Hey #3dPrinting nerd bubble, what #CAD software do you use for making your own 3d models?
I'm starting to get really annoyed by the limits of OpenSCAD, and the only other 3d modelling software I've ever really used is Blender... which is kinda slow on my computer, and feels like the wrong tool for modelling mechanical parts anyway.
Any recommendations for something nice that is not too slow to run on a macbook from 2017 (*staring angrily at inkscape, which is not even 3d*)?
@blinry @flauschzelle @bleeptrack @daniel_bohrer
I'm using Solvespace and I love it. It has some limitation, but works for me.
@flauschzelle @blinry @bleeptrack @daniel_bohrer
They have tutorials and forum on website.
it helped me a lot.
@mkyral
@blinry @bleeptrack @daniel_bohrer
I'm trying to make a ring-like object.
I have a group of line segments that defines the outline of a 2d cross-section through one side of it, in the correct distance to the y axis. I want to rotate it around the y axis to make a ring, but it seems I can only rotate it around line segments.
So I drew a line segment on the y axis and rotated around that. But now it won't let me delete that line segment any more. And my ring doesn't look solid O.o
@flauschzelle @blinry @bleeptrack @daniel_bohrer
If I understood correctly, you need change your line to construction line.
@mkyral @blinry @bleeptrack @daniel_bohrer
The forum says that's probably impossible:
https://solvespace.com/forum.pl?action=viewthread&parent=2840&tt=1571184127
At least I found out how to make all the other lines not be construction lines any more. But they're still just lines, no solid to be seen anywhere O.o
Kiki
Daniel Bohrer
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