Our Notes on CAD

Compiled by Henry & Vipul

• Our Go-To CAD programs and other notes

  • 3D (all are MacOS and Win)
    • Rhino
      • great surface modeling
      • Check out Grahopper which is a free parametric engine for Rhino
      • Check out Python Scripting which allows you to programmatically access nearly all of Rhino's capabilities.
        • The Rhino Python Primer is a great place to learn how to use it, and to learn programming.
    • Blender
      • meant for animation, but has a ton of capabilities, and is free and open source
    • FreeCAD - a little unstable, but allows for some parametric work and constraints
    • Fusion 360
      • CAD, Simulation and CAM in one tool.

• 2D (all are MacOS and Win)

  • Adobe Illustrator - excellent Vector capabilities
  • Inkscape
  • good open-source version of Adobe Illustration.

Class CAD Resources

Fab Academy access to CAD packages

Please see the info on the Fab Foundation website.