sgraber
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| posted on 22/9/06 at 01:15 AM |
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Anyone care to take a stab at Solidworks for me?
I am good at 3DS but just a dabbler in Solidworks. I need to create something as a SW file that is out of my current capability. Is there anyone here
that would be willing to help me by taking my sketches and making a solidworks file out of it for me? (Am I being a cheeky b@st@rd for asking this?)
(I have version 2006 of SW -de-reg'd- for the person willing to help. PM's only regarding this pls.)
Here are links to my sketches (and I think the main dimensions are there. I can explain in further detail if required.)
Click to view Front Sketch
Click to view Side Sketch
Steve Graber
http://www.grabercars.com/
"Quickness through lightness"
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Kissy
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| posted on 22/9/06 at 05:59 AM |
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that's one cheeky b**t**d!
However; I'd have thought there is an engineering student on here who could pick this up as part of a final year project if you are prepared to
expand the remit. Just a thought. (also, does it have to be solidworks? It's not a big favourite in automotive, better of trying to use Catia)
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flak monkey
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| posted on 22/9/06 at 06:53 AM |
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Steve,
I would be willing to do it for you. It will be about a week before I send you the file though. Send me an email (davidjd69 [@] gmail.com) with some
more info and I will have a look for you.
Cheers,
David
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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bigandy
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| posted on 22/9/06 at 04:33 PM |
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I could knock that up in a short time this weekend if you need it doing quickly 
I'll drop you a PM now
Cheers
Andy
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bigandy
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| posted on 22/9/06 at 05:16 PM |
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Job done
One thing that isn't on the drawing is the dimensions of the groove that is cut into each bore.
Also the material/finish etc, whether you need any draft angles or fillets (radii) putting on the sharp edges etc...
Cheers
Andy
 
Rescued attachment mk1.JPG
Dammit! Too many decisions....
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bigandy
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| posted on 22/9/06 at 05:19 PM |
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and the SW2006 part... (hopefully!)
Cheers
Andy
Dammit! Too many decisions....
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sgraber
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| posted on 22/9/06 at 05:29 PM |
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HOLY SHIT ANDY! 
I haven't even had time to check my u2u's yet and you've finished the part! (BTW I just read the U2U's and thanks so much
guys, but it looks like Andy has done the deed.)
It's very, very close to what I need.
The material is aluminum (Don't know the proper type though), The groove is 1/16" deep.
The turn signal holes need more defining and as well there will be two tapped holes on the back side to attach to the bodywork.
Let me get back to you with U2U and we'll talk about all kinds of stuff.... LOL
Thanks Again guys, you are once again proving that this community is the MOST generous and helpful of any I have ever found.
Steve Graber
http://www.grabercars.com/
"Quickness through lightness"
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bigandy
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| posted on 22/9/06 at 07:39 PM |
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Glad I could help
Cheers!
Andy
Dammit! Too many decisions....
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tigris
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| posted on 23/9/06 at 12:02 AM |
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big andy
how do you make a photo-realistic image such as the above pictured from a SW part? i am just delving into sw 2006. Any tipsor directions? Thanks
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bigandy
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| posted on 23/9/06 at 08:39 AM |
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Hello there!
The image I posted earlier is just a fairly basic render using PhotoWorks (A solidworks Addin that comes with some versions of SW). If you go to
"Tools", then "Addins" and see if PhotoWorks is in the list you have. If it is, check the tickbox to activate it. You may
need to enter your license/registration details to get it loaded.
This gives you a new menu in SW2006, cunningly called Photoworks. I produced the render I posted using PhotoWorks Studio, which is a really quick and
basic way of getting a fairly basic render generated quickly. It's dead easy to use, just set the quality to high, and play around with the
image brightness to get the result you want.
It helps if you set the SW part material property too. I set this part to "6061 Alloy" to get the shiny reflective silver appearance.
You can spend hours and hours playing with the render settings if you don't use PhotoWorks Studio, but for a quick look see, the method above
works great. The Photoworks help file is pretty good, so if you want to know how to use it in more detail, you are probably best of giving that a
read first
Cheers!
Andy
Dammit! Too many decisions....
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JamJah
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| posted on 23/9/06 at 09:26 AM |
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Silly q,
Can you hot swap with Vectorworks as well? VW has a horrible renderer.
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bigandy
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| posted on 24/9/06 at 10:08 AM |
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I've never used Vectorworks before, so I'm not 100% certain. What file format can Vectorworks save 3D models/files in? If it is one that
Solidworks can read in it would be a fairly simple job to import a model in, assign some materials to it, and get rendering using PhotoWorks..
Cheers
Andy
Dammit! Too many decisions....
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