If the units are set to inches for length. You can just type G (grab), X (or Y or Z), and 1 to move an inch in any direction. I think it used to be worse.
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pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 3 days agoI bought Davinci, so I’m happy with that, but I’ll still check out the Blender version. I can’t really complain about it, it does so much and is free.
As far as CAD goes, they aren’t really usable to be fast in CAD. It’s super cumbersome. You should be able to move things 1" to the right or left, put things at certain heights and move around the space in an easy way. I haven’t found anything that can do that for imperial. Also, the tools for making dimensions is really bad and I don’t think there’s a way to make a blueprint unless you come up with something yourself. That being said, it’s free and it’s not their focus. They concentrate on the 3D portions.
RightEdofer@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Unless they’ve changed it in the last 2 releases, it’s still that you have to decimal out the inches. So 1" would be .0833333. I don’t have time for that shit. It’s so easy in any other cad program from decades ago. Like I said, it’s obviously not their focus and that’s fine. It’s just on my wish list.
mim@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 days ago
The imperial units still default to feet, but you can append a " to type in inches! You can also get fractions with one in the numerator by typing /x, and if you go into preferences -> input -> keyboard and check “Default to Advanced Numeric Input” you can type in e.g. 3/8" as well as do things like addition, subtraction, and multiplication in your numeric inputs. ^-^
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Please don’t take this the wrong way, but I have no idea what you’re trying to communicate. You seem to know Blender really way and can modify it easily. That is my worst nightmare. I wish there was a way for them to just have an architectural drawing units button, it would be so freaking easy to use. Making drawings would still be a pain, because you can’t print to scale, but building things the right way in 3D would be a start.
Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 days ago
I’ve started using FreeCAD for CAD work, I’ve used Fusion 360 for 5 years before trying FreeCAD (again, I tried it a few years ago) and it works pretty good.
It’s different and it’s taking some getting used to but it’s working out quite nicely so far.
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
I’ll give that a try again. I tried that about 3 or 4 years ago and couldn’t make that switch, but I can’t remember why, lol.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
The 1.0 release helps a lot. They got a bit of a kick in the pants while Ondsel existed.
nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 3 days ago
Oh definitely do. The recent improvements (in the last 1-2 years) have made it much more useable, and sometimes even intuitive.