Several commenters have mentioned Onshape as another good free option, which it is. I haven't used it personally but it does offer a lot for no money and it's used by FIRST teams pretty frequently so there is community support out there. www.onshape.com/en/
You got me into fusion 360 from one of your much earlier videos doing things with it. I've already designed so much things in it and am still learning more every time I use it. Thanks
Make a cad course for aspiring combat roboteers. There are other tutorials but I’d be interested in seeing how you approach things. Maybe make SSP from scratch or something. I’d pay for it . At least 50 bucks . Lol
I am using Onshape. I don't do really complex stuff (like a battlebot) yet, but for now I am really pleased with it. It's free, it's online (so you can access it on every computer) and the tutorials are decent. Maybe I will change my mind once I have tried Fusion, but I think it is certainly an underrated candidate for a total beginner!
I'll be honest I totally forgot about Onshape since I've never personally used it. But yeah Onshape works fine. It just doesn't have any of the other features Fusion has with simulations and machining and whatnot.
@@JustCuzRobotics It does have simulations stuff. It is just not embedded in Onshape itself. I use Simscale for example, where you can do CFD (my interest) but also the force analysis like you showed. I believe there are other sites/software where onshape is directly connected with, but I have never used them.
I think it would be interesting to know what's the most used software by BB builders. Maybe it can be like the budget video where builders just go and vote in a Google survey.
I think that would be an exceptionally boring video for most viewers unfortunately. The money questions come up often and required a lot of time to properly cover. CAD literally be a single info graphic pie chart.
It depends of the experience and needs of the builder, Bite Force is designed on SolidWorks but other robots are designed on Fusion 360 The point here is, if you know how to use the software and do great results then just relax and design
@@JustCuzRobotics 60% Fusion, 20% Solidworks, 17% Onshape, and 3% Terry Ewert and his weird CAD remnant from the '90s that he probably runs on a 486 :)
I probably can, but it won't be cheap as anything international requires customs forms which are a lot of extra work. I was able to get a few orders to South Korea without issues though.
Unless they have since updated it, fusion 360 stopped allowing dxf export on their free version last year, which made exporting for laser cutting difficult at best. Can be a holding point for using it for combat robotics if you cannot swing a paid version.
That's only semi true. They made it impossible to "export" a drawing as DXF, but you can always just select a sketch in the left hand menu in the modeling view and right click that and then save-as DXF. This is how I did all my laser cutting exports
Fusion 360 has been great but starting out it can be very over whelming especially if you are use to using game design software like Maya or blender. Also to be fair to tinkercad it's core functions are like booleins in game design software so it's easy to pick up for people who want to prototype or for beginners into basic 3d modelling.
I find this interesting, as I use Inventor for work and have played with 3DS Max a little for getting some nicer renders. Coming from either of those, Fusion360 is a very clean and friendly interface. Is Maya similar to 3DS Max, if you've used both? I've not looked at it, so not sure how it compares. I think there is a lot of value in being able to visualise the design before going into CAD, at least until you're pretty comfortable using it, whether that's sketches on paper or having a clear image in your mind, whatever works best for you. The boolean operations are functionally the same modelling operations as using extrude/sweep/cut etc. just handled a bit differently in how they're set up, so that's probably just another case of getting used to how the software works or how it names the operations.
I'm using Fusion 360 but I don't really like it. I just feel like I run into stupid errors or bugs way to often for a "professional" software that some pay so much money for.
Tbh even among pro users it's one of the budget options. Solidworks is like thousands of dollars a year for professional licensing but Fusion is $500 or less. That said I haven't really had many issues with it.
It's not intended to be an ad for any particular program, but the idea was to make people aware of these programs and what they can do. Like I said I wasn't paid by the companies who provide these programs. Only by the video sponsor PCBWay which is completely agnostic to each option mentioned.
Several commenters have mentioned Onshape as another good free option, which it is. I haven't used it personally but it does offer a lot for no money and it's used by FIRST teams pretty frequently so there is community support out there. www.onshape.com/en/
Oh i also forgot to mention Plasticity, the perpetual license is like 399 dollars but does not come with FEM
You got me into fusion 360 from one of your much earlier videos doing things with it. I've already designed so much things in it and am still learning more every time I use it. Thanks
Great to hear!
I learned solid works and inventor in a job training I started years ago. Nowadays i have the free fusion 360.cad can be alot of fun.
