[ML-General] 3d printing help

[Joshua Pritt]

I use Onshape.com.  CAD in the browser!  You get all the tools and options
of the paid version for free, except all of your files are "public" and
searchable.
It has an export to STL option I've used many times.
Recently to create various brackets for my drone.

On Sat, Jul 20, 2019 at 10:34 AM Paul Nix <bomber1672 at gmail.com> wrote:

> If you are a vet, you can also get student prices.
>
> On Sat, Jul 20, 2019, 11:29 AM Stephan Henning <shenning at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Tinkercad and Scad(?) are good options.
>>
>> If you want something with parametric functionality, Fusion360 is the way
>> to go.
>>
>> Lots of tutorials and community support for all of these options.
>>
>> If your willing to pay for it (or happen to be a student), Solidworks is
>> a great tool.
>>
>> -stephan
>>
>> ---———---•---———---•---———---
>> Sent from a mobile device, please excuse the spelling and brevity.
>>
>> On Jul 20, 2019, at 9:58 AM, Joseph Absher <joseph.ryan.absher at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Fusion 360. SketchUp tends to cause problems with printing anyways, as it
>> will often created non-manifold models.
>>
>> On Sat, Jul 20, 2019, 09:50 Paul Nix <bomber1672 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Fusion360
>>> Tinkercad
>>> Solidworks
>>> Freecad
>>>
>>> On Sat, Jul 20, 2019, 9:47 AM Nathan Bouldin <bouldinnathan at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> You could use openscad or blender..?
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Jul 20, 2019, 09:42 Kirk D Mccann <kirk.mccann at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I was gifted a Monoprice 3d printer about a year ago and now finally
>>>>> have a reason to use it.  I've  modeled what I would like to print in the
>>>>> free version of sketchup but it would appear that without paying an annual
>>>>> fee I cant actually save my work as an stl or print(even though their
>>>>> documentation says you can).  What cad software do you recommend for
>>>>> designing stuff to be 3d printed?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Kirk
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