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[Area-51]

After several iterations and failures the 3D printed 9XX valve compressor gizmo works great 👍

 

[Moneybox]

I think the biggest challenge is the CAD 3D. I never mastered 3D drawing.

[Area-51]

3 hours ago, Moneybox said:

I think the biggest challenge is the CAD 3D. I never mastered 3D drawing.

Failure is not the end result; its just the pathway. Started about 25 years ago with a program called Vellum, on an old macintosh classic, and a tutorial book drawing a 2D square. The shapes progressively became more frustratingly complex. After a month the square became a 3D cube. After a year an engineering professor let me use their lab after hours to learn Catia and model an airframe. Have not stopped since. Probably have more time than a senior qantas check captain and now design complex without any limitations other than time... Modern software makes the game very accessible and intuitive now days. Players still need to put in at least 50-100hrs to start jogging a little. After about six years you might play a little Bach or Dire Straights... try SketchUp or Fusion and just do the tutorials over and over until you start making your own shapes.

[Moneybox]

On 24/10/2024 at 9:32 PM, Area-51 said:

Failure is not the end result; its just the pathway. Started about 25 years ago with a program called Vellum, on an old macintosh classic, and a tutorial book drawing a 2D square. The shapes progressively became more frustratingly complex. After a month the square became a 3D cube. After a year an engineering professor let me use their lab after hours to learn Catia and model an airframe. Have not stopped since. Probably have more time than a senior qantas check captain and now design complex without any limitations other than time... Modern software makes the game very accessible and intuitive now days. Players still need to put in at least 50-100hrs to start jogging a little. After about six years you might play a little Bach or Dire Straights... try SketchUp or Fusion and just do the tutorials over and over until you start making your own shapes.

 

I've spent a lot of years on Autocad from Version 4 on but just 2D. I enrolled in a 3D Autocad course at Bunbury Tafe about 20 years ago but spent all the first few classes teaching fellow students the basics of 2D so I gave up in the end. The Tafe was at fault by accepting students that had almost no Autocad prior experience.