Society of Robots - Robot Forum
Mechanics and Construction => Mechanics and Construction => Topic started by: Jak24 on September 14, 2010, 12:26:47 PM
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HI !
I am looking for Cad programs to design my robot, i currently use Google sketch-up but i would like something a bit
more advanced!
Most of the good Cad program like Autodesk, solidworks are way to expensive
The only one that i found that is within my price range is Alibre: https://www.alibre.com/ (https://www.alibre.com/)
does anyone have any experience with it? is it hard to learn?
suggestion and advice are welcome!
Thanks
Regards
Jak24
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Alibre is the best known low-cost package. Rhino3D is also pretty affordable, and is widely loved.
All CAD programs are somewhat hard to learn initially, but not that painful. There's a good overview of the learning process in the second part of my CNC robotics guide - http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/guerrilla_cnc1.shtml (http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/guerrilla_cnc1.shtml)
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Autodesk products are available free to students for 13 months. You have to have a student e-mail though.
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Not to condone such things, but there's always torrent...
I personally use Solidworks a lot, I have use Rhino, Pro/E and Autocad as well. All have their pros/cons, but my advice is to find whatever you can get for cheap. Once familiar with one package, migrating to others is much easier.
+1 on student versions, if that is an option for you.
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SolidWorks also has a student version.