CAD-esque for creative?
CAD-esque for creative?
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- detritus0
*2015 bump*
Need to start getting into CAD more - the experience I've had with AutoCAD has left a bitter taste in my mouth, so am scouting around for lightweight/cheap alternatives.
Was pretty close to signing up to AutoCad Fusion 360, but I'm fed up with grind-down cloud subscription models.
Thanks!
- detritus0
ah, sorry, I should've specified -
I'm after a CAD solution that's maker-oriented, specifically geared towards for CNC routing and for 3D printing.
Thanks though, utopian!
- Here is a entire list to try.
http://www.shapeways…utopian - People that I spoke to, that generate 3D prints like: http://www.3dtin.com…utopian
- Fuck, a nice resource from Shapeways there - thanks, man!detritus
- Here is a entire list to try.
- WeAreDAG0
It's been a while, but have you looked at Rhino?
- I've got Rhino installed, and I do like it for some things, but I'm no expert. I'm after something a wee bit simpler...
thanks!detritus - I should probably just turn off the internet and bury my head in Rhino for a week or two, eh?
ughft.detritus - It's a little complicated, but certainly does what you want. If you know a wee bit of autocad it's not so hard to get into.WeAreDAG
- I've got Rhino installed, and I do like it for some things, but I'm no expert. I'm after something a wee bit simpler...
- ********0
It doesn't make you more creative if you want to use it for a project that isn't client based. Pretentious.
- ********0
bump for doing CAD work on iPadPro with a Pencil
- It can't run real software. Get a Surface. I can't imagine the "pencil" helping with cad, you need a mouse and keyboard to be fastformed
- Same thing for 3Dformed
- in the keynote there was mention of 3d CAD software that is currently exclusive on the iPad Pro********
- The new simultaneous finger touch and pencil movements I imagine are big improvements in drafting such as the virtual ruler********
- No capacity for using x-refs, libraries, pen sets, layouts, importing, exporting, printing... Using an iPad is probably the worst format for CAD and 3D.face_melter
- Fine if you need a viewer for being on site or at meetings - those already exist - but serious design work? Never in a million years.face_melter
- What face_melter said. Ruler seems nice, but you can just click from one point to another for a perfect line, so it really is pretty useless.formed
- The iPad is nice as a toy, sketchpad, etc., but w/o OSX it's just a toy. Maybe that will change, but for now it's just a bigger version w/ a stylus.formed