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Best software for intro to model building
I did a search, but didn’t find an recent answer, but I apologize if this has already been covered.
I’m a machine control nerd, so not really a surveyor, engineer, or CAD tech by any means but I work with them all. I’m looking to dabble into model building. When I say dabble, I mean just that. Not do it full time, but just learn more about the process of how everything comes together. What works best, what doesn’t, etc. Quality models really make or break the experience with some of these machines, and quality in = quality out.
I have Autocad and Civil3D, but very minimal skills with them, and not even sure if they will do what I need. I tried to take an evening class at the local community college to get started but after 3 weeks of drawing building floor plans by hand, i got impatient and withdrew.
Is there a better software solution to do this with that is beginner friendly, possibly a free demo? Magnet? TBC? Carlson? I’ve heard of people using Agtek but it seems most of the model data issues that I see come from Agtek more than any other.
Pic for attention. I would like to be able to better articulate on why you don’t need 800,000 triangles the size of a matchbox on 50 acres with a 70MB file size, when 60,000 with a 5 MB file size does the exact same thing. I find myself constantly sending models to a third party to check for holes, simplify tin surfaces, etc. and it creates a long response time, when I could just learn to do things myself.
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