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<blockquote data-quote="Tony" data-source="post: 182244" data-attributes="member: 1">Hey Jonathan! There are a number of ways you can create 3d models. My go to is Fusion 360, which for a hobbyist, is free. However for commercial use, it's quite expensive. I just use that to make basic shapes and combine where needed. If you want a severely cut down version of Fusion 360, the same company owns TinkerCad (<a href="https://www.tinkercad.com/" target="_blank">Tinkercad</a>) This program for me is harder to use mainly because I like chamfers and fillets, which are super easy to do in 360. In TinkerCad though, you have to actually create the negative part that will cut away or remove the item you want. It's a little harder, but the base principal is much easier. The learning curve is also less. Those are really the only two that I use. Most everything can be made on a 2d surface, and then extruded to make a 3d part. Then you just export it in a file format your slicer will understand and load it in the slicer to get ready to print.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tony, post: 182244, member: 1"] Hey Jonathan! There are a number of ways you can create 3d models. My go to is Fusion 360, which for a hobbyist, is free. However for commercial use, it's quite expensive. I just use that to make basic shapes and combine where needed. If you want a severely cut down version of Fusion 360, the same company owns TinkerCad ([URL="https://www.tinkercad.com/"]Tinkercad[/URL]) This program for me is harder to use mainly because I like chamfers and fillets, which are super easy to do in 360. In TinkerCad though, you have to actually create the negative part that will cut away or remove the item you want. It's a little harder, but the base principal is much easier. The learning curve is also less. Those are really the only two that I use. Most everything can be made on a 2d surface, and then extruded to make a 3d part. Then you just export it in a file format your slicer will understand and load it in the slicer to get ready to print. [/QUOTE]

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