Best Budget 3D Cad software

Atom does allow you to use a draft angle on extrusions.

Neil

Neil, see my subsequent posts to that one , Pro has the ability to put draft on individual faces. For example this half round does not need draft on the curved parts but would at the ends

FreeCad Cad Cam (Completely open source.)

Hi All

This 2 hour video gives a very good perspective of the various commands and features of FreeCad
**LINK**

The presenter at the JOKO Engineering You tube channel has made many other videos on FreeCad**LINK**

As far as I know this is the only Free CAD CAM option available with a feature set approaching Fusion360

Hi John;

I'm also using FreeCAD now - the Youtube videos by "FreeCAD Academy" - link: FreeCAD Academy are also very good in my opinion.

I'm running it on my M1 Mac, no problems so far! I'm using CamBam for CAD; running the Linux ARM version of CamBam in a "UTM" Virtual Machine on my Mac. Other than currently using a file exchange directory between the VM and my desktop, it's seamless.

I've also got the Mac M1 version of QCAD Pro, which, like SOD, is my go-to for simple CAD work.

I did have a Win10 desktop computer with Atom3D, but it was actually a pain in the backside to have *another* computer collecting dust used only for 3D CAD. I was thinking of trying Atom3D in a VM on my Mac, but the license nabbed me when I tried; David Jupp sorted that out (unlocked my license - thank you David) but by then, I had downloaded FreeCAD, so have not yet bothered trying Atom3D in a VM. Maybe in the Autumn I'll have another go.

Just my experiences, for that they are worth. JohnS.