Rob asked
> I think I may need to get a small part 3d printed (some plastic board
> mounting guide rails from a PDP 11/24 H7140 PSU). What software is best for
> a novice? Preferably free!
I've found OpenSCAD to be perfect for things like brackets, machine parts and
so on. It's no good for figuri
On 8/23/21 3:29 PM, shad via cctech wrote:
Hello Rob,
FreeCAD is nice for modeling 3D shapes.
For 3D printing, depending on the technology of 3D printer, you need to process
original model to convert compact sections into hollow honeycomb structure, and
add small plastic bars into empty vo
On Mon, Aug 23, 2021 at 10:29 PM shad via cctech
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> For 3D printing, depending on the technology of 3D printer, you need to
> process original model to convert compact sections into hollow honeycomb
> structure, and add small plastic bars into empty volumes to support the model
>
On Mon, 23 Aug 2021, shad via cctech wrote:
Hello Rob,
FreeCAD is nice for modeling 3D shapes.
Not if you've ever used a commercial product that does the same job. ;)
For 3D printing, depending on the technology of 3D printer, you need to
process original model to convert compact section
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Cool. It wasn’t working that well when I tried.
> On Aug 23, 2021, at 12:35, Paul Koning wrote:
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> Mac OS, 64 bit Intel until recently, Arm64 right now. It's still the Intel
> build, that works impressively well through Rosetta 2. The current version
> is 0.19. I haven't run into signific
On 8/23/21 1:19 PM, Alan Perry via cctalk wrote:
What OS were you running it on? When I first started trying to use it a couple
years ago on a Mac, it didn’t work so well. I started trying to make it work
better and then realized that I was spending most of my time trying to make the
tool work
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> Subject: 3d modelling software
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> I think I may need to get a small part 3d printed (some plastic board
mounting
> guide rails from a PDP 11/24 H7140 PSU). What software is best for a
novice?
> Preferably free!
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
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> Rob
Mac OS, 64 bit Intel until recently, Arm64 right now. It's still the Intel
build, that works impressively well through Rosetta 2. The current version is
0.19. I haven't run into significant issues with it for quite a while. It's
been pretty solid since 0.14 in my usage. That's a bit off the
The quick-'n-easy solution I found when I needed to model some parts
for a keyboard was https://www.tinkercad.com/ - needs a modern-ish web
browser and a modestly beefy system tho.
On 23/08/2021 17:29, Rob Jarratt via cctalk wrote:
I think I may need to get a small part 3d printed (some plastic board
mounting guide rails from a PDP 11/24 H7140 PSU). What software is best for
a novice? Preferably free!
The hobbyist version of Fusion 360 is free. It's what I use. I've
tr
What OS were you running it on? When I first started trying to use it a couple
years ago on a Mac, it didn’t work so well. I started trying to make it work
better and then realized that I was spending most of my time trying to make the
tool work and not so much time modeling the part that I was
I think I may need to get a small part 3d printed (some plastic board
mounting guide rails from a PDP 11/24 H7140 PSU). What software is best for
a novice? Preferably free!
Thanks
Rob
I use the web version of Sketchup 3D. It's now owned by Trimble. It gets
me by for making project boxes and par
If you prefer programming, OpenSCAD https://openscad.org/ might be the
3D modeling software for you.
HTH
--
Regards,
Torfinn Ingolfsen
On Mon, 23 Aug 2021, Alan Perry via cctalk wrote:
I use Fusion360. It is free for hobbyists and students.
...for now. Pray Autodesk doesn't alter the deal further. Again.
For a true, completely offline, free parametric design package, take a
look at Solid Edge 2020 Community Edition. The
I haven't used it for 3d printing work, but from other use I can recommend
FreeCAD3d. That is open source software, so free for everyone, not just for
"students".
It has a GUI, and it can also be scripted using Python, which is a great way to
construct very complex models. I've used it to mod
I use Fusion360. It is free for hobbyists and students.
alan
> On Aug 23, 2021, at 09:34, Rob Jarratt via cctalk
> wrote:
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> I think I may need to get a small part 3d printed (some plastic board
> mounting guide rails from a PDP 11/24 H7140 PSU). What software is best for
> a novice? Prefera
I think I may need to get a small part 3d printed (some plastic board
mounting guide rails from a PDP 11/24 H7140 PSU). What software is best for
a novice? Preferably free!
Thanks
Rob
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