Difference between revisions of "Talk:Vote to Buy a Rhino License"

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== Possible Software Alternatives ==
 
== Possible Software Alternatives ==
  
*Rhino
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=== Rhino ===
*Autodesk Inventor
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*DesignSpark (Free)
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=== Autodesk Inventor ===
*SolidWorks
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** Outside the price range I am comfortable with for getting PS:One started on CAD --[[User:Hef|Hef]] ([[User talk:Hef|talk]]) 16:50, 21 October 2014 (CDT)
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=== DesignSpark ===
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* Free
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** Does anyone use it at the space? --[[User:Hef|Hef]] ([[User talk:Hef|talk]]) 10:41, 22 October 2014 (CDT)
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** Does anyone use it professionally? --[[User:Hef|Hef]] ([[User talk:Hef|talk]]) 10:41, 22 October 2014 (CDT)
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=== SolidWorks ==
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* Solid works would probably be ideal.  Most of the mechanical engineers and industrial designers I have talked to say this is the tool they use most. --[[User:Hef|Hef]] ([[User talk:Hef|talk]]) 10:41, 22 October 2014 (CDT)
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* Outside the price range I am comfortable with for getting PS:One started on CAD --[[User:Hef|Hef]] ([[User talk:Hef|talk]]) 16:50, 21 October 2014 (CDT)

Revision as of 15:41, 22 October 2014

Benefits

The membership could design our own models for 3d printing

Education Discounts.

This topic is preemptive.

  • PS:One does not have 501(c)3 status.
  • PS:One is not an accredited educational institution.

If you are going to reference educationally discounted software, you have to contact the vendor first and ensure that they will consider PS:One an educational institution and that we qualify for educational discounts.

--Hef (talk) 13:05, 21 October 2014 (CDT)

Possible Software Alternatives

Rhino

Autodesk Inventor

DesignSpark

  • Free
    • Does anyone use it at the space? --Hef (talk) 10:41, 22 October 2014 (CDT)
    • Does anyone use it professionally? --Hef (talk) 10:41, 22 October 2014 (CDT)

= SolidWorks

  • Solid works would probably be ideal. Most of the mechanical engineers and industrial designers I have talked to say this is the tool they use most. --Hef (talk) 10:41, 22 October 2014 (CDT)
  • Outside the price range I am comfortable with for getting PS:One started on CAD --Hef (talk) 16:50, 21 October 2014 (CDT)