Please consider using Fusion 360 for CAD

[JetForMe]

It's free and fully-functional, competitive with something like SolidWorks, and runs on both Mac and Windows. Thanks!

[vonnieda]

@JetForMe The next machine design will most likely use Fusion 360, but IMHO it's not worth doing all the conversion required to convert this one. Someone would need to go through and convert all the files, rebuild all the assemblies, create the constraints, etc.

[JetForMe]

Yeah, I understand. Sadly, I don't have Windows to use Cubify. Any chance you could export the files as STEP (or IGES)?

I can probably make do with the .stl files, or maybe I'll just design my head from scratch.

On May 24, 2016, at 18:41 , Jason von Nieda [email protected] wrote:

@JetForMe The next machine design will most likely use Fusion 360, but IMHO it's not worth doing all the conversion required to convert this one. Someone would need to go through and convert all the files, rebuild all the assemblies, create the constraints, etc.

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[vonnieda]

Unfortunately Cubify doesn't allow export of any useful file format, such
as STEP or IGES. That's one of the reasons this is such a problem. Hooray
for vendor lock in!

That being said, you can download free Windows VMs from here
https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/tools/vms/mac/

These run well in VMWare, VirtualBox, Parallels, etc. and combined with the
14 day free trial of Cubify that might be enough to get you going.

On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 6:43 PM Rick [email protected] wrote:

Yeah, I understand. Sadly, I don't have Windows to use Cubify. Any chance
you could export the files as STEP (or IGES)?

I can probably make do with the .stl files, or maybe I'll just design my
head from scratch.

On May 24, 2016, at 18:41 , Jason von Nieda [email protected]
wrote:

@JetForMe The next machine design will most likely use Fusion 360, but
IMHO it's not worth doing all the conversion required to convert this one.
Someone would need to go through and convert all the files, rebuild all the
assemblies, create the constraints, etc.

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[JetForMe]

And I have to get a copy of Windows…it's all very tedious.

On May 24, 2016, at 18:46 , Jason von Nieda [email protected] wrote:

Unfortunately Cubify doesn't allow export of any useful file format, such
as STEP or IGES. That's one of the reasons this is such a problem. Hooray
for vendor lock in!

That being said, you can download free Windows VMs from here
https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/tools/vms/mac/

These run well in VMWare, VirtualBox, Parallels, etc. and combined with the
14 day free trial of Cubify that might be enough to get you going.

On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 6:43 PM Rick [email protected] wrote:

Yeah, I understand. Sadly, I don't have Windows to use Cubify. Any chance
you could export the files as STEP (or IGES)?

I can probably make do with the .stl files, or maybe I'll just design my
head from scratch.

On May 24, 2016, at 18:41 , Jason von Nieda [email protected]
wrote:

@JetForMe The next machine design will most likely use Fusion 360, but
IMHO it's not worth doing all the conversion required to convert this one.
Someone would need to go through and convert all the files, rebuild all the
assemblies, create the constraints, etc.

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[vonnieda]

Check that link in my previous message. They are free Windows VMs that run
out of the box. Just download, fire up your preferred VM host and you are
up and running with zero dollars spent. It's a pain, I agree, but when I
started this project Cubify was really the only reasonable option and now
I'm somewhat locked in with it.

On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 6:47 PM Rick [email protected] wrote:

And I have to get a copy of Windows…it's all very tedious.

On May 24, 2016, at 18:46 , Jason von Nieda [email protected]
wrote:

Unfortunately Cubify doesn't allow export of any useful file format, such
as STEP or IGES. That's one of the reasons this is such a problem. Hooray
for vendor lock in!

That being said, you can download free Windows VMs from here
https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/tools/vms/mac/

These run well in VMWare, VirtualBox, Parallels, etc. and combined with
the
14 day free trial of Cubify that might be enough to get you going.

On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 6:43 PM Rick [email protected] wrote:

Yeah, I understand. Sadly, I don't have Windows to use Cubify. Any
chance
you could export the files as STEP (or IGES)?

I can probably make do with the .stl files, or maybe I'll just design
my
head from scratch.

On May 24, 2016, at 18:41 , Jason von Nieda <
[email protected]>
wrote:

@JetForMe The next machine design will most likely use Fusion 360,
but
IMHO it's not worth doing all the conversion required to convert this
one.
Someone would need to go through and convert all the files, rebuild
all the
assemblies, create the constraints, etc.

