# Akse3D

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Akse3D and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Free open-source 3D modelling tool that some people now recommend over Tinkercad. The most common caveat is that Hole mode does not subtract shapes the way people expect.

## Why people recommend it

- Recommended over Tinkercad (1 comments): "I will be recommending it over tinkercad going forward!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48604767))
- Neat shape drawing tool (1 comments): "the draw a shape is neat, would like to be able to create straight lines" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48598917))

## What people warn about

- Hole mode subtracts unexpectedly (2 comments): "I couldn't get "Hole" to function as I expected (assumed it would remove itself from all other objects)." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48598337)) "the 'hole' mode does not seem to subtract like I would expect" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48598935))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Blender](https://hackerapproved.com/p/blender.md): 298 recommend
- [Autodesk Maya](https://hackerapproved.com/p/maya.md): 18 recommend
- [SketchUp](https://hackerapproved.com/p/sketchup.md): 16 recommend
- [Cartesian AI 3D Modeling](https://hackerapproved.com/p/cartesian-ai-3d-modeling.md): 6 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Akse3D", https://hackerapproved.com/p/akse3d/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).