SolveSpace - CAD freeware (now OpenSource)

[webfork]

Two more portable CAD applications:

X-FreeCAD - http://www.winpenpack.com/main/download.php?view.657
X-LibreCAD - http://www.winpenpack.com/main/download.php?view.1366

[Dwel]

SuperDuper!

Downloaded and within 2 mins I had created something. An astounding feat considering I am not a CAD user. Only thing I could not figure out was how to delete a selection. Which, I suppose, would not be a problem if I went from start to finish and do not make a mistake =P

[AtmanActive]

SolveSpace 2.0 is now OpenSource.

Check it out: http://solvespace.com/

[Midas]

SolveSpace 2.0 is now OpenSource.

Possibly relevant quote:

No installation is required. After downloading solvespace.exe, you can run it immediately. If you wish to continue using SolveSpace, then save solvespace.exe somewhere convenient (e.g., on your desktop). To uninstall SolveSpace, delete solvespace.exe.

[webfork]

SolveSpace 2.0 is now OpenSource.

Old thread update:

Looks like it's been 2 years since an update and unfortunately there doesn't appear to be much happening over at Github: https://github.com/jwesthues/solvespace

License is GPLv3

[tactictoe]

Still one of the best 2d/3d cad for fast mechanical drawing, I use it every day when, ahem, sketching robotic part at work. A bit like a sketchbook before going to more complex program like Autocad.

[webfork]

Still one of the best 2d/3d cad for fast mechanical drawing

Good to hear it's seeing real use.

[__philippe]

SolveSpace 3.0 released 18-APR-2021

Self-contained CAD tool, *.exe 7MB !
Windows Vista-10 (for XP, stick with v2.3 released 23-DEC-2016)

Website:    https://solvespace.com/index.pl
Download:  https://solvespace.com/download.pl
Changelog: https://github.com/solvespace/solvespac ... ANGELOG.md

Code: Select all

c:\sigcheck -a -q -v solvespace.exe:
        Verified:       Unsigned
        Link date:      12:51 18/04/2021
        Publisher:      n/a
        Company:        The SolveSpace authors
        Description:    SolveSpace, a parametric 2d/3d CAD
        Product:        SolveSpace
        Prod version:   3.0~0e0b0252
        File version:   3.0~0e0b0252
        MachineType:    32-bit
        Binary Version: 3.0.0.0
        Original Name:  solvespace.exe
        Internal Name:  solvespace
        Copyright:      (c) 2008-2021 Jonathan Westhues and other authors
        Comments:       n/a
        Entropy:        7.118
        VT detection:   0/70

[Andrew Lee]

Nice find! Ever since I bought a 3D printer, I have been slowly getting myself familiar with CAD software.

I started off with OpenSCAD, but quickly moved on to FreeCAD. Another CAD software (SolveSpace looks really lean an mean, only 7MB!) in the arsenal is always a good thing.

I googled around and found this article about FreeCAD vs SolveSpace to be quite useful:

https://hackaday.com/2020/07/16/freecad-vs-solvespace/