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raditts
Feb 21, 2001

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So as someone with little to no 3D modeling experience, how much would I have to learn to be able to print something worth a drat?

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raditts
Feb 21, 2001

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^^^^^
Hey, pretty awesome. I kind of want to wait a little bit to see what reviews say about it though, especially if Sketchup is as accessible as I've been led to believe.

snackmar posted:

Well, there are tons of things to print over at Thingiverse - what did you want to design? There's a list of 3D modeling tutorials over at the MakerBot Wiki. For free tools, Google SketchUp has a relatively quick idea-to-object workflow.. Especially if you're not already familiar with another tool's UI.

Since I'm trying to start getting into hobby electronics, I was hoping I'd be able to use one of these machines / sites to make a chassis for whatever I wind up making. It's got me all excited!

My wife does pastry stuff too, so she'd probably flip over being able to use that one that lets you print chocolate models.

raditts fucked around with this message at 22:39 on Dec 22, 2010

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