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Working on my South Bend 9C
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Don
Remember that it's a, reference book, not a text book.
You just look up what you want to know and then sift through that to find what you need.
Golem Pens
Michael
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Michael
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Michael
Conversely, a "reason" to get better at modelling.
Disagree. Modeling a known item is like an exercise in a course you take.
Always doing one's own design rarely takes one off the path of what they know.
I knew when I wrote that that others would disagree. It's only my opinion as a fellow what can't seem to get past SusCAD.
OK, go for it. Then maybe you can help me. Cuz I seem to be too old to learn.
Golem Pens
Michael
For those occasions where I have to be on the couch idling it's a good project. I'll see how far I get with FreeCAD
I learned how to use AlibreCAD by taking the Gingery lathe 2d drawings and making parametric 3d ones.
Until Alibre I just couldn't figure out CAD.
So perhaps try downloading the trial copy of AlibreAtom, which @DavidR8 tried and perhaps it will be the tripping point for you.
Take some simple 2d drawings and make 3d versions.
Not even a debate IMO. Of course you should. You will improve your CAD skills even if its a known design entity. From here the options & utlity are endless. Make variants, different shapes different dimensions, even applying color or texture with drag & drop FX (depending on the modeller). Or maybe you want to make a custom case or pen stand, you already have a pen model to see what it looks like as an assembly. Some of these variants may be for personal documentation or mechanical curiosity in terms of construction. But you could also incorporate them into a sales environment if that is of any benefit. Sometimes people do this photo apps just dragging in a color overlay, but of course you are locked into the original photograph. You cant dynamically orientate it to another angle, or slice a cross section, or generate an exploded view or...
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Could you elaborate on this concept for me. How does one sign up ?
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Michael
Mostly when the kids are having some TV time and don't want to be alone in the room, but it's not exactly engaging fare for me. So like 30 min a day hah
Ugh, not sure if it would be worth having kids for. There's always a price.
Golem Pens
Michael
Do I love my children? Absolutely yes.
Do I also mourn some parts of my life before kids? Also yes.
Do I also mourn some parts of my life before kids? Also yes.
Says the guy who whips out 3D CAD models in his sleep...... One of these days I fully expect seeing you write a post on here with all 3D letters done in Fusion. For you, it might be easier than typing for Pete sake ...... I'm sooooo jealous!
Thanks for compliment. Take comfort in knowing at some point I had zero CAD knowledge, just manual drafting experience. Learning takes time & effort like anything new and everyone has their own progress curve. But actually software learning resources are much better these days with forums, online courses, YouTube (depending on source) & AI. If you have any CAD experience, even 2D, its useful backgrounding. What I see quite often is trying to directly force that prior methodology onto the new app as opossed to 'how does the new app do what I used to' usually leading to frustration. A car is not a backhoe type of thing. I'm venturing into Arduino/ESP type controllers part time & its that same initial overwhelming feeling. The junior high robot kids would run circles around me. But... gotta start somewhere, so just keep plodding one step at a time. Its different when you do something for fun vs because you have to.
Whether intentionally aimed at me or not, that hit home. Guilty as charged. I just can't change. Seems funny cuz I navigated the text editor, wordstar, WordPerfect, and ms word transitions quickly and seemlessly.
Every time I grab the Fusion Console, both arms and all 10 fingers lockup and my brain goes to mush. Now what???
