I took a CAD course at the local community college. We studied AutoDesk
Inventor. As a student I was able to download an educational version good
for 14 months. I paid tuition for the course but the educational version
cost me nothing. Our final project or assignment was to create a CAD design
for a deck. We created all the boards. We were provide with a part file
for a stud hanger.
One way you could do what you want is to create a part that was a rectangle
and then set the sides at 11.25" and .75" and save it and then resave it and
extrude it to 36". You could resave it again and extrude it to a length of
say 48".
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From: shop-talk-bounces@autox.team.net
[mailto:shop-talk-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Mark Andy
Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 9:30 PM
To: shop-talk@autox.team.net
Subject: [Shop-talk] 3d drawing package needed
Howdy,
I need a 3d drawing package to model things in. Its for me, so psycho
expensive stuff is out. I don't mind spending some time learning to use
it, but I also don't want it to have to be something I do everyday or I
can't get anything done.
I want to use it for stuff like:
* Designing bookshelves that I want to be able to "see".
* Fabricating parts.
* other crap I don't know about.
For the bookshelf thing (which is what I'm doing right now), it'd be super
handy if I could do stuff like define a board that was 11.25"x.75"
(variable length) and then place that where I wanted it, along with other
boards, and then the thing would compute inside/outside lengths, let me
"snap" a board to another board, etc.
I also want the ability to just type in "11.25"x.75" or that I want it to
be 36" long or whatever. I'd like to have the option to just freehand it
with the mouse too, but the critical thing for me is being able to put in
dimensioned stuff.
When I get the thing all designed, I'd want to be able to render it or
whatever and then view it from any angle, see problematic intersections,
etc.
If I could waive my magic wand, it would also generate a cut list for me
for the materials, be it lumber or metal or whatever.
Anything out there like that? Oh. Windows.
Thanks!
Mark
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