Need sample working drawings for 3d madelling
Need sample working drawings for 3d madelling
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Hi all,
Im trying to brush up on my parametric CAD skills, something i havent done much of since college, and im looking for samples of working drawings which i can attempt to make a 3d model of.
Im using T-Flex (not willing to pay for Pro-E or Solid works) which has some good tutorials but nothing i can really work with.
If anyone has some links to useful websites or working drawings of your own which you would like to share that would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Im trying to brush up on my parametric CAD skills, something i havent done much of since college, and im looking for samples of working drawings which i can attempt to make a 3d model of.
Im using T-Flex (not willing to pay for Pro-E or Solid works) which has some good tutorials but nothing i can really work with.
If anyone has some links to useful websites or working drawings of your own which you would like to share that would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks






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Dan
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RE: Need sample working drawings for 3d madelling
Is there a forum for this application?
Chris
SolidWorks 10 SP4.0
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John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
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RE: Need sample working drawings for 3d madelling
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RE: Need sample working drawings for 3d madelling
I though there might have been an online resource that i didnt know about.
The old books are a good idea, but short of finding one on eBay, i dont think i will get one
I will start trawling some suppliers websites for downloadable drawings, forgot about that. Any suggestions?
This is more of a hobby of mine than anything else, i have some limited use for it in work, but im doing it at home out of interest.
T-Flex has a free student version for download. its comparable to Pro E and solid works in many respects (in my limited experience) and is the only parametric CAD alternative ive found.
http://www.tflex.com/design/index.htm
Thanks
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The SWX tutorials are must if you are just starting out.
- - -Updraft
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RE: Need sample working drawings for 3d madelling
Much better to spend time learning one of the main stream CAD systems, then T-Flex.
Cheers,
Anna Wood
Core i7 EE965, FirePro V8700, 12 Gb RAM, OCZ Vertex 120 Gb SSD, Dell 3008WFP 30" Monitor
SW2010 SP2.1, Windows 7 x64
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RE: Need sample working drawings for 3d madelling
After a LOT of searching the best i can find is below. The first link has numerous drawings, the others are links to just one drawing.
They are the only fully dimesnioned drawings i can find with google.
I also thought i should start with some of the 3d model examples that come with T-Flex, create 2d projections of those and then redo the whole thing from the dimensioned drawings. There are definately some more interesting models there.
Links
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hopefully anyone else with a similar problem will find the links and info useful
Thanks for the comments, please continue posting any links or even drawings which may be useful
Robby
RE: Need sample working drawings for 3d madelling
I am sure there is plenty of information available on the internet, but also most towns, cities and schools have a building called, "The Library". Many students these days are not familiar with this building but it is likely to have many drafting books with the information you seek. For free!
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Not a student anymore (read above)
Second,
Im pretty sure that the small town library near me does not have 3D modelling in parametric CAD books lying around. My college library definitely does (but im no longer a student remember), but not the one where i live.
The library has been ruled out
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Seemed like a low blow to others intelligence here!
Chris
SolidWorks 10 SP4.0
ctopher's home
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Peter Stockhausen
Senior Design Analyst (Checker)
Infotech Aerospace Services
www.infotechpr.net
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Or I am absolutly off the topic :)
Hope that`s help you...
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RE: Need sample working drawings for 3d madelling
It is a good resource, just not for detailed models which i could practice on.
I have started modelling/designing some new equipment at work anyway, should keep me occupied.
Thanks
RE: Need sample working drawings for 3d madelling
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
http://www.plmworld.org/museum/
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
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TY very much
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That being said, look around for some of those old text books. If you don't go back that far yourself, ask some of your older fellow employees or even your parents or other family members, or as I first suggested, go visit that local used book store. BTW, the older the textbook the better the illustrations I think, if nothing else they're often more interesting. Again, as I mentioned before, one of the guys I work with has a Drafting textbook from the 30's and these illustrations could be framed and hung up as 'art'.
Anyway, glad I could help.
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
http://www.plmworld.org/museum/
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
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-Dustin
Professional Engineer
Pretty good with SolidWorks
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However, the book does give away it age a bit when you check out what's on page 42. I suspect that you would never see anything like that in any Drafting textbook published in the last 70 years.
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
http://www.plmworld.org/museum/
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: Need sample working drawings for 3d madelling
Peter Stockhausen
Senior Design Analyst (Checker)
Infotech Aerospace Services
www.infotechpr.net
RE: Need sample working drawings for 3d madelling
geez... I have to agree. I didn't scroll through it that thoroughly on the first go through. I should have looked for a book dated after 1944 I guess.
-Dustin
Professional Engineer
Pretty good with SolidWorks
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The older drafting books are better. The old school techniques are good to understand. CAD just automates the old school processes.
Cheers,
Anna Wood
Core i7 EE965, FirePro V8700, 12 Gb RAM, OCZ Vertex 120 Gb SSD, Dell 3008WFP 30" Monitor
SW2010 SP2.1, Windows 7 x64
http://www.solidmuse.com
http://www.phxswug.com
RE: Need sample working drawings for 3d madelling
I couldn't agree more. Beautiful works of art. Check out the link and page 42 and you will see why I referenced 1944.
-Dustin
Professional Engineer
Pretty good with SolidWorks
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No clearance between Valve-Steel and Valve Housing. And I haven't even started to 3D model to find what other problems there might be. Pretty art doesn't make it work. But there is no reason why modern 3D modeling cannot also be artful.
RE: Need sample working drawings for 3d madelling
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
http://www.plmworld.org/museum/
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
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There's IVWC (Inventor World Cup) which is PDF's of mech drawings of different objects. Click on the "IVNGWC (dated).zip" files. You can also dig through the contest results and see how fast some people can build things. This is good exercise because you can build the model then make a drawing from it with the original to compare.
http://worldcup.teknigroup.com/worldcupfiles.asp
then there's Trace Parts which is a huge database of cad drawings of manufactured parts. You have to register (free) and do some digging to find parts worth drawing but it's a large resource.
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