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10-07-2004 #1
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Drawings I drew today on the comp.
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
Adam_______Offical Car Name "ILLUSION"
383 Stroker, Stock cast heads, T-56 tranny, 4.11 gears, 2002 T/A dash, 4th gen interior including seatbelts, power lumbar seats, 18" Budnik Wheels, Hydraboost, QA1 shocks, DC Controller, Power steering conversion, fuel cell, unique exhaust set up........
ILLUSION Website-----------Old Website--------------My Car on Lateral-g.net----------- Need something designed?-AdFabDesign
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10-07-2004 #2
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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
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If you're any good with windows, try SolidWorks, you'll like it. That's what Camaroboy used, looks like.
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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.
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Heh... Boy, now that's bored!!!
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Nice job Adam. What software are you using? We use Autodesk Inventor V9 here at work. Seems to be working very well.
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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.Adam_______Offical Car Name "ILLUSION"
383 Stroker, Stock cast heads, T-56 tranny, 4.11 gears, 2002 T/A dash, 4th gen interior including seatbelts, power lumbar seats, 18" Budnik Wheels, Hydraboost, QA1 shocks, DC Controller, Power steering conversion, fuel cell, unique exhaust set up........
ILLUSION Website-----------Old Website--------------My Car on Lateral-g.net----------- Need something designed?-AdFabDesign
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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 toy. It is amazing the shapes we get to build.
Originally Posted by CAMAROBOY69
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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.
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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.
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I've got 7 years in on Pro/E. Lots of surfacing and assembly stuff. Style is a really cool new tool.
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What would be a cheap program to pick up for us beginners? I would like to do some 3D drawings on some parts?
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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 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.-Matt
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For your information, 2005 SolidWorks Office, with no add ons, is $6300 per seat, and $1300 every year for maintance.
Brian
'68 Chevy Stepside-Fatman, HTH, 8.8, Baer, Hydratech, LS1/T56. I know it's a truck but you gotta start somewhere and I need the challenge.
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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.
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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.
Brian
'68 Chevy Stepside-Fatman, HTH, 8.8, Baer, Hydratech, LS1/T56. I know it's a truck but you gotta start somewhere and I need the challenge.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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