Hazza Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 I wonder if anyone here can point me to a good (free) piece of software and a tutorial which would get me on my way towards modelling a part for 3D printing. I have a pair of 110 second row door cards which are in reasonable condition apart from the section which covers the check strap which is totally destroyed (but I have enough of them left for measuring etc). It seems to be that it would be possible to make a part which fits (bonded) to the inside of the card and fairly accurately replicates the missing part. Problem is I have no idea how to do this!! Image shows the piece I'm talking about! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elbekko Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 Fusion 360 has a free for personal use option. It'll take a steep learning curve to make that part, but shouldn't be too difficult I think? Or throw up some measurements on here, and I'm sure someone will be bored enough to help at some point. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 Being programming sort of person I use OpenSCAD a lot of stuff but it's one of those that you'll either take to immediately or absolutely not get at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonr Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 14 hours ago, FridgeFreezer said: Being programming sort of person I use OpenSCAD You might imagine me being similar. I have used it, but compared to the modern CAD packages, it felt like a rediculous way to model something! For something free, I would either go for OnShape or Fusion. Onshape is fantastic - and I'd use it professionally, except we're not allowed to use Cloud based software. Fusion is very capable, but lacks a few of the features I use a lot in Solidworks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 I'm also averse to cloudy things and all my machines are Linux which rules some of the others out... TBH though although OpenSCAD can be clunky, I doubt I'd be able to churn out much better with a full CAD package even if I could muster the enthusiasm to learn the damn thing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hazza Posted February 26 Author Share Posted February 26 Thanks for the input guys, I'll have a look at the options and see what works for me. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
volvotgb Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 I also run Linux and also hate anything cloud based. I swapped to Freecad about 5 years ago. It is quite a steep learning curve, but once you get the hang of it, its great. Its free as the name suggests and its also open source and not cloud based. The realthunder version is the best one to go for 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
De Ranged Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 This might help you out.... just turned up on my Youtube home page lol I can't offer any advice on free stuff as i've only ever used AutoCAD or Solidworks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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