
These software are used for a variety of purposes like engineering works, digital drawings, 3D animation, VFX, etc. Two such software which are used for 3D design works are FreeCAD and Blender. With the rise of technology, people build software to cut the hard work and correct mistakes at any stage of drawing. In earlier times engineers used to draw components of any machine or any artwork before making a final draft and this process consumes large amount of time. Visualization is the key to creating any structure or artwork and it requires a lot of time and dedication for producing quality work in any field whether related to drawings, civil engineering, mechanicals, etc.

I still prefer my Sketchup workflow a lot more, but I see much potential in FreeCAD. Sketches for Sketchup using Sketchup intuitive methods of drawing/modelling along with the parametric rules of FreeCAD sketches would be a dream.įreeCAD has some incumbrances, mainly in it’s lack of ability to texture materials nicely, the difficulty on generating terrains, the unintuitive modelling workflows and somewhat basic support for 2D layouts. I’m waiting to see how we can author Live components, but if I was to call the shots I would push Trimble to get inspired in Sketches for an UI/UX. Sketches are what I think a visual parametric system for architects should be. You can have a fully parametric workflow with it and I started experimenting that here:


What I think is the best thing about it is parametrics. I’ve tried it but real life took over and I am now waiting for an opportuinity to pursue my investigation on it.
