>
> I'm looking at getting some components 3D printed, and the printer
> (the person) has suggested the simplest way to get what I want is to
> send him .svg drawings, rather than me going through the learning
> curve of a 3D program to create .obj files, which he feels are not
> necessary for these particular components, as they are really just
> 2D with some depth, ie they have the same profile all the way down
>
> I see there are quite a few free .svg drawing utilities available, can
> anyone suggest a "good" one ?
>

You may wish to ask Russell to scan China for cnc router components. You
could build a cnc router quite cheep by yourself off the components. So,
you could ask for free cnc router software, it should normally do .svg. I
used a cnc router for some months, a thing is definitely worth to try,
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