
Mohamed.r
South Africa
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Hi guys I was looking at a few of the threads and I found a lot of 3d designs so I was wondering what designing program is cheap and good for designing robots
SketchUp is also free and works well.
Depending on budget though you may want to look at Solidworks (supposed to be the best for 3D design, I've yet to try it), 3D Studio Max, AutoCAD (full version not LT).
Does anyone know what program he might have used to help jermie design the module that was suppose to connect to the arduino
For 3D designs we use Solidworks.
Mohamed
We don't use Solidworks for electronic side. I think some people use Circuit Works for electronic design but we don't have any experience with it ourselves.
As Jeremie explained we only use Solidworks for our 3D CAD Design.
The Solidworks Electrical suit is relatively new and unpopular (for now). Next to Siemens, Solidworks has one of the most confusing web sites in industry.
So to help explain how the "three options" work:
Solidworks Electrical is a suit.
In that suit you can get different packages.
Package 1: SolidWorks Electrical Schematic
This is for making circuit design. This would be comparable to Altium.
Package 2: SolidWorks Electrical 3D
This is not for creating electrical circuits but more for incorporating a circuit into a 3D design/model.
Package 3: SolidWorks Electrical Professional
Simply combines both packages 1 and 2
Ps I do not want something to expensive
Check out this Wikipedia page it has a list of virtually every 3D CAD software out there.
Comparison of 3D computer graphics software