From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Jul 12 21:26:09 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 53B83104883E for ; Thu, 12 Jul 2018 21:26:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu) Received: from kicp.uchicago.edu (kicp.uchicago.edu [128.135.20.70]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F39AF81639 for ; Thu, 12 Jul 2018 21:26:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu) Received: from point.uchicago.edu (point.uchicago.edu [128.135.52.6]) by kicp.uchicago.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C32A7180B5; Thu, 12 Jul 2018 16:26:08 -0500 (CDT) Subject: Re: 3d modeling recommendations? To: Steve O'Hara-Smith Cc: freebsd@dreamchaser.org, 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> From: Valeri Galtsev Message-ID: <2443cc39-09f8-ba74-183d-77ac662e7cbb@kicp.uchicago.edu> Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2018 16:26:07 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20180712221233.cbd6012e5638d0207d35596b@sohara.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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: Thu, 12 Jul 2018 21:26:09 -0000 On 07/12/18 16:12, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote: > On Thu, 12 Jul 2018 15:46:36 -0500 > Valeri Galtsev wrote: > >> >> >> On 07/12/18 15:23, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote: > >>> 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). Valeri > -- ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Valeri Galtsev Sr System Administrator Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics University of Chicago Phone: 773-702-4247 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++