[ML-General] 3d printing help

[joshua carr]

I came up on autocad, but when the subscriptions became a thing, I went to
rhino5. Its pricey but the commands are identical to autocad and you only
have to buy it once.
Unpopular opinion: it can be downloaded/used without purchase. ;)
But, If you like it, be sure to put a ring on it.

On Sat, Jul 20, 2019, 11:34 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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