@ Gregg drinking straws and pins seem to get a lot of use around here ;-) along with the cardboard
I have modelled a lot of the parts in freecad already Just having issues with the assembly and animation apart from that it is wonderful and evolving so quickly if things keep up at the current pace in 5 or 10 years it will give solid works and Autodesk inverter a run for there money. Just hope it dosen't run out of steam before then. @N. Christopher Perry Solvespace is new to me it looks promising for checking and plotting motion. I have downloaded it today and will play a little at first glance it looks like it only dose 2d motion but it is a good start. @ Alex Something like Onshape sounds like what I am looking for I will have to try when I have a decent internet connection Thanks again for you input and suggestions once I have something fit for general consumption I will share my model if any one is interested. On 15-10-25 09:27 AM, Gregg Eshelman wrote: > On 10/24/2015 7:19 AM, linden wrote: >> Hi All >> I have been playing with the idea of building a hexapod or >> Stuart platform mill with linuxcnc for the control system. >> What I need help with at this stage is the design of the joints and >> length of the struts. I have a few designs in my head and sketched out >> on paper and am looking to see if any one knows of a program i could use >> to test various geometries before I started cutting metal and building >> 100 small test models. > CAD (Cardboard Aided Design) is considerably less expensive than > starting out with cutting metal. ;) Many interesting mechanical things > have first been worked out using pieces of wood, cardboard and a hot > glue gun. > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
