GM Nostr! Happy Wednesday!
Still working on the 3D print design for my #Meshtastic nodes...trying to get them as compact as possible, while still being able to take advantage of all the features (as well as learning #freeCAD along the way). Fun project all the way around.
Need some coffee before I fire up freeCAD again though...
#coffeechain
Still working on the 3D print design for my #Meshtastic nodes...trying to get them as compact as possible, while still being able to take advantage of all the features (as well as learning #freeCAD along the way). Fun project all the way around.
Need some coffee before I fire up freeCAD again though...
#coffeechain
Learning FreeCAD is a huge pain, but it's getting better and it runs on Linux, so... Keep it up!
Didn't know your were a freeCAD guy @0689df58...
And yes, freeCAD is a bit of a challenge, but I'm getting better at it (but certainly just scratching the surface so far). Like anything, the time invested to learn will give you a life-long skill, so will press on regardless...
And of course anything that runs on Linux is my preferred option (and free is always welcome). 😃
And yes, freeCAD is a bit of a challenge, but I'm getting better at it (but certainly just scratching the surface so far). Like anything, the time invested to learn will give you a life-long skill, so will press on regardless...
And of course anything that runs on Linux is my preferred option (and free is always welcome). 😃
Yeah. I had to learn to design stuff for 3D printing. I detest all modern CAD packages that are used in industry. Cloud based stuff, especially.
So, that pretty much leaves FreeCAD.
So, that pretty much leaves FreeCAD.
My understanding is that freecad and it's derivatives are getting better, but they were really bad when I used them so sadly I'm still using tinkercad since it aligns with my dumbdumb brain.
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@sj_zero @0689df5847a8d3376892da29622d7c0fdc1ef1958f4bc4471d90966aa1eca9f2 @94f66a6138a20e120cefbe343103186804847ad9619316761e3e76a062d5fed0 SolidWorks is solidly entrenched in STEM school education (with freeness and training). Those who use it professionally can afford it. It keeps some of the best from bothering with improving the other stuff. If we'd get off our wokeness, we'd be celebrating these HS who are graduating with professional certifications. Wokeness is a disease of the mind to hold the nation back -- which is why China loves dumping it into our schools.
Same here really--looked at pretty much everything. But after watching a few tutorials I could see #FreeCAD would be able to do everything I'd want out of a CAD package.
Perhaps not as elegant as a commercial alternative, but it'll get the job done.
Kind of like Excel vs. Libre...there are things in Excel I miss...but if I never knew about them, I would probably feel Libre is perfectly capable.
Perhaps not as elegant as a commercial alternative, but it'll get the job done.
Kind of like Excel vs. Libre...there are things in Excel I miss...but if I never knew about them, I would probably feel Libre is perfectly capable.
You forgot to mention that Solidworks is actually pretty fucking awesome.