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Design for 3D-Printing

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837 points q3k | 1 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. the__alchemist ◴[04 May 25 20:14 UTC] No.43889222[source]▶
I can't vouch for this, but maybe you could get SolidWorks working in Wine? (e.g. https://github.com/cryinkfly/SOLIDWORKS-for-Linux). Of note, SolidWorks is cheap if you're a student or veteran, for a non-commercial license. It is a dramatic improvement over FreeCAD. (I wish CAS were in a state like EDA and artistic model makers where the free/OSS software was on par with commercial, but we are not.)