/diy/ - Do It Yourself

[Anyone ehre work with CAD for (...) No.1771495]

I need help puting my idea into CAD because I've never used it.

[Anonymous No.1771500]

>>1771495
Patent pending?

[Anyone ehre work with CAD for (...) No.1771501]

>>1771500
Thrown in as a joke, consider it open sores GPL licensed

[Anyone ehre work with CAD for (...) No.1771509]

The "nub" itself that I would use topush into the soil doesn't actually need to be a piece a part, I think that was just me over thinking it. But it does require someway for it to be printed either already attached to a small handle that I can then screw into a much longer wooden pole for ease of use.

I also would not mind a wide 12 inch wide version that could be maybe printed as puzzle pieces that can be attached and glued to gether to form a longer piece with one such piece having the wooden-handle attachment glued to it?

I have a second idea. pic related

[Anonymous No.1771521]

>>1771495
You dont need CAD to make that anon. just give it to any nice machinist and they'll make it for you at their rate, and then ask real nice for their sketches. you only really need CAD for complicated shit and assemblies.

[Anonymous No.1771522]

>>1771521
fuck i'm drunk. didn't even read the tripfag shit.

[Anonymous No.1771524]

>>1771495
Nice planting stick.

[Anyone ehre work with CAD for (...) No.1771542]

>>1771524
thanks
>>1771521
I want to print my own thing, I want to learn how to 3d print, but I have no idea where to start

[Anonymous No.1771572]

>>1771542
Fusion 360 is freeish just fuck around with sketches and extrudes and you'll get the hang of it the software is really easy to use just hard to learn

[Anonymous No.1771635]

you are asking to be provided the answer, not for help. suggest to crack some books and do the work to learn. you say you want to learn how to 3d print... then invest the time, some day no one will be there to "help" OP what cha' gonna do then? there is yourself in diy...

[Anyone ehre work with CAD for (...) No.1771667]

>>1771635
Suggest a book maybe?

[Anonymous No.1771696]

>>1771542
If you like doing things by the numbers, I recommend openScad.
You can make a thing then simply change the number to modify it.
It's also free as in "freedom", doesn't track you or use the cloud nonsense.

https://www.openscad.org/documentation.html

[Anonymous No.1773069]

>>1771495
sketchup is easier

[Anonymous No.1773236]

Okay so CAD is super easy, with most software having an easy learning curve for the basics, which is what you need. It only gets hard when you're developing assemblies, motion tests, flow simulations etc.
>>1771696
Don't listen to this guy. SCAD, like many cancerous "free and open source :)" software is bullshit, it's a waste of time to learn because not only is it more difficult but you can't actually do anything advanced without going through hell. There's really three to five softwares you learn as a beginner depending on what your end goal is. As a beginner with only simple designs, you really should stick to easy software like SketchUp, Fusion 360, and Inventor. These can be powerful tools but it's really easy to get the basics, you can probably learn in a matter of 12-24 hours. More advanced software tools would be like Solidworks, Catia, AutoCAD, and Siemens NX though (with maybe the exception of Solidworks) most independent consumer users really don't need these.

[Anonymous No.1773247]

>>1773236
>cancerous "free and open source :)"

[OP No.1773675]

>>1773236
>>1773247
Not to worry, ill check out the non-open-sores soft ware and pirate it.