Tl;dr Are there any good video or written courses that help a beginner get to an intermediate level of 3d modeling for a 3D printer?
Specific to me: I own a Bambu PS1 and a year long subscription to Coursera.
Tl;dr Are there any good video or written courses that help a beginner get to an intermediate level of 3d modeling for a 3D printer?
Specific to me: I own a Bambu PS1 and a year long subscription to Coursera.
The reason I went with FreeCAD is because there is an available Gear Generator workbench, and I wanted to have something I could keep, without having to pray Autodesk still likes me next year.
Now, if you want to just 3d sculpt things, there are simple programs that let you push and pull shapes, rotate, rinse and repeat, like Windows Paint 3D.
If I were going to do it again, I’d probably learn solidworks. They have some great discounts which make it accessible for home users.
(Note: I would have tried Solidworks given the reasonable hobby pricing, but it's Windows only, and I don't want a web-based CAD tool)
Watch 2-3 onshape tutorial videos and then just dive in trying to make parts for yourself.
If you’re new to 3d printing you’ll soon learn that what you design doesn’t always print right. Welcome to creating things in the real world. This is part of the learning experience (and why you need to learn by doing).
Onshape also has a bunch of public cad designs, so you can look at how other people made things to learn (sort of like reading source code to learn).
For exercises:
1.Download 2d drawings of model engines, model them in CAD software and also the drawings you got from the website are manufacturable. https://outerzone.co.uk/plans.asp?cat=Engines
2. Grabcad,thingverse(for 3d printing).
3.https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/tfrcdejxdd06kluk2hywh/AMLOrdy...
For 3d printing:
https://www.reddit.com/r/3drprinting https://www.reddit.com/r/functionalprint/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-Z3GmM20JM&list=PLGqRUdq5UL...
And there are so many resources on the internet for 3d printing.
If you have questions, let me know in the comments.
- Watch a few tutorial videos on your tool of choice (I was using OnShape) to get an understanding of what is possible - Set up a Grok project with the prompt being something along the lines of “You are mentoring me in using OnShape. Respond briefly and concisely.”
I have the two windows side by side and whenever I don’t know how to do something I ask Grok and it points me in the right direction.
tucaz•7h ago
And a classic for Blender from Blender Guru -> https://youtu.be/4haAdmHqGOw?si=7Sk-dxbyPFi5PL8u
I’m no expert but the little I know was trying to solve one problem after the other.