▲ 368 ▼ Netflix Becomes Max-Level Patron Of Blender's Development Fund (www.cartoonbrew.com) submitted 9 months ago by TheImpressiveX@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world 40 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 17 points 9 months ago (5 children) Okay, now airbus do freecad. permalink fedilink source hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] whereIsTamara@lemmy.org 10 points 9 months ago (4 children) Someone do any CAD. I’m pretty surprised at how shitty the free cad options are. I just use it for 3d printing. Fusion360 (free) is the only decent product out there. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 6 points 9 months ago (3 children) FreeCAD isn't terrible, especially since v1, it's rough round the edges at times, but definitely usable. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] whereIsTamara@lemmy.org 3 points 9 months ago (2 children) But compared to Fusion360, it’s archaic—borderline unusable imo. What I really want to use is Shapr3D, but there’s no way I’m paying $40/m for the pleasure of making a model or two a month. Plasticity looked promising, and I was willing to drop the parametric in a pinch, but I had trouble with getting the size right because it’s scale-agnostic. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 2 points 9 months ago (1 child) What are you trying to model? It's far from unusable. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] cheesorist@lemmy.world 1 point 9 months ago I tried using freecad a while back my previous experience being two years in blender and light designs in fusion360 that i picked up very quickly designing a very simple shape that would've taken me a minute on blender or fusion, took me a good 20-30 minutes navigating errors and ui to find simple tools like extend, even after being found, making them work is an extra hassle I would love to use freecad but its not worth the learning curve for me when i only design basic things to 3d print permalink fedilink source parent
[–] whereIsTamara@lemmy.org 10 points 9 months ago (4 children) Someone do any CAD. I’m pretty surprised at how shitty the free cad options are. I just use it for 3d printing. Fusion360 (free) is the only decent product out there. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 6 points 9 months ago (3 children) FreeCAD isn't terrible, especially since v1, it's rough round the edges at times, but definitely usable. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] whereIsTamara@lemmy.org 3 points 9 months ago (2 children) But compared to Fusion360, it’s archaic—borderline unusable imo. What I really want to use is Shapr3D, but there’s no way I’m paying $40/m for the pleasure of making a model or two a month. Plasticity looked promising, and I was willing to drop the parametric in a pinch, but I had trouble with getting the size right because it’s scale-agnostic. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 2 points 9 months ago (1 child) What are you trying to model? It's far from unusable. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] cheesorist@lemmy.world 1 point 9 months ago I tried using freecad a while back my previous experience being two years in blender and light designs in fusion360 that i picked up very quickly designing a very simple shape that would've taken me a minute on blender or fusion, took me a good 20-30 minutes navigating errors and ui to find simple tools like extend, even after being found, making them work is an extra hassle I would love to use freecad but its not worth the learning curve for me when i only design basic things to 3d print permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 6 points 9 months ago (3 children) FreeCAD isn't terrible, especially since v1, it's rough round the edges at times, but definitely usable. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] whereIsTamara@lemmy.org 3 points 9 months ago (2 children) But compared to Fusion360, it’s archaic—borderline unusable imo. What I really want to use is Shapr3D, but there’s no way I’m paying $40/m for the pleasure of making a model or two a month. Plasticity looked promising, and I was willing to drop the parametric in a pinch, but I had trouble with getting the size right because it’s scale-agnostic. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 2 points 9 months ago (1 child) What are you trying to model? It's far from unusable. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] cheesorist@lemmy.world 1 point 9 months ago I tried using freecad a while back my previous experience being two years in blender and light designs in fusion360 that i picked up very quickly designing a very simple shape that would've taken me a minute on blender or fusion, took me a good 20-30 minutes navigating errors and ui to find simple tools like extend, even after being found, making them work is an extra hassle I would love to use freecad but its not worth the learning curve for me when i only design basic things to 3d print permalink fedilink source parent
[–] whereIsTamara@lemmy.org 3 points 9 months ago (2 children) But compared to Fusion360, it’s archaic—borderline unusable imo. What I really want to use is Shapr3D, but there’s no way I’m paying $40/m for the pleasure of making a model or two a month. Plasticity looked promising, and I was willing to drop the parametric in a pinch, but I had trouble with getting the size right because it’s scale-agnostic. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 2 points 9 months ago (1 child) What are you trying to model? It's far from unusable. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] cheesorist@lemmy.world 1 point 9 months ago I tried using freecad a while back my previous experience being two years in blender and light designs in fusion360 that i picked up very quickly designing a very simple shape that would've taken me a minute on blender or fusion, took me a good 20-30 minutes navigating errors and ui to find simple tools like extend, even after being found, making them work is an extra hassle I would love to use freecad but its not worth the learning curve for me when i only design basic things to 3d print permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 2 points 9 months ago (1 child) What are you trying to model? It's far from unusable. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] cheesorist@lemmy.world 1 point 9 months ago I tried using freecad a while back my previous experience being two years in blender and light designs in fusion360 that i picked up very quickly designing a very simple shape that would've taken me a minute on blender or fusion, took me a good 20-30 minutes navigating errors and ui to find simple tools like extend, even after being found, making them work is an extra hassle I would love to use freecad but its not worth the learning curve for me when i only design basic things to 3d print permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cheesorist@lemmy.world 1 point 9 months ago I tried using freecad a while back my previous experience being two years in blender and light designs in fusion360 that i picked up very quickly designing a very simple shape that would've taken me a minute on blender or fusion, took me a good 20-30 minutes navigating errors and ui to find simple tools like extend, even after being found, making them work is an extra hassle I would love to use freecad but its not worth the learning curve for me when i only design basic things to 3d print permalink fedilink source parent