Sorry for going a bit off the rails here, but as a huge SolveSpace fan (and avid user) who only just discovered that there is an /r/ for my favorite CAD (d'oh - hindsight is 20:20), I find it incredibly disturbing that 90%-95% of the posts appear to be made by "deleted". Without undue need to get into details, WTF? Should I be wearing a biohazard suit walking around here or what...? "No need to know" is not an option at this point, sorry.

I know this has been discussed in a few places online, but I'd like to start a fresh conversation about it. I cannot understand the orbit/pivot of models in SolveSpace. I really want to love it, but the navigation of the orbit is killing me. I am literate in a number of other 3D packages including Revit, FreeCAD, OnShape, Blender, and 3Ds Max, but for the life of me cannot get used to the mad, uncontrolled tumbling of my models in SS! I know this is up to me to make sense of, but I'm hoping this community can help me to understand how it works in a way which makes it more intuitive to me, I don't want to give up!

Is there a way on linux to also use a cad mouse like the 3d connexion spacemouse?.

In https://solvespace.com/bracket.pl - there's a section I cannot figure out because I see "no red". I don't understand what's meant by constraining a length to an angle. That just makes no sense. Is there an easier way for me to see what features I need to pick to make the constraint that's talked about?

We can change the thickness of the gusset by dragging a point on either surface of the gusset. But we want the gusset to have the same thickness as the angle itself, so it's better to use a constraint. That way, the thicknesses will automatically get forced to be equal. We can do that by constraining a line along the thickness of the gusset to have equal length to a line along the thickness of the angle. Select those lines as usual, by hovering the mouse over them and then left-clicking. The selected lines will be displayed in red.

How do I export SolveSpace sketch to DWG file format??

As for now there is no library of parts for SolveSpace similar to NopSCADLib for r/OpenSCAD or FreeCAD-library for r/FreeCAD.

But here is a list of resources with various common & standard parts in SLVS-format:

• https://github.com/Mikwind/RobertCNC_Portal
• https://github.com/thartman83/peg-board-caddies
• https://github.com/thartman83/solvespace-reference-models
• https://github.com/Symbian9/SolveSpace-Daily-Engineering/tree/master/Parts-Library
• https://www.patreon.com/posts/solvespace-part-54295191

NOTE: If you know any other similar resources — add link in the comments!

N.B. If you would decide to create own parts library in a form of Git-repository (on GitHub, GitLab, etc.) its highly recommended to add .gitattributes in a repository with next string:

*.slvs binary

Doing Model Mania challenges where possible. I find Solvespace quick and hotkeys so intuitive, just a shame I can't finish this one, really hope there will be a way to add chamfers and bevels easily in the near future

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Hey, is there some community place to upload/share Solve Space models too? Sorry, if this is a dumb question but I have not be able to find a place like that.

I have some designs I need to make, which are templates. I use them over and over but sized differently. Mostly I use openscad where I can simply change some constants to change the size but it's become too limiting. Fusion360, for example has awesome parameter settings but I live in an area with crappy internet and any online solution is not practical for me ... so I'm looking for alternatives ... can Solvespace help here?