CAD for raw beginners?
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CAD for raw beginners?
I know this has come up anecdotally occasionally, related to how somebody did something, but I have a friend who is looking for a free or low cost CAD system. What can the group recommend in 2D and/or 3D?
Thanks, Kimball
Thanks, Kimball
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Re: CAD for raw beginners?
Try ST8 by Solid Edge. Free. Easy.
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Re: CAD for raw beginners?
For the Mac in 2D I use Cadintosh. It's about $30. Twice I've had questions and I've gotten a response in a couple of days from the guy who wrote it; a rare occurrence these days.
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Eyeball Engineering — Home of the dull toolbit.
Our motto: "That looks about right."
Celebrating 35 years of turning perfectly good metal into bits of useless scrap.
Re: CAD for raw beginners?
Fusion360 by Autodesk, free if you make under 100K.
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Re: CAD for raw beginners?
Like Patio said, Fusion 360, then go here and watch all of his videos, he does a 360 video every Friday:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-GBpUZ3piY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-GBpUZ3piY
Re: CAD for raw beginners?
Now, who would admit they made over 100K so they had to pay for it??!!Patio wrote:Fusion360 by Autodesk, free if you make under 100K.
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Re: CAD for raw beginners?
Fusion360 is free and allows you to collaborate with other people, but they keep all your stuff in a cloud.
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Re: CAD for raw beginners?
I use Qcad. The basic version is free.
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Re: CAD for raw beginners?
Fusion 360 easy to use if you never did Cad Cam.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5bc9c3S12g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5bc9c3S12g
Re: CAD for raw beginners?
If your friend is a vet, you can get Solidworks, student version, for 20.00 on line
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Re: CAD for raw beginners?
If you've got a good internet connection, Onshape is pretty much the same as Solidworks, though it takes some getting used to. It's free for 'public' use, and you're computer doesn't have to be a workstation; it's cloud based.
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