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CAMAROBOY69
10-07-2004, 09:12 AM
I usually do more programming at work than anything but today I got bored and decided to draw a couple things that were in the office. They are low quality and cheesy but only took a few minutes and are completely 3D and can be turned at any angle just by grabbing them with the mouse. No replies necessary just wanted to share.
The purple backround was for my girlfriend. She likes to see what I do at work occasionally especialy if I draw something she can recognize. lol
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TurboLark
10-07-2004, 09:52 AM
I wish I could do that! Even the CAD for dummies books are too complicated for me. I have autocad on my home computer, but it is so complicated I can barely get it running..LOL

Matt@RFR
10-07-2004, 10:00 AM
If you're any good with windows, try SolidWorks, you'll like it. That's what Camaroboy used, looks like.

airrj1
10-07-2004, 11:23 AM
Cool stuff Adam. I build 3D parts all day long at work, and I can say that after 7 years of CAD work I still am amazed at how cool it is. Plus I get to build toys for a living. It's pretty cool.

Here is a few parts I have drawn up.

P.S. I hope to be astroracer when I growup. :hail:

zbugger
10-07-2004, 11:58 AM
Heh... Boy, now that's bored!!! :jawdrop:

BigCat
10-07-2004, 01:53 PM
Nice job Adam. What software are you using? We use Autodesk Inventor V9 here at work. Seems to be working very well.

CAMAROBOY69
10-07-2004, 05:17 PM
Thanks for the compliments. I am glad to see other people posting what they use and drawings they have done. I really didnt expect to see any replies.
The parts I drew above are from Solid Works. I can also draw the exact same parts on Autocad. Hell I can pretty much draw anything I want on all the programs I am on. If I can see it, then I can draw it. The parts I posted at the top took me a total of mabey 2 hours to draw all 3 of them. The top one took 10 minutes, the middle one took about an hour and a half and the last one took about 20 minutes. They were on my desk at work so they were easy to measure then draw. I have drawn my entire truck in Autocad but it would be a heck of a lot easier in Solid Works.

airrj1
10-07-2004, 05:27 PM
Hell I can pretty much draw anything I want on all the programs I am on. If I can see it, then I can draw it.

Careful what you say. You might have to follow through on it someday. I had to reverse engineer a VW Beetle body in Pro/E. That was fun. Actually it was fun, challenging but cool. There was a ton of hours on Pro/E building this (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=11746&item=5924944282&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW) toy. It is amazing the shapes we get to build. :bananna2:

CAMAROBOY69
10-08-2004, 03:52 AM
r.j thats a cool looking little bug you designed. :)
One of these days I am going to draw my 69' Camaro in solid works. I figure if I can draw my entire truck in Autocad then to do a car in solid works would be a LOT easier.

indyjps
10-10-2004, 05:03 PM
anyone familiar with pro-e, i used it for about 6 months as an intern for caterpillar, havent done anything lately though. ive got a bunch of 3-d 100 ton mining truck parts if anyone wants to see them. ya didnt think so.

airrj1
10-10-2004, 08:50 PM
I've got 7 years in on Pro/E. Lots of surfacing and assembly stuff. Style is a really cool new tool. :bananna2:

68LSS1
10-10-2004, 11:29 PM
What would be a cheap program to pick up for us beginners? I would like to do some 3D drawings on some parts?

Matt@RFR
10-11-2004, 06:50 AM
Brian, as far as I know, there is no "cheap" 3D solids program. If 2D would be ok for you to start out with, DeltaCad (http://www.dcad.com/) is ok to learn on. Once you're ready to move on, it can get frustrating, but what "beginner" tool isn't like that?

For your information, 2005 SolidWorks Office, with no add ons, is $6300 per seat, and $1300 every year for maintance.

68LSS1
10-11-2004, 07:13 AM
For your information, 2005 SolidWorks Office, with no add ons, is $6300 per seat, and $1300 every year for maintance.

:lol:

CoryM
10-11-2004, 08:56 AM
Rhino3D is pretty easy to work with and the end results some guys get are amazing. http://www.rhino3d.com/

Ive been poking at it with no experience at all and have been able to do what I want with it.

Examples
http://www3.telus.net/public/corym/6
http://www3.telus.net/public/corym/7
http://members.shaw.ca/surquip/susp
http://members.shaw.ca/surquip/chass

Apparantly Rhino is VERY good at organic stuff (people, car bodys etc) and I cannot believe how easy it is compared to last time I tried (and failed) at CAD. They have a pretty good demo program as well so you can give it a try, no copy&paste and only 25saves. Other than that its complete. I did that stuff with the demo program :) . If you want to see some amazing stuff check out www.rederosity.com and go to the forums etc.
Cheers.
CoryM

68LSS1
10-11-2004, 09:56 AM
CoryM, I think that will get me by. Matt, I hope you didn't take any offense to my post above but for that much money I'll stick with cardboard. That's enough to buy another project or a chunk to actually finishing this one some day. Guess I need to go buy a lotto ticket.

Matt@RFR
10-11-2004, 09:59 AM
No offense taken. I agree completely, that $6300 is outrageous for someone that won't make their living with it. However, in an industrial setting, it's cheap.

CAMAROBOY69
10-12-2004, 07:39 AM
CoryM,
That Rhino3D looks like a great program to use. Especially for the price. Thats why I made this thread so we could get some different programs and pics swapped around to possibly get more people interrested or involved in drawing things on the comp. :attn:

airrj1
10-12-2004, 08:22 AM
I haven't tried Rhino3D yet myself. We have it here at work, our group doesn't use it, but it is used by the artists. I would like to check it out. At some point I will want to get a package for myself at home. And to give you an idea the company that I work for pays a 6 figure sum for yearly maintence to Pro/E. :naughty:

will69camaro
10-12-2004, 12:21 PM
I've been using pro-E for about 2 years now...Never spent too much time with it but i'm starting to spend more and more. Those drawings look very nice! Pro-E student edition can be had fairly cheap (not sure if you have to be a student or not) but go to journeyed.com or something like that (journey.ed maybe?) and i got my copy for 200 or so.

William

68LSS1
10-12-2004, 12:37 PM
I need to find me a teacher or student so I can try one of those programs.

96Z28SS
10-14-2004, 11:28 AM
I have been doing CAD work now for 12 years and I still love it.
I use Unigraphics NX which is one of the high end CAD tools. GM designs using UG which is why I use it. I'm a mechanical designer for Bose Corporation I design the bassboxes enclosures.

Rob

CAMAROBOY69
10-14-2004, 11:33 AM
Thats cool you design sub boxes for Bose. I designed a Bandpass box for my Camaro 2 years before I even bought the car. Then I drew it in Autocad, then programmed it on the CNC program and even sent it to the CNC machine in the shop. They cut the box out for me about an hour later. That was cool!! We use a program called Router Cim. Its fairly easy to use.
The funny thing is I decided after I got my car that I didnt want a bandpass box , so now the box just collects dust. :rotfl:

Matt@RFR
10-14-2004, 11:54 AM
Adam, you have a PM.

CAMAROBOY69
10-14-2004, 12:21 PM
Here are 2 more drawings. More will come in a few more weeks. I might even include a little video of the part rotating around.
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