CAD
KiCAD footprints
Following on from the post about designing stripboards and the one about DesignSpark, I decided to try and create some wire footprints for KiCad.
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Tags: Design Spark, FreeCAD, KiCad
First look at DesignSpark Mechanical
I’ve been aware of DesignSpark Mechanical for some time but never had the need to install it. I’ve been using Fusion360 until recently when my “startup” license expired. So I downloaded it, installed it and had a bit of a
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Tags: Design Spark
New Year
A productive start to the New Year despite a cold. Got my first magazine article sent off for editing. In the process I learnt a few things about Fusion360, the first is that there’s a whole workspace I’d not been
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Thumbscrews, knurls and threads
This weekend I was designing some parts using Fusion360. I had a couple of challenges but learnt a lot along the way. The part I wanted to model was a thumbscrew which I’m going to be using in a future
More Fusion 360 Sheet Metal
I seem to be getting the hang of the Fusion360 sheet metal mode but the “Create Flat Pattern” does not always seem to work. This box results in a pattern which is just a copy of the box but without
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CAD for sheet metal
After my anglegrinder cable got nibbled by mice I thought it might be a good idea to store it in a metal rather than cardboard box. I’ve made a few cardboard boxes in my time and to a lot of
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OpenSCAD and DXF import
I was thinking about making a base for the Furby driver in my Upcycle It design challenge. To model the base, I took the existing base and drew around it. I then scanned the image and imported it into Inkscape.
Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
