Science fiction not many years ago. Astounding result.
Its testing my faith in physics, it's perfectly vertical so the only stress on it during printing is directly upward and its a tiny surface area. It's only your brain telling you its a big curved sheet of stuff - it isn'tIf that big curved mesh survives I will be WELL impressed, Nick!
Fully agree, I am old school with scratchbuilding etc. But sometimes I look towards this new technology and wish I had the experience to use it and save me time. And to be honest I still keep looking, and still keep control of my credit card because I know once off the leash I would be gone....WELL Guys thinkin this through i aggree with Steve an i'll proberly get shot for this from you guys esp the guys who have bad aritise in their hands but yes this cad thing is great but here we go i dont think its modeling as such as the machine is doin all the building an not the moddeler like i like to scratchbuild the part that i need an not just let the machine do it Aaaaaaccchhh there ive said it now so all feel free to have your say
Had a look and play with the scroll/rotate. I see you use Fusion, do you reccomend it for beginners - because that is where most of us are at the moment, we look, but the tech puts us off. I tried Gimp, got the book, downloaded the program and watched the videos, but still fell flat. And I should know better after using Flash MX etc during my Graphic Design degree course.If anyone would like to see it (after all that! ), here is the CAD drawing I'm still working on for the Bentley Engine :- Bentley Blower CAD
YES I ALSO fully aggree Mike an wish i could understand this cad but its way over my head an yes the card would be seriouly hit with the cost of buyin one of these an Nick is this cad stuff very heavy at all or about the same as 1mm plasticard thickness wheight ?Fully agree, I am old school with scratchbuilding etc. But sometimes I look towards this new technology and wish I had the experience to use it and save me time. And to be honest I still keep looking, and still keep control of my credit card because I know once off the leash I would be gone....
I think I have said elsewhere that I find creating digital models just as satisfying as creating physical ones, with the added bonus that I can reproduce them to my heart's content and in different scales to boot! it's just a bugger learning the software on the way!Nick,
Despite all the comments I must say that I am really impressed with all of your work and you have probably given a few of us a little nudge further into the future. We say we lose our mojo at certain points during our builds (I am in that mode now) And we could possibly be doing something other than sitting looking at the bench, and possibly working on a 'new' design for a part or a weapon could enhance our build in going forward without taking away the scratchbuild part of our life.
Again well done and look forward to more.
Mike.
Yes I'm sold on fusion now, the more I use it, the more I like it. I recomend Lynda or Linked in Learning as its now called. It does have a cost, but its money well spent IMHO. You're probably only talking about 40 quid or so, one free month, one paid month if you focus, and you wont be far off.Had a look and play with the scroll/rotate. I see you use Fusion, do you reccomend it for beginners - because that is where most of us are at the moment, we look, but the tech puts us off. I tried Gimp, got the book, downloaded the program and watched the videos, but still fell flat. And I should know better after using Flash MX etc during my Graphic Design degree course.
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