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| Title: | CAD for Domes | |
| Posted on: | 2/22/2012 5:11:09 PM | |
| Category | Construction Techniques and Tips | |
| Author | twopocket | |
| Status | Open | |
| Views | 2973 | |
| Replies | (2) | |
| Hi Paul & All, Is there any cheap CAD software that can be used to design geodesic structures? Not just line drawings, but exploded views, part connections, etc. I have looked at Google Sketch, but can''t get anything going with it. What does everyone else use? Thanks. | |
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| posted by bazil | 04/03/2012 02:59:42 |
| hi, i use FreeCAD, available from sourceforge. It seems a lot of people use Google SketchUp - i haven't tried it yet. As far as FreeCAD goes, it doesn't have any primitives beyond simple 3D shapes - so i had to start by defining all the vertices. It uses Python as a scripting language, so i ended up spending ages learning both a CAD package and another programming language. As anyone used to the mainstream languages will tell you, Python is rather lame - and very slow - which is funny coz their website refers to it as fast... You could probably manually create your structure using the design/drawing tool but will need your vertex positions - which is why i stayed with scripting as i needed to calculate them anyway... The guys over at Geodesic Help on Google Groups are probably more in tune with your questions. | |
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| posted by twopocket | 13/03/2012 18:13:26 |
| Thanks Bazil, I guess I'll try another look at SketchUp. | |
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