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I converted an old model I had made with #gCAD3D over to #SurfacePsycho. I think there's nothing better than Surface Psycho for designing #hulls. I tried remaking it with Moi3D and other #CAD programs like Plasticity and FreeCAD, and the only two that really satisfied me were gCAD3D and SP. but SP is much better than gCAD3D for this task, you have total control.
All the other add an unnecessary amount of CVs, while Moi3D is the only one that actually causes deformations. #opensource -
I converted an old model I had made with #gCAD3D over to #SurfacePsycho. I think there's nothing better than Surface Psycho for designing #hulls. I tried remaking it with Moi3D and other #CAD programs like Plasticity and FreeCAD, and the only two that really satisfied me were gCAD3D and SP. but SP is much better than gCAD3D for this task, you have total control.
All the other add an unnecessary amount of CVs, while Moi3D is the only one that actually causes deformations. #opensource -
Out of all the free programs for NURBS modeling that I've tried, there are only two that are harder to use than #SurfacePsycho: #Ayam and #gCAD3D. Ayam is limited when it comes to exporting, but it has a ton of tools; gCAD3D, on the other hand, is seriously powerful, it's lightweight, and to model with it you have to use APT a sort of G-code.#CAD #opensource
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Out of all the free programs for NURBS modeling that I've tried, there are only two that are harder to use than #SurfacePsycho: #Ayam and #gCAD3D. Ayam is limited when it comes to exporting, but it has a ton of tools; gCAD3D, on the other hand, is seriously powerful, it's lightweight, and to model with it you have to use APT a sort of G-code.#CAD #opensource
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My daily CADs are #Plasticity3D, #Moi3d, #FreeCAD #gCAD3D and #Blender3D, for 2D I use #QCAD, I don't use any more Windows since years, #Linux
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My daily CADs are #Plasticity3D, #Moi3d, #FreeCAD #gCAD3D and #Blender3D, for 2D I use #QCAD, I don't use any more Windows since years, #Linux
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#gCAD3D saved me many times, is a small application that open #DXFs the older versions, but save files into #IGES or #STEP and permit me to works with plans of others, sometime is hard to opens file from other but in somewhat this small application heal those messy #CADs, it is only 1.7mb, it opens also STEP or IGES but isn't always the best way, but many times is the only way.
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#gCAD3D saved me many times, is a small application that open #DXFs the older versions, but save files into #IGES or #STEP and permit me to works with plans of others, sometime is hard to opens file from other but in somewhat this small application heal those messy #CADs, it is only 1.7mb, it opens also STEP or IGES but isn't always the best way, but many times is the only way.
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My tiny #gCAD3D has recently been updated to version 2.60, very useful when others fail in certain operations I do, it has some defects, but it is powerful if used in the correct way with many functions and installed it occupies only 1.8MB ;)
For #Ubuntu #Deb or #RPM is needed this dependencies "libgtkgl2.0-1" to make it working, is under rewrite of some part but works with it until the update of# #IGES of the export code. #CAD #linux #OpenSource -
Sometimes I try them all but in the end even if #gCAD3D has its flaws it remains the only one that manages to export #STEP or #IGES files that can be opened by #Plasticity, I'm talking about #DXF drawings, I have to do so many of these steps it's incredible that #Moi3D, #FreeCAD or Cad Assistant all fail and a 1.3mb program does the job just fine.
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People underestimate #gCAD3D, but it's very powerful and very small, a bit difficult to use, the best way is to use it via code, and it's not difficult, but it's also a great tool to do some small conversions from #Blender to #CAD, save into IGES or STEP, many times it handles CAD #DXF files very well and better than FreeCAD. #b3d
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Here is a quick demonstration of a hull created directly in #Plasticity from curves which I however made in #gCAD3D with APT CNC code.
This application is simple to use and to learn especially those who know how to use #Blender will have no problems. #CAD #NURBS -
Here is a quick demonstration of a hull created directly in #Plasticity from curves which I however made in #gCAD3D with APT CNC code.
This application is simple to use and to learn especially those who know how to use #Blender will have no problems. #CAD #NURBS -
About #APT I found many old Book in Internet Archive they are useful in order to understand better the manual input for #gCAD3D
Link to the PDF here https://archive.org/search?query=Numerical+Control+Programming+in+Apt -
Reading better the documentations I learned #gCAD3D uses #APT (Automatically Programmed Tool) an old language first appeared in 1956.
Apt is non-proprietary. It was developed at MIT with cooperation of industry and funded in part by the US Air Force. It is defined by the ANSI standard NCITS 37-1999. Most Apt compilers , however, are proprietary.
ISO 4343:2000
Industrial automation systems — Numerical control of machines — NC processor output — Post processor commands -
If you have time to learn this is another great CAD, very simple but also so powerful. Is #gCAD3D a #CAD that struggled me at beginning but now I understood and I like it. This is a Whitehall row boats. Totally done with manual inserting via code.
gCAD3D works well with #CATIA step file and if you have a #IGES or a STEP you can Inspect the code and learn how make surface via coding.
Don't underestimate the power of gCAD3D 😎
#boat #design #hull.