Old Dimensioned Mechanical Engineering Drawings
Old Dimensioned Mechanical Engineering Drawings
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Does anyone have any resources as to where one could download these types of drawings? I find they are good practice to do in spare time. Thanks





RE: Old Dimensioned Mechanical Engineering Drawings
What is it you are practicing?
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RE: Old Dimensioned Mechanical Engineering Drawings
RE: Old Dimensioned Mechanical Engineering Drawings
“Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively.”
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RE: Old Dimensioned Mechanical Engineering Drawings
http://www.speednik.com/files/2012/12/Print-of-270...
http://www.pinterest.com/zebu182/mechanical-engine...
vintage technical drawings wasn't much different
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not really mechanical drawing related, but I found them interesting none-the-less.
http://www.openculture.com/2014/09/cartoonists-dra...
http://www.openculture.com/2013/10/artist-draws-ni...
RE: Old Dimensioned Mechanical Engineering Drawings
Just to be clear, what you are asking about is a source of dimensioned drawings of mechanical parts that you can use to make solid models of in Solidworks? Or do you also wish to reproduce the dimensioned drawings in Solidworks? If you wish to reproduce the dimensioned drawings in Solidworks you will need a 3D CAD model to generate the drawing views from.
There are many willing to pay for this type of work. So rather than doing this for fun, I'd suggest looking for someone willing to pay you to convert their legacy paper drawings to 3D CAD models and digital drawing formats.
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Why can not anyone state specifically what they mean ?
MJCronin
Sr. Process Engineer
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RE: Old Dimensioned Mechanical Engineering Drawings
RE: Old Dimensioned Mechanical Engineering Drawings
RE: Old Dimensioned Mechanical Engineering Drawings
This site, Eng-Tips, is supposed to be a group of forums for engineers, drafters and technicians working in a professional technical capacity. You should have read this and agreed to the site rules when you signed up to be a member of the site. If you are working in this capacity, for a consulting engineering firm, for a product manufacturer, or some such, I’m surprised that you are having any trouble finding product and parts, details and drawings. So, what’s the real story here? Go to a Uni. or Vo.Tech. bookstore for used books on some of these subjects, or to Solidworks for tutorials. Why not go to some friendly local product manufacturer and ask them if you could have copies of a few different product parts for your study and use. Explain what you are doing and why. Maybe offer some trade, in your time, for something they need. Ask a friend who is an engineer at such a company, he/she might be a mentor of sorts. Maybe you should measure a few part, put some tolerances on them (based on variations), and then draw (model, Solidworks) them, so they could be made/manufactured. Then, take those drawings to someone who will critique them for you. You will learn something else also, in doing it this way, accurate measurement and its methods, some tolerancing, some consideration of the sequence of manufacturing steps, etc.
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RE: Old Dimensioned Mechanical Engineering Drawings
If you're really bored, model the shop and office spaces and make a plan to optimize equipment locations.
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RE: Old Dimensioned Mechanical Engineering Drawings
Plus for various reasons old drawings often get destroyed when no longer required - or only microfiched versions are kept in a dingy port-a-cabin somewhere in a govt contractors site...
What you could do is look at some vendor catalogs/data sheets etc. and create models from their data. Pick a type of component you're interested in drawing up, do some web searching of vendors etc. until you find some kind of data sheet and away you go.
What is Engineering anyway: FAQ1088-1484: In layman terms, what is "engineering"?
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A great place to start would be to contact any organizations that are involved in restoration work (auto museums, aircraft museums, etc.) and offer your services. These organizations often need CAD models made from legacy engineering drawings so they can machine replacement parts using CNC equipment. Sometimes they require CAD models/drawings to be made just by measuring an old part, so they can manufacture replacement parts. I would imagine doing CAD work where you get to see the finished part made from your model/drawing actually being used would be much more rewarding than simply making drawings for practice.
RE: Old Dimensioned Mechanical Engineering Drawings