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3D CAD Files

3D CAD Files

3D CAD Files

(OP)
Is there a good source for cheap or free 3D CAD files?  Looking for different types of fittings as well as different types of attachment.

Dik

RE: 3D CAD Files

We offer libraries of general mechanical parts, such as fasteners, bearings, and such as part of our 'Reuse' strategy as well as application specific, such as piping, tubing and electrical 'fittings', with our mechanical and electrical design and routing applications.

As for general purchased parts, there are several sites which offer 3D models in various vendor specific formats as well as the common exchange formats.  What I've done most often in the past if it for something other than what we provide is go to a site like the one from Machine Design:

http://machinedesign.com/cad

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: 3D CAD Files

(OP)
Sorry, GBL... was for piping.

Dik

RE: 3D CAD Files

(OP)
and, also for autocad... *.dwg type of file.

Dik

RE: 3D CAD Files

mcmaster-carr has a lot too.

-Dave

NX 5.0.6.3mp7

RE: 3D CAD Files

Amazingly, McMaster-Carr is still sending out large 'paper' catalogs as I just got the latest one in the mail.  A couple of months ago I went to their website and downloaded a 3D model of some item and I guess when I registered for thier site they asked if I would like a catalog (or it could have been checked by default and I didn't notice it).  Anyway, it has been years since I had a new version of their catalog and it kind of brought back old memories of my days when I had a 'real job' winky smile

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: 3D CAD Files

Word of warning though, some vendors models can be excessively complex.  For instance they may have all the threads of a screw modelled, which most of the time is just a memory hog in your CAD/PC and offers little benefit most of the time.

Some better sites give you the option of simplifying them, or at least leaving off threads.

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RE: 3D CAD Files

Sorry, that was a 'Carr Lane' catalog that I got in the mail recently, not McMaster-Carr.

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: 3D CAD Files

(OP)
Thanks, gentlemen... I got a bunch of places to look.  My initial google search turned up so many links that eventually had nothing of use.

Dik

RE: 3D CAD Files

3dcontentcentral.com

RE: 3D CAD Files

kenat,
I just noticed that the other day, I downloaded a 6214K449 Knob from McMaster Carr and the file for the knob was as big as the file for the whole assembly.
B.E.

RE: 3D CAD Files

Not sure which CAD system that you're using, but if the model was downloaded as a 'feature' model, if you're not going to edit it parametrically and your system allows you to removed parameters/make dumb/defeature whatever, do that as those features are just taking up space and will never be used.

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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