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Post by huxingyi » Sun, Dec 02, 2018, 1:30 AM UTC

mrobot wrote: post #68

This might be a stupid question but in the mosquito create video, what are the blue smudges he draws in the left portion of the image for? What are the blue lines dragged down in the GIMP? What exactly is going on in that part of the video?

Post by mrobot » Sun, Dec 02, 2018, 2:04 AM UTC

huxingyi wrote: post #71

mrobot wrote: post #68

This might be a stupid question but in the mosquito create video, what are the blue smudges he draws in the left portion of the image for? What are the blue lines dragged down in the GIMP? What exactly is going on in that part of the video?

Blue smudges! my god, LOL, That is the drawing of the front view of the mosquito! The blue lines dragged down in the GIMP is the reference line. Usually, when make reference sheet for Dust3D, the same position in the two profiles(Front/Side) should sit in the same height(Y coord). This video is a demonstration of how bad at drawing can still make good 3D model with Dust3D.

Post by dhumph » Sun, Dec 02, 2018, 2:35 AM UTC

avhon1 wrote: post #31

bredren wrote: post #27

Curious to see how this performs against fusion 360. Autocorrect has gotten real aggressive on pricing and licenses of late. Also fusion forces you to save to autocad’s cloud and they inspect your designs for hints you’re using it for non hobby stuff.

Another simple libre CAD program is SolveSpace. It works more like Autodesk Inventor - you draw 2D sketches, pull them into 3D in different ways, repeat, and add constraints to features along the way. Very good for the dimensionally-accurate stuff people model in Fusion360. (Nearly useless, I might add, for organic stuff like the mosquito in the Dust video.) http://solvespace.com/index.pl

Post by aklemm » Sun, Dec 02, 2018, 2:37 AM UTC

themodelplumber wrote: post #58

huxingyi wrote: post #49

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Thanks, but it's a little too late to rename, too many things need to sync, such as domain.

I would just put a note on the site that says: "Also known as 'Jazz3D' in Norway" or something. The use case being Norwegian Neckbeards looking to name drop your stuff without risking their intellectual reputation.

Post by huxingyi » Sun, Dec 02, 2018, 3:26 AM UTC

dplgk wrote: post #76

huxingyi wrote: post #72

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Input by direct type number of position and radius? Not yet.

In sketchup you can draw something (rectangle, circle, line) and after you drag and release, you can then just type exact size in iches that you want, it will resize what you just drew. Makes architectural or woodworking design extremely fast and easy to work with. Sketchup basically has a monopoly on the casual woodworking, interior designer crowd because there is not an easy to use alternative. But the app sucks in…