Do you have experience with 3D CAD freeware on Windows to help advise me? o What 3D CAD freeware might work well for a simple DXF style drawing?
The reason I ask is that, often, the expense of complex freeware packages is in learning multiple GUIs just to hone in on the one freeware program that does the necessary basic tasks well.
I have a need to modify a DXF drawing which prompted this question...
To provide expert CAD folks with an example test case, a friend today hacked out this DXF drawing for me of a design I have in mind to create a wheel jig for accurately measuring caster, camber and toe at home for DIY alignment purposes. [This uploaded DXF will be deleted in a week though.]
That friend only uses professional software, so she was unable to advise me as to which Windows freeware would be suitable for subsequently modifying her DXF drawing to add the pins, handles, and other necessary trim & shapes.
The main question is whether there's an acknowledge functional leader in freeware 3D CAD for the Windows platform.
Googling, I found these three "may" be the best 3D freeware CAD programs o AutoCAD o Blender o FreeCAD
Since Blender and FreeCAD didn't require an account, I tested them first: o Blender o FreeCAD
Since I wasn't able to download yet a free version of AutoCAD, and since I'm brand spanking new to CAD drawing software, I figured I'd ask on the net to see if anyone here has enough experience with 3D CAD software to recommend the most functional freeware for this type of basic design.
Do you have experience with 3D CAD freeware on Windows to help advise me? o What 3D CAD freeware might work well for this simple DXF style drawing?