02-16-2013, 12:55 PM
Hi, thanks for your interest.
I am just trying to find one program to learn at the moment, but believe it or not i will be hand draughting to begin with.
So a non-electronic pencil - and paper, are my tools of choice right now.
QCAD is what i am thinking of getting for straight 2D work, and FreeCAD i have been looking at which is 2D/3D and looks better all the time ( it is still under development ).
I just want to do some simple 3D models that are based on construction drawings, obviously keeping the dimensions and modeling the 3D part fairly accurately. I like the feel of wings3d so i will stick with it and see how much work is envolved to make some 3d models from CAD drawings/images. Looks quite encouraging Wings and freecad i think and maybe blender.
First 2d drawings though. That is the way my head is wired at the moment.
I am just trying to find one program to learn at the moment, but believe it or not i will be hand draughting to begin with.
So a non-electronic pencil - and paper, are my tools of choice right now.
QCAD is what i am thinking of getting for straight 2D work, and FreeCAD i have been looking at which is 2D/3D and looks better all the time ( it is still under development ).
I just want to do some simple 3D models that are based on construction drawings, obviously keeping the dimensions and modeling the 3D part fairly accurately. I like the feel of wings3d so i will stick with it and see how much work is envolved to make some 3d models from CAD drawings/images. Looks quite encouraging
Wings and freecad i think and maybe blender. First 2d drawings though. That is the way my head is wired at the moment.