Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2018 15:46:36 -0500 From: Valeri Galtsev <galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu> To: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>, freebsd@dreamchaser.org Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 3d modeling recommendations? Message-ID: <8c48216d-7899-e545-0837-3cad1e410a64@kicp.uchicago.edu> In-Reply-To: <20180712212311.57a9d9dcdb6e242cfd070713@sohara.org> References: <08a5e26d-18cb-9f42-9e63-6fd8f4dc953e@dreamchaser.org> <20180712212311.57a9d9dcdb6e242cfd070713@sohara.org>
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On 07/12/18 15:23, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote: > On Thu, 12 Jul 2018 13:19:26 -0600 > Gary Aitken <freebsd@dreamchaser.org> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> Can anyone recommend a 3-d graphics drawing program (port) that will >> generate .stl or .obj files? I need something to create code for driving >> a 3d printer. > > I'm quite fond of openscad which is in the ports - details at: > > http://www.openscad.org/ > > 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 though I never used it (will try it out next time I need to model something). Thanks. Valeri > -- ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Valeri Galtsev Sr System Administrator Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics University of Chicago Phone: 773-702-4247 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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