"Best CAD Programs / Tutorials" Topic
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| fingolfen | 09 Oct 2015 8:37 a.m. PST |
A good 3D printed master starts with a good rendering. I worked with ancient CAD programs back in my college days, but I'm looking for a good program for rendering 15mm historical subjects. Ideally a program with good online tutorials or that is fairly intuitive. Does anyone have some good recommendations? |
| Stryderg | 09 Oct 2015 9:10 a.m. PST |
Blender is free:
blender.org I played with it a while back, so I can't comment on the current version. There is a tutorial and user manual on the support page. |
| Allen57 | 09 Oct 2015 12:51 p.m. PST |
I found blender tough to get into but then all the 3d CAD programs seem counterintuitive to me. |
| Stryderg | 10 Oct 2015 5:00 p.m. PST |
There's also tinkercad, used in some schools to teach kids (saw that one at a convention, never used it). |
| Dynaman8789 | 11 Oct 2015 5:37 a.m. PST |
Sketchup is the only one I could make any sense of. |
| SouthernPhantom | 13 Nov 2015 9:06 a.m. PST |
Blender is very good. It definitely has a learning curve, but is fairly powerful once you've learned the basics. I use it for all of my 3D printed products. |
| GhostBear | 29 Dec 2015 2:53 a.m. PST |
I use blender myself, but if your doing anything organic, I cannot put enough recommendation to getting a graphics tablet – So much more comfortable to work with in blenders Sculpt mode than a mouse…. |
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