It is not. There are still ridiculous hoops you have to jump through to orient your sketch. The first thing I do is draw an arrow that points up in the sketch and then reorient the sketch. The reason for this is that the attachment editor just randomly picks a "random" orientation based on the "orientation" of the face or datum plane you are using. The attachment editor is fundamentally broken and needs a complete revamp.
The other part is that FreeCAD is still this "enter numbers by hand and hope for the best" CAD tool. When you perform an extrusion, there are no visual arrows to pull the extrusion along. When you do a pocket and it goes in the wrong direction you just see nothing, instead of a transparent preview of the operation that is being attempted.
I say this as someone who built a design in the Assembly 4 workbench using dozens of individual parts and probably redesigned every part at least twice. Sure the official assembly workbench is a good idea in the very long run, but they fixed none of the short term pain points I have. You know, things you run into every single damn day. Meanwhile migrating to the new assembly workbench will cost me even more time. I.e. there are switching costs but hardly any benefits.
The other part is that FreeCAD is still this "enter numbers by hand and hope for the best" CAD tool. When you perform an extrusion, there are no visual arrows to pull the extrusion along. When you do a pocket and it goes in the wrong direction you just see nothing, instead of a transparent preview of the operation that is being attempted.
I say this as someone who built a design in the Assembly 4 workbench using dozens of individual parts and probably redesigned every part at least twice. Sure the official assembly workbench is a good idea in the very long run, but they fixed none of the short term pain points I have. You know, things you run into every single damn day. Meanwhile migrating to the new assembly workbench will cost me even more time. I.e. there are switching costs but hardly any benefits.