Comments by "Paul Frederick" (@1pcfred) on "FreeCAD 1.0: The Most Important Linux Release of 2024" video.

My CNC machine sits and gathers dust today because Freecad can't export anything in inches. While you're working with Freecad it can appear to be using inches but it is not. At least that's how it was when I used it. The lead dev of Freecad has zero interest in ever fixing that and the contributors I don't think are in any position to fix it either.
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AutoCAD released Fusion 360 for free to hamstring open source development work. It worked too. Fusion is just good enough to quell momentum in open source development. It was a brilliant strategic move on their part.
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Freecad doesn't actually support Standard even if it looks like it does while you're using it. Freecad can't export in Standard units. When you try the scale of your project will be completely off. Which seems like an easy enough fix to me. But from what I've heard the internal engine of Freecad is such a mess it isn't. It is fundamentally flawed.
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@rezah336 standard is short for the international industrial standard inch. Which is often confused with Imperial but that's because people are ignorant. ignorant adjective 1. lacking knowledge or awareness in general; uneducated or unsophisticated Example: he was told constantly that he was ignorant and stupid Now I hope that's no one you know.
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@rezah336 right, You don't use standard so the problem wouldn't crop up for you. Freecad handles everything internally in metric. The lead developer of the program was never interested in supporting standard so he never designed the software so it could ever support standard in any meaningful way. Switching the units freecad can appear to support standard but it just can't export anything in standard units. At least that's been my experience. I haven't tried freecad in a number of years now but I don't suspect anything's changed. The lead devs just are not interested in supporting standard units. If I was a cynical type I'd say the lack of support is malicious intent on their part. Being as I have had the displeasure of interacting with one of them in the past.
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@jclosed2516 metric is a system. Metric is not Standard at all.
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@jclosed2516 my specific needs? Look the Standard not being supported thing goes back many years with Freecad. It's not just me specifically. The forum is filled with people looking for Standard support. It can be called nothing besides an ongoing endemic issue. It frankly highlights one of the greatest problems with open source. Developers have no incentive to care about their end users and in many cases clearly do not. I've personally gotten into it with the lead dev of Freecad and he's a real piece of work. I'm going to have a very nice day too. Without Freecad.
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@averdadeeumaso4003 there's been drama for a long time with Freecad. Anyone can go over to the forum and see for themselves. Dig deep enough and you'll even find a post from me from over 10 years ago. So when I first heard that Freecad had "Standard support" I gave it another shot. That's when I discovered the export issue. Even that was a while ago now. I don't hold out a lot of hope for it actually working ever though. At this point I don't even care anymore.
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And FreeCAD can't support standard inch in a meaningful way so it is worthless.
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Linux is not a viable platform for any closed source developer to support. That's just how it is and that'll never change either. Linux at its core is completely designed around the open source model. Which considering it uses the GNU tool chain isn't such a surprise.
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@jclosed2516 FreeCAD doesn't do what I need. But that's my problem. Not really though because I don't need CAD software.
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I learned Freecad. Then when I went to export my project I learned Freecad can't export in standard inches. When you use Freecad it'll act like you're using inches but it can't output in inches. So that makes Freecad useless to me. From what I understand it is a fundamental shortcoming with the basic framework of the program and is completely unfixable without abandoning everything and starting over. The lead dev has always been completely against supporting Standard since day one. So he likely did it intentionally. Never trust a kraut.
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@jclosed2516 yeah I'm sure it doesn't work. I'm fairly confident it'll never work too. The lack of support is intentional on the part of the developers. They don't want it to work. So they designed the software so it'll never support Standard. It's a spite move and I can appreciate that.
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