3DPrinting
3DPrinting is a place where makers of all skill levels and walks of life can learn about and discuss 3D printing and development of 3D printed parts and devices.
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I've been trying to make that damnable doughnut in Blender for 15 years. And I STILL fail at it somehow. But I can make that stupid doughnut in FreeCAD, OnShape, SolidWorks, Solid Edge, and (shudders) Fusion.
I evidently have a mental block with Blender that doesn't exist with any CAD I've used. So, one has to use the tools that work for you.
You mean this:
Or like a realistic looking food doughnut?
The realistic one. I have tried the YouTube beginners lesson almost every time Blender has a new release. I just cannot do it.
Aaah thanks for explaining, I didn't even know that was a thing, cause I never did any tutorials, I just started rawdogging it at some point when I needed to do a project.
I do mostly functional designs and I agree that Blender is not the best for it tbh. it can be fiddly and unintuitive. I guess I just know my way around it rather well by now.
There is this plugin that can make it more interesting for people that come fom the CAD workflow: https://www.cadsketcher.com/ (but you won't be making realistic doughnuts with it either)