nelsonic/braga-houseparent-tiny-home

`Sketchup` -> `FreeCAD`

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#5 opened on Jul 20, 2026

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When I created this repo, I was keen on SketchUp; https://github.com/nelsonic/nelsonic.github.io/issues/608 🔗 I had lots of experience using it from 2005 -> 2018 e.g: https://youtu.be/usVpdNQb-rk 📺 That's why I hard-coded the reference to SketchUp in the README.md: /README.md#L75C54-L75C111 📝 But sadly, SketchUp now has a subscription-only model and very strong vendor lock-in. 😢 https://github.com/nelsonic/nelsonic.github.io/issues/608#issuecomment-5021946838 The moment you stop paying their monthly subscription, you lose access to your files/projects. 🚫

So we will be using FreeCAD instead: https://github.com/dwyl/workshop/issues/35#issuecomment-5021918272

@iteles just a heads-up, depending on what happens with the new client bid - if we get the project, I will work on that for the next 6-7 months ... 👐 if we don't get it, I will be shifting my focus to working on the model for the Tiny Home. Building the Model in FreeCAD will take me longer than actually building the actual thing IRL (welding + carpentry). But without a detailed Model to "walk through" virtually, you cannot understand what I have in my mind ...

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