On Tue, 17 Jun 2025 11:01:10 -0700, john larkin <
jl@glen--canyon.com>
wrote:
The Edrawings viewer thing is fun, except for all the insane licensing >nonsense.
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/3a9yf2njwiqckn45v2rvy/B_RF_2.jpg?rlkey=9tqkuebhakre46irxdqvdx89n&raw=1
This is two little RF boards in a Raspberry Pi based host box. My
mechanical designer guy is tweaking clearances and such.
We can ask him "what happens if we move that connector 40 mils?" and
it's no big deal to try.
About all the consequences of lock-in: one can lose everything in a
flash.
One can store models in formats that all such tools are capable of
importing and exporting. so one isn't totally trapped.
What I used for a while was Alibre, this having been recommended by
mechanical engineer colleagues, as the best choice for personal use
and self-teaching. I learned a lot on how these things are
structured; this is necessary to be able to create 3D drawings in the
first place. It isn't obvious.
I spun to a stop for a few years due to the demands of my day job, but
still maintain a licence.
Joe
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