I think of Fusion as a younger cousin to Inventor - it easily covers the abilities of FreeCAD (which is itself a very good open source tool IMHO). On the subtractive side, as I understand things, you'll still need that model Which Fusion's good at making, however I have no idea how far it goes towards producing the CAM toolpaths for milling/lathes/etc. I would be surprised if Autodesk didn't havby Leghk - 3D Design tools
Since you say an Adobe Cloud-like model for Autodesk products is good for you, have you looked at Autodesk Fusion 360? Free for hobby/non-commercial use, and a monthly or annual subscription basis is one option. It seems quite capable, but I've only toyed with the tutorials so far. I bought Alibre Pro some years back - which is now owned by 3d Systems and renamed Geomagic Design - but I've used iby Leghk - 3D Design tools
The Bill of Rights only defines what the US government can or can't do, anyway - they're amendments to the US constitution. Nothing to do with private resources.by Leghk - Administration, Announcements, Policy
Looks like you need the GL dev packages for your flavor of Linux, something like freeglut-dev should pull in all the other dependencies for development, I think.by Leghk - Slic3r
corngolem Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- ... I > posted in the community about the > filastruder wee ... Also, not that it's likely to be relevant to this problem, but I suspect that you mean the "Filabot Wee" - the Filastruder is Time Elmore's project discussed at the SoliForum's Filastruder board. I'm just a happy user and Kickstarter backer of the Filastby Leghk - General
Tacoma Screw is very useful for fasteners, and Fastenal stores are often well stocked, but it helps to use the web site to figure which ones near you stock which parts, before you waste a trip. Another resource for particularly small parts is RC model stores, if you don't mind a bit higher prices for the convenience.by Leghk - Washington, Seattle RepRap User Group
Many, many different projects. Here's a starting point.by Leghk - Pick-and-Place Electronic Assembly (and robots!)
Creative Commons' "CC-BY-NC" is common, or perhaps "CC-BY-NC-SA" for a more GNU-like "Share-Alike" clause added to the mix.by Leghk - General
Just like for so many of these replies, my Cupcake was problematic to put it nicely - until I got my first Makergear hot end. No failures of the extruder at all since printing a Brut and putting together an Op's kit hot end on it. And the chocolate, oh my. I should order something again. Seriously, a wholehearted recommendation and approval from me for Rick and the crew.by Leghk - General
Thingiverse has two versions, apparently one Thing of each side, the heater traces and the printed side as eagle files. I have no idea if these are up to date, but they're all I could find.by Leghk - General
For one successful example, see the FTIStrap on the wiki - and thanks for reminding me that I was curious about that too!by Leghk - Plastic Extruder Working Group