Dates: TBC (depending on interest and other bookings)
Duration:
30mins to 1 hour (depending on experience)
Requirements:
Your own laptop would be useful although there’s a free web version which should work on most devices
An idea, sketch or drawing of something you’d like to create. With as many dimension measurements as possible.
Signup to workshop:
Just reply to this thread with preferred dates/times
(until I can add an attendance list like inductions. Is that possible?)
Suggested £5 donation to SLMakerSpace or whatever you can afford
I hope it’s ok for me to raise up this little warning. Sketchup is particularly bad for generating 3d Model for 3D printing if you don’t consider the pitfall. This article kind of cover most of the one I’ve encountered in the past hopefully new version and stl generation plugins have improved.
Hopefully that would help narrow down troubleshooting in case you meet problem when slicing. Most importantly always check the layer preview in Cura as the auto repair can play havoc when loading broken model.
This show you the steps to get free fusion 360 as I’ve always found it tricky
I’ve used onshape for a long time until they’ve changed the Terms and condition major restriction is that on the free version you can’t have private document but onshape is surely amazing
Tinkercad is amazing and the new version as a better parameterize support and improve filet and chamfer but the main draw back after using it for years is the poor history trail visualization meaning it become a bit like playing chess
Vectary is pretty good too especially if you need to design more organic shape
FreeCad is awseome but hard to learn. The workflow is really different from other cad principle I’ve found
I started with sketchup but changed to fusion and it’s so so so much better - wish I’d gone straight to it. Things like parametric modelling are brilliant - build your model from 3mm sheet, but want to change it to 5mm after? Easy.
Like Calum I started with tinkercad but wishes I jumped on a proper parametric cad software instead much sooner. One of the things that I couldn’t live without now is variable and equations driven sketch and features
I’ve downloaded it but it still requires an internet connection. I’d really rather not. I find it unsettling to not be able to edit my work without an internet connection.
Fusion360 requires an internet connection to start and then every 2 weeks.
I’m downloading Inventor Pro 30 day trial (12gb!!!)
There’s also an educational product available