StoatWithToast

Another vote for Fusion and it's (I guess) big brother Inventor. RS also have a free tool called Design Spark Mechanical - not the easiest in the world to get started with, but it is free and it's got pretty much everything you need for a parametric CAD system. For me, it has to be parametric, but most of my stuff is engineering or product based.

I print a lot of engineering parts for myself, sculptures / funny things for friends, replacement bits and bobs around the house for my wife. I do a lot of 3D design myself, but that;s for the replacement parts and engineering parts - I'm no good (at all) at intricate artwork stuff. I prefer parametric design of something with a purpose so I know where I'm going, I also find that a lot easier.

Hi all, I've just started using Cura for my own home brew robotic arm printer (thanks to Barnacules for pointing it out - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1MwJy1R0nGQkXxRD9p-zTQ ) It looks great but before I invest a lot of time learning it and setting it all up for my printer, wanted to check it could do something I need it to do: I use a dual head setup with one head for a HIPS filament (for support material) and the other for ABS (for the main model). So, my questions are: 1 - Can Cura produce files for a dual head machine? 2 - Can it produce that file so the supports run on one head and the model in another? I expect (2) is a function of (1). I know it's open source, but coding for OS X is like doing fine brain surgery wearing boxing gloves! Cheers, Dave