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I still have no idea what I'm doing really. Just too determined to give up I guess, and it's been such fun. Anyway I made a guitar pedal light switch cover. Still a lot of work to do, and every time I look at FreeCAD the wrong way, the model breaks, but it's been a fun experience nonetheless.

On a side note, anybody have any idea why the face of the model is rough textured, while the foot switch on the lower half is flawless?

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[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I would definitely give it a try, maybe a flavor of 3.6 since 4 just came out. But over the last 19 years it's really had some major improvements and works really well for a free software (relatively bug free) for what it is. Best of luck on your 3D printing journey!

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 1 points 10 months ago

there are alot of tutorials for modelling with blender. Best thing is you now apply those skills toward other blender features if you want to. Also it auto updates with steam.