I’m sure there are other ways to go about it digitally but I have NO idea how, and certainly not as quickly as getting Greeky with it. Vectric Aspire is easier in some ways than paper because the shapes have points you can automatically snap lines to, so the layout process is remarkably fast.
I’d not heard of Vectric Aspire, but it certainly sounds worth a try! Snapping and auto align on Affinity saved my butt a bunch of times in my old job, so I believe it
All the Vectric packages are pretty much Affinity that you can add tool paths to, it’s vectors all the way down haha.
Because of that to my brain at least it’s pretty much identical to drafting something out on graph paper. Fusion 360 is honestly the exact same deal, you start with 2D sketches and stretch into 3D.
There’s some really strange parallels between how I design for the robot and handtool woodworking. I could take that trefoil arch I drew and basically give it a 3D profile based on a 2D sketch of a moulding profile. It’s… basically hollows and rounds lol.
You know, I don’t think it matters what tools one uses to design things so long as one designs things. I prefer the drafting table, others prefer CAD. Does it make a difference if we arrive at the same (or similar) place? Methinks no.
I agree 100%, and genuinely appreciate your take on it, Luke. The more I branch out into different areas of the craft the more I realize that the workflow is all pretty much the same, there are just small variances here and there with the specific techniques.
I prefer the drafting table as well most of the time. Being able to directly draw out something like an ogee on the piece is faster for one off stuff.
Ἥφαιστος reference for the win. Love that you’re doing gothic tracery on CAD 😂 legit!
I’m sure there are other ways to go about it digitally but I have NO idea how, and certainly not as quickly as getting Greeky with it. Vectric Aspire is easier in some ways than paper because the shapes have points you can automatically snap lines to, so the layout process is remarkably fast.
I’d not heard of Vectric Aspire, but it certainly sounds worth a try! Snapping and auto align on Affinity saved my butt a bunch of times in my old job, so I believe it
All the Vectric packages are pretty much Affinity that you can add tool paths to, it’s vectors all the way down haha.
Because of that to my brain at least it’s pretty much identical to drafting something out on graph paper. Fusion 360 is honestly the exact same deal, you start with 2D sketches and stretch into 3D.
There’s some really strange parallels between how I design for the robot and handtool woodworking. I could take that trefoil arch I drew and basically give it a 3D profile based on a 2D sketch of a moulding profile. It’s… basically hollows and rounds lol.
You know, I don’t think it matters what tools one uses to design things so long as one designs things. I prefer the drafting table, others prefer CAD. Does it make a difference if we arrive at the same (or similar) place? Methinks no.
I agree 100%, and genuinely appreciate your take on it, Luke. The more I branch out into different areas of the craft the more I realize that the workflow is all pretty much the same, there are just small variances here and there with the specific techniques.
I prefer the drafting table as well most of the time. Being able to directly draw out something like an ogee on the piece is faster for one off stuff.