On Tuesday 23 March 2010, Ries van Twisk wrote: >On Mar 23, 2010, at 11:47 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: >> On Tuesday 23 March 2010, Ries van Twisk wrote: >>> 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 >> >> And that's me. No way in hell can I justify the cost of something >> like >> rhino, for one quick piece of wood or metal. I could easily empty >> the SS >> replenished bank account if I bought all the stuff that has been >> mentioned >> here. > >in that case the sort of business you work on doesn't even require it, >no worries, it's really normal to use simple CAD/CAM pages. >I see to much people buying autocad, while they also could >have been buying qCAD or any other sub 100USD 2D CAD package. >they Just pay a very file conversion package :) > >Ries > I have had qCAD's freebie installed several times, but I have yet to see it has an output format I can use or convert to use. Probably no mistake...
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