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31.12.2013, 16:32
Hello everyone: Thank you in advance for any help you can provide.I just have a few general questions. I have a background in electrical engineering and computer science. I currently work in medical software so I have been away from the engineering side of things for some time.I have many ideas that I would like to prototype and with the costs of 3-D printers and 3-D scanners dropping within reach to people like me I would like to tinker and design... I am ready to take the plunge.While I'm familiar with many fairly technical graphics and video software applications such as Photoshop, Premier, and Light Room, I have always been intimidated by 3-D modeling from scratch. I have a friend that works in Maya and 3-D studio max and it just does not look like soft where one can simply dive into.With the introduction of 3-D scanners for less than one thousand dollars (like the Maker Bot Digitizer) I feel manipulation of existing object models will become much easier for me. Many of my ideas I would like to prototype already exist in their basic form and just need to be 3-D scanned then manipulated into my vision. I am a lot less intimidated by 3-D scanning an existing object then learning how to manipulate the model in a CAD application then I am by trying to design a model from scratch. Now for some basic questions:There are MANY CAD software options to choose from. Price is not an issue. What CAD application would recommend for someone like me. I learn very quickly and I would like an application that would be fairly easy to jump into for manipulating 3-D scanned models to print on a 3-D printer. obviously one that has many training videos available would be a great plus.if you have any experience with 3-D scanners I would love some recommendations! I am looking to scan small objects in high detail.Thanks again!