/r/FreeCAD/

r/FreeCAD

69k members
r/FreeCAD is a subreddit with 69k members. The community frequently discusses struggling, cad, design, modeling, and freecad, and they frequently recommend/review cad software and rendering software, and the most common flair used is 📢.
FreeCAD on Reddit: a community dedicated to the open-source, extensible & scriptable parametric 3D CAD/CAM/FEM modeler.

Popular Topics in r/FreeCAD

#1

Struggling

31 posts
#2

Cad

31 posts
#3

Design

24 posts
#4

Modeling

21 posts
#5

Freecad

7 posts
#6

Tutorial

4 posts
#7

Constraints

2 posts
#8

Extrude

2 posts
#9

Interface

2 posts
#10

Stl

2 posts

Products Discussed in r/FreeCAD

Cad Software

8 reviews
#1
Solid Edge
5.0★ from 2 reviews
#2
Blender
4.0★ from 1 review
#3
AutoCAD
5.0★ from 1 review
#1
Cadrays
3.0★ from 1 review

Flair Used in r/FreeCAD

#1
📢
: "FreeCAD 26.3 RC2 (2nd Release Candidate) is ready to be tested! Feedback is crucial to help make 26.3 as stable as possible, so please lean in and help."
2 posts

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Last updated: October 24, 2026