On Tue, Oct 01, 2013 at 06:34:53PM -0300, Werner Almesberger wrote: > Cristian Paul Peñaranda Rojas wrote: > > Looks nice, where is the CAD file for the case? :-) > > Now we get to the tricky bits :) > > Regarding tools, I currently see two choices: FreeCAD + ? and > fped + cameo.
I would use OpenSCAD[1]. It's a programming language (you have to write every object with its coordinates) for 3-D objects. You can use any text editor you like, and it gives you a 3-D view of your model. It can export to STL (and several other things, which I haven't used). The good thing about OpenSCAD (for functional, as opposed to artistic, models) is that it allows you to define functions, variables and "modules" (sub-objects to be used zero or more times in the actual model or other modules). This means that you can create parametric designs in it; if the next screen is a slightly different size, you just need to change one number and you have a new model (assuming you wrote it properly). There are also many libraries available for it, but I don't think they help you here. All 3-D printer software expects STL as input; there are many "slicers" to convert it to a toolpath. I'm guessing there are similar options for STL-to-other_device. Thanks, Bas 1. http://www.openscad.org _______________________________________________ Qi Hardware Discussion List Mail to list (members only): [email protected] Subscribe or Unsubscribe: http://lists.en.qi-hardware.com/mailman/listinfo/discussion
