you don't need a $500 dollar rig
i regularly run freecad on one of these little boards
https://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Q1900M Pro3/index.asp
https://www.grooves-inc.com/asrock-q1900m-inkl-intel-celeron-j1900-mainboard-asrock-hardware-electronic-pZZa1-2097728559.html
On Sat, 23 Mar 2019, Chris Albertson wrote:
Would be faster to dumpster dive a PC. I doubt you'd ever get a modern
CAD app to compile on a small ARM-based board. It would take weeks of work
Don't you have a good Linux PC with at least an i7 processor? 3D CAD, even
if you could get it to build on low-end hardware would be horrible to use.
You want at least the i5, 4GB RAM and a 20" screen with a good GPU card.
But even that would lag badly. A newer quad core i7 is a better
processor. You want the image to re-render nearly instantly, faster than
human reflexes can detect. Otherwise, you don't get smooth rotations.
To be usable the 3D model on the screen has to move as well as if you were
holding a physical model in your hand. If the screen image lags detectably
it is unnatural to use.
CAD is one of the use cases that justify "workstation" class computers.
The other might be video editing and sound mixing or high-end video games.
On Sat, Mar 23, 2019 at 6:39 PM Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote:
Cheers, Gene Heskett
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