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That was what I was planning to do with the A350, 767 and 747 following.
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there is one airbus that i have only seen one model of ,its a freebie but not brilliant and could do with a new design.if you guess it you can have it.its not a variant of the 300 series
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------- Now, back to the topic at hand: ------- Christopher, what model Mac Mini do you have? If Intel, good. The reason I ask is there are two programs that come to mind: Blender and Wings 3D. Both are available free, but 1) will have a steep learning curve, and 2) may not a design to 2D parts as easily as you like. I think there are several threads on the forum for one or both of these, you will have to do a search. There may be more information out there, again, Google is your friend. I do know that Aaron Murphy designs with Rhino, which as mentioned, offers a student version for $95. I have a fully-functioning free (but set to expire VERY soon) version on my Mac. I have not had the time (and patience, to be quite frank) to experiment as much as I would like, but so far I like it better than Blender (looked at the screenshots for Wings3D and decided against it). At the very least, I found I was able to generate flat 2D parts much easier (relatively speaking). What Rhino (and Blender, etc) is NOT able to do is allow you to color (stripes, insignias, logos, etc). You will need another program to do that. Rhino can export directly to .ai file formats, as well as .dxf files. Aaron also found a brilliant (IMHO) work-around: Print to a PDF printer, and then open that with a program capable of opening those. You might also search for any threads/posts that AirDave has made on the subject. As I understand, he designs by hand, only using software (CorelDraw- not available for Mac, unfortunately) to color his models. Finally, IMSI has TurboCAD, and PunchCAD has ViaCAD available for the Mac. Unless you get the higher end (read $$$$$$) versions, you will not be able to unfold a 3D design into 2D shapes. For the money, Rhino is your best bet, especially if you can get the student pricing. By no means am I claiming to be an expert (but I will admit to being long-winded). The above is just what I have gleaned from my searches and experiments.
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