excellent design software and since it is free every engineer should give it a try. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros It is free and comes with great tools for 2D and 3D drawing. Another feature that is great is that is not completely restricted, it can be customized and is open source. #### Cons You need to spend a lot of time getting to know the software to use it or have lots of experience with cad programs. It can crash a lot. --- ### Really good tool for beginners in CAD - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: SHEFALI S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Research - Company size: 10000+ employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 12 months - Reviewed: December 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. FreeCAD has been a vital part of my work life for a year now. It has been very instrumental in my work towards my master's degree and i am quite happy with the software #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I started using this software for my master thesis a year ago. With no prior knowledge of 3D designing, it was a big challenge to learn it over a matter of few days. Surprisingly FreeCAD was very helpful because of its simplicity and user friendly features. I highly recommend this software for someone who is beginning in the field #### Cons It does not seem to have some high level features which make the end product look very professional and chic. But that also comes as a consequence of user friendliness and the need to not crowd the software with complicated stuff --- ### A perfect drawing module - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Licex D. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 12 months - Reviewed: March 2018 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros All the things I need for draw are in the drawing module of FreeCAD, I can add symbols, insert draft, add annotations, create and edit new sheets and so on, is perfect for me because all my experience of design has been made in 2D modelling and the software fits perfect for me. --- ### Resourceful Software - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Alan H. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Graphic Design - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used other for less than 6 months - Reviewed: May 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. FreeCad is a great software, it may not of been for me though, since I was expecting a software more like a 3D Modeling / Sculpting Software, however, my Farther is more experienced with CAD, and he uses this software often, and has been using it for several years. So, I'll recommend this software for those seeking a classic and quick CAD Drawing and Viewing experience. Thank you so very much for the elegant software. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Although free of charge, the software offered a large variety of tools and preferences, and a user friendly interface. #### Cons The user interface and graphics looked a bit dated and the tools were a bit confusing to me, however this may be due to me not being very familiar with this type of CAD, and I was quite young at the time. --- ### Its learning curve is very linear and this makes the use of the software easier to learn, intuitive! - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Stephany V. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months - Reviewed: April 2018 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros It is totally multiplatform, it runs without problems with the same appearance and the same functionality on all platforms. #### Cons The software is in BETA with problems in common options such as "do not undo", and has a problem with the action of the word. ## More reviews [Next reviews](https://www.softwareadvice.com/construction/freecad-profile/reviews/?page=2) --- FreeCAD Reviews, Pros and Cons - 2026 Software Advice