7 Aug
2008
7 Aug
'08
4:18 p.m.
On Thu, 2008-08-07 at 14:03 -0400, nescivi wrote:
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?
AFAIK rapid prototyping machines work with triangle meshes, so using a
polygon modeler is no problem. It's even the way to go for organic
shapes like action figures. There's a RP startup that works with Blender
a lot.
However, for precise geometrical shapes, Blender is the wrong tool. It
can be done to some degree, but it is just painful compared to a decent
CAD tool.
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Thorsten Wilms
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