MAGK944

Need to have a 3D cad model made of a tube bent at 90deg in one plane and 45deg in another plane. Have a simple hand-drawn drawing in pdf but need a 3D cad model for my machinist. Willing to pay for your time.
-Mike

carlege

i have at my disposal Auto cad (that does 3d), and Rhino, Im in Architecture not engineering but these programs can do railings which might suffice for what your wanting.


and a few other programs that might take a little time to know.... If you show me your drawing maybe i can help you out.

MAGK944

thanks carlege, pm sent

white924s

I have a version of Pro-E that could do that. I can't really do much for you for the next 10 days though (leaving on vacation) but if you don't need it soon, I'd be happy to do it for free. I'm a nerd who enjoys playing around with CAD software (although I don't get to do that too much now that I'm working)

Also, what format does your machinist need? Not all CAD programs can output all formats

carlege

Mike its been sent let me know if thats what you want

MAGK944

Thanks for all the offers guys, carlege came up with a solution which I think my machinist wants.

NYFlapjack2

Awesome ... but but now what do I do with this?

MAGK944

If I told you I would have to kill you, but you can pm me if you really must know.

carlege

i like it, True solid. Mine is just extruded surface along a 3d path. But i think your diameter on the 90 deg looks too tight.

MAGK944

You are right, NYFlapjack2 didn't have all the dimensions. The 90deg should be 6in CLR and the 45deg should be 3in CLR. Looks like it might work like it is though, I shall have to check.

NYFlapjack2

So yeah you haven't really told me dim's or what you really want..
Do I at least have the scale right?
I still may have cracked your design wide open and to what you are doing !




The only True Green Machine, (Ok ... Sienna Red metallic really).
Let me know if you want it in STP, IGS, Parasolid and surfaces or solid.

carlege

exhaust injection thats brilliant

fortysixandtwo

OMG, got enough tool bars open?

carlege

no command prompt on that program.... you need all the icons Not really my cup of tea either

Is solid works similar to Form Z ? because i remember using Form Z for about 8 hours in a computer lab and said screw it and learned Rhino 3d because there were no key prompts.

NYFlapjack2

Sorry my experience(s) started on the board with mechanical pencils and a T square (guessing how old I am now?)...I am not hands on familiar with those other softwares you mention.

My CAD history has been in AutoCad, Mechanical Desktop, Pro Engineer - Wildfire and now SolidWorks added to the mix. Everyone had their good & bad, and of course that learning curve.

I didn't like Catia and Unigraphics way back when, didn't get exposed to them much to master em...but probably much of issues then was translation errors between these softwares & platforms which I had to rework or use their models into. These days an *.IGS, or *.STP, *.X_P file is way better then back when...

Anyhow the GUI (graphical user interface) those icons & yeah tool bars are much handier than command prompts or the old mouse & design tablets with cross hair windows... I collapse them when working with bigger parts to view...but the speed in track ball zoom, rotation and part navigation, you get around big 3d modeled parts fast.