| 1 |
Hi Chris |
| 2 |
|
| 3 |
A good program for make the 3d models is blender htpp://blender3d.org |
| 4 |
|
| 5 |
On 3/26/06, Chris Frederick <cdf123@××××××.net> wrote: |
| 6 |
> |
| 7 |
> Hi all, |
| 8 |
> |
| 9 |
> I was wondering if anyone here had any recommendations for design |
| 10 |
> software for Linux. |
| 11 |
> |
| 12 |
> I've been doing a lot of remodeling in my spare time and I'm getting a |
| 13 |
> pretty good wood shop setup in the garage. I'm getting done with some |
| 14 |
> of the remodeling projects and I'm going to be starting on some |
| 15 |
> furniture soon. I'd like to have some software that I can do the |
| 16 |
> pre-planning in. |
| 17 |
> |
| 18 |
> Currently I use xfig, and this works great. But, it's missing |
| 19 |
> something. I like it because I can do a rough draft of a design, or I |
| 20 |
> can layout cut patterns in the stock material so I can see how much |
| 21 |
> plywood I need to buy. |
| 22 |
> |
| 23 |
> But what I'd like to do is both, and probably in 3D. What I'd like to |
| 24 |
> do is design a book shelf or something, and then take it apart and lay |
| 25 |
> it out flat into various 4x8 foot sheets, and possibly make a few |
| 26 |
> changes and put it back together again and see what the changes I've |
| 27 |
> made have done to the project. |
| 28 |
> |
| 29 |
> Like I said, xfig is great, but it's only a 2D editor, and I really |
| 30 |
> think a 3D system is what I need. With that said, I'm doing all this in |
| 31 |
> my spare time (I'm a programmer full time) and I don't want something |
| 32 |
> that is too difficult. I think I only use about half or less of what |
| 33 |
> xfig can do in 2D. I don't think I need to learn a full fledged 3D CAD |
| 34 |
> system to build a book shelf or and end table or something. I need |
| 35 |
> something simple and easy. Build shapes, change dimensions, rotate, |
| 36 |
> scale, zoom, etc... |
| 37 |
> |
| 38 |
> Of course it needs to run on Linux, and as being a gentoo user, having |
| 39 |
> it in portage is a plus. Since this is only a hobby, I'd like it to be |
| 40 |
> free. A "GPL-ish" license isn't necessary, but it would be cool (I'm a |
| 41 |
> programmer after all). |
| 42 |
> |
| 43 |
> Does anyone have any recommendations for something similar to what I'm |
| 44 |
> describing, or had success with other software that can do some of what |
| 45 |
> I want? |
| 46 |
> |
| 47 |
> Thanks all, |
| 48 |
> |
| 49 |
> Chris Frederick |
| 50 |
> -- |
| 51 |
> gentoo-user@g.o mailing list |
| 52 |
> |
| 53 |
> |
| 54 |
|
| 55 |
|
| 56 |
-- |
| 57 |
play tetris http://pepone.on-rez.com/tetris |
Archives