I will try to ask this with the fear of being laughed at, but I am really stumped with this. Think of the JGRO plans with his parts becoming assemblies, and multiple assemblies used to build the final machine. I want to be able to design simple 2.5D parts and before routing them, assemble them in 3D space to see how they fit. The CAM part I can handle, but do I need a 3D CAD package to be able to create assemblies of these parts just for viewing and documentation? I don’t care about shading and pretty colors (at least right now). Maybe a bill of material would be nice.
Thanks,
Steve