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Freecad
Has anyone here used Freecad to design a model before? I'm looking at it also and I think it might be more suitable to me personally than Blender, just for the simple fact that I can create shapes and transformations by entering dimensions! I value high-precision work more than fluid freehand design and I think this might be the way to go. It looks like it can export STL files which can then go into Papermaker to create paper model patterns.
I'm just trying to decide if I'm going to need to convert my 1:400 scale dimensions to real-world actual units prior to creating my model or if for instance I can put in a dimension as "100 feet" with the understanding that it's actually 100 scale feet in 1:400, or 3 inches.
I would like to approach this 3D design as though I'm going to have it 3D printed.
Is anyone here able to share any personal experience with using this software as far as what you liked and didn't like about it?
I have the footprint for Indianapolis International Airport Concourse A already drawn out in Inkscape, and I'm ready to start the 3D design. A is a simpler design than B (it's all rectangles, with 3 sections of peak-and-valley roofs with overhanging edges). Classic 60s/70s "jet age" design...
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