@Bob Delbridge posted:Cool and good luckl!
I've been playing with FreeCad, thought I'd do that before I spent $$$ on a printer. So far, I've drawn a box and a cylinder with a hole in it
(and I was a draftsman back in the 70s).
Maybe if I had never been a pencil and paper type this would come to me easier, but so far this is kicking my butt. I've watched multiple videos (numerous times) to no avail. May be because I don't see myself wanting to sit in front of a computer all day trying to learn it at 69yrs old.
I haven't given up yet, hopefully the light bulb will come on before too long.
FreeCad is a bit of a slog. It is buggy, constantly changing, and has some pretty dodgy UI elements.
That said, I stuck with it and am glad I did. It is incredibly powerful, versatile, and genuinely free. All the other "free" alternatives have pretty bad strings attached. It is nice to know that you actually own your work.
If there are more than just the two of us (or even if not), it would be nice to get a little self-help group of FreeCad/Train weenies together.
I posted this once before, but here is an example of my most sophisticated FreeCad work so far. It is fully parameterized, so I can do any radius:
