We're in church!<div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 10:45 AM, Corey McGuire <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:coreyfro@coreyfro.com" target="_blank">coreyfro@coreyfro.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hello all!<br><br>Update on Tonight's meeting!<br><br>The good folks at Type-A Machines are going to be designing a part IN FRONT OF YOUR EYES! That's right, we're going to demonstrate the FreeCAD design process for your viewing pleasure! It's a simple, derivative part that we are borrowing from the opensource world, so why not, a'la open source, fork it, or reverse engineer it for all to see?<br>
<br>This will be our demonstration for the uninitiated, then we'll get started with YOUR pieces, on your systems!<br><br>Hopefully, that sweetens the deal! Some come down, bring beer, lets make some shit!<br><br>Details below for the newly invited.<div class="HOEnZb">
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 1:40 PM, Corey McGuire <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:coreyfro@coreyfro.com" target="_blank">coreyfro@coreyfro.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="gmail_quote">Hello illustrious hackers, geeks, artists, engineers, architects, and otherwise "parametric modeler, inclined",<br><br>This is an invitation to join me for an informal discussion and exploration of the state of "FreeCAD", a parametric modeler in the style of Solidworks and Inventor. We'll be meeting for 3D Printing Thursday at Noisebridge, a weekly event that we avoided last week because of Noisebridge's monthly "Five Minutes of Fame".<br>
<br><br>Last <font color="#ff0000">Wednesday, the 17th,</font> was spent getting people familiar with the capabilities of FreeCAD (and some of the in-capabilities ;-) and sending them off with a feel of how to get investigating. This week, I'm hoping to get people working in tandem to experiment with the usability of the tool; Hacking away and making simple parts. I'll pair up people who made it last session with people who weren't there. I want people to focus on the way they use parametric tools because each of you are unique snow flakes, and we want all of your input.</div>
<div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">SAN FRANCISCO, Noisebridge (2169 Mission), Thursday, April 25th, 8:00PM. Entry is free, you DO NOT need to be a member. Noisebridge is free to all!<br>
<br>This discussion is open to all but I highly recommend that people have considerable experience with parametric modelers. What we will be discussing is:<br>
:-) Hey! Look! A free parametric modeler!<br>:-) How is it like or unlike Solidworks and Inventor?<br>:-) What are the unique nuances/vocabulary differences between this and other programs?<br>:-) Can we complete a series of simple models using basic features, and if not, where does the overall picture fall apart? <br>
:-) Can we begin describing in tutorial form the basics of part development?<br><br>And the ultimate question!<br><br>:-D Can we make something?!?!?!?!!!!!<br><br>I am excited by this tool. This opens up CAD to anyone with a computer. We may be months away from the first tool that can bring this functionality to new users for FREE!<br>
<br>I'm already doing research to this end with the tool so I can lead the discussion, but instead of being a simple, by the books instructional process. We will have experienced engineers, architects, hackers, and artists. I want to execute from your skill sets.<br>
<br>I look forward to seeing you!<br><br>Join us!<br><br><br><br>Further event description:<br><br><br>There is a new tool in town. A free tool, an opesource tool, a powerful tool, a tool that is designed to compliment and facilitate the creation and fabrication of things. This tool is FreeCAD, and it is a project (as opposed to product) that is showing massive potential to break us free of expensive, closed, cumbersome, tools that don't play nice with the rest of the industry.<br>
<br>What this tool promises is an end...to the seemingly endless...battle with software for designing and building our world.<br><br>The nuts and bolts of this tool are in place. It's like a BMW, in all its precision .. just without the sporty interior, the fenders, the windows. We can expect it to do what we need it to do, but the interface, which is very intuative, is also not complete.<br>
<br>Which is where we come in. Not to design the interface, but to explore the interface and view the interface with the eyes of a new user.<br><br>We will find the interface very familiar because it borrows from the solidworks/inventor paradigm. But neither of these tools are terribly intuitive to a new user.<br>
<br>This software is designed to be as powerful as the tools we are used to, but to be more approachable. <br><br>My goal, our goal, it to see if it is. Our goal is to try a couple "hello world" parts of our choosing and find out where we get snagged along the way, and report this back to the developers.<br>
<br>The ultimate goal being, guide this tool to becoming the open access to industrial design and engineering software package the DIY community deserves, and to build a common language for people to use to share design intent so that the domain of design is not encumbered by cost.<br>
<br>Following this meeting, I hope to design hardware and platform agnostic curriculum to get the DIY community up to speed with CAD!<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><div>
<div dir="ltr">So, who would like to join me?</div></div></div></div></div></div><br><br>
</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div></div></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">-- <br>Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein" title="Albert Einstein" target="_blank">Albert Einstein</a><br>
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_Da_Vinci" title="Leonardo Da Vinci" target="_blank">Leonardo Da Vinci</a><br>
Perfection is reached not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine_de_Saint_Exup%C3%A9ry" title="Antoine de Saint Exupéry" target="_blank">Antoine de Saint Exupéry</a><br>
Keep It Simple Stupid - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Johnson" title="Clarence Johnson" target="_blank">Kelly Johnson</a>
</font></span></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br>Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein" title="Albert Einstein" target="_blank">Albert Einstein</a><br>
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_Da_Vinci" title="Leonardo Da Vinci" target="_blank">Leonardo Da Vinci</a><br>
Perfection is reached not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine_de_Saint_Exup%C3%A9ry" title="Antoine de Saint Exupéry" target="_blank">Antoine de Saint Exupéry</a><br>
Keep It Simple Stupid - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Johnson" title="Clarence Johnson" target="_blank">Kelly Johnson</a>
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