From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Jul 12 21:12:46 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 8CE1C10470E0 for ; Thu, 12 Jul 2018 21:12:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from 4250.10.freebsd-questions=freebsd.org@email-od.com) Received: from s1-b0c6.socketlabs.email-od.com (s1-b0c6.socketlabs.email-od.com [142.0.176.198]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2DA7280C7D for ; Thu, 12 Jul 2018 21:12:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from 4250.10.freebsd-questions=freebsd.org@email-od.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=email-od.com;i=@email-od.com;s=dkim; c=relaxed/relaxed; q=dns/txt; t=1531429966; x=1534021966; h=content-transfer-encoding:content-type:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:message-id:subject:cc:to:from:date:x-thread-info; bh=2YVOaaEku/Q/cXzXXAzO2yZR1sbKU/EK35GxoXhz8QQ=; b=v8bIUhYrpJOKpyGbgSI75oQgYn8ein2JgpT3QV4kor+qBXp7LRdf6ZSWgkg+S8hgod2Q9vp6RwDAPE+ZHJ2sLxYcI6UuM8pNFhBakFi5TZ+886I0bOvh2ADuphkun/aITxg9BCSpBruHeOeDs0PgBBUf8PI6iymL5+hvsGr8rqA= X-Thread-Info: NDI1MC4xMi4xOTMwMDAwMDAxZWM3ZDkuZnJlZWJzZC1xdWVzdGlvbnM9ZnJlZWJzZC5vcmc= Received: from r2.h.in.socketlabs.com (r2.h.in.socketlabs.com [142.0.180.12]) by mxsg2.email-od.com with ESMTP(version=Tls12 cipher=Aes256 bits=256); Thu, 12 Jul 2018 17:12:37 -0400 Received: from smtp.lan.sohara.org (EMTPY [89.127.62.20]) by r2.h.in.socketlabs.com with ESMTP(version=Tls12 cipher=Aes256 bits=256); Thu, 12 Jul 2018 17:12:35 -0400 Received: from [192.168.63.1] (helo=steve.lan.sohara.org) by smtp.lan.sohara.org with smtp (Exim 4.90_1 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1fdit7-000I37-8i; Thu, 12 Jul 2018 21:12:33 +0000 Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2018 22:12:33 +0100 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith To: Valeri Galtsev Cc: freebsd@dreamchaser.org, FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: 3d modeling recommendations? Message-Id: <20180712221233.cbd6012e5638d0207d35596b@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <8c48216d-7899-e545-0837-3cad1e410a64@kicp.uchicago.edu> References: <08a5e26d-18cb-9f42-9e63-6fd8f4dc953e@dreamchaser.org> <20180712212311.57a9d9dcdb6e242cfd070713@sohara.org> <8c48216d-7899-e545-0837-3cad1e410a64@kicp.uchicago.edu> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.7.0 (GTK+ 2.24.32; amd64-portbld-freebsd11.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII 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 21:12:46 -0000 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. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith | Directable Mirror Arrays C:\>WIN | A better way to focus the sun The computer obeys and wins. | licences available see You lose and Bill collects. | http://www.sohara.org/