hacker-pschorr

I drive over to Todd's house and tell him what size I need

BC

This has come up before. What would be classified as an easy to use CAD program? Solidworks?

JEC_31

Solidworks is very easy (user-friendly) compared to the heavy hitters like CATIA.

I've never created a ribbed pulley in it, tho - and I don't have access to a copy at this time.

It *should* be fairly simple, I could whip up a very detailed one in my old-fashioned Mechanical Desktop AutoCAD in an hour or two. PM me.


If you are already running something, most CAD softwares have user forums.

BC

Thanks for the offer. I don't wish to waste anyone's time as I have no idea what the diameter should be yet. My choice of SC just changed recently. But I love Emachineshop so much that I am interested in the idea of building it in a more user friendly space and porting it there.

JEC_31

That's a great direction to take, Brendan.

Next step is getting your own machine shop... I dare to dream.

Let me know what software you get.

Glen McCartney

I am not in the market, but this was advertised in my American Rifleman http://www.plasmacam.com/

BPG_Austin

solidworks is great, also look in to Rhinocerous 3d modeling. You can probably find a copy on the internet. Both are user friendly and easy to come by. Also, they export common file types if you decide to build a part and send off your 3d data to a machine shop. (.iges, step, parasolids.)

Just my .02.

ben