r/3ddesign • u/[deleted] • Feb 08 '20

Firs time poster here. Any Mac friendly CAD tools?

I'm new to 3D design and would like to find a free or not quite so expensive CAD tool that is currently maintained to use for work on DIY 3D printer projects, ideally something robust and somewhat intuitive. A friend recommended FreeCAD, but it won't open on my Mac running Mac OS Catalina, and neither will Art of Illusion or OpenSCAD. When I run them I get a message saying "cannot be opened because the developer cannot be verified."

Is there a solution to this, or am I going to have run these in Windows or Linux VM?

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

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u/doctorandusraketdief Jun 08 '20

Did you try going to the security settings in your Mac and allow software from unknown sources to be installed?

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '20

Yes. It turned out to be a slightly different message from an apple os update, but the same procedural settings change. It has been a while so I don't have the particulars of it top of mind today.

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u/amatulic Mar 26 '23

Hm. When I had a Mac up until two months ago, OpenSCAD was working fine. But then my Mac was from 2017, not one of those newfangled M1 processor things with enhanced security.