Most Popular Software for 3D Printing

[jeffroig]

Interesting topic, I think this is a matter of preference. I do all my design work in TS 7.6 and export everything out as STL.
I then will use sketchup to double check the dimensions before printing.
I use Cura to Slice/Export Gcode.
Sketchup is a fairly okay software for designing it, its interface can be frustrating but there are many video tutorials out there to help.

[bitkar]

what about 123D or something from that family?

[jeffroig]

I have to be honest I have never used 123D, I am familiar with Lightwave,Poser and 3D Studio Max but other than 3D Studio non of them offer STL export.
My work flow for printing is like this.
1) Design in TS
2) Export out as 3DS file.
3) Import 3DS into Sketchup
4) In Sketchup do final inspection and measuring.
5) Export out of Sketchup as STL
6) Import into Cura and do Layers inspection
7) Save GCODE and start printing.

[the_ant]

My work flow for printing is like this:

1) 2D in DraftSight (DassaultSystemes) if needed (then Export 2D polylines in Autocad ver.12 ascii-DXF)
2) Modeling in tSp (7.61beta8 with bridge: using modelside and some booleans in workside)
3) Create .stl with tSp
4) Import into Cura (for my Creality Ender 2 the ver.15.04 is very good) and do Layers inspection
5) Save GCODE and start printing.

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[bitkar]

gratz for the new avatar! :)

I see tS STL is pretty usable, thats nice.