[chbot] Very interesting 3D CAD program! (Synco Reynders)

[Geoff]

A bit off topic, but I thought I'd mention that for some recent 3D printing
work I've been using solvespace <http://solvespace.com/index.pl>. It seems
a little primitive occasionally (no chamfer or bevel tools), but it has a
very uniform way of doing things and quite a nice workflow. (and it
defaults to a black color scheme).
It's a bit different from other CAD's I've tried, but after playing with it
for an hour or two, and watching a few youtube videos, you'll have figured
it all out. It really is a very small/simple CAD system. In fact, it's
small enough and simple enough that there is an experimental web version
<https://files.whitequark.org/SolveSpace/solvespace.html> running entirely
the browser without any server-side magic!.

I wouldn't use it for huge projects, but for 3d printing robot legs and
servo brackets, it's worked out very well so far.

Geoff

On Wed, Aug 1, 2018 at 1:55 PM Neil Stockbridge <chchrobotics at rui.nz> wrote:

> > Also Fusion360 does not support Linux.
> > And like Andrew I like OpenSCAD.
> > However recently I've been using (still learning) FreeCAD. It wraps in
> > OpenSCAD with Python, with Finite Element Analysis (FEM) and lots more.
> So
> > I've used it to simulate the thermal flow and forces in a water-pipe
> > heating element.
> > Keen to know if there are any other FreeCAD users in the group... as I've
> > got heaps of questions.
>
> I like OpenSCAD too but I've been learning some FreeCAD from video
> tutorials because it's more child-friendly.  The constraints-based
> solver is something I now miss in OpenSCAD.  I doubt I'll be much help
> with the questions though since I'm still trying to figure what "Body"
> and "Part" are for now I've got 0.17.
>
>
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