On Mar 23, 2010, at 7:24 AM, Sven Wesley wrote: >> >> >> On Mar 23, 2010, at 1:41 AM, [email protected] wrote: >> >>> Hi >>> I bought Rhino and importantly it is only 3D surface modeling >>> software >>> where nurbs is a part. NURBS let you grab point and drag it and it >>> change >>> whole surface. It is interesting option.
Do you guys use any of the Parametric plugins for Rhino? Honestly I don't see why a non parametric 3D modeler is any useful in the industry where you need to make more then just a part, I am not talking about people doing this for a hobby or the one-offs >> >> Blender is a powerful modeling app that also supports nurbs. It >> has the >> added benefit of being free. >> (http://www.blender.org/) >> >> -Tom >> >> > I wouldn't say "only" a 3D surface modeller. It is that, yes, but > it's very > powerful and capable of more than free modelling. > I have Blender as well, not as user friendly though. If someone > writes a > CAM-plugin for Blender then there will be something very very useful. > I tried using blender, but could never really be productive on it, it might have something to do with the way I think, because I have seen some awesome project done with it, most non-mechanical though... What I need in a design tool is parametric, sketcher in 3D and 2D, associative and that my g-code get's updated when my model is changed, or that my 2D drawings get updated when my 3D model changes, or the other way around even. I know we all say that the software is expensive, and it is! But given you might use it for let's say 3 years then even for a $10K software tool you pay 277 a month, that's less then the daily rate for a single guy. If you make anything on a professional level, then it's worth the investment and it's better to use something that has some learning curve, but will save you time in the long run, then use software that is much cheaper, but forces you to repeat yourself. Ries ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
