Official Luthiers Forum!
https://luthiersforum.com/forum/

Design software
https://luthiersforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10101&t=52813
Page 1 of 1

Author:  SnowManSnow [ Sat Jan 11, 2020 8:23 pm ]
Post subject:  Design software

Hey guys
What do y’all use for design software? I’m looking for something to help me print out templates for peg heads / heel covers and such.
Don’t really need a cad ... just something vector based with nodes I can pull and stretch and such:)
B


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Author:  Barry Daniels [ Sat Jan 11, 2020 8:45 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Design software

PC or Mac?

Author:  SnowManSnow [ Sat Jan 11, 2020 10:19 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Design software

Barry Daniels wrote:
PC or Mac?

Either ..
desktop pc
Laptop mac


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Author:  Barry Daniels [ Sat Jan 11, 2020 10:44 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Design software

I use a mac program called EazyDraw. It seems to be pretty good and the price is right.

Author:  rlrhett [ Sun Jan 12, 2020 10:25 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Design software

For vector based drawings Inkscape is most people’s go to. It is free, about as full featured as Illustrator, and works with Mac/Widows/Linux.

Oh... did I mention it’s free?


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

Author:  James Orr [ Sun Jan 12, 2020 1:44 pm ]
Post subject:  Design software

I’ve been using a program called Autodesk Graphic for a few years now. It’s vector-based and more intuitive for me than Illustrator (which I also use for other things, FWIW)


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Author:  Ken Jones [ Tue Jan 14, 2020 9:02 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Design software

I’ve been using McNeel’s Rhinoceros for 20 years. It’s a 3-d design program, so probably more robust than you need, but it’s an amazing program. It’s not cheap, but you can download a fully-functional trial version and you get 30 saves to get your feet wet. Years ago, after I left academia and my old version no longer worked on my new computers, I downloaded the trial versions on three different computers (using three different emails), and got 90 saves. That lasted me a long time as many drawings were one-offs and I’d just print it out then not save. Eventually I switched to Mac, so when they finally came out with a Mac version, I bit the bullet and paid the $500.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

Author:  DennisK [ Tue Jan 14, 2020 2:14 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Design software

rlrhett wrote:
For vector based drawings Inkscape is most people’s go to. It is free, about as full featured as Illustrator, and works with Mac/Widows/Linux.

Oh... did I mention it’s free?

Yep, Inkscape is great. It does take some fiddling around to learn all the path editing functions though. Try clicking and click-dragging on nodes, handles, and lines while holding Ctrl, Alt, or Shift until you figure out what each one does.

But most of the time I just use a pencil and paper, and scissors/x-acto knife to cut out templates.

Author:  Michaeldc [ Tue Jan 14, 2020 3:10 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Design software

Jay De Rocher did a presentation on G-Thang at one of our local luthier group meetings a while back. I was pretty impressed with its capabilities and the price is right. I personally use Highdesign, Rhino for Mac, and Vcarve for my needs.

Whoops.. Here's the link:https://www.liutaiomottola.com/formulae/gthang.htm

Page 1 of 1 All times are UTC - 5 hours
Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group
http://www.phpbb.com/