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Old 03-29-2023, 02:40 PM
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Originally Posted by dataway View Post
...The defacto standard program for designing your own parts is Fusion360 by Autodesk, free for non-commercial use and VERY capable CAD software usable for far more than just 3d printing files. Fusion360 is also widely used by the CNC world as it can generated g-code for many, many CNC tools....
I toy with learning CAD but have not found a "free" set of tools. As I understand, I can get a free trial of Fusion360 but after that, I pay.

If I took a class at a local community college, I suspect I'd have better luck.

I have played with "FreeCAD", but have not invested any time to really learn it. Is it useful for basic part design or too limited/awkward?

Mike