3d modelling software

[Paul Koning]

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 beaten track, perhaps; I mostly do my modeling in a 5000 line Python script, and use my own export to PovRAY rather than the FreeCAD Render workbench.  But I did use that a bit, in some experiments with the KiCAD importer.  That's pretty slick, converting a PCB layout to a 3d CAD model.

	paul

> On Aug 23, 2021, at 2:19 PM, Alan Perry <aperry at snowmoose.com> 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 and not so much time modeling the part that I was trying replicate and threw in the towel and started using Fusion 360. Using Fusion 360 has had some advantages when getting the part made (there is a common language for tweaking the model).
> 
> alan
> 
>> On Aug 23, 2021, at 09:59, Paul Koning via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
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>> 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 model a SF spaceship.
>> 
>>   paul
>> 
>>> On Aug 23, 2021, at 12:29 PM, Rob Jarratt via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> 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? Preferably free!
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>>> 
>>> Thanks
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Rob
>>> 
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