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Has anyone here ever hear of the CAD program called Solid Concepts by Mecasoft? This thing is really pretty good for $1300! It does just about everything the big three do except sheetmetal but it has a 3D CAM program instead. This looks to be a very serious contender, but I what to...
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The method of thermoforming you are looking for is called "twin-sheeting". It's a lot more complicated process then regular old thermoforming, but it can produce some very strong structures. Years ago I worked as the Manuf. Process Eng. for a heavy-gage thermoforming...
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In regards to plastic fastening, I always found that the manufacturer was very good with fabrication info, including fastening. I don't know if you have already tried this avenue of thought. I'll poke around and see what turns up.
Good Luck,
Steve
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I have worked in 3D since AutoCAD 12 and I still think it is a joke. Why do I think this, well the main reason is because AutoCAD is not PARAMETRIC. Having used Pro-E since v18 and more recently Solid Edge Origin, anything is better than AutoCAD.
For example, suppose you...
