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Private member Discussion3D Printing

What software are you using

Hey all!! First time caller here I just received the creality printer i ordered and while im enjoying printing some cool designs off, im trying to find the best, but simple and affordable software to use to create my own designs. What is every one using?

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I've been using the free versions of OnShape and Fusion 360. Both are great, though the learning curve has been a little steep, because I had almost no experience when I started. I'm probably more c…
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Headfirst into the CNC deep end today

I'm the proud new owner of a "new to me" Fireball Meteor CNC machine. It feels really odd to have a computer in the shop but I guess I need to get used to that. Fortunately for me, I am well versed in CAD, unfortunately not so much on the CAM side of things. My 3 kids are all experts and are steepening the learning curve dramatically, this would be overwhelming if they weren't helping. So far I'm using the Fusion 360 personal use versio…

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Here's the video of how it's going so far, skip to 18:48 for the CNC part. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyoosBNV6xQ Pretty good I think but I still have a long ways to go. My youngest son and I did g…
Private member DiscussionCAD/CAM

Blender Tutorials

Does anyone know of Guitar designing tutorials in Blender? If not would others be interested if I were to create some tutorials?

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Does Blender have CAM? To me that's the thing that keeps me in Fusion, integrated CAM. If you're running a CNC machine, and you frequently make changes, to be able to bounce back and forth from the m…
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Sweeping a sketch

I am currently drawing up my bridge design in Fusion 360. It has been a lot of fun and has gone really well so far. But I am a little stuck on rounding over the belly. I could easily put a fillet on it. But I want a little more round over on one side than the other. So I made a sketch on a plane of the curve I want to have. And then I try to sweep it across the belly, and it works, but it stops just shy of both ends where I want it to s…

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Actually tbh I don't know how you could do a longer path on that bridge profile. Project include would just do what you already had.