From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Jul 17 05:11:26 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2ACD81029AB8 for ; Tue, 17 Jul 2018 05:11:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@dreamchaser.org) Received: from nightmare.dreamchaser.org (ns.dreamchaser.org [66.109.141.57]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A06E474AB8 for ; Tue, 17 Jul 2018 05:11:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@dreamchaser.org) Received: from breakaway.dreamchaser.org (breakaway [192.168.151.122]) by nightmare.dreamchaser.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id w6H5BGvv055760; Mon, 16 Jul 2018 23:11:17 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from freebsd@dreamchaser.org) Reply-To: freebsd@dreamchaser.org Subject: Re: 3d modeling recommendations? To: Valeri Galtsev , "Steve O'Hara-Smith" Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List References: <08a5e26d-18cb-9f42-9e63-6fd8f4dc953e@dreamchaser.org> <20180712212311.57a9d9dcdb6e242cfd070713@sohara.org> <8c48216d-7899-e545-0837-3cad1e410a64@kicp.uchicago.edu> <20180712221233.cbd6012e5638d0207d35596b@sohara.org> <2443cc39-09f8-ba74-183d-77ac662e7cbb@kicp.uchicago.edu> From: Gary Aitken Message-ID: Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2018 23:10:32 -0600 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.6.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <2443cc39-09f8-ba74-183d-77ac662e7cbb@kicp.uchicago.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.6.2 (nightmare.dreamchaser.org [192.168.151.101]); Mon, 16 Jul 2018 23:11:17 -0600 (MDT) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.27 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2018 05:11:26 -0000 Thanks for the suggestions. I'm going to have to rebuild some things before I can build either of the ports; I may have a use for both of them. Gary >>>> It's based around text files describing what is to be drawn, >>>> writing scad files is a lot like writing a program with >>>> extrusion and CSG as primitives. >>> I used FreeCAD quite successfully to send models to 3D printing >>> company (and we printed them in house as well). There is FreeCAD >>> package (as well as port). I'm sure there is openscad package on >>> FreeBSD as well >> >> Oh sure there's a package - I tried FreeCAD and a few others but I >> found it much easier to do precise models with text files than by >> drawing. I mostly do woodwork or building design with it so I have >> a library of components and with careful use of echo I can get a >> materials and cutting list on stdout while it renders an STL or >> image. > > Oh, good, now we know the difference. Yes, FreeCAD is more GUI way > drawing (I don't know if it can do script based drawing), and GUI is > what I'm more used to with what I do (parts/fitting for ship model).