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| stovebolt:
Saw this on Hack a day, thought I'd pass it along, not an area I know much about. http://www.designspark.com/page/mechanical Cheers, Jim |
| 75Plus:
In order to use the software you must set up an account which requires more personal info than I care to supply since I would only use it as a hobbyist. You don't discover that requirement until AFTER you have downloaded and installed the program. Joe |
| philf:
--- Quote from: stovebolt on September 18, 2013, 05:03:12 PM --- Saw this on Hack a day, thought I'd pass it along, not an area I know much about. http://www.designspark.com/page/mechanical Cheers, Jim --- End quote --- I downloaded and registered the package. I've just spent a few hours playing with it and, although it has some nice features, there are too many features missing to make it any use for me. I tried to model a loco wheel (see photo) but gave up trying to radius the corners of the spokes as some refused point blank to accept a rad and getting the rads the same was troublesome! There is no function for doing either linear or polar arrays (that I could find) so doing the cutouts to make the spokes was much more difficult than it should have been. I'll uninstall and wait for a more sophisticated version. I notice there's also free PCB design software. Phil. |
| DaveH:
Phil, Have you tried or looked at FreeCAD http://www.freecadweb.org/ :beer: DaveH |
| philf:
--- Quote from: DaveH on September 19, 2013, 06:10:16 PM ---Phil, Have you tried or looked at FreeCAD http://www.freecadweb.org/ :beer: DaveH --- End quote --- Dave, I'm just looking at it - First impressions are that it's not very intuitive. I always try to draw without reading any tutorials or help files and with this package it's not easy. I do already have a paid for 3d CAD package which is OK but not perfect. :beer: Phil. |
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