Bluewing

@Bluewing@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FreeCAD 1.1 is out⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Deltahedra is fast-paced for sure. I enjoy his tutorials also. Another person you can check out is AllVisuals4U. He makes short and to the point tutorials also. He keeps them to 5 to 6-minute videos.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FreeCAD 1.1 is out⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Depends on what your goals are. Despite my inability to grasp Blender, it’s a great piece of software for those organic and artistic designs. And to be fair, it can do a bit of CAD work with an add-on. But it soon hits a limit for that kind of work.

  But not everyone can “see” the different type of workflow and end results that each type of software is good at. I certainly cannot see that Blender doughnut well enough to make it. Even with my hand being held in the video tutorials. But I can take that same doughnut and turn it into a torque converter for an automatic transmission. Go figure…

  Still, I keep trying to make that Blender doughnut despite my lack of success so far. And I encourage you to keep trying to make something with CAD. Don’t give up. We’re going to win someday!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FreeCAD 1.1 is out⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I understand. But I made an “executive decision” for the video link because most people like to see some the improvements in action. I felt that it would get more people excited and would be quicker for them to get through.

  The extensive change log is on the FreeCAD github page if you want to read all about it. Download FreeCAD 1.1 while you are there!

  And I highly encourage everyone at least skim through that page to see all the changes as they get the time to do so.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FreeCAD 1.1 is out⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think the 1.1 release is the end step of the original plan started back at the .18 release of fixing the major underlying issues that FreeCAD had. And the mitigating of TPN and the need to redo a fair amount of code to make FreeCAD better. That effort led to the 1.0 release. And the 1.1 release is the result of the cleanup and optimization of the code in FreeCAD. Which is the final step in the roadmap. And the video talks a lot about those improvements in stability, speed, and simplification of use.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FreeCAD 1.1 is out⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I used SW professionally for years before I retired and SW was suddenly not free to use for me anymore. Personally, I found the switch to FreeCAD was pretty easy for me. But the ease or struggle to learn something new varies a lot between people.

  Best I can tell you is to forget everything you “know” from SW as best you can. And when you get frustrated that what you are doing in FreeCAD doesn’t work like SW, try to remember we ain’t in Kansas anymore Toto. That’s how I had to approach things.

  Good Luck! I’m pullin’ for ya!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FreeCAD 1.1 is out⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve been using it since it was a weekly release, (now I mostly use the 1.2 weeklies), and it’s been very stable even on a low powered mini desktop with 8 Gbits of shared RAM. I think they are finally finishing up the timeline that was set out when they went after the TNP mitigation and general cleanup of the disaster that was .1X series of FreeCAD with the 1.0 release.

  Spoiler Alert: I think the 1.2 Weekly releases are even better yet. So give that a shot if you are willing to put up with occasional breakage and problems. The more users of different skills with different hardware can really help speed the killing of bugs if you report issues. Besides, it’s just plain fun!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FreeCAD 1.1 is out⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Keep trying and keep practicing. Install FreeCAD and practice with MangoJelly tutorials to learn.

  One thing that often makes it hard for people switching to any new CAD is things don’t work the same way. So do your best to forget the way you used to do things. Fusion isn’t FreeCAD and FreeCAD isn’t Fusion. You will need to learn new things. So don’t expect it to work the same way.

  The next thing that is very helpful is to find models to practice and gain confidence and skills. MangoJelly tutorials are great to learn from, but you need varied practice to gain skills. Here are 50 models you can practice with to gain confidence and skills using any CAD program. Other practice models can be found if you do some searching.

  Good Luck!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FreeCAD 1.1 is out⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s ok to not get it when it comes to parametric CAD. I can’t get the hang of OpenSCAD. And don’t get me started on Blender. Years of trying, and I STILL can’t make that doughnut…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FreeCAD 1.1 is out⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I have used Fusion and can get what I want from it. But I have an intense dislike of the clown car UI.

  So sit down and watch MangoJelly’s tutorials and practice them. Enjoy that smooth Aussie voice. It takes time to learn new things so don’t give up. We’re pulling for you!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FreeCAD 1.1 is out⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  He’s very good. He is one of the developers of FreeCAD. MangoJelly tends to be my go to though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FreeCAD 1.1 is out⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s pretty simple don’t watch it then. No one, least of all me, is going to force you to watch it.

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The FCC decided that all foreign-made consumer-grade Internet routers are prohibited from receiving FCC authorization and are therefore prohibited from being imported for use or sale in the US.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  A nice thought. But the Great Unwashed Masses do not care. They want a Quick Start Guide that just says “Plug it in” and no other steps required. They want the black box because they don’t want to learn and understand.

  And that attitude is less about the oligarchy and a lot more about all lazy people.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GrapheneOS refuses to comply with new age verification laws for operating systems — group says it will never require personal information⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  For my use case, the Pixel 10 doesn’t offer enough over the 9a to make the extra cost worth it for me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨crazy stuff⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  A shoutout to steve1989! For eating US Civil War Hard Tack and Boer War canned Bully Beef! And every WW2 ration he can get.

