unfortunately this is me. Maybe I could make money from this hobby, but thatās unlikely. In the meantime, Freecad is still getting better, and the Fusion free license hasnāt made me nearly as frustrated as TeamViewerās.
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I have never paid for OnShape. The hobby version works for me. But I am not commercial.
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Thatās fair. I just donāt like that they are public.
I guess I can name the drawings fun names.
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He makes it look so eeaasy!
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I had this saved for a while. I would love to try it!
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I like the idea of dropping blobs of paint on the canvas to start, so the brush can run continuously without having to stop to pick up paint.
Now Iām wondering how to get it to make a more realistic image instead of abstract geometric shapes.
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Ha, ha. Thatās pretty cool. There was an artist on the forum looking to make a painting LR a few years back but I canāt find the thread.
This post makes me want to try something like that now since it would be easy to do with my pen holder. 
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Probably could put this on a couple threads (e.g., the prefab sauna thread or the concrete printer thread) but I think this is probably a better place.
Looks interesting, fast and could be economical. But not sure how it would stand up against hurricanes and tornadoes.
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I first used Onshape back in the 2017 time frame. My use was sporadic at firstā¦ then in spurts with each new project (FoamRipper, R&P MPCNC, etc.). Never did I really try to master all the Onshape featuresā¦ but only learned what I needed to know to carry on the current design. Over the past couple of years, almost no Onshape useā¦ a strange malaise and virtually no scratch-building.
Discovering TooTallToby and the speedmodeling practice/tutorial/competition here has really grabbed my attention, however. At first, I just watched a few competitive matchesā¦ and then, with the abundance of practice models, I really felt compelled to try a few. I have found that to be great funā¦ and far more productive than Mahjong/Solitaire or watching old movies. Iām not trying to compete but have picked up a few tricks and tips from his tutorials and watching the experts compete. I find myself using revolves more often rather than just stacking/nesting extrudes and found that a few hot keys can help immensely. It still takes me an hour or more than the experts to complete a design most of the timeā¦ but I find it satisfying all the same.
That said, Iāve done little more than occupy some time and built nothing practicalā¦ until last evening!
Backstory: I live in clutter and do virtually no housekeeping. And recently, Iāve been invaded by squadrons of little house gnats and flying insects who seem intent on consuming my evening whisā¦ elixir faster than I can. The little buggers apparently insist on drinking themselves into a stupor and then they fall in and drownā¦ adding just a bit of protein to chew on.
So, after several nights of continually covering/uncovering my medicine with a ceramic tileā¦ it finally occurred to me that I had newly-acquired CAD skills and a Prusa 3dprinter at my disposal. I fired up Onshape (itās just another browser tab 
) and whipped up the following mind-blowing design (yesā¦ I used one sketch and a revolve rather than a few circular extrudes)
which resulted in an incredibleā¦ wait for itā¦ MPC/C (coaster/cover)ā¦
Oh, itās so good to be back in the groove again!
Seriously, and a bit surprising/satisfying to me, it appears that Onshape is a real ābig boyā CAD and stacks up quite well against the competition. 
ā David
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Great use of your time, drinking gnats gives you ear hair, I try to stay far away from those little boogers!
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Now that the prototype works you can mill it out of some walnut 
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Couldnāt call it MPC/C thenā¦ 
I guess I could inlay something coolā¦ 
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Have you researched pippetts by chance?
The electronic ones might help you with repeatable blobs
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What is your fav elixir. I have found JD single barrell barrell proof rye to be good at making streaming sitcoms almoat enjoyable gnat season is just arriving here so i may attempt your solution. Maybe inlay a gnat with a strike out circle 
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I find JD, MakersMark, and WildTurkey101 are all good and effective āwind downā elixirs. I tend to be a bit of a nite owlā¦ retired, I donāt have to get up with the chickens or be out in the field. I listen to a lot of late evening 60ās, 70ās, and 80ās jazz/blues/classic rock musicā¦ stuff I grew up with. SRV is great anytimeā¦ and with the small intimate venues he often played in, itās especially great with a drink in your hand. I enjoy Joe Bonamassa as wellā¦ and big band jazz is always a treat.
Iāve been thinking about an appropriate inlay. I like your suggestion as wellā¦ though I must admit I immediately āpicturedā Peterās (@bitingmidge) logo at the mention!
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I Love all your picks. i have a 101 in hand right now 
Im watching YouTube right now but nothing to controversial the Bourbon Judge
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I am not a musician at all but I did think this was pretty neat for mostly 3d printed
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Anyone seen and looked into z-polymerās Tullomer before?
Super polymer printed as fiber like layered strands at 0.05mm layer height, at 500mm/s. Claiming better rigidity and strength than PEEK using normal enclosed consumer 3D printers (e.g. Bambu X1). Filament isnāt hydroscopic, no post processing, should be relatively easy to work with?
$400 - $500 kg, butā¦ Maybe worth it for prototyping and small batch of demanding parts.
Hereās a clip showing z-polymer folks being interviewed by bunch of astounded Youtubers and attendees at Rapid TCT.
Stats seem too good to be trueā¦
Hoping Stefanās CNC kitchen will share his test results soonā¦
When that price drops Iām in!