CAD Sketcher In Action | 10 Minute CAD Challenge

Putting myself and CAD Sketcher to the test and seeing If I can design a filament click using a CAD Blender Workflow in only 10 minutes. This is all about precision modeling to a deadline for 3D printing.

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[mysticdavestarotmachinesho]

I am a recovering Rhino addict. The fluidity of blender and sketcher works counter to my way of thinking about CAD design but the potential of Blender for Jewelry design is mind boggling. The fluidity of blender along with the ability to move and adjust on the fly as the design develops in my minds eye is simply astonishing. Adding this to my 3D printer opens a whole new world ... no, a whole new universe to my creativity. Thanks for this and your other instruction videos.

[cawfaygweentea]

Thanks for making this video. CAD Sketcher has so much potential.

[henrik]

I think these kind of videos are great because it shows practical uses of the different constraints, as someone completely new to CAD like software I don't really know the terms yet.
Thanks for the video!

[dpkgray]

It has potential, formulas and variables will make it quite useful. Of coarse I am comparing it to Acad products so it has a way to compete, but for little items this could work, l am impressed by the progress, keep it up.

[robertchapman]

I really like this format. Challenges really help show the current short comings of the tool and highlight improvements to be made. Great work!

[Ribby]

Honestly it's a pleasure watching you work :D

[Antuan]

Very Nice!
Remember in such cases, if you want uniform thickness,
external radius must be the internal radius plus the wall thickness.

[nedgligich]

I was getting frustrated just watching, the radius fillet tool will be a big addition.
I am a Rhino 3D user and am in the process of learning Blender, this took less then 2 minutes in Rhino 3D, having your design thoughts to work from helped.
In Rhino, I would have placed/positioned both the fillament diameter and the reel wall thickness profiles down.
Sketch the inner profile around the fillament and reel wall with the Polyline tool.
Apply a desired radius fillet to the Vertices.
Offset the Polyline, with the radius beveled vertices, .8 outward. This would eliminate the need to calculate start finish and radius of outer curve.
Join the ends of the 2 segments with radius bevel.
Finaly extruding the polyline curves caping the surface ends.

[okuniewiak]

Hope there gonna be mirror funcjonality some day. Great video as always.

[Pepa]

Ahhh. Those outer corners radius where driving me crazy, thanks for fixing them in the end!

Looking forward for any and all updates. This project really has it!

Sorry for the bad english. ;b

[daveghumphreys]

I've never understood why people are obsessed with the time it takes to draw in CAD - it's the argument people had in the 1980's - I was asked once how much fast work was produced by CAD than working by hand - I said it is the same! - its was like saying word processor makes you type faster! its the thought in the design that makes the difference

[robdavis]

5:14 " I am working with such a big mouse" 😂😁🐭 love it!

[wisefix]

CS is looking good. Very useful video.

[richardwilliams]

Very interesting and I am keeping a close eye on cad sketcher. Are there plans for an offset line function? Thanks for all your hard work. Quite enjoyable

[CRFigueroa]

Thanks to your videos I will be able to carry out my project of a cnc milling machine, thanks for sharing!
I only have one question whose answer would help me a lot, how do you manage to put the keyboard and mouse on the screen, is that I have to video document a software that I am developing and it is a lot of work, I would really appreciate it, a hug!

[DieTabbi]

Nice, I want to see screws and threads in CAD sketcher 👍

[renatofuentes]

Than you for this. Is Cad sketcher file could be exported to AutoCad?

[soothhz]

How do you make the edges look so smooth, even on the default cube? Do you use a different shader on the 3d viewport?

[Tunnellord]

Ok, so I'm running into an issue with the addon, CAD Transform. Some of the shortcuts work but other don't. Also, the shortcuts don't work at all on 1 computer I use while some of the shortcuts work on another. I've already reported the bug to the Dev.

[andrewsanders]

can cad sketcher be used to create vehicles like cars, tanks and ships