On Mar 23, 2010, at 11:47 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Tuesday 23 March 2010, Ries van Twisk wrote: >> On Mar 23, 2010, at 7:24 AM, Sven Wesley wrote: >>>> On Mar 23, 2010, at 1:41 AM, a...@conceptmachinery.com wrote: >>>>> Hi >>>>> I bought Rhino and importantly it is only 3D surface modeling >>>>> software >>>>> where nurbs is a part. NURBS let you grab point and drag it and it >>>>> change >>>>> whole surface. It is interesting option. >> >> Do you guys use any of the Parametric plugins for Rhino? >> Honestly I don't see why a non parametric 3D modeler is any useful in >> the industry >> where you need to make more then just a part, I am not talking about >> people doing this for a hobby or the one-offs >> > And that's me. No way in hell can I justify the cost of something > like > rhino, for one quick piece of wood or metal. I could easily empty > the SS > replenished bank account if I bought all the stuff that has been > mentioned > here. >
in that case the sort of business you work on doesn't even require it, no worries, it's really normal to use simple CAD/CAM pages. I see to much people buying autocad, while they also could have been buying qCAD or any other sub 100USD 2D CAD package. they Just pay a very file conversion package :) Ries >>>> Blender is a powerful modeling app that also supports nurbs. It >>>> has the >>>> added benefit of being free. >>>> (http://www.blender.org/) >>>> > But with a steep learning curve, at least for me. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
