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I will have to give FreeCAD a try. It may be a good option. I primarily use sketchup because it was accessible and free. I have become comfortable with it, models are easy to share, and I can export to CAD if I need to. Some of my buddies work in solidworks a lot too, but I have not tried that yet either.
I think that maybe a stand alone wiki tied to the getting started page & tool template might be a good way to start to document CAD training resources, techniques and tips etc? Other ideas?
Thank you for participating in the Food Systems Hackathon at the NOFA-VT Winter Conference! This email contains some important information about how you can stay involved after this past weekend's hackathon. A special thanks to all of our sponsors, producers and partners:
Code for BTV is an official Code for America Brigade that facilitates sustainable collaborations on civic software and open data projects between coders, designers and organizations (both governmental and non-governmental) in the greater Burlington, Vermont area. Code for BTV hosts events for civic hackers to come together and work on building and reusing civic apps and support open data initiatives.
The Farm to Plate Tech Task Force strives to deliver increased business viability to the Vermont food system by connecting technology needs with solutions through education, events, programs, networking and referrals.
You can also contact Stan Ward <stan@stanward.com> if you would like to join the Farm to Plate Tech Task Force call scheduled for this Thursday, February 20 from 10am to 12pm.
Farm Hack
Farm Hack is an open source community for resilient agriculture. Farm Hack has set up a forum to continue the conversations from this past weekend's hackathon: http://farmhack.org/forums/bvt-hackathon-nofa-vt
The Vermont Council on Rural Development's Digital Economy Project is looking for volunteers to assist in the building of WordPress websites for nonprofits and other organizations that provide essential services to their communities. Email Rob Fish <rob@vtrural.org> to get involved. This past weekend, this team made progress on a new website for Seedfolks Farm in East Calais.
There are still free versions of sketchup - but they are harder to find on the site because they don't promote it.
Options are Sketchup Make or 8. Here is the link
http://www.sketchup.com/download/all
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FreeCAD open source option
Follow up Document from Code for BVT NOFA VT
Photos from the opening workshop:
document/d/1S_TysiEfshGR5bqOY7UzZyIBtYFgtQHOf6qPqW66L-I/edit?usp=sharing
http://flic.kr/s/aHsjSzn2ox
Photos of the various concepts generated during the workshop:
http://flic.kr/s/aHsjSzKhA3
A document summarizing each concept:
https://docs.google.com/
The latest issue of Seven Days includes an article about the hackathon:
Hack-to-the-Landers? Farmers and Coders Cultivate Connections
Code for BTV
Code for BTV is an official Code for America Brigade that facilitates sustainable collaborations on civic software and open data projects between coders, designers and organizations (both governmental and non-governmental) in the greater Burlington, Vermont area. Code for BTV hosts events for civic hackers to come together and work on building and reusing civic apps and support open data initiatives.
Stay in touch:
Farm to Plate Tech Task Force
The Farm to Plate Tech Task Force strives to deliver increased business viability to the Vermont food system by connecting technology needs with solutions through education, events, programs, networking and referrals.
Join the Farm to Plate Tech Task Force:
You can also contact Stan Ward <stan@stanward.com> if you would like to join the Farm to Plate Tech Task Force call scheduled for this Thursday, February 20 from 10am to 12pm.
bvt-hackathon-nofa-vt
code-bvt-documents-and-notes
Farm Hack
Farm Hack is an open source community for resilient agriculture. Farm Hack has set up a forum to continue the conversations from this past weekend's hackathon:
http://farmhack.org/forums/
Farm Hack has also captured some notes and documents from this past weekend:
http://farmhack.org/forums/
Some specific tools documented by Farm Hack from this past weekend:
Vermont Digital Economy Project
The Vermont Council on Rural Development's Digital Economy Project is looking for volunteers to assist in the building of WordPress websites for nonprofits and other organizations that provide essential services to their communities. Email Rob Fish <rob@vtrural.org> to get involved. This past weekend, this team made progress on a new website for Seedfolks Farm in East Calais.
Still free versions