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Forum: Scratch Building, Aircraft Design, 3D/CAD
06-18-2007, 11:36 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,200
Posted By lawsonaero

RE: Mechanical Desktop

IV will do this. In the sketch, in the panel bar, click on the autodimension tool (icon looks like a lightning bolt through a dimension). This brings up a dialog which indicates how many dimensions...
Forum: Scratch Building, Aircraft Design, 3D/CAD
04-13-2007, 01:00 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 6,642
Posted By lawsonaero

RE: Autodesk Inventor Users

oh, I already know the answer, I want to demonstrate it. And nesting line drawings isnt really it, you still have to do the nesting manually. it's much more about flexibility in making changes,...
Forum: Scratch Building, Aircraft Design, 3D/CAD
04-13-2007, 10:18 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 6,642
Posted By lawsonaero

RE: Autodesk Inventor Users

I won't finish that one. If I want to build it, I have the plans. I did find one problem with a part in it when I went to model it that the original author then went and fixed.

I don't get...
Forum: Scratch Building, Aircraft Design, 3D/CAD
04-13-2007, 07:27 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 6,642
Posted By lawsonaero

RE: Autodesk Inventor Users

I've used IV for a few years. I do production work in 10 and play around with 11. My seat is off subscription, so I won't be getting 2008, which I understand shipped yesterday.

I've monkeyed...
Forum: Scratch Building, Aircraft Design, 3D/CAD
03-12-2007, 02:35 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,411
Posted By lawsonaero

RE: Need advise. Is if possible to build your own fuel tank?

How did Maynard Hill do the tanks in his endurance models? I thought they were glassed or something...

-B
Forum: Scratch Building, Aircraft Design, 3D/CAD
01-17-2007, 02:51 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 880
Posted By lawsonaero

RE: Dust collector

There's a ton of information out on the web just waiting to be googled.

The 35 micron bag on that thing is very porous and will only capture big dust particles. This might help keep your shop...
Forum: Scratch Building, Aircraft Design, 3D/CAD
01-12-2007, 08:59 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 7,298
Posted By lawsonaero

RE: Come try Delta Cad? It's great!

this has always bugged me because it is backwards! every other cad program that I can recall, even autodesk's own 3d modeler, uses scroll back to zoom out, scroll in to zoom in. there's an arx file...
Forum: Scratch Building, Aircraft Design, 3D/CAD
12-22-2006, 02:06 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 1,469
Posted By lawsonaero

RE: Estimated plan printing cost

I use adobe acrobat 6 at the moment and I know one of the options for printing to acrobat is "ignore line weights". Check the pdf printer settings. You should be able to tell by looking at the PDF...
Forum: Scratch Building, Aircraft Design, 3D/CAD
12-22-2006, 12:23 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 4,199
Posted By lawsonaero

RE: Want to learn AutoCad?

wicked! I know a guy who teaches Autodesk Inventor and he pulls a sort of similar trick during the final exam. 2 hours into a difficult 3 hour final, he goes and trips the circuit breaker for the...
Forum: Scratch Building, Aircraft Design, 3D/CAD
12-01-2006, 11:20 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,174
Posted By lawsonaero

RE: 3d Laser Scanning

errr, if you're paying $100 a pop to get a plastic model scanned... why not go whole hog, spend $2500 and get a scanto3d machine. turnkey desktop laser scanning (and skinning) for $2500. frickin...
Forum: Scratch Building, Aircraft Design, 3D/CAD
10-19-2006, 07:08 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 2,524
Posted By lawsonaero

RE: Best way to post CAD drawing?

right, like i said, 6 pro does it and 6 standard does not. here's my printscreen. note the absence of an "add custom page" button.
Forum: Scratch Building, Aircraft Design, 3D/CAD
10-18-2006, 08:11 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 2,524
Posted By lawsonaero

RE: Best way to post CAD drawing?

That can't be, because I have a 24" roll feed connected to this machine, and no printers that support 11x17 (though I can print pdfs to that size).

