3D Printing cases and SGI "skins"

[geneb]

On Wed, 11 May 2016, Swift Griggs wrote:

> On Wed, 11 May 2016, geneb wrote:
>> Do NOT use SketchUp to create parts for 3D printing.  You'll end up with
>> an STL that's all screwed up.
>
> Ah, okay, thanks for this tip.
>
NP.  If you're going to the Bay Area Maker Faire, stop by the SeeMeCNC 
booth and say hi. :)

>> A good, free tool for this kind of thing would be DesignSpark
>> Mechanical.  It has a workflow similar to SketchUp.
>
> Cool. I'm not fond of SketchUp anyhow. I'm switchin'. If you've ever used
> qcad, I'm wondering what you or others might know/think of it. That one
> works on my Unix boxes, that's why I ask. It's been flirting with me every
> since I've seen it appearing in various pkg repos.
>
I only use SolidWorks.  There's nothing out there for MacOS or *nix that 
I'd spend the effort to throw a brick at.  :)

g.

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