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vector art layout step is surprisingly manual! I wonder if there's a market for a CAD tool that focuses on creating 2D cutouts for 3D models
by awinter-py 6y ago
vector art layout step is surprisingly manual! I wonder if there's a market for a CAD tool that focuses on creating 2D cutouts for 3D models
- abakker 6y agoThe sheet metal workspace in fusion360 does this pretty nicely.
- _jal 6y agoNot exactly what I think you're thinking of, but there's enough of a market for this to exist: https://www.vectric.com/products/cut2d-pro https://www.vectric.com/products/cut2d-pro More generally, modeling software tends to also handle sheet metal fabrication (closest to what you're thinking of) and surface modeling just fine.
- ansible 6y agoInteresting product, seems like a nice 2D CAD/CAM package. Is there CAD software that helps you design a 3D product out of 2D parts? It didn't seem like this would really help with that.
- codazoda 6y agoAs another example, checkout Pepakura for Windows. I've used OpenSCAD to design simple 3D models and then used Pepakura to unfold them into flat designs. Manually cutting the designs is slow painstaking work. I eventually purchased a Cricut to cut the pieces out, but it's ability to cut shapes to a very specific scale is lacking. So, I find myself not having created very much.