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03-29-2020, 04:17 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: maple grove,mn
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3d modeling software
What software is everyone using? I am looking to get started
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03-29-2020, 04:30 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Dublin, CA
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You can get Solidworks for free through the EAA. Search for the download.
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Ray Tonks
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03-29-2020, 04:44 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Cedar Park, TX
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I'm a Fusion360 convert. (paid commercial license)
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CMW E-Lift
RV-9A N4822C flying 2200+hrs. / Cedar Park, TX
RV8 Building - fuselage / showplanes canopy (Done!)
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03-29-2020, 05:17 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Clearwater, FL KCLW
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Fusion 360 is great, and if you?re an iPad Pro owner, Shapr3D is pricey but great as well. Just today I used it to design a cup holder and center console for the RV. I like being able to design with the Apple Pencil and anywhere I happen to be sitting around.
Chris
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Chris Johnson
RV-9A - Done(ish) 4/5/16! Flying 4/7/16
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03-29-2020, 05:27 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Jeffersonville, IN
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Quote:
Originally Posted by scard
I'm a Fusion360 convert. (paid commercial license)
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2nd this recommendation.
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Jeff Scott
RV9A First Flight 9/30/19
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03-29-2020, 05:51 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Defiance, MO
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I have over 40,000 hours on UG/NX but way to expensive for home use. Down loaded solidworks through EAA and did not seem intuitive enough to me. Currently playing with FreeCAD. Open source, lots of user plugins, lots of online user info, and free. Jury still out on if I like it. I am picky and spoiled from over 30 years of Unigraphics.
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Philip
RV-6A - 14+ years, 900+ hours
Based at 1H0 (Creve Coeur)
Paid dues yearly since 2007
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03-30-2020, 12:05 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Rancho San Lorenzo
Posts: 883
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DesignCad 3D and Solidworks (free EAA). I also have over 10,000 hours on CATIA from the aerospace industry and think it was more intuitive than Solidworks. But CATIA isn't a viable purchase for private use. But hey, Solidworks is free. I use DesginCad for simple 2D work like schematic diagrams and templates for drilling (I use label paper in the printer).
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(a few more airplanes too)
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03-30-2020, 12:59 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2019
Location: Edmonds, WA
Posts: 105
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Everyone has their preference. I think Solidworks is pretty intuitive and there's lots of good info out there, free and includes simulation and CAM. 10 years on NX, couldn't pay me to use CATIA.
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03-30-2020, 06:29 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Lexington, KY
Posts: 88
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Seems like most in the industry prefer the software that they have the most experience with. I've probably got 30,000 with Solidworks and I prefer it over Catia, UG, and Inventor. I spent the first part of my career with Mechanical Desktop. I like it, but when I started using SW, I quickly changed my mind.
I started my job 15 years ago with SW. I used the included tutorials to learn it. A couple days in, I was using it for real. That's hard to beat in my mind.
Solidworks is very powerful software, and the fact that the premium version is included in your EAA membership is truly awesome. That's a very powerful piece of software for $60/year. But, like any CAD software, you must put in the time to learn it and for a new, non CAD person, it will take some time.
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Cameron
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03-30-2020, 06:45 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Plano, TX
Posts: 2,088
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I'm trying to learn SolidWorks right now. I switched due to the availability via EAA. I really want to learn the CAM portion, but baby steps...
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Colin P.
RV-6A #20603
Complete 5/10/19
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