I *believe* it is a limitation of Adobe...
Forum: Scratch Building, Aircraft Design, 3D/CAD
10-11-2006, 06:55 AM
Replies: 41
Views: 5,762
Posted By lawsonaero

RE: free CAD

so it's lofting from one profile to the next? this could be a good way to go from scaled sections to 3d solid and then cut it where you want formers to get formers. I would hesitate to say that...
Forum: Scratch Building, Aircraft Design, 3D/CAD
10-07-2006, 09:23 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 13,879
Posted By lawsonaero

RE: Bezier vs Spline

William,

"fit curve" is the same as setting tolerance = 0.0 make sense now?
Forum: Scratch Building, Aircraft Design, 3D/CAD
10-06-2006, 03:22 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 13,879
Posted By lawsonaero

RE: Bezier vs Spline

google, wikipedia, and the terms bezier, spline, NURBS, and b-spline should get you started.

some terms to look out for: uniform, interpolated, natural.

interpolated means that a point...
Forum: Scratch Building, Aircraft Design, 3D/CAD
10-06-2006, 07:05 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 6,401
Posted By lawsonaero

RE: Solid Edge 2D printing

I just looked quickly and I think you're right - the print dialog for solidedge 2d (its not solidworks :) ) seems a little lacking. no print preview, not a ton of options. They have a peer support...
Forum: Scratch Building, Aircraft Design, 3D/CAD
10-05-2006, 12:34 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 2,524
Posted By lawsonaero

RE: Best way to post CAD drawing?

that's exactly the problem - from that menu, adobe wont let me change to a custom size or a large size.
Forum: Scratch Building, Aircraft Design, 3D/CAD
10-05-2006, 09:07 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 2,524
Posted By lawsonaero

RE: Best way to post CAD drawing?

please please tell me how? I have adobe standard 6.0 and the largest option I have in the PDF printer settings (when i go to print, select PDF as my printer, and hit properties) is 11x17. I cannot...
Forum: Scratch Building, Aircraft Design, 3D/CAD
10-04-2006, 08:10 AM
Replies: 41
Views: 5,762
Posted By lawsonaero

RE: free CAD

there's no mention of anticompetition measures in the eula, and all my autodesk products work fine after a day and a couple of restarts. I think that's a bit of an extreme (and poorly thought out)...
Forum: Scratch Building, Aircraft Design, 3D/CAD
10-03-2006, 04:48 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,133
Posted By lawsonaero

RE: Question: Why some formers in the drawings are cut in half?

err, no, I think you need them in 2 pieces each. I believe bruce is right that the designer intended the fuse to be built in halves. build the left half first, flat on the building board, then...
Forum: Scratch Building, Aircraft Design, 3D/CAD
10-03-2006, 02:09 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 5,762
Posted By lawsonaero

RE: free CAD

hehe, im looking at the solid edge 2d eula:



(emphasis mine)

The license *does* carry a one year term. I'll report back after I play with it.

-barrett
Forum: Scratch Building, Aircraft Design, 3D/CAD
10-03-2006, 01:54 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 5,762
Posted By lawsonaero

RE: free CAD

william,

I think it would help if you did name names rather than generalize all entry-level free/cheap cad apps with the drawbacks you saw on one or a few. I think you could be a little more...
Forum: Scratch Building, Aircraft Design, 3D/CAD
10-03-2006, 07:56 AM
Replies: 41
Views: 5,762
Posted By lawsonaero

RE: free CAD

unigraphics released the 2d portion of solidedge for free.

http://www.solidedge.com/free2d/

check it out, its professional level software. advertises a higher level of autocad...
Forum: Scratch Building, Aircraft Design, 3D/CAD
08-25-2006, 05:29 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 12,522
Posted By lawsonaero

RE: Building a Boeing 737-600

Takes me less than 5 minutes. you *must* be missing something.

comjets: miniflyer is saying that the wing cross-sections are known naca profiles, which can be freely found online as coordinate...
Forum: Scratch Building, Aircraft Design, 3D/CAD
08-17-2006, 04:30 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 520
Posted By lawsonaero

common rc cad file repository?

Someone mentioned on a site somewhere that there are cad files people have worked up for purchased RC parts, somewhere in this forum. I couldn't find them, can anyone point me in the right...
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