Say I wanted to do #3Dmodeling (for #3Dprinting), which #CAD software should I go for? Maker, selling some stuff. Parametric is a must.
I use #Shapr3D which is great but getting pricier ($300/year). My subscription is up for renewal and I’m on the fence. I don’t know if I want to get into #Fusion360 because I don’t trust Autodesk (free for <$1000 profit, $680/year otherwise).
Oddly enough, #SolidWorks has a maker version now ($48/year for <$2000 profit, a bajillion otherwise).
C'est le retour du printemps pour quelques jours, et qui dit Printemps dit jardinage. Pour des jardinières "nues" achetées par ma chérie, elle a mis une bache qu'elle va pouvoir remplir de terre. Pour permettre l'évacuation de l'eau, j'ai rapidement modélisé (15 minutes) des petites bondes (que je peux éventuellement raccorder à des restes tuyaux d'arrosage automatique). C'est trois fois rien, mais ça a été tellement rapide à faire, merci la technologie et l'impression 3d. #3dprint#fusion360
Imprimante: Bambulab X1C
Filaments: Prusament PETG Panacotta
Buse: 0,4 mm
Hauteur de couche: 0,2 mm
Impression à 125% de vitesse (1h pour huit pièces à 100%), mon chanfrein d'évacuation a été imprimé sans support donc pas toujours joli mais fait en connaissance de cause car je m'en moquais totalement.
Elle mettra cailloux, galets et branchage au fond pour assurer le drainage, et terre au-dessus. On quitte mon domaine de compétence, je laisse faire madame 🙂
Really thought this latest project was going to be the one that made me subscribe to #shapr3d but realized that the parametric stuff was still in beta. Back to #fusion360 for this one.
The noise in my head would be significantly reduced if I mastered CAD. Because so far, I’m doing the Smart EV conversion battery case design solely in my head, in 2D and in a spreadsheet. Going from 2D design proficiency to 3D is surprisingly frustrating. #FreeCad makes me want to crawl up in a corner. Now trying #OnShape, #tinkercad and #Fusion360.
@RichiH@sneakinhysteria I'm not sure about that. From my understanding, one of the principles is that one is allowed to sell products based on these open files. This isn't allowed if you're using the free plan from #openshape : "For non-commercial use only." https://www.onshape.com/en/pricing
Yes, STEP is the best format to exchange CAD data between different programs.
To be honest, I'm not interesting in a detailed discussion regarding the definition of #opensource / #openhardware in this case 😉
Un pot d'aquarium pour y planter des anubias, avec une cachette pour les axolotls en dessous. Si le résultat me plaît, je vais recouvrir de résine epoxy compatible aquariophilie, je crains la décomposition du PLA pour la qualité de l'eau. Au passage, ça va être ma plus grande impression, et c'était pas évident de minimiser les supports #print3d#aquarium#prusaslicer#fusion360#prusamk3
#3Dprinting people: how do you do #3Dmodelling? I've been using #tinkercad and it's great for simple stuff but I feel like I'm already outgrowing it. What software should I learn? I'm considering #FreeCAD and #Fusion360 but I'm open to other suggestions. I don't want a ridiculous learning curve because I'm just doing hobbyist stuff, but I want something a bit more powerful that I'm less likely to hit the limits of.
@jaywll Almost every description of "the TNP" I've seen is kind of inside out, in my opinion. They describe the nature of the problem in the context of the algorithm, rather than starting from the user experience.
What users care about is their design intent. Topological naming is a computationally cheap way to represent base features, but it does not express design intent. There are at least four approaches, which are not mutually exclusive...
Heuristics that sufficiently often correctly infer design intent (the Realthunder approach)
Explicit modeling of design intent through datum placement (typical advanced FreeCAD practice for many years)
Explicit expression of design intent by semantic selection (CadQuery)
Explicit implementation of design intent by modeling as code (e.g. OpenSCAD)
I'm curious whether there are additional approaches I have not learned about, that could be added to this taxonomy.
Diving deeper into #Fusion360. My #3Dprinting project of the past few days. An overengineered holder for a razor, for a tidier bathroom. Measured every mm of every accessory for friction fit. You can download it on #Printables and on #MakerWorld. #AutoCAD#Bambulab
Wanted to share this. It's been a long road, but as of today and 11 months later, we've fully migrated from #Autodesk#Fusion360 to #FreeCAD. Every #3dprinting design that we've made in Fusion that we needed to back up has been re-made from the ground up in FreeCAD and is available on our GitHub.
oh how disgusted iam by blind #fanboys. When teenagers defend a clearly shitty, buggy game that is made to exploit the gamer like the promise of #starcitizen . These idiots make it into IT when they grow up and keep this mentality. defending something terrible like a troll his pile of dung. There is no "using the software wrong". When you create a polygon with 5 mm x 5 mm and it ends with 4.99 mm x 4.99 mm ITS NOT THE USER! #fusion360
Testing out #Fusion360 because i think it might be a better tool than #OnShape
I can not express how ridiculously frustrating it is to have it take MULTIPLE MINUTES (5+?) to export a damn stl file or export an archive file.
Also, I effing hate it's "we're a desktop app, except you're screwed without our servers". Fucking commit. At least OnShape had the cajones to go "it's a web app".
Somehow OnShape manages to export any format instantly or within a few seconds.
#3DPrinting I've been spending a lot of time in #OnShape lately. Overall I prefer the way you interact with it to the way you interact with #Fusion360, but I'm starting to think Fusion360 may actually be a significantly better app.
I've got very little XP with Fusion, & I hate they way they handle free accounts, but... I think I'm going to start my next project in it and see how that goes.
@fantexander I have tried FreeCAD. I think it suffers severely from "too many cooks" and "no funding". A reviewer I watched suggested that it's trying to do too many things, and as a result of that, plus the limited free time devs have to do unpaid labor on it, it has a lot of weird gaps, and bits that work, but work in very awkward ways.
It's absolutely incredible that they've built something so capable, but...
@fantexander I personally feel that it'd be a far better tool that I'd be more inclined to use if they threw out everything but the core cad stuff like Fusion360 and OnShape and got someone to pay for a few of their core devs to work on just that, full time.