Hello all, new here and getting into running live steam in my yard.

…and yup, I'm one of those guys that spent hours backing up all my F360 files.

I wanted to know if any of you were using Blender in a CADish way, and if you had fresh ideas.

Contrary to the word going around, Blender can be used parametrically and nondestructively in a very accurate way. It just requires some modified workflows.

Below are some parametric studies I did using Blender + cheap addons (not required but nice). Dimensioning displays live and is like PMI in NX.

Below is a Cayuse cyclic where the boss printed dead-on 1.002" for a nice snug fit on the pipe.

Anyways, I'm having fun with it. The learning curve is very steep, but it's worth taking a look given Blender will likely be free for a long time with an almost insane fan base. For now, I'm only looking at using it as a pseudo CAD for steam powered designs and making casting patterns.

Regards