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Help me graduate from TinkerCad please? / Solved = Fusion360 (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world to c/3dprinting@lemmy.world

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TLDR = what's a good next step after kid-friendly 3d creation tools?
Solved = Fusion360 is voted as winner, we even got a nice tutorial playlist.

Hi all - I'm still very much a new user. Highly skilled in IT but just getting my feet wet in 3D printing, since a month or so. I love the possibilities! I can physically create anything I can image, it's amazing.

So far, I've used mostly TinkerCad and done lots with it. The learning curve is practically non-existent, and it has sufficient features to do a lot.

But of course it's not perfect. Obvious example: can't do fillets, except in roundabout ways using negative blocks.

I've tried OnShape, OpenScad, Fusion 360, but found them quite a steep hill to climb.

Are these good choices, or is there something in-between that would make it easier for me to advance?

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[–] PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Having spent a little time with Fusion now, I agree with you and I am now also trying to wrap my head around FreeCad. I find that parametric modeling is hard compared to TinkerCad's stacking toddler blocks together 🙃