[LAD] [OT] vector drawing software

[nescivi]

On Thursday 07 August 2008 13:58:33 Justin Smith wrote:
> > Actually, I am looking for some 3D software for drawing 3D structures.
> > Eventual output format needed is STL...
> >
> > sincerely,
> > Marije
>
> http://www.ualberta.ca/~cwant/blender/stl.py is a plugin to export STL
> from blender, which is a great environment for modeling 3d, once you
> get over the learning curve.
> http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro is a good
> wikibook tutorial, that happens to cover modeling in the first hundred
> pages or so of the beginner volume.

thanks for the link.
At first sight it seems more geared to 3D modelling for animation graphics, 
rather than for making realworld objects.
I need to model some things in order to "print" them on a rapid prototyping 
machine...
Is Blender a suitable candidate for that?

sincerely,
Marije