Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] CAD Program $ FREE

["Paul Kreemer" <paulkreemer@gmail.com>]

I know there are dozens of 3D editors to look at but had to mention this one:

Moment of Inspiration
free beta download at: 
http://moi3d.com/

It's done by the original author of Rhino and supports import of IGES and OpenNURBS and 
saving in OpenNURBS, IGES, OBS and STL formats.  Isn't OpenNURBS the main Rhino file format?

This is the easiest one to use that I've seen (in my limited 3D experience).  Nice assistance in aligning to various angles, a base grid and other objects.  But it is a beta version and only produces models, with no rendering or area or volume calculations.  

But it can get you started drawing in 3D.  The author says his goal was to make the initial design process as easy as possible, to capture that "moment of inspiration".



Happy Friday!

Paul

On 11/8/06, Stephen Pearce <sjpearceqld@bigpond.com> wrote:

Joey

The For Dummies books are quite good but if you have a Quality CAD programme
(Rhino, Solidworks, AutoDESK Mechanical Desktop AutoDESK Inventor) it should
have easy to follow Tutorials that come with it.

I personally mastered 2D CAD first which I believe made the jump to 3D much
easer.

Joe may have

Regards