Modeling the Universal Joint in Blender

[@smilgu]

Simple and elegant :) Thanks!

[@pixlways]

Glad you like it! Thanks for your comment :)

[@NCT드림]

This is what I've been looking for!

[@satglob4839]

thanks for this tutorial.

[@pixlways]

You are welcome!

[@sinasalariy]

oh man fantastic🔥

[@pixlways]

Absolutely 🔥! Keep that creativity burning! 😄👍

[@jamesgodspower7734]

Great 🎉. Thanks 🙏.

[@pixlways]

You're very welcome 😊

[@mikonunez1533]

at 8:25, after you applied boolean to the .004, how did the first cylinder gets thick? i hope you notice this, coz im stuck. sorry for the inconvenience. although i could just download the file, but i want to learn. thanks in advance.

[@edgarduque5684]

You have to make sure the cylinder youre using to cut has caps on both ends

[@mikonunez1533]

@@edgarduque5684 thanks, ill try that.

[@murugan8238]

awesome

[@pixlways]

Thank you so much)

[@nevillecreativitymentor]

Coming from CAD ... F'me .... that was a long time spent on the body !!! I guess animation is a different world altogether. it's been 5 years since I was intro to Blender ...still not able to break the mental block

[@Nasermakes]

😍😍😍😍

[@pixlways]

🙏😍

[@maxdefire]

Get a proper CAD. Blender suck at that.

[@pixlways]

I agree

[@John-js2uj]

I’m new to all this and have just started learning blender. Do you consider it a waste of time or should I just try learning from proper CAD? If so, which one do you recommend?

[@maxdefire]

@@John-js2uj Blender is a good tool for proper task. But if you need CAD, it's not what you need. FreeCAD - free and powerful solutions with bad interface and steep learning curve. Fusion/Onshape - cloudbases solutions with limited functionality if used without subscription, quite cheap. Inventor / solidworks - professional solutions with everything you need from CAD. Costs a fortune for commercial licences but have programs (for students etc) with free/cheap plans. OpenSCAD - if you're good at programming, it's essentially a code-based editor. Very good at adaptive/parametric modeling. Free.

[@edgarduque5684]

But can you use CAD models in animations? What about games?

[@maxdefire]

@@edgarduque5684 yes you can. CAD models can be easily converted to mesh (some retopology may be required, otherwise it is just one click operation) and in some cases even used natively (Inventor -> 3dsmax).