On Tuesday 23 March 2010, Ries van Twisk wrote:
>On Mar 23, 2010, at 12:20 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:
>> 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...
>>
>> Thanks Ries.
>
>The payed version is a bit better on a usability level, but I could
>simply
>save as a DXF and use it with one of the free and some closed source
>CAM solutions.
>
>Ries
>
I couldn't find a DXF convertor that actually made good code. And I'd still
like to try that bit of python that a link to the wiki about was posted
earlier today.
Thanks Ries.
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