Alright all you veteran makers, your local 3D-printing n00b also needs recommendations for 3D-modelling software.
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Alright all you veteran makers, your local 3D-printing n00b also needs recommendations for 3D-modelling software.
As someone who is no stranger to drawing complex 2D shapes in Illustrator, something with an easy lofting component might be good. Other than that, the last time I used 3D software was in high school, and I'm in my 40s now. So a shallow learning curve might also be helpful.
I'm also eager to keep the price point relatively low after purchasing the printer itself.
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Uckermark MacGyver :nonazi:replied to Geekman last edited by
@Geekman i would recommend looking into Fusion 350. It's very powerful but got a slightly better UI than FreeCad. They might not be intuitive but there are tons and tons of tutorials. If you take the time to watch a few of the beginner videos for these you should be on a good path. Although Fusion 360 is a commercial tool, it's free for personal use.
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Natasha Nox ๐บ๐ฆ๐ต๐ธreplied to Uckermark MacGyver :nonazi: last edited by
@maxheadroom @Geekman I'd strongly recommend *not* using Fusion 360 for a multitude of reasons, two of them being the absolutely awful company behind it (Autodesk are Oil-loving user extortionists) as well as the voluntary dependence once you learned their specific tool.
Since FreeCAD indeed doesn't have the best UI I'd recommend looking at Ondsel. It's based on FreeCAD and improves on exactly those issues while still retaining its FOSS nature and open community.
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Sebastian Lauwersreplied to Natasha Nox ๐บ๐ฆ๐ต๐ธ last edited by
@Natanox @maxheadroom @Geekman I use Fusion (thereโs no 360 in the name anymore) commercially, and for that purpose itโs awesome. For personal use, Iโd agree with Nat and say to look elsewhere.
I know you mentioned shallow learning curves, which this recommendation may fail at, but what about Blender? Itโs obviously not parametric, but maybe it would suit the more artistic/organic modelling you mentioned youโre familiar with?
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Natasha Nox ๐บ๐ฆ๐ต๐ธreplied to Sebastian Lauwers last edited by
@teotwaki @maxheadroom @Geekman Regarding Blender, the "MeasureIt" addon is definitely a hard requirement for this use case. Does indeed work nicely though!