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It covers the basics of 3d printing along with the rest of the suite of software. I found this book 3D Printing with Autodesk 123D, Tinkercad, and MakerBot I thought I had heard this was supposed to be a very easy cad to learn. But had very little headway into the design. I played around with the menus, solids and sketches. I had downloaded Autodesk 123design a while ago and never installed it, so this was an ideal time to get it onto my computer and learn it.Īfter installing it and running it, you are presented with it’s home 3d screen.
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The trial has now run out so I was either going to have to purchase the software or try another one. I have been trialling Cubify Invent software and after watching the training videos from cubifyfans blogspot, getting the idea of the software it was very easy to produce a fairly complex item – see the salt cellar repair(part 1) and part 2. Ok, getting more original, but if one breaks gets lost then it will fall over. The next idea was a single sided foot with two supports, one either side of the power block. The second idea was along the length of the block, with a support at either end and feet out to the side. So that idea was put to one side, if I can’t come up with anything else then ok.
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I would need two of these, maybe one would get lost? Will need to print off another one. The first design was a typical flat piece for the feet with two uprights for the sides of the unit. I may investigate a drawing package for the tablet but in the meantime paper and pencil. Out came the sketch book and pencil – yes I still do it this way. Possible expansion of cable tidy to not strain the output or input cable So flat feet extending sideways and up the sides. It also needs to support the sides from both sides. It is too tall to stand up so it needs outriggers. I think to myself I can design something to do that easily. Trying it unassisted the unit just kept falling over, so in steps 3d printing. So the idea was to stand it up to enable more airflow around the device. DesignĪnyway to the project, my partner wanted the power block to stand up, the unit is 79mmx79mmx29mm and laying down, the lower side was getting very hot. really frustrating, but it did show that the original apple unit was output short protected and would recover. Could I find it? No!! the fault was the same – output dc cable shorted.
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I opened the unit to find that something had blown up – black mark on the inner of the lid. In the meantime we had a Chinese unit, this failed catastrophically. Repairing this cable, the unit works again. It appears that this is a weakness in the way apple have manufactured these units and they will fail eventually where the dc cable comes out of the block, especially if the user winds the cable back up onto the cable clips on the power block. Investigating it, as any engineer would, showed that the dc cable had shorted internally.
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It stopped charging the battery on the laptop. The dc output is fed to a magnetically attached connector to plug onto the Macbook ProĪ while ago the power supply failed. The mains input is via a lead, which plugs into the side of the power block. The power supply for this unit is an external unit with mains input and dc output.
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To create a stand for an Apple Mac power block. This one gives you a walk through for the Autodesk 123design software. Also has loft/blend, which is rare in the hobbyist tools (DSM used to support it, but it got taken out).Another post in the 3d printer project ideas series. Much more suited to doing "industrial design" with curved surfaces. Autodesk also has Fusion 360, which seems similar (more powerful, harder to use). It is a fairly easy to learn text-based CSG modeler.Īutodesk 123D Design is making a lot of noise in the "maker" community. OpenSCAD, if you are making simple or even not-so-simple mechanical parts and have a programming bent. Non-parametric, WYSIWYG push/pull modeling.
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By Dassault, but I'm not sure there is any shared lineage with CATIA.ĭesignSpark Mechanical is a free modeler based on SpaceClaim, which is is a big player in the "direct modeling" space. I think the academic pricing is reasonable. SolidWorks is one of the industrial big dogs, if you need the power/have the cash. But for ease of reference, some suggestions: I put in a list in my "M2 tips" thread on the tips forum you might want to consider.