dubbsd wrote:one of the reasons I am trying to learn Openscad is on some items i need threads. which my main cad program (Cubify Design) does not do. and I can not afford solid works.
ok, that makes sense.
and I could not afford Solidworks, either. It was gifted to me by a friend.
heheh I have an older "gifted" version of Simplify3d.
]]>one of the reasons I am trying to learn Openscad is on some items i need threads. which my main cad program (Cubify Design) does not do. and I can not afford solid works.
ok, that makes sense.
and I could not afford Solidworks, either. It was gifted to me by a friend. 
The direct replacement is fuson 360 you can register and use for free as a hobbyist IIRC you can use it for business as long as your company makes something less than $ 50,000 a yr
]]>I personally use 123D Design (no longer available for download), Blender, and Solidworks, depending on what I am trying to do.
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