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phantomcow2
04-11-06, 07:43 PM
I have become desperate for some sort of decent 3D CAD program for my Linux system. I tried downloading OpenCascade, but its all of this compiling this .tgz and java archive, I did not want to bother with it.
So a friend of mine was talking about Blender 3D, he said it could be used as a 3D CAD program easily. Well I was desperate, and gave it a shot.
I read up on a few quick tutorials, and so far it seems like a fantastic program! One day and I prefer it over AutoCAD.

Has anybody else used this program?

Stacey
04-11-06, 07:50 PM
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro
iamlucky13
04-11-06, 07:51 PM
Never heard of it. Is it really a CAD/CAM program or an artistic oriented modeling program? What version of AutoCAD did you have? There's several different suites for accomplishing different tasks. For modeling, I think you actually want Autodesk Inventor. I'm not sure how it's ease of use is though. For easy to use CAD/CAM software, I like Solidworks or IronCAD. I'm pretty sure Solidworks has a student version and IronCAD has Innovate, which is a modelling only (ie, doesn't generate 2D drawings) release that's way cheaper...it might even be free.

markhr
04-11-06, 10:16 PM
stop me if you've seen this before

discounted software for students (http://www.journeyed.com/home.asp)

euro/uk version of the same (http://www.journeyedeurope.com)
markhr
04-11-06, 10:18 PM
...and no, not related/involved/accountable in any way. just thought it might apply to rhis thread
DannoXYZ
04-11-06, 11:53 PM
I like Solidworks.... with the 2003+ version, you get linear-FEA which is quite handy... :)
TexasGuy
04-12-06, 09:30 AM
I know several people who have tried to use Blender 3D including myself and thought it was the stupidest, most unintuitive software we had used in a long time. That being said they revamped and supposedly made it more intuitive. Are they still charging 60 bucks just to get the manual ?
phantomcow2
04-12-06, 04:07 PM
I never saw anything to get a 60 dollar manual.
I am comparing this to AutoCAD Mechanical desktop. Blender itself is a 3d modeling program, but there is no reason it cannot be used for CAD. Plus there is an extension to it called BlenderCAD, I am not familiar with it though