Solidworks is a top notch professional product for mechanical engineering projects. This CAD software is extremely powerful and provides you with 3D modeling tools, assemblies, simulations, and manufacturing solutions.

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However, Solidworks does cost quite a lot of money and it may be hard to learn. Therefore, you may decide to use one of these alternatives for 3D printing.

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Sketchup

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If you are a beginner Sketchup would be a good replacement. If you use the browser version it is free, while the desktop version costs from 119 to 1199 dollars. It is a 3D modeling software that is mostly used by industry experts that focus on (landscape) architecture and interior design to be able to use 3D printing Chicago . Sketchup however does not only work with 3D, you namely start by creating a 2D sketch. Fusion 360 Another perfect program for beginners is Fusion 360, which […]

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