Any recommendations on CAD software for hobbyists?

I've been getting by with FreeCAD when I need to be precise, Blender when I don't (both use python scripting 🐍)

I used Autodesk Inventor ~10 years ago, but it seems like everything moved to Fusion360 or Solidworks

Any freemiums I should try?

Hello 👋 I'm Cloud, and I like to make stuff.

10+ years in Healthtech as an analyst, developer, architect. Now working at a hardware startup.

Enjoyer of IoT, 3D Printing, Modern/Retro gaming, DIY woodwork, and other geek stuff (big fan of Python especially 🐍)

Love puns - a glutton for PUNishment

The "White Balance Test" ⬜️ 📹

My videographer friend occasionally has to hire an extra cameraman for a gig, but has to separate the Pros from "guys who own a nice camera".

So, he uses the "White Balance Test" 🧵 | 1/4

Everyone who just joined and is looking for Python people to connect with, I made a "starter pack" with many of the fun accounts. Add them to your followers list, #python:

go.bsky.app/3Uzma1g

We need to find the folks that created the ISO datetime format, the Unix timestamp, and the Excel date/time float, and throw them into the octagon to see whose UTC format is the standard for all time series.

Call it "The Timestomp" or "UTC UFC" or "Prime Time Zone" or "The Format Floor Spat" or...

I was an analyst for ~10 years, mostly at small/medium-sized businesses. I gotta say, a lot of the "Big Data" tools out there are overkill for most applications.
If you aren't at a FAANG, (ie, you don't have 1,000+ data points for 50 million users), you can mostly get by with SQL, python, and Excel.

Throwback to lockdown, when I turned our apartment into a Zelda-themed escape room. One of my favorite projects to-date!

Learned a lot about RFID, as most of the puzzles were introduced by scanning knock-off amiibo cards with the Sheikah Slate.

imgur.com/a/i-made-aze...

Oh we do this now

⚙️ Maker
💻 Software Development
🐍 Python
🧱 3D Printing
♾️ Arduino
🥧 Raspberry Pi
⚗️ Data Science
🔨 DIY
🕹️ Gaming
🐦‍⬛ Birding

I find my projects end up in 1 of 3 categories:

- rat's nest of wires
- spent too long designing an enclosure
- "the kit took all the fun out of it"

Feels like there's still room for a set of modular controls/sensors that "looks nice" but still feel "hacky" and isn't tied to a specific environment