@tsmith I'm going to download Rhino and have a look, thanks.

jcapriotti Sorry I thought this thread had gone silent. I'm using the spreadsheet so I can make a design that can be simply changed by altering values in the spreadsheet. One of my designs is for a box to be laser cut. There are 3 values for the basic dimensions and one for the material thickness. ...

Fusion360 is very good IMO but cloud storage is a big No! for various clients. That's my main worry. I have played with Fusion360 a bit and can see the potential. There just doesn't seem to be a CAD program that strikes that balance of power to cost and with the choice of when/if you upgrade. Turbo...

Thanks for the thoughts. I do realise I'm possibly limiting myself by using FreeCAD, which is half the reason I'd rather spend a bit of cash to get something worth properly digging deep into. I do really want Plasticity...although until I buy a CNC it would only be for fun! I've not upgraded Lightwa...

Thanks. The in-built spreadsheet function in FreeCAD has been one of the biggest unanswered questions in this problem. I can't seem to find out how any other CAD software handles this sort of thing. I've tried TurboCAD and ProgeCAD demos. If they have a spreadsheet, it's not obvious! I'm making prod...

Hi, I'm new here. Recently I started using FreeCAD and although I'm not new to CAD, I haven't done any CAD for a very long time. I have however used other 3D software for over 20years. Mostly Lightwave3D. I'm finding FreeCAD is sort of working for my current needs. I'm making designs for my laser cu...