  He sure can wax poetic about the flavors of each one.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨crazy stuff⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The cost of chicken tendies vs lentils and rice has a lot more influence on whether people stop eating so much meat more than obnoxious vegans.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨crazy stuff⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There would be some few more, but it would probably be very doubtful of a lot more. People don’t care.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Inside the fiery, deadly crashes involving the Tesla Cybertruck: Cybertrucks have locked passengers inside and burned so hot they’ve disintegrated drivers’ bones.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They all lobby the regulatory agencies for the same things. Tesla ain’t special there. Every auto manufacturer has formulas that they use to determine how many deaths cost them more than doing nothing does.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Inside the fiery, deadly crashes involving the Tesla Cybertruck: Cybertrucks have locked passengers inside and burned so hot they’ve disintegrated drivers’ bones.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I won’t argue with you over that. As an old retired medic, there are a great number of ways to die that are horrifying. And I’ve seen some of them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Inside the fiery, deadly crashes involving the Tesla Cybertruck: Cybertrucks have locked passengers inside and burned so hot they’ve disintegrated drivers’ bones.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  And that’s fine that in the EU, Your roads, your choice.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨IYKYK⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t know what your problem is. You need to sand those fittings bright and shiny before you solder them anyway…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Inside the fiery, deadly crashes involving the Tesla Cybertruck: Cybertrucks have locked passengers inside and burned so hot they’ve disintegrated drivers’ bones.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  In the western world, deaths from bananas to cyber trucks to rocket ships are tracked. And believe it or not for many of those things there is a threshold of deaths per month or year that is required before any safety concerns are invoked.

  They have charts with actual numbers to decide on how many people need to get hurt before a stop sign at a street intersection gets installed. And how many deaths need to occur before those stop signs are upgraded to stop lights.

  While I don’t own a cyber truck or anything Tesla and never will. 5 deaths out of however many miles driven by the over 1/2 million cyber trucks that have been sold, is barely statistical noise.

  *****Annual deaths from bananas is statistically insignificant. But strangely PubMed did have a German paper about a woman that evidently committed suicide by eating a very large number of bananas. Hyperkalemia is a real thing and there are people at high risk of it. But man, kidney failure is a very painful way to choose to die.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Motorcycle parts⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tech hobbyist makes shoulder-mounted guided missile prototype with $96 in parts and a 3D printer — DIY MANPADS includes Wi-Fi guidance, ballistics calculations, optional camera for tracking⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Even rifling can be cut with nothing more than a hardened piece of tool steel, a green sapling and a bit of time and patience to make what’s called ‘Scratch rifling’. Even a wooden rifling machine isn’t hard to make if you want to boost production a bit.

  And yes, the metal working shop I own is perfectly capable of making every piece of any firearm you might want. I have even made a black powder 2" Coehorn mortar to launch baby food jars filled with concrete 100s of yards. I know guys who have made full sized and functioning Gatling guns down to the horse-drawn trail it was mounted to. An expensive and time-consuming endeavor.

  But it makes the general populace feel good and gives politicians more power.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It Can Always Get Worse⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I worked as a medic to 15 years. There are 2 things I learned and lived by in EMS.

  1. If you think you know what is going, you haven’t been paying attention.

  2. There is no situation that is so bad it can’t get worse and probably will.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨3D printing in an unheated workshop⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Immediately, there should be little issues. The woodworking dust being the worst, it’s insidious.

  Long term, you will shorten the life of your printer some as all the components go from cold to hot. Will it be horribly noticeable? Possibly. I need to keep my machine shop at least at 50F/10C to keep the electronics functional and rust at bay over the long term.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Streaming didnt exist in 1970⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  First, yes I’m bloody old. I had a small and cheap transistor radio mid/late the late 1960s. I got it for Christmas and I listened to it at night before I went to sleep. We had a much bigger multi-band transistor radio they kept in the kitchen that was a fancy one that was dual power. Batteries were expensive and often hard to afford as a kid. I do remember trying to make those batteries last as long as possible. Because we only went to town once a week sometimes even only twice a month. But the things I heard and learned about if the air was right and the am skip was good, and I could find those far distant stations was wondrous to a child.

  We did have a cassette tape recorder by 1972 at the latest. It wasn’t that me and my sisters each had a recorder, we just had the one for the whole family. And I can remember arguing about who got to use first-- me or my sisters. Kind of like the old RCA black and white tube TV. And most families had one. I can remember my Grandfather using it to record Polka and waltz music that he played and some voice stories of his early life. When he died in 1973 I was given a box of dozens of cassettes he had recorded telling those stories and him playing his banjo. Sadly he tapes have long since been worn out.

  Thanks for the memory prompt! Those times were often hard at the moment, but for each one of those there is an equally good memory of family and friends over shadowing them. You made my tea taste better this morning.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Streaming didnt exist in 1970⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Streaming music was available back in the 1970s. It consisted of you and your friends sitting on the floor with an AM radio and a portable cassette recorder and hoping the local station would play your song you wanted to hear and record. And IF your timing was right, you could get the whole song recorded. All so you could play it back on that cheap tinny sounding recorder. Such recordings were often used as a gift to your latest girl/boy friend with “Our Song” on it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How to properly get rid of holes between perimeters?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Not for me its isn’t. Try this (ellis3dp.com/…/index_tuning.html)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Zack Freedman] You can copy and 3D print perfect spare parts! (Legally) (Probably)⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Firstly, never take legal advice from youtube or even here. And it’s very unlikely you would ever be caught doing it as long as you don’t sell the parts. Nor should you ever reverse engineer life threat level parts. Because you ain’t that smart or good. And if you are that smart, you know better than to do so.