FASTdan
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posted on 23/5/11 at 09:54 AM |
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Free 3D CAD and its NOT sketchup ;-)
Autodesks free CAD offering (currently Beta version)....
http://www.123dapp.com/
Its basically Inventor Fusion made free. I suspect more powerful than sketchup, constraint based but no history based tree making it a powerful but
very innovative way of modelling - a lot of it being pretty much 'push pull' manipulation which you can then start to constrain once you
are happy with how it looks.
Also allows assembly modelling, but no drafting facility (but will export to ACAD, STEP, SAT files all of which can be used for CNC).
[Edited on 23/5/11 by FASTdan]
[Edited on 23/5/11 by FASTdan]
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T66
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posted on 23/5/11 at 10:38 AM |
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giving it a go....
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scootz
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posted on 23/5/11 at 10:49 AM |
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Pah... one of the few downsides to having a Mac!
It's Evolution Baby!
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coozer
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posted on 23/5/11 at 11:05 AM |
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And, one of the downsides of being thick.....
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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scudderfish
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posted on 23/5/11 at 11:30 AM |
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quote: Originally posted by scootz
Pah... one of the few downsides to having a Mac!
Unless you have Parallels, VMWare Fusion, VirtualBox (which is free) or BootCamp. I'm going to give it a go on my Mac sometime this week.
Regards,
Dave
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DaveFJ
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posted on 23/5/11 at 12:18 PM |
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quote: Originally posted by scootz
Pah... one of the few downsides to having a Mac!
only one? I always though 'having a MAC' was a downside in itself....
Dave
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scudderfish
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posted on 23/5/11 at 12:47 PM |
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quote: Originally posted by DaveFJ
quote: Originally posted by scootz
Pah... one of the few downsides to having a Mac!
only one? I always though 'having a MAC' was a downside in itself....
Them's fightin' words....
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Doctor Derek Doctors
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posted on 23/5/11 at 01:01 PM |
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You do realise that you can get any CAD for free? CATIA, SolidWorks, NX etc etc etc.
Well not free but for the price of a blank CD.
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D Beddows
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posted on 23/5/11 at 01:11 PM |
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Playing around with it now - it's a rubbish beta release tbh and it's really really clunky BUT once they get it working properly it has
the potential to seriously kick Sketchup into touch (for one thing it's got a proper extrude tool which is one huge thing about sketchup that
really p*sses me off!!). All it needs is a '3D Warehouse' as good as Sketchups and it could be a great thing.
Be interesting to see what happens with it though in terms of it staying free because it's bound to hit sales of Inventor especially.........
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blakep82
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posted on 23/5/11 at 01:16 PM |
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quote: Originally posted by D Beddows
Playing around with it now - it's a rubbish beta release tbh and it's really really clunky BUT once they get it working properly it has
the potential to seriously kick Sketchup into touch (for one thing it's got a proper extrude tool which is one huge thing about sketchup that
really p*sses me off!!). All it needs is a '3D Warehouse' as good as Sketchups and it could be a great thing.
Be interesting to see what happens with it though in terms of it staying free because it's bound to hit sales of Inventor especially.........
not clicked the link, but isn't it free BECAUSE its a beta version? and the final version you will have to pay for?
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D Beddows
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posted on 23/5/11 at 01:23 PM |
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No that's not what Autodesk are saying BUT I strongly suspect there will be a free version and a Pro (paid for) version eventually.
I can certainly see the potential in it to be a much more serious tool than sketchup BUT the cool thing about Sketchup are all the plugins which this
doesn't seem to support........ yet.......
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FASTdan
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posted on 23/5/11 at 02:57 PM |
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As far as I know it will remain free.
It wont impact inventor, its a different environment and different modelling technique. Inventor Fusion is the 'subscription' version of
the same software designed to run alongside inventor and simulation products as part of a 'suite'.
Its quite interesting what autodesk are doing with their 'suite' of products concept.
And I challenge anyone to get a 'free' copy of inventor. Solid works yes, pro E yes, but I have yet to come across a hooky copy of IV.
Plus more than the fact its free, its an intuitive point and shoot software without the heavy back end.
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blakep82
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posted on 23/5/11 at 03:58 PM |
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going to give it a shot. it says graphics card unreadable though, so i imagine it won't run well/at all
Edit, right, its cocked up my computer. its coming off lol.
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Neville Jones
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posted on 23/5/11 at 05:03 PM |
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quote: Originally posted by FASTdan
As far as I know it will remain free.
It wont impact inventor, its a different environment and different modelling technique. Inventor Fusion is the 'subscription' version of
the same software designed to run alongside inventor and simulation products as part of a 'suite'.
Its quite interesting what autodesk are doing with their 'suite' of products concept.
And I challenge anyone to get a 'free' copy of inventor. Solid works yes, pro E yes, but I have yet to come across a hooky
copy of IV. Plus more than the fact its free, its an intuitive point and shoot software without the heavy back end.
I've got one sitting in my desk drawer, sent by Autodesk UK themselves 'for evaluation purposes'. All you need is one of those
'public' licences and the keygen, and you're away. Fill in the info on the Autodesk website, and see what turns up?
Cheers,
Nev.
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scudderfish
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posted on 23/5/11 at 06:06 PM |
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2D, but free for Windows, OSX and Linux
http://www.3ds.com/products/draftsight/download-draftsight/
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D Beddows
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posted on 23/5/11 at 06:51 PM |
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Inventor is no harder to come by than any other CAD program............. Adobe products are a challenge nowadays but even then.......... so I've
heard anyway
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FASTdan
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posted on 23/5/11 at 09:20 PM |
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quote: Originally posted by Neville Jones
quote: Originally posted by FASTdan
As far as I know it will remain free.
It wont impact inventor, its a different environment and different modelling technique. Inventor Fusion is the 'subscription' version of
the same software designed to run alongside inventor and simulation products as part of a 'suite'.
Its quite interesting what autodesk are doing with their 'suite' of products concept.
And I challenge anyone to get a 'free' copy of inventor. Solid works yes, pro E yes, but I have yet to come across a hooky
copy of IV. Plus more than the fact its free, its an intuitive point and shoot software without the heavy back end.
I've got one sitting in my desk drawer, sent by Autodesk UK themselves 'for evaluation purposes'. All you need is one of those
'public' licences and the keygen, and you're away. Fill in the info on the Autodesk website, and see what turns up?
Cheers,
Nev.
a 30 day trial surely? I'll gladly take a 'free' copy of IV 2011/2012 if anyone can provide one for beer money. As said I've
had SW, Pro E etc come my way regularly but never IV, just assumed it was much harder to come by.....
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D Beddows
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posted on 24/5/11 at 07:48 AM |
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Just download the free 30 day trial from the Autodesk site and then have a look round the slightly dodgy parts of the internet for the means to turn
it into the full program - haven't looked for 2012 codes yet but if they aren't there yet they will be along shortly
Providing trial downloads of the complete program makes it a bit too easy tbh and I've long suspected it's actually a covert part of
Autodesks promotional policy............... not that I'm condoning the use of any software without a valid license obviously!
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