I want to marry ISDX/Style - Pro/E Guitar

[fhodshon]

i've been fighting guitar neck volutes for a while now.


finally got the nerve up to learn ISDX.


SAVED MY LIFE!

 

[Speling]

See my guitar - You have it in models download section

I have do complicated stuff than you last year



Ok - I only want comments Download it and tell me what you think Maybe
you will - or I learn something

 

[fhodshon]

nice. i spend more time on capturing shapes than the mechanical components.


my clients need this more than hardware.


thanks for sharing!!!

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[Moroso]

Fhodshon,


Those images look awesome, what rendering package are you using?


Brian

 

[Speling]

I noticed some posibble problems





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[fhodshon]

what kind of problems?


the rendering with the green tile is before i started using ISDX. plus, i used an STL conversion to export into my rendering program. so, what you may be seeing is a result of the triangulation.


the screen grab of pro/e is with ISDX features. curve and surface anal looked good.





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[Speling]

If you arereally want guitar like you design it than
problems don

 

[fhodshon]

i take no offense at all!!!


i appreciate any and all comments.


this particular project is to document a builders existing product line. he sent me a body and neck to use for my modeling.


i agree, sharp corners are a big no-no.


this model is currently a work in progress. so, a lot of final detail hasn't been done yet.


i was just excited about ISDX and how friendly it is with creating curvature level connections.





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[rvm_22in]

HI fhodshon, COULD U PLEASE GIVE ME SOME INFO ON WHAT ISDX IS.


THANK U.

 

[Speling]

Now I am using WF 2 - Much more improvements than in WF 1
and ProE 2001 - Now you have much more control of those "non controllable"
stuff I love it -

I have doubts that WF 2 is makeup - but - I was wrong - He is much more stable,
much more powerful, with several new great features - But - now I must find a
way to implement those in my work - I will lose myself in those huge amount on
possible techniques for work

 

[fhodshon]

Moroso,


i use 3D Studio MAX for all my renderings. Thanks for the compliment.


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[Speling]

Maya rules He he he - Ok -

Ptc and AW has compatibility which Max don

 

[fhodshon]

Maya and Alias Studio sure do rule.


I agree, file exchange between Pro/E and the A/W apps are hard to beat.


I've struggled with Pro/E to STL to 3DS to MAX for years. Always with smoothing challenges.


BUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There's a new converter in town called NPower Translator:


http://www.npowersoftware.com/trans/trans.html


A plugin importer/exporter that brings IGES files into MAX PERFECTLY. i've used the demo a few times and i love it. will buy soon!


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[provan]

fhodshon: any chance a couple of screenshots showing the model tree and datum features you're using?

 

[provan]

I use polytrans, as it was the first developed exclusively to take
Pro/E slp to Lightwave. It also supports HUGE IGES files, and will
optimize the geometry and help retain heirarchy to the rendering apps.

Maya and Alias Studio sure do rule.


I agree, file exchange between Pro/E and the A/W apps are hard to beat.


I've struggled with Pro/E to STL to 3DS to MAX for years. Always with smoothing challenges.


BUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There's a new converter in town called NPower Translator:


http://www.npowersoftware.com/trans/trans.html


A plugin importer/exporter that brings IGES files into MAX
PERFECTLY. i've used the demo a few times and i love it. will buy soon!


f

 

[Speling]

Iges are absolute - for me - When I export some very rounder
surfaces or objects (parts) I get "gaps" - space between surfaces.
Obj is already in ProE - and I don

 

[Cruel_Irony]

Why are you using a bolt-on neck vs. neck-through construction?

 

[fhodshon]

all my basses are bolt on.


strictly preference: