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Much !

I would try it in aras of fun, because I never tried a RISC OS box, and this would take me close... but not real need at all. I mean, I already solved my design requirements with a bunch of fixed apps since several years now.

But yeap, some RISC OS trial would be fun!

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Exactly! A world of difference!

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Maybe in a more detailed objects, but for simpler objects not really a big deal.

You can always cheat and use combination of several programs to make things easier to visualize. Below an example, where early Archimedes 3D-program was used to export as vector image and then dropped to ProCAD+ for finishing, and from there to Compo for final image. I quite like that retro look, and when I have more time will make complex scene using graphics like that.

Looks very nice, I like it a lot!

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They do look nice but here's the problem : for a CAD program, you need to show top view, left view, right view, front and back view. The isometric is a frippery added on when the plan views could be confusing and usually isn't even included. And "complex scenes" ... you're not talking CAD here. Visualizations of buildings, artist's "renderings", whatever but not CAD.

CAD is intended to create drawings from which to make parts (or in the case of Autocad, buildings.) It really isn't meant for artistic renderings of anything. There are times when 2d is nicer - e.g., a layout of frame geometry for a bicycle or motorcycle. But in general you will need to have the requisite views for manufacture. If you create the model in 3D then all you have to do at the end is choose the views and arrange them on the drawing. If you do it in 2D then you have to create every single view separately. One other advantage to 3D is that in most cases you can change the model and all your views will update. "Oh crap, that protrusion should be two inches longer !" ... one change instead of five.

I don't mean to say you can't create good drawings in a 2d program but it's a lot more work and a lot more prone to errors. If you are doing it for fun that's cool but if you are trying to design something to be built, you'd rather avoid errors and extra work and potentially wrong parts that you get to eat. Steel and aluminum are not nourishing and they're hard on the teeth.

I still like wireframe better than solids a lot of the time though

Sure Hamei, relax, I'm not leaving the trenches!
...my actual state is that the work from theinonen looks very nice, without considerations of what he uses to do it.

In fact, for my own case I consider my requirements for CAD/CAM/EDA/Etc... all of them solved for now. I think there are about six F.O.S.S. apps, and a couple commercial apps, that combined are more than enough power for my workflow; or at least for the major part of it.

The theinonen's approach is powerful and simple for many cases, and I used something like that quite a lot years ago; but right now I need the flexability of 3D. And I don't care if it is new or old; in fact I consider 'Inventor View' one of the biggest time saver at the time of preview to check the inside/outside of a model. I can zoom-in and zoom-out, inside and outside the model, rotate, translate, change perspectives, etc... no matter how hard you worked to get a wonderful model done, if it is relatively complex, your mind can loss some details and there you have 'IVVIew' and 'Scene Viewer' to tell you everything on a blink. And that's a big loss to consider if you work plainly 2D, generating your own hand-made perspectives, of course!

But sometimes, if you need to arrange an "Owner's Manual" or a "User Guide" to illustrate the use for a single issue product, I think the theinonen's way is very handy and more than useful.

So, everybody happy!

Oh well, time to back to work!
All the best,
Diego

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Some rounded corners...

Not accurate copy as I have no iPhone myself and was mostly made as fun exercise.

Could have been made to look more realistic, but somehow I like this style more than the photorealistic one. Everything is kept more or less the way it came out from the CAD program.

Hello there!



Always liked your graphic work, looks perfect por all kind of manuals, technical brochures, user guides, and all the rest. I could not handle 2D so well like you, you can take it for sure!

Anyways, I'm progressing every day a little bit with FreeCAD, you know: it is very user-friendly, I'm pretty used to it, and it is cool to discover every week one or two new features built into the latest update. I'm very happy with it, I could not say the opposite. Of course there are things I can't do yet... but I think it is just matter of time, and probably some bigger box!

Oh well... I miss Nekochan. Too much work lately, and no time for computer talking and all the rest... but I'm here... heheh!

Have a great night!
Diego

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