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[JetForMe]

No worries! I'll see how I get along, and if the pain gets high enough, I'll give it a shot.

What about dimensioned PDF files? I imagine that's a pain, too.

On May 24, 2016, at 18:52 , Jason von Nieda [email protected] wrote:

Check that link in my previous message. They are free Windows VMs that run
out of the box. Just download, fire up your preferred VM host and you are
up and running with zero dollars spent. It's a pain, I agree, but when I
started this project Cubify was really the only reasonable option and now
I'm somewhat locked in with it.

On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 6:47 PM Rick [email protected] wrote:

And I have to get a copy of Windows…it's all very tedious.

On May 24, 2016, at 18:46 , Jason von Nieda [email protected]
wrote:

Unfortunately Cubify doesn't allow export of any useful file format, such
as STEP or IGES. That's one of the reasons this is such a problem. Hooray
for vendor lock in!

That being said, you can download free Windows VMs from here
https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/tools/vms/mac/

These run well in VMWare, VirtualBox, Parallels, etc. and combined with
the
14 day free trial of Cubify that might be enough to get you going.

On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 6:43 PM Rick [email protected] wrote:

Yeah, I understand. Sadly, I don't have Windows to use Cubify. Any
chance
you could export the files as STEP (or IGES)?

I can probably make do with the .stl files, or maybe I'll just design
my
head from scratch.

On May 24, 2016, at 18:41 , Jason von Nieda <
[email protected]>
wrote:

@JetForMe The next machine design will most likely use Fusion 360,
but
IMHO it's not worth doing all the conversion required to convert this
one.
Someone would need to go through and convert all the files, rebuild
all the
assemblies, create the constraints, etc.

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[vonnieda]

Cubify does let you make dimensioned drawings, but someone will have to do
all the work, and it's probably about as much work as just redrawing them
in Fusion. I'm happy to leave this issue open to see if someone is willing.

On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 6:53 PM Rick [email protected] wrote:

No worries! I'll see how I get along, and if the pain gets high enough,
I'll give it a shot.

What about dimensioned PDF files? I imagine that's a pain, too.

On May 24, 2016, at 18:52 , Jason von Nieda [email protected]
wrote:

Check that link in my previous message. They are free Windows VMs that
run
out of the box. Just download, fire up your preferred VM host and you are
up and running with zero dollars spent. It's a pain, I agree, but when I
started this project Cubify was really the only reasonable option and now
I'm somewhat locked in with it.

On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 6:47 PM Rick [email protected] wrote:

And I have to get a copy of Windows…it's all very tedious.

On May 24, 2016, at 18:46 , Jason von Nieda <
[email protected]>
wrote:

Unfortunately Cubify doesn't allow export of any useful file format,
such
as STEP or IGES. That's one of the reasons this is such a problem.
Hooray
for vendor lock in!

That being said, you can download free Windows VMs from here
https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/tools/vms/mac/

These run well in VMWare, VirtualBox, Parallels, etc. and combined
with
the
14 day free trial of Cubify that might be enough to get you going.

On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 6:43 PM Rick [email protected]
wrote:

Yeah, I understand. Sadly, I don't have Windows to use Cubify. Any
chance
you could export the files as STEP (or IGES)?

I can probably make do with the .stl files, or maybe I'll just
design
my
head from scratch.

On May 24, 2016, at 18:41 , Jason von Nieda <
[email protected]>
wrote:

@JetForMe The next machine design will most likely use Fusion
360,
but
IMHO it's not worth doing all the conversion required to convert
this
one.
Someone would need to go through and convert all the files, rebuild
all the
assemblies, create the constraints, etc.

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[Kenzu]

Hi

I know this is a old issue, but landed here via a Cubify google search. Just wanna tell that Cubify is based on Alibre Design/Atom, so it is possible to open all files in Alibre Design/Atom.

https://www.alibre.com

Don't know if this is of any use.

Jesper

Edit: export to STEP is possible in Alibre.

[vonnieda]

Hi @Kenzu - thanks for posting this! I had noticed that Alibre was making some kind of comeback, and I was wondering if the files would still work. I'm happy to see they do!