Make a cad course for aspiring combat roboteers. There are other tutorials but I’d be interested in seeing how you approach things. Maybe make SSP from scratch or something. I’d pay for it . At least 50 bucks . Lol
I am using Onshape. I don't do really complex stuff (like a battlebot) yet, but for now I am really pleased with it. It's free, it's online (so you can access it on every computer) and the tutorials are decent. Maybe I will change my mind once I have tried Fusion, but I think it is certainly an underrated candidate for a total beginner!
I'll be honest I totally forgot about Onshape since I've never personally used it. But yeah Onshape works fine. It just doesn't have any of the other features Fusion has with simulations and machining and whatnot.
@@JustCuzRobotics It does have simulations stuff. It is just not embedded in Onshape itself. I use Simscale for example, where you can do CFD (my interest) but also the force analysis like you showed. I believe there are other sites/software where onshape is directly connected with, but I have never used them.
I learned it in place of solid works for school. I use it as well for bots. Good program
I think it would be interesting to know what's the most used software by BB builders. Maybe it can be like the budget video where builders just go and vote in a Google survey.
I think that would be an exceptionally boring video for most viewers unfortunately. The money questions come up often and required a lot of time to properly cover. CAD literally be a single info graphic pie chart.
It depends of the experience and needs of the builder, Bite Force is designed on SolidWorks but other robots are designed on Fusion 360
The point here is, if you know how to use the software and do great results then just relax and design
@@JustCuzRobotics 60% Fusion, 20% Solidworks, 17% Onshape, and 3% Terry Ewert and his weird CAD remnant from the '90s that he probably runs on a 486 :)
Hey a question about the 3d printing of your web: Can you send things to Spain?
I probably can, but it won't be cheap as anything international requires customs forms which are a lot of extra work. I was able to get a few orders to South Korea without issues though.
Hasta aqui puedo sentir lo pesado qque seria el pago de aduana
Thank you this will hepl a lot!
Happy to help!
Unless they have since updated it, fusion 360 stopped allowing dxf export on their free version last year, which made exporting for laser cutting difficult at best. Can be a holding point for using it for combat robotics if you cannot swing a paid version.
That's only semi true. They made it impossible to "export" a drawing as DXF, but you can always just select a sketch in the left hand menu in the modeling view and right click that and then save-as DXF. This is how I did all my laser cutting exports
@@JustCuzRobotics ...frantically cancelling subscription...
Haha. It's a weirdly hidden thing but IMO infinitely more convenient than exporting anyway. Hope you can save yourself that money!
You forgot to mention the best CAD program: MS Paint
MS Paint is clearly only a 2D CAD program comparable to AutoCAD. Paint3D however is clearly superior to Solidworks
As a middle schooler I can also agree that tinker cad sucks and fusion is far supirior in every way posible
Fusion 360 has been great but starting out it can be very over whelming especially if you are use to using game design software like Maya or blender.
Also to be fair to tinkercad it's core functions are like booleins in game design software so it's easy to pick up for people who want to prototype or for beginners into basic 3d modelling.
I find this interesting, as I use Inventor for work and have played with 3DS Max a little for getting some nicer renders. Coming from either of those, Fusion360 is a very clean and friendly interface. Is Maya similar to 3DS Max, if you've used both? I've not looked at it, so not sure how it compares.
I think there is a lot of value in being able to visualise the design before going into CAD, at least until you're pretty comfortable using it, whether that's sketches on paper or having a clear image in your mind, whatever works best for you. The boolean operations are functionally the same modelling operations as using extrude/sweep/cut etc. just handled a bit differently in how they're set up, so that's probably just another case of getting used to how the software works or how it names the operations.
Actually there is a CAD software designed for people with artistic background, it's name is Plasticity.
@@omegadeepblue1407 oh neat will have to give that one a try at some point in the future
@@mrbk5916 sure, is not free but the price is accesible and the license is perpetual.
use the demo to see if it fits what you are looking
I'm using Fusion 360 but I don't really like it. I just feel like I run into stupid errors or bugs way to often for a "professional" software that some pay so much money for.
Tbh even among pro users it's one of the budget options. Solidworks is like thousands of dollars a year for professional licensing but Fusion is $500 or less. That said I haven't really had many issues with it.
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It's not intended to be an ad for any particular program, but the idea was to make people aware of these programs and what they can do. Like I said I wasn't paid by the companies who provide these programs. Only by the video sponsor PCBWay which is completely agnostic to each option mentioned.