CAD software
- Home
- Board: /diy/ - Do It yourself
- Reading: CAD software
Hey /diy/
2 year plumbing apprentice here
What kind of software can I use to model piping systems?
For the most part the stuff I have been dealing with in my apprenticeship has been babby repair stuff you would typically see here on /diy/, but there have been some complicated affairs, such as a complex area drain for a backyard pool that had multiple tiers making it very difficult to get our snake in without camera inspection and huge water heater/re-circulating systems. I would be very interested in any kind of way to provide a 3d model of these systems for our customers.
I want to know of any competent 3D software you know of, whether free or paid?
pic unrelated
>>1020112
Blender, Solidworks, Maya come to mind. Blender is free, but Solidworks is a "professional" suite meant for actual engineering design.
Autocad is free for students my friend
>>1020112
Blender and Maya are not appropriate software for technical drawings. Autocad is not good for 3D. Solidworks is good for piping systems. I used it for powerplant design. The problem is SolidWorks is not intended for architectural systems, and also the models can get very slow when they get very large unless you know how to configure the parts and assemblies to mitigate this.
Autodesk Revit would probably be considered the gold standard for AEC 3d cad. There are lots of other lighter, cheaper, less integratabtle, more application specific CAD for piping you could try as well.
Minecraft with some mod installed.
( it might actually work, lol )
Try CATIA.
I'm sure it's gonna be a bit overkill, since it's supposed to be an aerospace tool, but it is able to simulate water hammers.
