Question about drawing/ 3d modeling a custom laptop case

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Question about drawing/ 3d modeling a custom laptop case

Post by ninjamonkey » Thu Jan 17, 2013 12:00 am

Hey,

I am in the process of planning an OUYA laptop. Its in the planning stages currently as I dont have one just yet (its coming in march). I was wondering, whats a good program for modeling cases to be CNC'ed in? Also, any good tutorials that would be good for me to get started with the program?

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Post by wiggyx » Mon Jan 21, 2013 4:37 pm

Solidworks.
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Post by jjhammerstein » Thu Jan 24, 2013 8:26 pm

wiggyx wrote:Solidworks.
Solidworks is great. Sketchup is free though.
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Re: Question about drawing/ 3d modeling a custom laptop case

Post by ryguy425425 » Wed Feb 19, 2014 10:50 pm

I have some training in Solidworks, but I haven't used it in a few years.

Just today I picked up 123D Design, and I find it has all the basic features that Solidworks has, laid out in a way that is easier to use. 123D is also completely free for several operating systems. Unless you need advanced features like stress tests, 123D is something to look in to.

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