ple and/or easy.
I use GH/Rhino (really GH almost exclusively) for design. I find the parametric capabilities of GH simply spectacular. The Autocad apps are all quite good (and free) so I would have no problem recommending any of them. Meshmixer is a common starter for people new to 3D printing; it is targeted at more "free form"/artistic designs that is Tinkercad, which is more oriented for geometric/engineering/architectural designs. Sketchup is also a good place to start with 3D design; it used to be owned by Google but is now owned by a 3rd party company.
For slicers I've tried them all and have settled on Craftware. It's free and available at https://www.craftunique.com/craftware. For backup to that (it is still a beta product) I use Simplify3D (very seldom) but it costs $150.
If anyone cares I have uploaded an updated version of the Stepwell GH file; I tweaked it a bit to make it a little simpler and to make the base thicker so it would be more robust when printed. The dimensions of the part are large so it has to be scaled down to fit a particular printer. This is easily done with any slicer. The STL file from Rhino still has to be fixed; as exported it would print with no bottom - and I haven't figured out why that happens.…
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What happen if I whant my personal photo in my render????I think you cannot download your personal 3d model from Warehouse!!;-)
Everything depend on what you want obtain.In any cases I would know better Warehouse.Thank you Adam
Sorry for my bad english.
link on youtube tutorial about billboards:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gz8am8fht40
here the guide from ASGVIS with this argument:
http://software.asgvis.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=vi...
Luca.…
DIT : Each component has some basic help text, and most components are functions existent in any other software. If you know any 3d modeling app, you know the words - I mean extrude, loft, morph, skew, taper, chamfer, fillet are probably possible in every kind of 3d modeling software.…
view. So in the GH Definition i have only to estimate a center for always 4 holes. So i get 3 centers and they can be targets for the 3 details.
Sounds difficult but is not...look at the definition attached:
You have to find out what is best for your situation, this is just an example since i don't know what you're really doing.
As an extra tutorial i also added how to convert the text dots to 3d text, which you obtained from the counting. Could be useful for e.g. numbering the holes.
GH and 3dm files as well as screenshots are the attached zip file.
Cheers,
FF…
Added by Florian Frank at 9:47am on January 21, 2016