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Fair. I've been so immersed in C++ and IoT things, and before that, console based code generators that I haven't paid much attention to the goings on at MS as of late.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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Agreed. As long as MS continue to support it after I've clawed my way up the learning curve.
I use Fusion 360 with a hobbyist license. It's getting much better with each release, but they keep moving features out of the free license into the paid license. Also, some of the folks that pay are complaining that you now have to pay for some of the analysis features as a service. Most of the analysis tools used to run locally.
I used Blender in the past but switched to Fusion360 for the drawing and drafting features, but Blender now has more engineering features. I may switch back if Fusion360 continues to paywall more features.
Sad, though, since the learning curve for Fusion360 is so steep.
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Actually, Microsoft bought Visio back in 2000 (I think) and then merged it into their system. I'd used pre-Microsoft versions of Visio but never bothered with the Microsoft version since my usage was rather infrequent.
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They also bought VBA from Summit
But they improved on those things.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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EAGLE 7 was the last best version, after Autodesk took it on they butchered the licensing and made the software almost impossible to use offline. I would recommend KICAD, bit of a learning curve but worth it, another popular one is EASYEDA.
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My first post. And LMMFAO, Microsoft creating CAD software???!!!???!!! Oh hell no!
Microsoft would end up with a product that would be bloated beyond the worst bloated ROMs for Android devices ending with the BSOD.
We are in desperate need of high-end engineering/analysis software for Linux. I don't care about the flavor of said Linux distro, just a rewrite of SolidWorks. Is this asking too much???!!!???!!!???!!!
Before anyone types/posts, I'm very much aware of the amount of work that goes into developing software especially high-end parametric modelers and optimization/analysis stuff...
~jp
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Woohoo, my desk is arriving today. I can finally retire my current wobbly furniture from its current post and make it an electronics bench.
This excites me. Even the thought of assembling it. How goofy is that?
When I was younger I was harder please.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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Oh, so you'll be replacing a wobbly factory-bought desk with a wobbly self-assembled desk...
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Ha. This one wasn't assembled by the factory either. I actually inherited it from a friend - a convenience at the time, and the desk has since survived a move, but barely. I just never got around to replacing it.
The new one is 90% steel so it should be fairly secure and easy to assemble. Not a fan of particle board.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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I inherited mine from a friend as well - steel base and veneered chipboard top. Interestingly, the veneer is "rough" on the bottom and "fine" on top to make it appear more like one solid piece of wood!
I modified it recently, by cutting away about a third in a fairly "swoopy" shape to fit my new* chair in between it and the door with enough space for Herself to get between them. Since the top is wood, that was really easy: make a template in plywood, follow that with a router, and finish with hot glue veneer edging. Looks like it was designed like that!
"New" to me: it was made in the 1880 ~ 1890s ... I just had it reupholstered and made a frame with casters to lift it to desk height. Solid leather, springs, and horsehair - none of that foam which squashes down when the warranty expires. I'd had enough of paying through the nose for Chinese rubbish which leaves you sitting on the wooden base after a few months.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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You're a maker. You like making things.
I enjoyed putting together my grandson's Power Wheels last week. The stickers were a pain but other than that.
I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated.
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A wobbly electronics workbench might present a challenge while trying to solder...
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP.
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I don't solder at my bench. I just prototype there. I solder on the kitchen table where it's more solid and I have more room.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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Congratulations!
You've just reminded me that the desk I'm using was the first piece of furniture I ever bought - in 1982. If I hadn't just spent $750 on a new water heater being delivered today, I'd go desk shopping!
Will Rogers never met me.
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honey the codewitch wrote: When I was younger I was harder please Then I read the subject again. I cannot comment, as that breaks the KSS rule.
So, "furniture" eh?
Bastard Programmer from Hell
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Just for the record, that was you that went there, not me.
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If I'm being honest, I went there as well ...
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Y'all are filthy!
*clutches pearls*
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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Please tell me you don't mean a "pearl necklace"?
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Stop it!
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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Hey! You started it!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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That one is hard to Google.
I found what you meant, and dayum. Lets not ever mention this again, oke?
Bastard Programmer from Hell
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Ok everyone.
Get your minds OUT OF THE GUTTER!!
You're blocking the view through my periscope.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
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I stayed at home today
And yes, I went there, sorry kids
Bastard Programmer from Hell
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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In case you're interested, I received (last week) the PCBs I designed, did some soldering and procrastinating and coding, and now I have a working prototype. Of course I made some mistakes, but they did not prevent the thing from working. Had to give some 4-leg buttons a leg amputation (I accidentally shorted the output to ground through the pin on the other side, I also remember expressly not doing that but I think I then messed it up in a circuit-refactoring), and the rotary encoders are more glitchy than expected (the input filtering of STM32 timers in encoder mode is not sufficient).
Overall I'd say STM32 is pretty nice, but CubeIDE (based on Eclipse) is (like Eclipse) not nice, merely "OK". Laggy as Elephant, and I managed to glitch out the code renderer just by putting a medium-length array initializer on one line (less than 1000 elements, come on), resulting in a largely blacked-out code window. At least it has a proper debugger, it's not the "debugging means printf over serial" stone age, and I don't need to upload the firmware manually. Also the built-in initialization code generator is handy.
Seeing the hardware that I designed come alive was nice.
8/10 would recommend overall, but I wish the IDE wasn't based on Eclipse.
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