#cad

Seriously, learning #CAD is the motherfucking olympics of frustration just spent almost two hours getting literally nowhere... I can't believe I'm doing this of my own free will

Wanna know how bad it is? If you search for "user friendly CAD" you don't even get AI slop results - or, to put it differently, even the machines we built specifically for lying to us aren't bold enough to claim that such a thing exists.

https://helvede.net/@jwcph/114359353613700570

You know what I love? When somebody does a tutorial about something, then talking at nearly infinite length about stuff that isn't that thing while absolutely SPRINTING! past said thing that the tutorial is ostensibly about at Mach 3.5...

#CAD

Updating #Plasticity3d has been convenient this year ; 1 US #Dollar is equivalent to 0.88 #Euro. #CAD

It's #FreeCADFriday! What have all you wonderful #FreeCAD users been working on? #CAD #CAM #BIM #Opensource

Hey look, something non-political.

CaDoodle a #Tinkercad alternative

https://hackaday.io/project/202791-cadoodle-doodle-in-cad

https://github.com/CommonWealthRobotics/CaDoodle-Application

#CAD

In the #ttrpg design community, there are regular questions about what to use for #book #layout. And the usual suspects are, of course, InDesign and Affinity Publisher. Logical! Buuut... Why not #Rhinoceros or some other #CAD program?

Dear #AskFedi,

Would someone like to design me a cursed PCIe bracket adapter for 3D print?
I need to fit a card upside down (in relation to the connector).

Context: https://mastodon.social/@dzwiedziu/114346601491331539

Edit: the cables probably won't fit.

#3dprinting #cad

Oh-kaaaaay, that's going to have to wait until I have a shit-ton of time I don't know what to do with...

In trying to learn a little #CAD drawing I'm constantly confronted with the fact that my mind works in physical space, not geometric/mathematical, which is why I'm so partial to SketchUp - my brain doesn't know how to even begin working in a space where there's no reference to the real world.

It's like putting me blindfolded in zero-G & asking which way is up.

https://helvede.net/@jwcph/114332260552437933

I think the moral of the story is vinyl cutters make mediocre pen plotters and Inkscape isn’t a great tool for HPGL.
At some point in the process one of them shits the bed and and draws a line right through the drawing.
Dashed lines also don’t work; I _think_ HPGL has a line type description feature, so maybe it’s the plotter just not accepting it.
On the plus side, I (sort of) finally got HPGL out of OSX Inkscape by rolling back to v1.3.

I wish I could buy a legit copy of AutoCAD R14 or 2000. That’s all I’d really need for this.
#penPlotting #CAD

Version 0.5.0 of CQ-editor, the IDE for #CadQuery has been released. #CAD #Python #FOSS

https://github.com/CadQuery/CQ-editor/releases/tag/0.5.0

Good grief, it's #FreeCADFriday once again! Comes around fast! Show us what you've been working on this week! #CAD #CAM #BIM #Opensource

Инженерный софт для швейного производства

Современная промышленность давно и активно использует информационные технологии. Мы редко задумываемся, что не только окружающие нас смартфоны и компьютеры являются их продуктом. Одеваясь по утрам, мы тоже пользуемся вещами, созданными с помощью современного хайтека. Автоматизация и компьютеризация не обошла стороной текстильную промышленность. Обычная повседневная одежда, не относящаяся к высокой моде, разрабатывается в современных САПР, а сами предприятия работают под управлением систем учета и планирования.

https://habr.com/ru/companies/lure_it/articles/899626/

#импортозамещение #сапр #erp #швейное_производство #цифровая_трансформация #1c #cad

Here's a #craft work in progress. #cad drawing in #qcad of an #islamic tile pattern. Engraved that into a piece of plywood with a #lasercut machine. The dark spots are burnt away to a depth of ca. 1.5 mm. I pressed a prepared sheet of clay onto the form and got this pattern. Next step is glazing. Now I know this works, I have lots of ideas.
#pottery #makerspace #fablab

I designed a single-piece 3D printable Arca-Swiss quick-release clamp. Compliant mechanisms are so satisfying.

Made with FreeCAD. Download the model and customize it to your needs: https://www.printables.com/model/1258735-compliant-arca-swiss-quick-release-clamp

#3dprinting #freecad #cad #opensource #compliantmechanism #photography

It might be Cardboard Aided Design #CAD I am undertaking, but I'm using my @FreeCAD pencil and a protractor I drew myself in @inkscape and lasercut so I still get tech points! #making #opensource

The Buyer | Why premium Moscato Bianco is a focus for the Langhe’s Ca D’Gal https://www.diningandcooking.com/2004568/the-buyer-why-premium-moscato-bianco-is-a-focus-for-the-langhes-ca-dgal/ #CaD’Gal #ItalianWine #MikeTurner #Moscato #Wine

After years, we’re still revisiting a new #GSoC proposal to implement #NURBS functions in #Blender, another ambitious project. I’m skeptical: wouldn’t it be better to leverage existing tools like FreeCAD’s #OCCT kernel and wrappers such as PythonOCC, which already provide ready-to-use solutions? A native implementation would require advanced mathematical and programming expertise, which a beginner (still learning C++) would struggle to master in just a few weeks of development. #b3d #CAD

Just out of curiosity, what kind of workflows do you #freecad or other CAD package users have for simple stuff you need to model for 3D printing or CNC'ing?

I start with a crude Post-It note version and try to get all the measurements in that phase, so when I get to the good part, I can just keep on drawing without killing the flow.

#cad

Does anyone know of a Opensource project that is likely to be a replacement for AutoCAD for the building/MEP industries? The only two that I know of are FreeCAD and LibreCAD. FreeCAD is parametric, and LibreCAD is still way too "new".

The only features they tout are: Free, GPLv2 OpenSource, "No Language Barriers"

https://librecad.org/#features

And there is no roadmap.

#autocad #linux #CAD #MEP #drawings