Refining my CAD drawing skills. The lead picture is a 3D print I designed in Autodesk FUSION 360. Trying to move away from the typical blocky mechanical look of conventional drafting. Here we have a more “organic” looking vase with leaves around the bottom. Organic CAD drawing is possible but requires a little bit more work and creative thinking. Also a good knowledge of how the drawing tools work and a willingness to experiment a...
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Just a CAD Person
Moving right along with the three dimensional printing activities. Seems like it is the only thing I do these days. The important detail is that I am still “doing”. It’s not just the printing I enjoy. It is the creative design from scratch that I truly enjoy. I call the printed item created as the “reward”. I doubt I would still be printing if were entirely free drawings purloined from the internet. The most current...
Continue reading...New Year for 3D Printing
The new year 2023 will see me starting with two new three dimensional printers with which I can create new items I design. Both use plastic filament and are called Fused Deposition Modeling or FDM printers for short. Both are dual filament printers but of totally different methods of handling the filament. I prefer FDM printing for items that I intend for practical use and not just decorative display. The highest resolution 3D printing (for...
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Cetus2 Update My last post was a brag that I won a free Cetus2 3D two color FDM printer. It was (is) a pre-production version that was actually used in China by developers for testing. It showed evidence of long hard use with a nozzle that was covered with considerable printing debris. But in the last two months it has proved to be very durable and perfectly fine in operation. I posted many printing examples...
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