On an even less related note, one thing I always try and get people to do is learn how to use a spaceball/3d mouse as soon as they can. I don't think it will be long before cad voice-commands are a thing.
I will say it does make me wish I had a 3rd hand, because unlike in autocad, in Rhino I am usually using a spaceball as well, so I have to keep switching my left hand between the two. No need to worry about how the ribbon bar is arranged, your quick access icons, etc. I find this infinitely better than the icon-style interface of most other CAD software. On a related note, one thing I love about Rhino is that it still has the Autocad style command interface. In general, I suck at learning graphics software (give me a command line interface!) but I found Sketchup to be manageable. I have successfully used Sketchup, but my project was quite modest. Time to start playing with the new machine.ĬAD decisions still to be made, so keep telling me more. Could be good for 3D printing but casting not as much unless lost PLA. Free for 'hobbyist' makes me wonder how long that will last tho.īlender is more artistic based. Would be great for machine type parts down the road and definitely on the list. I have to wonder though if people actually chose a CAD program for specific needs or it's what they learned on and had access to.įusion 360 would be top of the ladder. Any opinions on this CAD? There are plenty more tutorials to look at. This could be my go to but it's early yet. How it will be updated and supported in the future is anyones guess. It's open source so it will always be free. Can't call it middle of the road but probably on a par w/ some on my list. From many YT tutorials it looks promising. Probably the best starting point.įreeCad was recommended by a guy on the foundry forum. I could play w/ simple stuff as I acclimate to my new printer, gotta learn the ins n outs of that machine as well. I'll bag a few hours/ night on YouTube tutorials for CAD programs till I burnout. I never went back, so might as well be a noob with the current crop of CAD programs.
Got halfway through and took a semester off because I was passing up way too much OT $. I'm not a total NFG, was chasing an AutoCAD associate degree at community college in the late 90's.
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