For me f360 was just more than I wanted to pay for it was hard for me to justify the cost. Others that are designing more often they can.
I use q cad to do mechanical drawings and stuff for work. It reminds me a lot of AutoCAD 2000 which is where I started. I was once very fluent with it. When it comes to artsy stuff. I go to a program I am also already familiar with it is the program for our silhouette vinyl plotter.
I don’t hate f360 I used it and it works. Kinda like why weld right handed if it isn’t necessary… ( yup I am a south paw. We are in our right mind they say😂. Then again the jury is still out on that one.). Oh and I do weld right handed and with mirrors.
I found out the same thing about the Russia artists selling these designs. My poking around found pepakura for paper which worked great for my shaman deer head in 14ga. I cut, bent and tacked him in 5 hours.
Which cad program did you use to design the deer head or was that done in the paprika program as well? When I get some time I’m going to check out this program more it looks great, thanks for linking it.
Edit NM I watch the video from the beginning and it answers my question
There is a lot of programs that will do the unwrapping which with thin materials and paper is adequate but once you start using anything with any thickness you’re going to need to sheet metal rules also involved to deal with all this shrinking and stretching. Fusion 360, SolidWorks and inventor have the ability to do both unwrapping and sheet metal k factors at the same time with complex objects.
That’s a cool helix. That also could be made and unwrapped in fusion 360 considering it is a bunch of specific cone sections hooked together. The workflow might be a little chunky.
Not a allot of flat work here and almost embarrassed to put this below Hollas work and Jims welds but… It solved a problem. The wall at the top of the stairs doesn’t line up with the newel post so traditional baby gates wouldn’t work. I looked pretty hard for one I could buy before I started this… Not normal for me.
My wife’s “solution” also involved some chairs laid down at times.
Test fit to figure out which side of wall to mount to.
I thought I had a pic of my “fixture” table but couldn’t find it.
It is a sheet of old OSB plywood on some collapsible kobalt saw horses.
I started at the bottom left corner of the sheet and used a framing square and spacers. Tacked it together then slipped a 2x2 sheet of 16 ga below where I was welding.
FYI, Autodesk AU 2023 is going on right now and they announced Fusion 360 price increases. I think it was a Fusion notification. Unfortunately, I can’t figure out where I saw this.
Price increase confirmed. Looks like it’s increasing to $680 / yr for new subscribers. They do say that if you have an active subscription in Jan '24, your price will be locked in until '27.
I did receive a Fusion notification that loads a webpage with “What’s new.”
Yeah, I couldn’t find out where that “What’s new” comes from. That’s all correct. Fortunately, I switched from FreeCAD&Onshape to Fusion just at the right time. Used it free for 6 months, saw the electronics integration and 2.5 CAM for milling, then got the $310/yr perpetual license. It was a no-brainer for my operation, I’m in Fusion just about everyday, even weekends.
I saw this and thought thats not going to hold back a baby, unless it cant crawl!
I see now you have it under control!
I think that gate came out very nice!
Yeah, it was more of a hazard then a help. The chairs laying on their side were better. I would slide the couch in front of it… I am the worrier… you need at least one to raise kids.
