The interface of B3D is very similar to SketchUp so it was easy for me to jump in and start drawing stuff. We view Bonzai3d, the new rapid modelling tool from the developer of form.z. Maya 2011 ships with native 64-bit support for Mac OS X. Download Bonzai3d - With import and export support for DAE, DXF, AI, DWG, LWO, SAT and OBJ, this application enables you to create and model 3D shapes. I’ve seen folks using Rhino and Solidworks for designing objects to be 3D printed, but both were a little more complicated than I’d like, and even some of those users didn’t fully know all the ins-and-outs of the app.īuy Adobe Photoshop Elements 9 for Mac (01/20) buy cheap Acala DVD Copy (01/20) Autodesk AutoCAD Mechanical 2014 32bit price (01/20) buy AutoDesSys Bonzai 3D for Mac cheap price (01/20) buy Arobas Music Guitar Pro 5 cheap price (01/20) Latest comments. I prefer the simplicity of SketchUp’s UI and way of working. However, I think B3D provides a richer set of creation tools than SketchUp Pro. I had thought Bonzai 3D, therefore, was half the cost, but it turns out that it is the same as SketchUp Pro. Looking recently, I see that I was totally wrong (maybe it once was?) but now it is $495. When I first thought about buying software to design objects with, I had thought that SketchUp Pro was in the $799 range. At times I like to use Blender for NURBS and more esoteric design features, but those don’t exist in SketchUp Pro. SketchUp Pro would do what I mostly use Blender for-booleans-but beyond that, the additional features are things I don’t need. I use SketchUp and/or Blender for all my modeling, so ideally I want something that does what both of these do, easily and without too much change in workflow. I mentioned on one of the threads that I was going to look at Bonzai 3D (B3D) when I had a chance, and well, I’ve had a chance! I couldn’t find any first-hand use reports of B3D for making things for a Makerbot (or other at-home 3D printer) so I’d take a crack at putting something out there. After the announcement of Google selling SketchUp to Trimble, there was talk (here, and here for starters) about what to do if SketchUp goes away (or at least the free version).

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