3D Printing software

[Bill Weiler]

I need to create a small enclosure and some small parts and I see Techshop has a 3D printing service. They told me all I have to do is give them an STL file. Can someone recommend CAD/CAM software I could use to make my enclosure?

Bill W.

[Rafael Skodlar]

http://www.blender.org is one of them but has a steep learning curve.
Online editor https://tinkercad.com/

A list of other programs can be seen here:
http://www.3dprinter.net/directory/3d-modeling-software
and here:
http://www.3ders.org/3d-software/3d-software-list.html

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Rafael

[Wes Thierry]

I would recommend using google sketchup. Its free and there are free exporters for STL

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From: Bill Weiler
Sent: 1/22/2013 8:51 PM
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I need to create a small enclosure and some small parts and I see Techshop has a 3D printing service. They told me all I have to do is give them an STL file. Can someone recommend CAD/CAM software I could use to make my enclosure?

Bill W.

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[Lou]

I use OpenSCAD for my precision parts.  There are a lot of source examples on Thingiverse if you need them.  OpenSCAD is all programming not drag and drop but, for simple parts it is not as bad as that seems and it allows me to plug in exact dimensions.  Autocad123D is on my TODO list to try and a lot of people I speak with love it even more so than OpenSCAD.  Sketchup is drag and drop but, more of a real-estate agent or artist tool in my opinion.  Most of what I do requires exact measurements and that has been difficult for me to do in Sketchup but, by all means take a look at it too.  

-L

[robotMaker]

This might not be exactly what you're looking for, but it's free and of course it's a 3D cad tool. It's fun and easy to learn. Download it to your Windows computer and try the tutorials. The software can export your file to DFX and I hope that I remember right, also STL formats.

Here's the link:

http://www.emachineshop.com/

Cesar

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From: Bill Weiler <bill...@gmail.com>
To: hbrob...@googlegroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 10:51 PM

Subject: [HBRobotics] 3D Printing software

I need to create a small enclosure and some small parts and I see Techshop has a 3D printing service. They told me all I have to do is give them an STL file. Can someone recommend CAD/CAM software I could use to make my enclosure?

Bill W.

[Ken Snyder]

Sorry for the late reply, but I second Google Sketchup.  It's the easiest to learn and they have around 30 tutorial videos about 20 minutes each.  I only watched the first 2 and I was up and running.  

You know, open source 3D Printer designs are pretty good these days.  I'm surprised not everyone in the group has their own with all the DIY prototyping going on.  Seems like a natural extension for this group.  I just finished building one with a 1 cubic foot print volume for about $800 that has about the same print quality as the expensive ones at Tech Shop.

If anyone wants to check several of them out, there is a weekly South Bay RepRap 3D Printing group that meets at San Jose Tech Shop on Wednesdays at 7pm.  You can find them on Google Groups.  You don't need to be a Tech Shop member to attend the meeting.

Ken

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From: Bill Weiler <bill...@gmail.com>
To: hbrob...@googlegroups.com

Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 8:51 PM

Subject: [HBRobotics] 3D Printing software

I need to create a small enclosure and some small parts and I see Techshop has a 3D printing service. They told me all I have to do is give them an STL file. Can someone recommend CAD/CAM software I could use to make my enclosure?

Bill W.

[David Cotterill-Drew]

I would use google sketchup to create the .stl if not too complicated.

On 23 Jan 2013 04:51, "Bill Weiler" <bill...@gmail.com> wrote:

I need to create a small enclosure and some small parts and I see Techshop has a 3D printing service. They told me all I have to do is give them an STL file. Can someone recommend CAD/CAM software I could use to make my enclosure?

Bill W.

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