What free software is currently most popular in amateur maker communities for designing 3D objects intended for manufacture using 3D printers or CNC milling machines? Something similar to SolidWorks (at least in purpose), but free, and still relatively mature?
Last time I spent some time looking for free CAD software for Linux, the only solutions were either 2D or hopelessly alpha – missing rudimentary capabilities. I’d hope the situation has improved until now, and I saw there are a few CAD packages for Linux on the market, but I didn’t notice any slanted towards manufacturing physical items by additive or substractive CNC.
