#3dprinting, #cad, maybe a #scicomm question - how do you, personally, describe 3d modelling to a layperson? If you're showing off a 3d printer and someone asks "but how did you make the file?" - not slicing, I mean the actual modelling process - geometry, curves, fillets, subtractions.

Doing anything "in software" never seems to land. My partner's suggested "3d photoshop", but that doesn't quite imply the from-scratch effort I'm thinking of. So far I'm working on "virtual carpentry". Thoughts? 

 Got an old #ProPad or #ProgramPad sitting around collecting dust because you don't have the manual anymore? Surprise - you *do* have the manual! Over the last couple of years, at some expense, I've been collecting the manuals for these things to scan and share them online. Recently I scored a mint condition PC ProgramPad, and now its manual joins the others, free to download, thanks to the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/@timixretroplays_gmail_com
#retrogaming #dosgaming

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 New server, new #introduction! I'm Tim, an Aussie #retrogaming maker and collector. Right now I'm working on some USB adapters for old gaming controllers, which I collect and research - ask me about Advanced Gravis!

I do a lot of #3dprinting and design, and make a lot of little gadgets to make life easier or more fun. I also collect, scan and upload rare manuals for things, and used to be fairly active in the #righttorepair space (and still quietly run my old laptop service manuals site).