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15th November 2015, 04:23 PM #1
Computer program for toy and model design
Can anyone tell me of a reasonably priced computer program for designing toys and models, please.
At the moment I am drawing the plans on graph paper and making templates from that but it is a slow process.
Thanks
Greg
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15th November 2015, 04:32 PM #2
Try google sketch up
It's free to download in basic form
Lots of on line tutorials to
Pretty easy to use not to hard
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15th November 2015, 04:39 PM #3
Thanks. I will give it a go.
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15th November 2015, 05:06 PM #4GOLD MEMBER
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Fustion360 is a very capable CAD (and CAM) package that's free to hobbyists i.e. users who don't use the package for commercial gain.
It is cloud based which means that your computer must be connected to the internet and all your files are stored in the cloud, not on your local PC.Geoff
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15th November 2015, 05:14 PM #5
G'Day Greg, While I can't help on the computer program, I'd surely be interested in what you find out please, thank you..Cheers, crowie
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16th November 2015, 12:35 PM #6Senior Member
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Sketchup for 3d. You can even design boats with it http://www.duckworksmagazine.com/13/howto/sketchup/ Yes there is a learning curve but there is lots of help out there. For 2d drawing I recommend Draftsight. Lots to learn but great fun. Mike
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19th November 2015, 03:29 AM #7
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19th November 2015, 07:42 PM #8
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19th November 2015, 09:09 PM #9
I put all the pieces on one plane, if you go into "Views" at the top and then select "toolbar" it will open a separate box scroll down and tick the box "views" (see picture below and you will see the extra ones added to the right of the toolbar). Now you will have the different views once I have pressed the relevant view I am after I then export it as a 2d file which converts it into a picture file for easy printing at a later date
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1st January 2016, 01:26 PM #11
Thanks for the link, I am an AutoCAD user from a long time ago. Almost missed the link to the hobbyist download; it's on the right hand side as you go down the page.
Tried Sketchup the free version, but could not quite get a handle on it. Know that many people are delighted with it and make some wonderful work.
I like to design toys that have many curves and round edges, just can't seem to figure out how to do that.Free toy plans from http://www.woodworkingdownunder.com/free_wooden_toy_plans.html
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4th January 2016, 12:10 AM #12Novice
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I've use Sketchuo for many years, this is one of the plan I did with it, also many more
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4th January 2016, 08:59 AM #13
That is amazing - superlatives escape me. Very well done, beautiful job.
Free toy plans from http://www.woodworkingdownunder.com/free_wooden_toy_plans.html
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15th January 2016, 01:51 PM #14
I tried Sketch Up first and couldn't work it out. So I tried Fusion next. Guess what? Couldn't work it out. So I went up to Office Works and bought a good quality compass, calculator, steel rulers, pencils, rubbers, a sketch pad and a couple of pads of A3 graph paper. Its back to the 19th century for me. I draw a rough image of what I want to make on the sketch pad. Then I draw it in detail on the graph paper. At the moment I have a dump truck and a fire truck done and I'm now working on a Rolls Royce. When the drawings are finished its back up to office works and have the graph paper design photocopied onto 380g paper (cardboard). Then I cut out the drawings and these become my templates.
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