2 weeks into using FC (20.2 on a Mac). Used SU before and a short sidestep to F/360. I'm not a mechanical engineer, worked in IT (ERP, CRM,..) now FIRE.
Designing a small case to hold a RPI Zero 2W and a Hifiberry DAC running software to emulate a Squeezebox music streamer.
Still on the steep part of the learning curve
but after reading/seeing tutorials now getting my hands dirty, still a bit of trial+error, so frequently saving file (and make a copy). Working my way through Partdesign/Sketcher, Techdraw, A2Plus and the Fastener workbenches.- Schermafbeelding 2023-01-24 om 21.45.00.png (606.3 KiB) Viewed 630 times
Starting to like FC......
and maybe on average I spend 3 hours a day. But this was not all for learning FC. I was already familiar with the concept of getting from 2D to 3D through padding/extruding/... because before I used SU for 'everything'. Aside learning FC In past 2 weeks I've been also mulling over different case designs and how I could assemble them. So a few earlier version of the case were already explored. The learning curve for me was/is mostly: what is the best-praxis is using FC, like: having 1 body or multiple ones and assemble these later on, use of mastersketch/spreadheet to contain dimensional(constraints) so the actual parts only have geometrical constraints and changes to dimension can be done quickly. So the shell above is 1 body (excluding the RPI and HifiBerry ofcourse, these come from Grabcad and Hifiberry). So all in all the hours spend last 2 weeks are not only learning FC but also scorching the internet for data, mulling over the design and construction, side step to KiCAD for a PCB design I had in mind for a different version of the case, reading about MJF 3D printing, learning about the pitfalls of too coarse tessellation.... etc etc.