On 10/24/2015 7:19 AM, linden wrote: > Hi All > I have been playing with the idea of building a hexapod or > Stuart platform mill with linuxcnc for the control system. > What I need help with at this stage is the design of the joints and > length of the struts. I have a few designs in my head and sketched out > on paper and am looking to see if any one knows of a program i could use > to test various geometries before I started cutting metal and building > 100 small test models.
CAD (Cardboard Aided Design) is considerably less expensive than starting out with cutting metal. ;) Many interesting mechanical things have first been worked out using pieces of wood, cardboard and a hot glue gun. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
