As Rich notes, the “right” tool for this sort of design is a “real” 3D CAD program such as Autodesk Fusion 360, FreeCAD, SolidWorks, or Alibre — we actually sell the latter:
but between you, me, and the fence post, I’ve tried to learn 3D CAD multiple times in my life, and I’ve crashed and burned each. and. every. single. time.
The closest I’ve gotten to success is w/ a nascent program Dune 3D, and even made a lengthy thread on it:
which the developer used to improve the documentation, but, late last night after crashing-and-burning on FreeCAD (again) despite having purchased the FreeCAD Beginner’s Handbook (which it turns out despite having 1.1 on the front cover has 1.0 screengrabs and terminology and instructions) tried again, and again got stuck, I believe at this point:
which is why, I either program stuff in OpenSCAD or Open(Python)SCAD or use BlockSCAD:
this seems straight-forward, so we will do our best to go over it step-by-step with you in Carbide Create.
If some who uses a 3D CAD program would be willing to exert the effort at a similar step-by-step walkthrough which explains all terminology and concepts along the way, that would be most welcome.
