Stephen Trier wrote: > As for software, the mechanical engineers at my workplace design cases in > Solidworks. It looks very expensive. :-)
It is. Even here in academia, where CAD companies generally try to lure future users, the license was a subject of an investment grant. A viable alternative is varicad. (Prices in the hundreds rather than thousends) > Some of the hobbyist-oriented > 3-D printing houses accept Google Sketchup, which (I think?) has a no-cost > version. A sheet metal case could be designed in any 2-D or 3-D CAD package > or even a drawing program if you're careful. Finally, Ponoko accepts > Inkscape files, among others. A general drawing application should only be a last resort. They tend to be weak when it comes to exact sizes. QCAD has not been mentioned, yet. It is 2D only bu quite capable with that. ---<)kaimartin(>--- -- Kai-Martin Knaak tel: +49-511-762-2895 Universität Hannover, Inst. für Quantenoptik fax: +49-511-762-2211 Welfengarten 1, 30167 Hannover http://www.iqo.uni-hannover.de GPG key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?search=Knaak+kmk&op=get _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user