I have backed the excellent Nfire 1 3D printer on Kickstarter to add to my growing tool-chest of maker paraphernalia and to make the most of it I have to learn a bit about 3D modelling. There is a huge number of designs already shared by the open source community and I aim to join them creating leavers, mounts, cases and other do-dads that might not be artistic, but that will help me with my builds, making them more functional and more professional looking.
I have had a go in the past with 3D modelling software called Blender, which is fantastic and fantastically complicated. I can recommend checking out their gallery for some of the amazing things people have created with it. As a novice I found it to be very complicated and not very intuitive. I have recently tried Tinkercad made by Autodesk and found it simple to use. The tutorial was very quick to get through and it only took me a couple of hours to put together this beast.
There are a number of other sites linked to the same project for simulated electronics, PCBs and all sorts of other things. It feels like a great introductory resource and I am looking forward to exporting more of it!
I have had a go in the past with 3D modelling software called Blender, which is fantastic and fantastically complicated. I can recommend checking out their gallery for some of the amazing things people have created with it. As a novice I found it to be very complicated and not very intuitive. I have recently tried Tinkercad made by Autodesk and found it simple to use. The tutorial was very quick to get through and it only took me a couple of hours to put together this beast.There are a number of other sites linked to the same project for simulated electronics, PCBs and all sorts of other things. It feels like a great introductory resource and I am looking forward to exporting more of it!
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