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Design for 3D-Printing

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837 points q3k | 3 comments | 04 May 25 17:38 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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lawn ◴[04 May 25 18:17 UTC] No.43888379[source]▶
What an impressive looking article (I've only skimmed it so far).

I've been meaning to try my hand at CAD and designing models to print but I haven't quite made the jump.

One thing that has given me pause is a good CAD program for Linux, does anyone has any good tips for a complete Newbie where to begin?

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1. q3k ◴[04 May 25 18:18 UTC] No.43888387[source]▶
FreeCAD is fine (the author also uses it). Make sure to follow the official documentation (eg. PartDesign tutorial) to not get immediately frustrated.
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2. Joel_Mckay ◴[04 May 25 18:36 UTC] No.43888508[source]▶
The parametric workflow can be confounding to some people, but most pick up the newer FreeCAD interface fairly quickly:

https://www.youtube.com/@4axisprinting/videos

Best of luck =3

3. titaphraz ◴[04 May 25 18:39 UTC] No.43888531[source]▶
I highly recommend MangoJelly Solutions's tutorials.

Here's a playlist for FreeCAD 1.0: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_yh_S31R9g&list=PLWuyJLVUNt...

But he has a bunch of other videos.