Hardware: Main Office/Work Computer: Dell XPS 8700, i7-4790 @ 3.60GHz , 12 GB RAM, 64 bit Windows 10. Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 745. Display Dell ST2310.
Home Prototype and test platform: a couple customized and cobbled together from old parts desktops. one running Ubuntu Server 14.04 and acting as a Linux Terminal server for various thin clients scattered through the house. Another homebrew desktop which is my media center running XBMC.
A couple Raspberry Pi Bs for electronics work.
Four 21 inch Samsung HDTVs from a shuttered office. No touch pads for input but a VuPoint magic wand for scanning.
iPad Air I got last summer. Not sure what version. Pencil by 53
iPhone 5s.
Software: Sketchup Free version. Inkscape. GIMP. Started getting familiar with 123D Make for slicing up models. Poking around Rhino and Grasshopper as an option because of the scripting abilities. Kturtle to make interesting geometric designs.
I also do a lot of music engraving with Lilypond and Musescore. Would be interested in doing some music engraving and letterpress printing with these for something other than paper as a printing medium.
Yes, and Fusion 360 is $40/mo I think. Iām going to try and get by with Inkscape. The overhead on PS and AI for a year would be enough to buy a spare laser tube!
Agreed. If I didnāt use it for business, I would probably feel the same way.
I rarely use my Dropbox account, but still understand itās usefulness in getting files from one place to another. But not sure I understand the added benefit as far as Glowforge operations go. The only thing I could come up with was if someone remotely puts a file into a Dropbox account and the Glowforge operator initiates a session from their device that would point to the file in the Dropbox. I guess it saves one step for the operator because they wouldnāt have to directly upload the file but it adds an extra authentication step for the Glowforge. What am I missing?
Fusion 360 is free for hobbyists and education, and as long as you arenāt using it for commercial work (similar to OnShape) it is free. OnShape limits storage space as an aside. If you are running a commercial enterprise then paying for it is the cost of doing business, if you are a hobbyist itās free.
I donāt mind paying for Fusion 360. It has done everything I have asked of it, all non-commercial use so far. If that changes with the GF Iāll gladly pay up. Iām stoked that such a powerful tool is available to learn on, with a reasonable ārentalā fee once we cross the threshold. Till then itās Inkscape for my illustration needs!
Software:
Solidworks
SharkFX
Fusion360 (learning)
123D Make
Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop (pre-cloud versions)
Inkscape (as needed)
Pixelmator
Affinity Designer (hoping to use to replace Illustrator and Photoshop soon)
My plan is to integrate laser cut parts into many areas and phases of my prototyping workflow, and any where else where there is a benefit to using it.
Hardware:
iMac (2007) & iPad Air - Iād love to update the iMac soon so maybe Iāll have to sell stuff I make on my Glowforge to fund buying a new one.
Software:
Adobe Illustrator primarilyāitās what I knowābut I may have to look into some of the other options just to see.
And hopefully they will maintain that pricing policy for a long time to come. If not, and they start charging for use what do you do with your existing part/assembly files? Migrating that sort of data while maintaining history or the feature trees is just about impossible. Your best bet in that event seems to be exporting every single part as a dumb solid for import into the CAD system you end up switching to. Companies really canāt commit to a fixed pricing model in perpetuity and it is a mistake to think that todayās pricing model will be valid for more than a year or two. At least, such was the lesson I learned a couple of times over the past few years.
I run windows, Google Chrome and Corel Paint Shop Pro. I have the adobe suite, but I donāt use it unless I have to. Iāve used AutoCAD pretty extensively, but I donāt have much need for it anymore, and I believe the copy I have is 2007, so fairly out of date. The graphics work I do is usually digitizing embroidery files with vector based programs or raster/vector layers for product graphics.
Just ordered: HP Sprout 3.2 GHz Intel Core i7-4790S Quad-Core. Windows 10(64 bit) This will be my first Windows computer. I think the revolutionary environment of this computer will be a good match for the GF.
Iād love to hear what you think of the Sprout after you have used it for a few weeks. I have had my eye on it for about a year but canāt decide. I just recently saw you can buy it in a bundle with a 3D printer presumably optimized to work together.
I ordered mine from B&H Photo. The price is dropped $300, free shipping, no tax, & āhad toā spend $1000 on my new c-card to get an extra $200 kickback. So, it became affordableā¦ but, they are not in stock, I had to pre-order one. Iāve had my eye on one for about the same time, my only experience w/windows is 7, so it should be a great learning experience all around. I think the photo capture apps for the touch mat will be most useful. I play @ making steampunk jewelry, handling images of the parts as opposed to a desktop littered with parts & trying to keep things from sliding apart will really speed things up. I believe the scanner area is of a similar size with the GF work area as well. Iām definitely willing to report how it works out!
Fusion 360 is Free for non-commercial purposes. I donāt know how you plan to use it / GlowForge; so I canāt speak on how that might apply to you. Iām just pointing it out for anyone in the forum who might qualify for the free license.
HARDWARE:
Mac Pro (2013) 6-Core Xeon E5 3.5 GHz 32GB RAM
OS X 10.11 El Capitan
Dual AMD FirePro D500 3072 MB/Core
21 TB Thunderbolt 2 RAID + 17 TB Thunderbolt 2 Time Machine RAID (
iPad Air2 64Gb
SOFTWARE:
Adobe Creative Cloud Apps
Fusion 360 (Free Non-Commercial License)
If compatible, I may also utilize ideaMaker (comes with a Raise3D N2 Plus printer - Slated to ship to me in January)
Iām thinking Fusion 360 might get itās own thread on here. Enough people use it, and apparently there is a lot of info about the non-commercial license.
Iāve had my eye on one for about the same time, my only experience w/windows is 7, so it should be a great learning experience all around. I think the photo capture apps for the touch mat will be most useful. I play @ making steampunk jewelry, handling images of the parts as opposed to a desktop littered with parts & trying to keep things from sliding apart will really speed things up. I believe the scanner area is of a similar size with the GF work area as well. Iām definitely willing to report how it works out!